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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: 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 good and scarce collection of 16 chapbooks
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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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A good collection of some 35 chapbook titles issued by James Kendrew of York circa 1830, bound in three volumes. Of the 35 titles, 21 are from the Halfpenny Book series (16 pages.); 13 are from the Penny Book Series (32 pages) and one from the Penny Book series (24 pages.). All are in fine condition and illustrated throughout with woodcuts. All bound with original wrappers as issued.
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A GRAMMAR illustrating the Principles and Practice of TRADE AND COMMERCE; for the use of Young Persons intended for business.
London: Richard Phillips, 1810. viii, 216 pages. Folding engraved frontispiece Original sheep, recently and finely re-backed. 140 x 94 mm. Lacks front fre endpaper; ownership name on blank recto of frontispiece; last page a little worn and browned; else a very good copy of a scarce title.
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A GRAMMAR OF HISTORY; Ancient and Modern: With Questions for exercise; By means of which, History may be Practically Taught in Schools. The tenth Edition. Price four shillings, bound.
London.Richard Phillips. 1816. viii, 8-185, [1 'directons' page], 6 ad's]pp. Two folding engraved maps. Original untitled full green sheep. 12mo. Maps have patchy foxing; binding is worn - the spine joints splitting; bookplate removed from front free endpaper; else a good plus copy.
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A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDRENS BOOK ILLUSTRATION.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. A fine copy.
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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son; with additions to the present time.
Edinburgh: John Brown, 1804. Two volumes. vii, 400; [4], 348 pages. Handsomely rebound at some time in full calf gilt with black gilt labels. 179 x 112mm. A very good set of this work first published by John Newbery in 1764. .
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A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING. Compiled and Illustrated from the Old Cards and Books in the Collection of the United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. 468 pages. Illustrated in colour and in black & white. Original red cloth gilt. 4to. First edition. Some light age-toning to paper; else a very good copy. This book is very heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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A HUNDRED TRIPS TO STORYLAND. Illustrated by Hildegard Luprian.
New York. The Macaulay Company, 1930. 327 pages. Illustrated throughout. Hardback in the original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. The author's own copy, inscribed on front free endpaper: 'Mary Graham Bonner her copy 1930.' Inner joints front and back cracked & holding on webbing; wrapper worn, with some loss to top edges, corners and ends of spine. Else a very good and unique copy.
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A KEY TO WALKINGAME'S TUTOR'S ASSISTANT. Containing the solution of the questions, with the references, as they stand in the last edition of that work. To which is added, an appendix, containing some short and useful rules for casting up the value of any sort of goods, &c. Very useful for all persons in trade. The work is designed for the ease of Schoolmasters; and, with the Tutor's Assistant, is recommended as the best Compendium hitherto published, for the Use of Schools, of the private Persons. By T. Hewitt, Teacher of Mathematics.
London: J. Scatcherd, 1801. Iv, 240 pages. Original full sheep. 12mo. First edition. Substantial loss of leather to spine; else a very clean copy.
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A KIND LITTLE KITTEN.
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, No date [circa 1920]. [72] pages, including 12 coloured plates. Original paper-covered boards with a mounted pictorial pastedown to the upper board. 11.8 x 9.7 cm. Some occasional patchy foxing; head of spine a touch worn; else very good.
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