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THE TRIUMPH OF GOODNATURE, exhibited in the History of Master Harry Fairborn, and Master Trueworth. Interspersed with Tales and Fables. Embellished with elegant cuts.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, No date (circa 1818-20). Price sixpence. [1-5] 6-70 + [2 blank] pages. Illustrated with woodcut frontispiece and thirteen other full-page cuts throughout. The illustrations are based on those by John Bewick in the Newbery editions. Original red stiff paper wrappers with an engraved pink label on the upper wrapper. 136 x 88 mm. Roscoe & Brimmell 133. Spine expertly restored; else a fine of a scarce book.
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The True and Interesting History of FAIR ROSAMOND, otherwise Eleanor Clifford, and her royal paramour, Henry the Second, King of England.
Devonport: Printed and Published by S. & J. Keys, No date [ circa 1850s/60s]. 12 pages. Illustrated with three woodcuts. Original printed pictorial wrappers. 179 x 106 mm. Spine just spitting at heel of spine; else a very good copy of a scarce provincial printing.
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The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Corners very lightly bumped; else a fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine. Inscribed on front endpaper, ‘To George Cowan with best wishes from Noel Langley 1951.’
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The True and Pathetic History of DESBAROLLDA THE WALTZING MOUSE. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 63 [64] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in wrapper that is chipped head & heel of spine.
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THE TRUE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY WHO CHEATED HIMSELF: Founded on Fact By a Young Naval Officer.
London: Tabart and Co, 1809. Title; 12 pages of verse; and 12 full-page engravings. Lacks original wrappers, but is nicely bound in quarter red roan gilt over marbled paper-covered boards with vellum tips. First edition. Three leaves have been cropped with the loss, or slight loss, of the initial letters of text, though the sense is easily made out. Else, a very good, clean copy. See Moon 179. The story concerns a boy who steals a cake from a sleeping man, and later finds out that it was intended as a present for himself. When he tries to retrieve the cake, he finds that it has been eaten by a ploughboy.
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THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES, Son of Jupiter and Alcmena.
London: Didier & Tebbett, 1808 or 1811. 13 leaves each printed on one side only, and each bearing an engraving with text beneath. Lacks original wrappers; bound in later half calf gilt over marbled boards. 126 x 115 mm. Imprint partly shaved, with loss of date; some slight cropping to headlines; else a very good copy of rare title.
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THE TWO COUSINS, A Moral Story, for the use of young persons. I n which is exemplified the necessity of moderation and justice to the attainment of happiness. By the Author of The Blind Child and Dramatic Dialogues.
London.Printed for E. Newbery. 1798. vii, 9(1), 2 - 144, 4pp (ad's bound out of order). Engraved frontispiece. Original full sheep, no title, gilt. Cracking at hinges with boards coming loose, bumping to the corners; some signatures a proud of the text block. Name in ink to the half-title. Occasional spots; pages browned at edges and age-toning to the paper; some water-staining at start; lacks front free endpaper; exclamations such as 'My God!' have been inked through, presumably by a righteous parent. A good copy only in need of restoration.
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THE TWO COUSINS; or, The reward of Education. No. XIV. – One Halfpenny.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1825]. 16 pages., including wrappers. Illustrated with seven woodcuts, and a cut to both upper and lower wrapper. 83 x 58 mm. Spine expertly restored; else fine. Rare. Worldcat records one copy only at UCLA. .
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THE TWO DEATH-BEDS. By Mrs Cameron.
London: Wightman and Cramp, No date [circa late 1820's]. Softcover. 20 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on cover/title. 15 x9.3 cm. Dis-bound from a collection of tracts, and displaying evidence of such on the spine; unstitched, but held together at spine. Number 26 in the series. A very good copy. Mrs Cameron was the sister of Mrs Sherwood.
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THE TWO SISTERS; or, the History of Jane and Eliza Wentworth. Embellished with 15 fine Engravings on Wood.
London: Whitrow and Co. Jewry-street, Aldgate; and sold by all Booksellers, & c. in Town and Country, No date [circa 1815-20]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks, pasted to the wrappers. Paste-down wood-engraved frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. 116 x 75 mm. Spine splitting from base; else a very good copy of a scarce chapbook.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING.
Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press, 1997. Number 114 of a limited edition of 210 copies. Bound in full red sheep, gilt. 23 x 18 mm [15/16 x 11/16 inches]. A mint copy in the original polythene envelope with printed slip.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING. Pictured in Colours by T. Van Hoytema.
London: David Nutt, 1894. Title, plus 31 pages (butterfly style) of colour lithographed illustrations in the Dutch Art Nouveau style. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Quarto. First and only English edition. Probably an early edition as the last page has the English title laid down over the Dutch. Re-backed and re-cased, but a very good copy of a very scarce title. This copy bears the bookplate of the noted collector of Andersen''s work, Dr. Richard Klein. The first Dutch edition was published in 1893. The book is considered to be Hoytema's finest work.
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THE VALE OV BRUKLI, A Tale bei a litel gerl.
London.Jamez Davis, Eizak Pitman Fonetik Institeut. 1880. [i-vii] [7] 8-48pp. Green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Bookseller's stamp to rear free endpaper. Pencil shorthand note to front free endpaper; stained to endpaper edges; minor bumping to head and heel of spine; front board a trifle rubbed; else an excellent copy.Very Scarce. Written by an 11 year old girl.
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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE. With illustrations by Stuart Tresilian.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Pictorial price-clipped dust-wrapper. First U.S. edition. Slight wear to the extremities of the dust-wrapper with three minor chips; else a very good, fresh copy.
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THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Or How Toys Become Real. With Illustrations by William Nicholson.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL; or, a Collection of Entertaining Histories, for the Instruction & Amusement of all Good Children. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed & Sold by J. Marshall & Co. No. 17 Queen Street, Cheapside; and No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard in Bow Lane, No date [1789]. (Price 6d. in Gilt paper. – 9d. Bound.) Volume I: 92, [2 booklist] pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and nineteen woodcuts. Volume II: [4], 7 – 106 pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and twenty woodcuts. Recently re-bound in 18th century Dutch flower paper-covered boards, Each: 122 x 82 mm. Piece torn from the blank margin of one leaf in Volume I resulting in the loss of one letter to each page; name on endpaper of volume II; juvenile scribble on title and on blank verso; else a very good set of a rare title contained in a morocco backed folding box. Three woodcuts show scenes relating to cricket.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL; or, a Collection of Entertaining Histories, for the Instruction and Amusement of all Good Children. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed & Sold by J. Marshall & Co. No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow Lane. [Price Six Pence, Bound and Gilt.]. No date [between 1779 and 1789]. Volume II only. 105 pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and twenty-two woodcuts. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. 124 x 82 mm. Contained in a cloth gilt folding box. Lacks front endpaper; short tear in frontispiece but without loss; some paper lost from spine; else a very good copy. Two woodcuts show scenes relating to cricket.
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THE VISIT FOR A WEEK; or, Hints on the Improvement of Time. Containing original tales, anecdotes from Natural and Moral History, &c. Designed for the Amusement of Youth. The Third edition. Revised and Corrected. By the author of The Six Princesses of Babylon, Juvenile Magazine, Knight of the Rose, and Ambrose and Eleanor.
London: Hookham and Carpenter… and for the Author, at the Juvenile Library…, 1796. [2], 335, [2 ad's] pages. Contemporary full sheep; red git label to spine. 12mo. Joints cracked and worn, with some small loss of leather; no half-title, if called for; ownership inscription for 1816 on front endpaper; else a good, clean copy. First published in 1794.
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THE VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS.
London: Henry J. Drane, No date [circa 1895]. Softcover. [18, [2]] pages plus covers. With 15 illustrations. Original pictorial stiff covers; gold thread securing the spine, as issued. 15.3 x 11.7 cm. A very good copy of a scarce printing of Moore's 'The Night Before Christmas.' This was also issued in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co.
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THE VISIT TO THE FARM.
London: Faber and Faber, No date [1939]. [32] pages. Illustrated in colour. Original pictorial paper-covered boards; original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. The bottom inch of the rear inner joint has an old worm track; else a fine copy.
More details Price: £100.00