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THE STORY OF THE BLUE BIRD. Embellished with cuts.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. [Price Fourpence.] No date [circa 1835]. 36 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved pastedown frontispiece, wood-engraving on title, and seven wood-engravings within the text. Original printed wrappers with a vignette of a bird on the upper panel and a book list on the lower. 137 x 84 mm. Some corners a little worn; covers dust-soiled; name on title; else very good. ]
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THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS. C—J—del. Rob. Hart sc.
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THE STORY OF THE TREAURE SEEKERS. Being the adventures of the Bastable Children in search of a fortune. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xii, 296, [2], [10 ad's] pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen other full-page black & white plates. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some patchy foxing at the start – mostly to the tissue guard to the frontispiece; gift inscription for 'Xmas 1899' to endpaper; else a lovely, bright, fresh copy.
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THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B.
London: Sampson Low, Son, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1879. Tinted sepia wood-engraved frontispiece and fifteen wood and metal-relief colour plates printed by the Leighton Brothers. Original brown pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 26 x 19.2 cm. All edges gilt. First edition. Ownership name on endpaper, else an unusually fine copy.
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THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B.
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. Tinted sepia wood engraved frontispiece and fifteen wood and metal-relief colour plates printed by the Leighton Brothers. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 260 x 195 mm. All edges gilt. First edition. Re-cased; very occasional light browning; else a very good fresh copy.
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THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B [Eleanor Vere Boyle].
New York: Scriber, Welford, and Co, 1868. vi, [2], 40 pages. Sepia wood-engraved frontispiece, printed title with vignette., 15 wood-and-metal-relief colour printed plates by the Leighton Brothers. 13 wood-engraved head & tail pieces. Original pictorial blue cloth with black and gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Binding worn at head & heel of spine, and corners worn and bumped; some marking here & there throughout; else a good copy of a scarce New York issue of the first edition..
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The Strange and Wonderful History and Prophecies of Mother Shipton.
York: Printed by J. Kendrew, Collier-gate, York, 1800. 24 pages. Woodcut on title/front wrapper, and three woodcuts within the text plus a tailpiece. Maximum size: 187 x 95. A single sheet folded into twenty-four and mostly unopened; loosely laid into later wrappers. A very good copy of a scarce printing. ESTC does not record this printing.
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THE STRAY KITTEN.
London: The Religious Tract Society, No date [circa 1890]. 8 pages, including one engraving. Original printed wrappers. 10.8 x 7.2 cm. A fine copy. Not in Necker. No copy located in Copac or Worldcat.
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The Surprising Adventures of CINDERELLA; or, the Glass Slipper. To which is added an historical Description of the Cat.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa 1820]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers, as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 9 woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers. 10 x 6.5 cm. A fine copy of this chapbook. Necker 11. .
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The Surprising Adventures of PUSS IN BOOTS; The History of a Little Dog; and the History of a Little Boy found under a haycock.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa 1820]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers, as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 10 woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers. 10 x 6.5 cm. A fine copy of this chapbook.
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The Surprising History of JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. With a coloured engraving.
Derby: Thomas Richardson. Price Two-pence, No date [circa 1840]. 12 pages. Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of two scenes. Original buff wrappers. 13.6 x 9 cm. Spine expertly restored; else fine.
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THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. Embellished with a long coloured Frontispiece.
London: S. Carvalho, No date. [Circa 1820]. Price Sixpence. 40 pages. Folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece with five images. Recent fine binding of quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards with vellum tips to the corners. Frontispiece restored; the odd mark here & there; else a very good copy.
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THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. Embellished with Coloured Engravings.
London: D. Carvalho, No date [circa 1830]. 8 leaves, printed on one side only; each bearing text and a hand-coloured engraving. Original plain wrappers. 16.8 x 10.2 cm. Spine and corners worn; title in ink on front cover; else a very good copy.
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THE SURPRISING, UNHEARD OF AND NEVER-TO-BE-SURPASSED ADVENTURES OF YOUNG MUNCHAUSEN; related and illustrated by C. H. Bennett, in twelve “stories.”
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. Broadway, Ludgate Hill. New York; 129, Grand Street, 1865. [4]. 5-107 [108] pages. Illustrated with 12 had-coloured plates as issued. Original publishers’ blue pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 255 x90 mm. First edition – de-luxe issue with hand-coloured plates. Endpapers replaced and gutta-percha binding re-glued at spine; one signature a little proud at fore-edge; boards and spine lightly rubbed and with a small patch of marking to the front panel; the occasional small mark; else a very good copy. De-luxe copies with hand-coloured plates are rarely found.
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THE SWALLOW: A Fiction. Interspersed with Poetry.
London: E. Newbery, 1800. xviii, [2], 157, [1 blank], [1 Note], [1 blank] pages. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece dated December 16 1799. Recently re-backed in green vellum to match original, over original marbled boards. 14.0 x 9.3cms. First edition. Inscriptions to front pastedown and front endpaper; edges of boards slightly worn; else an excellent copy. Roscoe J210. Osborne p.272; Gumuchian 3499.
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THE SWAMPERS A Romance of the Westralian Goldfields. With illustrations by the Author and M. North.
London: F. V. White & Co, 1897. 1-312pp. black & white frontispiece, and vignette to title page. Original pictorial boards gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookseller's blind stamp and previous owner's note to upper corner of front free endaper. Occasional unopened pages. Minor wear to head and heel of spine, and to corner tips. Small inoffensive stain to rear board; else, an excellent bright copy.
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THE TALKING CLOCK And other Rhymes for Children.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, No date [inscribed 1889]. [16] pages including pastedown covers. Illustrated with 6 chromo-litho's, including one on title, Original pictorial card covers secured with string as issued. 12.8 x 12.3 cm. Covers just a little marked; tiny dent in rear cover; else very good.
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THE THREE BASKETS; or, how Henry, Richard, and Charles were occupied while Papa was away. By Mrs. Burden.
London: Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street, No date [inscribed 1840]. 62 pages. Illustrated with 7 hand-coloured engraved full-page plates. Original printed wrappers. 152 x 121 mm. Some loss of paper from the spine; lower wrapper a little dust-soiled; else very good.
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THE THREE BASKETS; or, how Henry, Richard, and Charles were occupied while Papa was away. By Mrs. Burden.
London: Thomas Dean & Co. Threadneedle-Street, No date [inscribed 1851]. 62 pages. Illustrated with 5 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates. Original blind-stamped cloth gilt. 153 x 123 mm. Binding a little rubbed and worn; gift inscription on fee endpaper; the very occasional mark; else very good. Earlier editions of this title have seven plates, so it may be that this copy is incomplete though there is no evidence to suggest any loss of plates.
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THE THREE BEARS. Aunt Mavor’s Everlasting Toy Books. Price One Shilling Each.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, No date [circa 1870’s]. 8 leaves, mounted on linen and printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued, each bearing text and a hand-coloured engraving by Edmund Evans. Original pictorial wrappers. 235 x 168 mm. Spine expertly repaired; one small corner missing with the loss of the word ‘they’; one leaf cropped at bottom age with the loss of part of the letters (sense remains clear); else a very good copy of a charming edition. No copies found on Library Hub.
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