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A DRIVE IN THE COACH Through the Streets of London. A Story founded on Fact. By Mrs. Sherwood… Sixth edition.
Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston and Son. And sold by Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Marie Lane, London, 1821. 35 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and five wood-engravings throughout. Original printed wrappers. 140 x 90mm. Spine rubbed; small piece of surface paper missing from rear cover; else a very good copy.
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A DRIVE IN THE COACH THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON. A Story Founded on Fact. Fourteenth edition.
London: Houlston and Son, 1836. 35,[1 blank] pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title, and five full-page wood-engravings. Original printed buff wrappers. 14.2 x 9.2 cm. Just splitting at heel of spine; acquisition number at foot of title; else a very good copy.
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A Fairground TRACTION ENGINE. A true scale super detailed working model with full steering 17" long – 9" high. Giant Model Books.
London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, No date [circa 1950]. [8] pages of full-colour parts to cut out; plus instructions and a six page history of tractions engines. Original pictorial card covers. Oblong: 26 x 33 cm. A very good copy with all parts complete.
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A FAIRY TALE written & illustrated by HB.
1909. Manuscript title illustrated in pen & ink and watercolour, presentation inscription on verso; 4 other full-page original illustrations of pen & ink and watercolour; 8 pages of printed text illustrated in the margins with original pen & ink vignettes. Original printed covers with manuscript note at foot of upper cover: ‘In 20 editions of one copy each.’ On the blank verso of the upper cover is written ‘3rd Edition.’ Presentation copy inscribed: ‘To G. C. Pease with the Author’s Artist's Best Love New Year 1910.’ Few old minor creases, else a very good copy of a finely illustrated, privately published, fairy tale. Hope Begbie, a poet, published a slim collection entitled ‘Verses’ in 1917.
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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET. Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker.
London: Blackie & Son Limited, No date [circa 1950]. Twenty-four colour plates. Original decorative paper-covered boards with mounted pastedown. Original price-clipped dust-wrapper. Head and heel of spine a little bumped; wrapper chipped at corner and head & heel of spine; inscription for 1953 on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET. Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker.
London: Blackie & Son Limited, No date [circa 1940]. Twenty-four colour plates. Original decorative paper-covered boards with mounted pastedown. Original dust-wrapper priced 2/6. A near fine copy.
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A FRENCH ALPHABET.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, No date [C: 1945]. [48] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Oblong: 18.6 x 22.8 cm’s. A fine copy in a like wrapper.
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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair.)
London. New York: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd. David McKay, No date [1925]. Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author, A. A. Milne. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. This is the first American edition, as issued, with a UK title-page but with a David McKay binding. Bookplate on front pastedown; else a fine copy of the scarce American edition.
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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair.)
London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, No date [1925]. Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author, A. A. Milne. Original white pictorial buckram, gilt. Some light spotting to the endpapers and a few very minor marks occasionally, else an exceptionally clean copy.
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A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH WADDLING FROG. Price Six pence; or mounted on linen, One Shilling.
London: George Routledge & Sons, No date [circa 1876]. [8] leaves, the first and last mounted as pastedowns to the wrappers, each with an illustration in full colour with inset verse. Original pictorial series wrappers. 23.4 x 18.cm. Spine expertly restored; trimmed at all fore-edges, where once bound in a collection; else a very good/fine copy of a scarce title.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Allen A-Dale. Paddy Carey. Ma Chere Amie. William Tell. Oh the Moment was Sad. The Cottage of the Moor.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. 8 pages. Unstitched. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. A very good copy.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Lovely Kitty …
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh Market, No date [1805]. Softcover. 8 pages. Wood-engraving to front cover. Original self-wrappers. 15.4 x 10 cm. Single sheet, folded to form four leaves. Unstitched as issued. Little browned; else very good.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. The Battle of the Nile. Tom Starboard. The Sailor's Adieu. Tom Bowling. True Courage. The Sea Boy.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1807]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy. The first song celebrates Nelson's Victory in the Battle of the Nile
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. The Death of Nelson. Lochaber. The Yellow-hair'd Laddie. Whistle, and I'll come to you my Lad. The Yorkshire Concert.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1807]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy. The first song mourns the death of Nelson's at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Tweed Side. My Nanie, O. Highland Laddie. Up in the Morning Early. Flowers of the Forest.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. A very good copy.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. William and Margaret. Mary's Dream. Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch. My Nannie, O. Death or Liberty.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy.
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A GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT; Being Descriptions of the Principal countries of the World. By Mary Anne Venning. With Representations of the various Inhabitants in their respective Costumes, beautifully coloured. Second edition.
London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. 144 pages. Illustrated with 60 hand-coloured full-page engravings. Original quarter sheep gilt over marbled boards. 158 x 100 mm. The head & heel of the spine has been repaired at some time, but is now worn again and cracking; boards rubbed and worn at corners; inscribed at head of title: ‘Presented to Miss Anne Rich by Lady Rich July 1819.’ Text clean, though with the occasional mark and old crease. A good plus copy. First published in 1817. See Darton G975(2)
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A GIFT TO YOUNG FRIENDS: Or, The Guide to Good. Containing, The Good Man of the Mill; From Whom all Good Things Come; The Lost Purse; The Great Dunce; Self Will; The Careless Boy; Good Boys; And, The way to Save. A New edition, embellished with seven neat coloured engravings.
London: Thomas Dean & Co, No date [between 1843 and 1847]. 63 pages Illustrated with seven hand-coloured engravings. Original green cloth gilt. 170 x 110mm. Old crease in frontispiece; else a very good copy. Quite scarce: two copies only listed in COPAC.
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A GIFT TO YOUNG FRIENDS: Or, The Guide to Good In words of one syllable. Containing, The Good Man of the Mill; A Sad Tale; From Whom all Good Things Come; The Lost Purse; Rose and her Bird; Self-Will; The Great Dunce; Self Will; The Careless Boy; Good Boys; And, The way to Save. Third edition. Embellished with seven neat coloured engravings.
London: Thomas Dean & Co, No date [no later than 1838]. 60 pages Illustrated with seven hand-coloured engravings. Original green cloth gilt. 156 x 124mm. Gift inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy. Quite scarce: two copies only listed in COPAC.
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A GOOD BOY'S DIARY By the author of "A Bad Boy's Diary" Copyright. London.
London: George Routledge, 1884. 127 pages. Later plain, untitled cloth. Octavo. First U. K. edition. Inner joints cracked; some staining to half-title; else very good. Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (March 2, 1831 – June 26, 1885) is credited with authoring of one of the first detective novels in the United States. She wrote over 100 dime novels and was one of the most highly paid novelists of her day.
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