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A NEW HISTORY OF THE GRECIAN STATES, from their earliest Period to the Extinction by the Ottomans. Containing an account of their most memorable sieges and battles; and the character and exploits of their most celebrated heroes, orators, and philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
London: E. Newbery, 1786. [viii], 132, [4] pages. 6 full-page plates. Original quarter green vellum over marbled boards. 142 x 95 mm. First edition. Ownership name on endpaper; boards rubbed and corners worn; paper flaw to the margin of pages 113/114 resulting in a small hole, but without loss of text; paper label lost from spine; else a very good copy. Roscoe J261(1).
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A NEW HISTORY OF THE GRECIAN STATES, from their earliest Period to the Extinction by the Ottomans. Containing an account of their most memorable sieges and battles; and the character and exploits of their most celebrated heroes, orators, and philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
London: E. Newbery, 1795. 8], 132, [4] pages. 6 full-page plates. Original quarter red roan, gilt over marbled boards. 14.5 x 8.7 cm. Ownership at head of title; spine expertly repaired; some occasional light spotting; else a very good copy. Roscoe J261(3).
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A NEW RIDDLE BOOK, or a whetstone for dull wits. Of Merry Books this is the Chief, ‘Tis as a Purging PILL; To carry off all heavy Grief, And make you laugh your Fill.
Printed at Derby, for the Benefit of the Travelling Stationers: No date. (Circa 1790.). 24 pages. 20 fine wood-engravings. Original semi-stiff wrappers with two wood-engravings on each cover. 12mo. 14.5 x 9 cm. A fine copy of a rare riddle book.
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A NEW ROMAN HISTORY, For the Foundation of Rome to the end of the Common-wealth. Embellished with Copper-Plate CUTS. Designed for the use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen.
London: F. Newbery, 1770. [2], iv, ii, 136 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other engraved plates. Original green vellum-backed boards with paper label to the spine. 141 x 90 mm. First edition. Two leaves with small loss where carelessly opened, resulting in the loss of a couple of letters; name on front paste-down and a gift inscription on a free endpaper; paper-covered boards a little rubbed; else very good. Roscoe J263(1).
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A NEW ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL PASTIME for England and Wales wherein the distance from each Town is Laid Down from London in Measured Miles Being a very amusing Game to Play with a Teetotum, Ivory Pillars, and Counters.
London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. A hand-coloured engraved map of England and Wales, divided into 16 and mounted on linen, with rules for playing and 169 descriptions of towns and cities bordering each side of the map. Unfolded: 555 x 685 mm. Folding into the original paper-covered slipcase with a mounted title label. 175 x 145 mm. Publisher’s imprint crossed through on slipcase, else a fine copy, but, as usual, without the Teetotum, counters, and pillars. See Whitehouse, page 8.
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A NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF GLOBES; or a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens: An Account of the figure, magnitude, and motion of the earth. Designed for the instruction of youth. The seventh edition, corrected and improved.
London.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1824. xxiii, [1], 359, [1]pp. catalogue. Followed by six folding plates bound at the rear. Original full tree calf, gilt; but with no title label. 12mo. Some off-setting from leather to front endpaper and title - similarly at rear; binding a little worn at head and heel; else a very good copy. Bears the ownership inscription on front fixed endpaper: 'Misses M. & D. Inglis - 23d Novr. 1826.'
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A NURSERY RHYME
[London.]: No imprint, Not date [circa 1940]. A board book of 8 stout pages, including covers. Illustrating in colour throughout the nursery rhyme 'Monday's Child.' Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 14.5 x 17.5 cm. A fine copy.
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A NURSERY RHYME PICTURE BOOK Number Two. With drawings in colour and black and white by L. Leslie Brooke.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, No date. 16 full-page coloured plates. Original Paper-covered boards with a mounted pictorial pastedown to the upper panel; original dust-wrapper priced 7/6. Small loss to the pastedown illustration on the front panel of the dust-wrapper; else a fine copy.
