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  • TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. by (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures.

    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with vignette to title and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original cream boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Presentation copy from the illustrator, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ‘To Marjorie Cold [?] with love from the illustrator of these vitriolic pages A Savory. Oct. 1933.’ Presentation copies are rare. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote…

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    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with vignette to title and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original cream boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Presentation copy from the illustrator, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ‘To Marjorie Cold [?] with love from the illustrator of these vitriolic pages A Savory. Oct. 1933.’ Presentation copies are rare. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote and illustrated a book entirely of his own creation entitled, 'The Brighter Side of Cricket, in 1933. Baumgartner II.18.

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  • TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. by (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures.

    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with a vignette to title, and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original pale yellow boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote and illustrated a book entirely of his own creation, entitled, 'The Brighter Side of Cricket, in 1933. Baumgartner II.18.

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  • Tsarevna Lyagushka. [The Frog Princess.] by BILIBIN, Ivan.
    BILIBIN, Ivan.
    Tsarevna Lyagushka. [The Frog Princess.]

    The Department for the Production of State Documents, St. Petersburg. Expeditsii Zagotovlenya Gosudarstvennykh Bumag, 1901. 12 pages, illustrated in chromolithography, with eight illustrations (two full-page) by Ivan Bilibin, decorative borders printed in brown, and a line illustration on last page. Original pictorial wrappers. 326 x 257 mm. First edition. Some wear to spine, with slight loss of paper and a short split at foot. Internally fine, with no offsetting or adhesion. A very good copy.

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  • TULIFÄNTCHEN DER ZWERGHELD. Adapted by Eva von Eckardt. Illustrated by Elsa Eisgruber. by IMMERMANN, Karl.
    IMMERMANN, Karl.
    TULIFÄNTCHEN DER ZWERGHELD. Adapted by Eva von Eckardt. Illustrated by Elsa Eisgruber.

    Leipzig: Ernst Wunderlich, No date [1936]. 23 pages of text, and 4 full-page coloured lithographs, plus many line drawings with the text. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 238 x 3022 mm. First edition. Very slight rubbing to boards; else a fine copy of a beautifully illustrated book.

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  • TURN AGAIN TALES By Laurence Houseman. by HOUSMAN, Laurence.
    HOUSMAN, Laurence.
    TURN AGAIN TALES By Laurence Houseman.

    Oxford: Basil Blackwell, No date [circa 1931]. [8], 280 pages. Illustrated with six mounted colour plates and numerous line drawings. Original grey cloth with a mounted colour pastedown to the upper panel. Quarto. Edition unknown, but probably a first. A fine copy.

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  • LEMAN, Martin.
    TWELVE CATS For Christmas.

    London: Pelham Books, 1982. Hardback. First edition. Just a touch of wear to corners; else a very good copy. Signed dated [82] on tile by Martin Leman.

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  • TWO OLD TALES RETOLD. Illustrated by Hubert Paton. by PATON, Mona Noel.
    PATON, Mona Noel.
    TWO OLD TALES RETOLD. Illustrated by Hubert Paton.

    Edinburgh: Banks & Co, 1889. 110 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorative paper-covered boards. 231 x 192 mm. First edition. Endpapers lightly browned; front inner joint cracked but firm; else a very good, clean copy of a rare work. The two tales are Beauty and the Beast and Jack the Giant-Killer. Mona Noel Paton (1860-1928) was the daughter of the artist, Joseph Noel Paton, The book is illustrated by Mona’s first cousin, the artist and sculptor Waller Hubert Paton (1863-1940).

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  • Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box
    Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box

    No date. [Circa 1900/1910]. Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box. Two chromolithographs mounted on wood and cut so as to form jigsaws, contained in the original cardboard box. Each jigsaw is 15 x 11.5 cm. The key sheet for one is mounted as the box lid, the other key sheet is loose with in the box. No publisher or date, but probably of German origin, circa 1900/1910. Stamped shop details of, 'A. Le Cheminant, Commercial Arcade, Guernsey,' to inside of lid and to base of box. Box is a little rubbed at edges; else all is in very good condition.

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  • UN INCORRIGIBLE MINET.
    UN INCORRIGIBLE MINET.

    Paris: Hachette et Cie, No date [1904-10]. 24 pages illustrated by Alice Hanslip. 115 x 78 mm. A French issue of A Naughty Pussie. Dean’s 1/- Patent Rag Books Dwarf Series. Some spotting to covers, else an excellent copy of a very scarce title; this copy from the Dean archive with its loosely laid in advert’ slip still present.

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  • UNCLE BUNCLE’S GOOD LITTLE BOY.
    UNCLE BUNCLE’S GOOD LITTLE BOY.

