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THE LIVELY HISTORY OF JACK & the BEANSTALK: Setting forth for the first time during many years a faithful and particular Account of that Hero’s Wonderful Adventures in the Country of the Beanstalk, and his Triumph over the murderous Giant who inhabited it: The History being told to Harriet Jackson the possessor the MS. Documents of Jack’s Family, and the Pictures painted by a young Master.
London: Felix Summerly’s Home Treasury, and sold by Joseph Cundall, 1846. 31 pages. Four full-page plates. Bound in quarter morocco with the original paper wrappers mounted on the front and rear fixed endpapers. Bookplate of Viscount Halifax. A very handsome and clean copy. First published by Cundall in 1844
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THE LOBSTER’S VOYAGE TO THE BRAZILS. Illustrated with elegant and appropriate engravings.
London: J. Harris., Successor to E. Newbery, at the Original Juvenile Library, the Corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and B. Crosby and Co. Stationers-Court, 1808. 16 pages; 8 full-page engravings after William Mulready. Original blue printed wrappers. The entire book bound in full morocco gilt. 128 x 107 mm. First edition. Touch of wear to head of leather spine; else a fine, clean copy. Moon 504.
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THE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND; or, Intellectual Mirror: being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories & interesting tales: chiefly translated from L'ami Des Enfans. With seventy-four cuts, designed and engraved on wood, by I. Bewick. The Twelfth edition.
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THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS or Puss in Boots Told anew in verse by Francis Davis.
Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, No date [circa 1870]. The Royal Illuminated Legends Gorgeously Illuminated, after the Mediaeval manner, in Colours and Gold, by Marcus Ward, Illuminator to the Queen. [8] leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued, of which two bear music composed by Hobson Carroll, two bear text, and four bear full-colour illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Oblong: 188 x 278 mm. Remains of juvenile pencil scribble to first page of music; spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy.
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THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE A Winter's Tale.
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne.Cassell & Company. 1889. viii,[1],2-332pp + 20pp ad's dated 5G. 7.89. Original red pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Light spotting to fore-edges. Boards a little rubbed, with a small area of light water-staining to front board. Spine a little sunned with some bumping and wear to head and heel of spine. Binding a little cocked. Else, a very good copy.
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THE MEDLEY, for the use of Boys and Girls: being a very small book, at a very small charge, to learn them to read before they grow large. One Halfpenny.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1840]. 8 pages. Illustrated with 8 woodcuts. Original wrappers with cuts to both panels. 12.4 x 7.6 cm. Unstitched. A fine copy.
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THE MERRY COBLER, and his Musical Alphabet. [Price Two-pence.]
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, No date (circa 1815/20). 32 pages (including pastedown wrappers). Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, vignette on title, a woodcut of a girl on a rocking horse on page 5, and 26 wood cuts designed to illustrate the letters of the alphabet. Original marbled wrappers with a manuscript ink title to upper cover, as issued. 88 x 65 mm. Some occasional light browning, else a very good copy. Roscoe & Brimmell 101.
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THE MICE AND THEIR PIC NIC. A Good Moral Tale., & c. By a Looking-glass Maker.
London: William Darton, Jun, 1813. (Price 6d plain, or 1s. coloured.) 30 pages. Illustrated with 6 full-page engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. 130 x 106 mm. Some spotting –heavier at rear; presentation inscription on pastedown endpaper; ownership name on title; else very good. Darton H467(4). First published 1809.
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THE MICE AND THEIR PIC NIC. A Good Moral Tale, &c. By a looking-glass maker.
London: Printed for the Author, by W. T. Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1809. 30 pages. Illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. Lacks original wrappers, and bound in recent quarter red roan gilt over marbled boards with vellum tips. 130 x 110 mm. First edition. A very good copy. See Darton H467(1).
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THE MILKMAID, A Fable, By a lady, with lithographic illustrations.
London: Rodwell and Martin, No date [1822]. 16 pages, including two of ad’s, and 8 lithographic plates by D. Dighton, printed by C. Hullmandel. Bound in twentieth century full morocco gilt. 12mo. 169 x 110 mm. First edition. Some light foxing, but a very good copy of a very scarce work ‘for the nursery.’ Copac records two copies only. The fable, a cautionary tale, tells of milkmaid’s daydream of prosperity that ends in disaster.