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A PEEP AT THE ESQUIMAUX; or, Scenes on the Ice. To which is annexed, A Polar Pastoral. With forty coloured plates, from original designs. By a Lady. Second edition.
London: H. R. Thomas, 1825. viii, [4], 5 -58, [4 cat'] pages. Engravings hand-coloured throughout, as issued. Contemporary half calf, gilt. Octavo. Pages 17/18 has a closed tear, some soiling and marking throughout; small tear at the edge of one leaf; else a good plus copy of a work that is scarce in either first or second edition. The wood engravings, which depict Esquimaux life and dress, implements used in everyday, together with examples of Arctic fauna, are derived from the illustrations by Captain George Francis Lyon, published in Sir William Edward Parry's 'Journal Of A Second Voyage For The Discovery of A North-West Passage, London, 1824. Osborne Page 75. The first edition was published in the same year as the second edition.
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A PEEP AT THE WORLD’S FAIR.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, No date [circa 1893]. [. [28] pages the first and last being blanks pasted to the font and rear boards as issued. Illustrated with 12 full colour plates and numerous single colour drawings within the text. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. 244 x 188 mm. The cover design is by W. & F. Brundage. Little worn at edges and corners; front inner joint cracked but firm; else very good. .
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A PICTURE OF THE SEASONS; with anecdotes and remarks on every month in the year. Embellished with Cuts.
London: Printed for the Executrix of the late W. Welton; and sold be C. F. Cock, 21, Fleet Street, No date [circa 1830]. 176 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other full-page engraved plates, plus 9 wood-engraved tail-pieces. Original quarter green roan gilt. 144 x 95 mm. First edition thus. Front pastedown stamped: ‘J. Smith, Binder, March, 1831.’ Name on pastedown; else a very good copy.
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A PICTURE-BOOK Without Pictures. By Hans Christian Andersen. From the German translation of De La Motte Fouque by Meta Taylor.
London: David Bogue, 1847. v, [1], 88 pages. Original decorative cloth. Octavo. First English edition. Very slight bumping to corners and head & heel of spine; slight browning of title with a few very small marks; else a handsome copy. This ttile is extremely difficult to find in fine condition in its original binding. 'The moon describes to a painter thirty picturesque scenes, 'observed in her silent passage across the sky.' 'Sketch what I relate to you,' said the moon.. and you will have a pretty picture-book.' Osborne 858.
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A PILGRIMAGE IN FAIRYLAND Told by a Pilgrim There. Fairy Painter Jeannie McConnell.
London.Privately Printed at The Chiswick press. 1920. [iv], [2], 3-39pp. Illustrated with 10 full-page colour plates, some with multiple images. Original cloth-backed printed grey boards. First edition. Some light spotting; boards a trifle browned; else a very good copy of the scarce first edition.
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A POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA; or, library of general knowledge: being a dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature. Compiled from the best authorities by Edward-Augustus Kendall. In six volumes.
London: W. Peacock… J. Wallis…. J. Harris, 1802. Six volumes bound as three. Engraved frontispiece to volume I. Bound in full calf recently handsomely re-backed with blind and gilt decoration and twin labels. A very nice set. Moon 444(1).
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A PRESENT FOR CHILDREN. Price One Halfpenny.
York: Richard Burdekin, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages. including self-wrappers. 84 x 56 mm. Illustrated with twelve woodcuts. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Richard Burdekin’s chapbooks are rarely found. We have been able to trace only a single copy of this title, in the Pierpont Morgan Library. See Alderson, Be Merry and Wise, item 284.
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A PRESENT FOR THE YOUNG CURIOUS.
