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THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, of York, Mariner, who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque. With an Account of his deliverance thence, and his after surprising adventures. A New edition, complete in one volume; with plates, descriptive of the subject.
London: Published and sold by the booksellers; and by T. Wilson and Son, Printers, High Ousegate, York, 1810. 264 pages. Engraved frontispiece, and 3 other full-page engraved plates. Original full sheep. 12mo. Binding worn with loss of leather from the spine; blank corner lost from one plate, and one leaf has a blank corner missing; some occasional marking and staining; name and pencil writing on endpapers. A good plus copy.
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THE LIFE AND PERAMBULATION OF A MOUSE. By M.P. In two volumes.
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THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. Embellished with eight elegant Engravings. New edition. Price Sixpence.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, No date [circa 1818]. 51 pages. Original wrappers with mounted printed label. 13.2 x 9.6 cm. Spine repaired; else a very good copy. Roscoe and Brimmell 115. A particularly finely produced chapbook with excellent engravings.
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THE LIFE OF A HORSE, A pretty Book, of Amusement and Instruction, with many coloured plates.
London: Edward Lacey, 76, St. Paul’s Church-yard…, No date [circa1835]. Price sixpence. 12 leaves, each printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with twelve half-page engravings with verse beneath. Original printed wrappers with a vignette on the upper panel. 170 x 107 mm. spine and the first page repaired; a little worn generally, but still very good. This title would appear to be scarce, with no copies located on Library Hub and Worldcat.
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THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT.
Derby: T (homas) Richardson, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages., including wrappers. Illustrated with six small woodcuts, including a cut to lower wrap, where the text continues, and an unrelated cut to the upper cover. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Not located in COPAC.
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THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT, his Wife and his Cat.
York: C. Croshaw, No date [circa 1830]. 16 pages, including self-wrappers. Woodcut to upper cover/title, and 15 other small woodcuts. Spine expertly repaired. A very good copy. We have failed to locate another copy of this book, though the Kendrew version, also published in York, is common.
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THE LION'S MASQUERADE. A Sequel to the Peacock at Home. Written By A Lady. Illustrated with elegant engravings.
London: J. Harris.... B. Tabart, 1808. 16 pages. 6 engraved plates after William Mulready. Original pictorial wrappers. 125 x 115 mm. Lacks rear endpaper; little worn and browned; wrappers rubbed; small drawing pin hole through the front cover to the rear, but passing through the upper blank margins; else a very good copy. Moon 214(2).
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THE LITERARY BOX: Containing the contributions of the Evelyn family, consisting of instructing and amusing tales, in prose and verse, suited to all ages. By the Author of ‘The Welcome Visitor.’
London: John Harris, 1824. [2], 90, [2 booklist]pp. Illustrated with six engraved plates each bearing two engravings. Original quarter red roan, gilt over buff boards. 12mo. First edition. Two of the plates have been coloured (quite nicely) by a former owner; boards rubbed and marked and worn at corners; endpapers replaced; else a very good copy. Moon, 488(1).
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THE LITTLE BASKET-MAKER, and other tales. With four hand-coloured illustrations by Absolon.
London: Joseph Cundall, 1845. vii, [1], 87 pages. 4 hand-coloured plates. Original patterned paper-covered boards. 172 x 130 mm. First edition. Few small spots; spine rubbed; else a very good copy. See McLean page 58.
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THE LITTLE CONCHOLOGIST; An Introduction To the Classification of Shells. By the Rev. T. Wilson. New edition.
London: Darton and Clark, No date [circa 1840]. 70 pages. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and three other uncoloured engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. All edges gilt. Binding: 9.6 x 7.1 cm. Covers dust-soiled, rubbed and a little worn, with a soft corner crease-mark, the lettering faded, but still just readable; inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy of a scarce little book, first published in 1837. Darton H234(2).
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THE LITTLE COWSLIP-GATHERERS; or, What a Penny will do.