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The Mill Stream. Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Depicted by R. Andre [William Roger Snow].
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [inscribed 1888]. 32 pages. Illustrated in colour chromolithography throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 155 x 180mm. Expertly re-backed; edges inscription on front endpaper; endpapers a little foxed; else a very good copy.
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THE MINSTRELSY OF THE WOODS; or, Sketches and Songs connected with Natural History of some of the most interesting British and Foreign Birds. By the Author of "The Wild Garland," &c.
London: Harvey and Darton, 1832. Hardcover. xi, [1], 227 pages. Illustrated with seventeen finely hand-coloured lithographs. Original green cloth with leather gilt label to spine. Octavo. First edition. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Association copy with the signatures of Letitia, and Flora Mercedes, Waring, to the front fixed endpaper. Ex Libris Lawrence Darton, with his small bookplate. Darton. G1021
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THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF HANNAH MORE. In Two volumes.
London: Thomas Tegg, 1840. xx; 807 pages; viii; 814 pages. Contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. First edition thus. Bookplate of Swansea Training College to each volume; bindings a little rubbed and worn; paper labels at foot of spines; name on titles; else a very good set. Scarce. Volume one contains, ‘Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education’; and ‘Hints towards forming the Character of a Young Princess’.
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The Modern Giant Killer. Every day Fables No. 1. Written and depicted by R. Andre.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [circa 1884]. 16 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 178 x 124 mm. Spine expertly replaced; endpapers replaced; some foxing to the new endpapers; and to the original free endpaper which has been retained because it has a dated inscription [1885]; else very good. Scarce.
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THE MODERN GOODY TWO-SHOES; exemplifying the good consequences of early attention to learning and virtue. By Mary Belson.
London: William Darton, Jun, 1819. Price One Shilling. 64 pages. Illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece and two full-page plates. Bound in later half sheep gilt over marbled boards. 165 x 106 mm. Small repair to frontispiece; name at head of title; else a very good copy. Darton H469. Moon 188. First published in 1815.
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THE MODERN TRAVELLER.
London.Edward Arnold. 1898. [i-iv] 5-80pp. Black & white illustrations throughout by B.T.B. White, glazed, pictorial boards; white linen spine. Octavo. First Edition. Previous owner's note in pencil to free endpaper. Browning to free endpaper. Bookseller's label to bottom edge of paste-down endpaper. Some very minor spotting and soiling to interior. Boards a little tired at edges and slightly soiled. Else, a very good copy. Cahill 4.
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THE MONKEY’S WEDDING PARTY. Price 6d Coloured; or, on Cloth and Untearable, 1s. [This is a cloth copy.]
London: Dean & Son, No date. [1863]. 8] leaves, the first and last pasted to the front and rear wrappers as issued, each printed on one side only and mounted on cloth. Original pictorial wrappers, the rear bearing ad’s. 245 x168 mm. Slight wear to corners; gift inscription at head of front wrapper; else a very good copy. [
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THE MOST DELECTABLE HISTORY OF REYNARD THE FOX. Edited by F.S. And Illustrated with Twenty-four Pictures by Albert Van Everdingen.
London: Published in Felix Summerly’s Home Treasury by Joseph Cundall, 1846. vii, [1], [1], 2 – 152 pages. 24 hand-coloured plates. Bound for Hatchards in full red morocco gilt sometime in the mid-twentieth century. A fine copy. Rare. This edition unknown to McLean.
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THE MOTHER’S GIFT. By a Lady.
York: Printed and Sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, No date [circa 1830]. 16 pages, including the outer wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve small wood-engravings. Original printed wrappers. 100 x 65 mm. Small stamp of ‘Folklore Society London’ to lower margin of front wrapper; slight wear at heel of spine; else a very good copy.
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THE MOVING MARKET: or, CRIES OF LONDON. For the amusement of Good Children.
Glasgow;: published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1815. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Pastedown frontispiece and twenty-six woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers with a turnover cut of a Merry Cobler and a Schoolmaster to the lower wrapper. 102 x 64 mm. front wrapper a little worn at top edge just affecting to image on the verso; else a very good copy of a scarce chapbook. See Roscoe and Brimmell 104.
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