    London: Dean & Munday, Threadneedle Street. Price Sixpence. No date [circa 1840s]. [16] pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with seven hand-coloured engraved plates. Original pictorial wrappers. 206 x 165 mm. Tiny loss from one blank corner; spine splitting at head; else a very good copy of a rare juvenile.

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  • Uncle Buncles GOOD LITTLE BOY. Price Sixpence.
    Uncle Buncles GOOD LITTLE BOY. Price Sixpence.

    London: Dean & Munday, No date[ 1840's]. [16] pages, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with 7 full-page hand-coloured engravings. Original pictorial wrappers. 20 x 16 cm. Spine expertly repaired; else an excellent copy.

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  • Uncle Heart's-Ease Series. JOHNNY GILPIN.
    Uncle Heart's-Ease Series. JOHNNY GILPIN.

    London: Dean & Son, 1853. 8 leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured engravings. Original pictorial wrappers, with ad's to the lower panel. 24 x 17 cm. Little worn at corners; spine expertly restored; else a very good copy.

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  • Uncle Heart's-Ease Series. THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN.
    Uncle Heart's-Ease Series. THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN.

    London: Dean & Son, 1853. 8 leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured engravings. Original pictorial wrappers, with ad's to the lower panel. 24.5 x 16.7 cm. Little worn at corners; spine expertly restored; little stained her & there throughout; else a very good copy.

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  • UNCLE JIM. Written by Annie Preston. Depicted by R. Andre [William Roger Snow]. by Preston, Annie.
    Preston, Annie.
    UNCLE JIM. Written by Annie Preston. Depicted by R. Andre [William Roger Snow].

    London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [1884]. [16] pages Illustrated in colour chromolithography throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 178 x 124 mm. Expertly re-backed; edges a little rubbed; else a very good copy.

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  • Uncle Joseph's PRETTY STORIES ABOUT THE CAMEL.
    Uncle Joseph's PRETTY STORIES ABOUT THE CAMEL.

    New-York: J. Q. Preble, No date [circa late 1840's]. [8] leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers, each bearing a hand-coloured engraving with text. Original printed wrappers. 26.7 x 17.3 cm. A very good copy.

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  • UNCLE REMUS or, Mr. Fox, Mr Rabbit, Mr. Terrapin. by HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
    HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
    UNCLE REMUS or, Mr. Fox, Mr Rabbit, Mr. Terrapin.

    London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. 190 pages. Contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards. Small octavo. 166 x 108 mm. First U.K. edition. Some light foxing to title and to endpapers; indelible ownership stamp to title; else very good. This would appear to be rather scarce.

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  • UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Adapted for Young Persons. With eight illustrations. by CROWE, Mrs.
    CROWE, Mrs.
    UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Adapted for Young Persons. With eight illustrations.

    London: George Routledge and Co, 1853. 8 [ad's], engraved frontispiece, [4], 404, 32 [ad's] pages. 8 engraved plates. Original pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Octavo. 16.8 x 11.5 cm. First edition. And adaptation for young readers of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous work, first published in 1852. Some blotching of the cloth; slight wear to the binding; but a very good copy of this scarce adaptation for children.

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  • Uncle Tom’s Treasury. GOOD BOY’S PICTURE BOOK.
    Uncle Tom’s Treasury. GOOD BOY’S PICTURE BOOK.

    Leeds: Webb, Millington, and Co, No date [circa 1858]. [8] leaves, printed on one aide only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued. Each leaf beats a hand-coloured engraving of a sport with a verse beneath. Original pictorial printed wrappers, bearing the price ‘threepence’ in four places; the lower wrapper bearing an advert’s for books from the publisher. 186 x 138 mm. Wrappers a little worn and lightly dust-soiled; else a very good copy.

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  • UNDER THE WILLOW TREE. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with fourteen pictures. The Hans Andersen Library for the Young. by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
    ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
    UNDER THE WILLOW TREE. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with fourteen pictures. The Hans Andersen Library for the Young.

    London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870's]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 118, [6 ad's] pages. Colour frontispiece. Original decorative blue cloth, gilt. Fcap octavo. Ownership name: 'Royal Victoria Hospital' on front endpaper; else a very good copy.

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  • UNE POULE SUR UN MUR. No. 5. Editions des artists [Georges Houyoux]. Collections “Pomme D’Api”. by IVANOVSKY, Elisabeth.
    IVANOVSKY, Elisabeth.
    UNE POULE SUR UN MUR. No. 5. Editions des artists [Georges Houyoux]. Collections “Pomme D’Api”.

    Printed in Belgium: No date, but between 1941 and 1946. Text by Rene Meurant, illustrations by Elisabeth Ivanovsky. [12] pages including outer wrappers. 82 x 65 mm. A very good copy from this series of 24 titles.

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