London: William Darton, No date [1824]. 139, [141-144 booklist] pages. Engraved frontispiece and two other full-page engraved plates. Original quarter red roan gilt over marbled boards. 144 x 94 mm. First edition. A very nice copy. See Darton H270(1). ‘One incident in the story concerns a benevolent bookseller who, as by deserving little Nancy for a penny book and not having one so cheap among his stock, gives her a twopenny one for her penny.’
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THE LITTLE DESERTER; or, Holiday Sports: an amusing tale, dedicated to all good boys. Embellished with Fifteen beautiful engravings.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, No date [1820’s]. 65 pages, including 15 full-page engraved plates. Original brown cloth with printed title label to upper panel. 142 x 90 mm. Label chipped; else very good copy of a work translated from the French.
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THE LITTLE EMIGRANT, A Tale. Interspersed with moral anecdotes and instructive conversations. Designed for the perusal of Youth. By the author of The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon, Visit for a Week, Juvenile Anecdotes, &c. &c.
London: Printed… for the Author, at the Juvenile Library… and sold by Messrs, Carpenter… C. Law,…. And E. Newbery, 1799. [4], 203, [1 advert’] pages. Engraved Frontispiece. Contemporary full sheep, gilt, black title label. 12mo. First edition. Head of spine just cracking at joint, else a very good, clean copy. Scarce. Roscoe J278(1).
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The Little Folks Library. A LITTLE BOOK OF PUSSY CATS. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Worcester: Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd, No date [1908]. 88 pages. Illustrated with twenty-one illustrations by Wain printed in red and black. Original pictorial cloth. 17 x 11 cm. Neat name on endpaper; else near fine.
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THE LITTLE FROG’S LECTURE, and Other Stories.
New York: John McLoughlin, 1856. [14] pages, plus outer wrapper. Illustrated with seven full-page hand-coloured engravings. Original printed pictorial wrappers. 262 x 170 mm. First edition. Small mark on rear cover; else a near fine copy.
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The Little Library of Fiction. THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.
London: Grant & Griffith, No date [circa 1848]. 24 pages. Illustrated with 4 fill-page hand coloured plates by Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]. Original pictorial stiff card wrappers. 165 x 126 mm. Spine cracking at base; ownership name on title; else a very good copy.
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THE LITTLE MAID AND THE GENTLEMAN; or, We are Seven.
York: J. Kendrew, No date. (circa. 1830). 16 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Original yellow printed wrappers with woodcut device to upper wrapper, and woodcut to lower wrapper. 9.7 x 6.5 cm. Stamp of Kendrew's nephew, J. H. Carr, to upper wrapper; else fine. First separate edition.
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THE LITTLE MOUNTAINEERS OF AUVERGE; or, The Adventures of James and Georgette. Altered from the French, and adapted to the perusal of youth.
London: R. and L. Peacock…. And also by E. Newbery, 1801. viii, 232 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary binding sometime expertly re-backed in calf with a red label, gilt. 12mo. First edition. Joint cracked between frontispiece and title; else a very good copy. Roscoe J96. This work was translated from the French by Lucy Peacock, but extensively rewritten by her also.
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THE LITTLE PRATTLER; or, Dame Teachwell's First Picture-Book.
London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1815. 16 pages. Illustrated with 16 copper-engravings printed on both sides of 8 leaves; 4 being full-page. Original printed wrappers. 12 x 10 cm. First edition. Some browning and marking; generally tired; repaired at spine; piece missing from the outer, inner corner of front wrapper; lower, outer corner missing from title; some corners turned; else a good copy of a scarce and charming title. Poems include Ann Taylor's 'The Field Daisy,' from 'Rhymes For the Nursery.' See Darton G589(1).
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THE LITTLE PRODIGAL: A Moral and Interesting Story. Ornamented with sixteen elegant copper plates. Translated from the French.
London: Wallis and Son, 1814. vi, 3-90 pages. Illustrated with 16 engraved plates nicely coloured by a former owner. Original marbled boards, recently re-backed in sheep, with a black title label. 140 x 96 mm. First edition thus. Some offsetting from the plates; ownership name and date on endpaper; else a very good copy of a scarce title. Copac lists one copy only.
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