London: Harvey and Darton, No date [circa 1820's- 30's?]. 72 pages. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates, dated 1815, of which two are full-page, the remainder bearing two images per page. Contemporary cloth gilt. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Gift and ownerships inscriptions and stamps on endpapers; erased pencilled date of 1824 at foot of title; one signature a little proud; paper label with manuscript title on upper board; else a very good copy. Darton G780., but not that edition, his example having a longer title. The first edition was issued in 1824, the plates having been acquired from the publisher Nathaniel Hailes in whose 2nd edition of John Rippingham's Natural history according the Linnaean system they had previously appeared.
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A Pretty Book of Pictures for the Little Masters and Misses, or, Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds With a Familiar Description of Each in Verse and Prose. To which is prefix'd, The History of Little TOM TRIP Himself, of his Dog JOULER, and of WOGLOG the great Giant. Written by Oliver Goldsmith for John Newbery, “the Philanthropic Bookseller of St. Paul’s Church yard.” The fifteenth edition. Embellished with Charming Engravings of Wood from the Original Blocks engraved by Thomas Bewick, for T. Saint of Newcastle in 1779. With the History, Adventures and Seclusion of the said Blocks for nearly 100 Years set forth in a Preface by the publishers.
London: Printed for, and published by, Edwin Pearson, 1867. xvi, 124 pages. Illustrated with seventy-seven mounted wood-engravings. Bound in twentieth century quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards. 220 x 175 mm. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Small faint water stain at top of gutter; some very light and occasional spotting; else a handsome copy.
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A Pretty Book of Pictures for the Little Masters and Misses, or, Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds With a Familiar Description of Each in Verse and Prose. To which is prefix'd, The History of Little TOM TRIP Himself, of his Dog JOULER, and of WOGLOG the great Giant. Written by Oliver Goldsmith for John Newbery, “the Philanthropic Bookseller of St. Paul’s Church yard.” The fifteenth edition. Embellished with Charming Engravings of Wood from the Original Blocks engraved by Thomas Bewick, for T. Saint of Newcastle in 1779. With the History, Adventures and Seclusion of the said Blocks for nearly 100 Years set forth in a Preface by the publishers.
London: Printed for, and published by, Edwin Pearson, 1867. xvi, 124 pages. Illustrated with seventy-seven mounted wood-engravings. Bound contemporary quarter morocco gilt over cloth. 220 x 175 mm. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Some very occasional light spotting; three bookplates to front pastedown; spine a little rubbed at head & heel; else a very good copy.
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A PRETTY BOOK OF PICTURES for the Little Masters and Misses, or, Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds With a Familiar Description of Each in Verse and Prose. To which is prefix'd, The History of Little TOM TRIP Himself, of his Dog JOULER, and of WOGLOG the great Giant. Written by Oliver Goldsmith for John Newbery, “the Philanthropic Bookseller of St. Paul’s Church yard.” The fifteenth edition. Embellished with Charming Engravings of Wood from the Original Blocks engraved by Thomas Bewick, for T. Saint of Newcastle in 1779. With the History, Adventures and Seclusion of the said Blocks for nearly 100 Years set forth in a Preface by the publishers.
London: Printed for, and published by, Edwin Pearson, 1867. xvi, 124 pages. Illustrated with seventy-seven mounted wood-engravings. Bound in recent quarter morocco gilt over marbled paper-covered boards. 220 x 175 mm. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Some very occasional light patches of foxing; else a very good and handsome copy
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A REAL BALATON STORY. Etchings by Z. Poharnok and L. Farkas. English by Pal Vajda.
1937. [14] leaves, each with a mounted hand-coloured etched leaf, the twelve that form the fairy tale, each signed in pencil by both of the author/illustrators. No imprint or date, but believed to issued by George Vajna & Cie., of Budapest, Hungary, circa 1937. Original cloth with string ties secured with decorative stone or ceramic piece. A small handcoloured title etching is mounted on the front panel. 19.8 x 17 cm. Some light browning to the balnk verso of one leaf and to blank borders of another; else an excellent copy of this charming children’s fairy tale set around Lake Balaton in Hungary.
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