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ALMANACK FOR 1889.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. Coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway with full-page frontispiece, vignette to title, 5 full-page illustrations and text illustrations throughout. [24]pp. Original black glazed pictorial upper and lower boards with black cloth spine. 12mo., 9.8cm.; all edges orange. An excellent copy. Schuster and Engen 9(7a) except the endpapers and edges of this copy are orange not yellow. Schuster and Engen mention a copy with ‘bright orange’ endpapers, inscribed by Kate Greenaway, in the De Grummond Collection.
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ALMANACK FOR 1889.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889. Coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway with full-page frontispiece, vignette to title, 5 full-page illustrations and text illustrations throughout. [24] pages. Original brown cloth with blue decorative border and a gilt image of a girl sitting reading amongst flowers on the upper board. All edges gilt. 12mo., 10.2 x 7.6 cm. Tiny patch of foxing on the half-title; else excellent. Schuster & Engen 7(b).
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ALMANACK FOR 1891.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. Coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway with full-page frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations throughout. [24] pages. Original white glazed pictorial upper and lower boards with yellow cloth spine. All edges yellow. 12mo., 10.2 x 7.5 cm. An excellent copy. Schuster and Engen 11(9a).
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ALMANACK FOR 1893.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1893. Coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway with full-page frontispiece, pictorial title and 16 full-page illustrations. [36] pages. Original green silk, gilt. 10.2 x 7.6 cm. Worn at head & heel of spine with slight loss, else an excellent clean copy. Schuster and Engen 13(11c). This is a scarce issue and very difficult to find fine.
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ALPHABET DE MADEMOISELLE Lili par L. Froelich et par un papa. Bibliothèque D’Éducation et de Récréation.
Paris: J. Hetzel & Cie, No date [circa 1881]. Unpaged. Illustrated throughout in Black & white & red & brown. Original cloth-backed boards with pictorial roundel to the upper board. 275 x 183 mm. Some rubbing to edges of boards; some foxing to the front endpapers and first two leaves; spine splitting at base; else a very good copy of a charming alphabet and primer. ]
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ALPHABET Illustré. 80 vignettes et lettres ornèes. Dessinées par K. Giradet, Sagot et Werner. Gravées par Piaud.
Tours: Ad Mame Et Cie, 1860. [4], 104 pages. With 4 coloured plates, and numerous black & white engravings illustrating the letters of the alphabet. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 16 x 10.5 cm. Corners of binsing worn; rebacked at some time; ownership inscription on half-title; else very good.
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ALPHABET Illustré des Arts & Metiers orné de seize jolies gravures sur acier. Troisième edition.
Paris: L. Maison, No date [circa 1830's?]. Half-title; dedication page; Engraved frontispiece entitled, 'Le Travail et L'Industie Conduisent a la Glorie et la Fortune;' engraved title with vignette; letterpress title, 4-80 pages. Illustrated with an engraved pictorial alphabet at start; 6 full-page engraved plates, each bearing four images; some woodcuts within the text. Bound in twentieth century quarter calf over marbled boards. 16 x 12.4 cm. Half-title and last page dust-soiled where once disbound; corners a little worn; else a very good example of a typical French 'trades alphabet' of the period.
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ALPHABET par Kate Greenaway.
Paris: Hachette et Cie, No date [circa 1885]. [32] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original glazed pictorial stiff card covers. 68 x 60 mm. Cover title: ‘Kate Greenaway’s Alphabet. Spine has lost some of its green paper; some spotting; else a good plus copy of a very scarce French edition. Schuster & Engen 23.
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AMUSEMENT FOR CHILDREN. Price One Halfpenny.
York: Richard Burdekin, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages, including self-wrappers. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts. Original printed wrappers with woodcuts to both upper and lower panels. 8.4 x 5.5 cm. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Richard Burdekin’s chapbooks are rarely found and we can locate no copies of this title.
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AMUSEMENT HALL; or, The Good Child’s Reward. Adorned with engravings.
London: Evans and Sons, Printers, 42, Long Lane, West Smithfield, No date [circa 1820]. One Penny. [24] pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a pastedown wood-engraved frontispiece and 21 woodcuts. Original printed wrappers with wood-engravings to both panels. 104 x 68 mm. A near fine copy of this charming chapbook. Contains a ‘A New Rhyming Alphabet.
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Amusing an Instructive TALES FOR YOUTH: in Thirty Poems. With Moral Applications, in prose. Ornamented with cuts, neatly designed and engraved on wood, by Bewick.
London: J. Harris… Darton and Harvey…, 1815. Viii, 9 – 178, [2 ad's] pages. Illustrated with 54 woodcuts by John Bewick. Original quarter black road, gilt over paper-covered boards. 14.7 x 9 cm. Some spotting throughout; head of spine pulled; else a very good copy. Margaret Weedon's copy, with her pencil signature on front endpaper. First published by E. Newbery in 1794.
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AMUSING ANECDOTES OF VARIOUS ANIMALS; Intended for Children. By the Author of "The Coral Necklace," &c. Second edition. Embellished with neat Engravings on Wood.
London: J. E. Evans, No date [circa 1830]. 36 pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut on title, and 8 woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers with a woodcut to the upper panel; ad's on lower. 13.7 x 8.7 cm. A fine copy.
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AN ABC FOR BABY PATRIOTS.
London: Dean & Son, Ltd, No date [1899]. [41] pages. With 22 full-page coloured plates illustrating the letters of the alphabet. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Oblong: 246 x 325 mm. First edition. End-papers replaced; patch of water-staining to upper board and a few small light stains to the very outer fore-edges ; else a very good copy of this tongue-in-cheek alphabetical depiction of the British and their Empire.
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AN ABRIDGEMENT OF ENGLISH HISTORY, from the Conquest to the present Reign. For the Juvenile; or, Child’s Library.
London: John Marshall, No date [1800]. Two volumes. Volume I: 71 pages. Volume II: 72 pages. Each illustrated with numerous wood-engravings throughout. Each bound in paper-covered boards with shaped printed paper labels to upper and lower boards. An excellent set. The Juvenile; or Child’s Library was a boxed library issued by John Marshall in 1800. It was comprised of 19 volumes plus a memorandum book, and was housed in wooden box designed to look like a bookcase. However, each of the titles could be purchased individually.
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An Abridgement of the New Testament; or the Life, Miracles, and Death, of our Lord & Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Embellished with Beautiful Engravings. (Two-Pence.)
Glasgow: J. Lumsden and Son, No date [circa 1815]. 48 pages, including the blank pastedowns to the wrappers. Illustrated with 16 engravings on 8 leaves, printed in sanguine. Original plain wrappers with manuscript ttile to upper cover. A fine copy. Roscoe and Brimmell 32.
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An Abridgement of the New Testament; or the Life, Miracles, and Death, of our Lord & Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Embellished with Beautiful Engravings. (Two-Pence.)
Glasgow: J. Lumsden and Son, No date [circa 1815]. 48 pages, including the blank paste-downs to the wrappers. Illustrated with 16 engravings on 8 leaves, printed in sanguine. Original plain wrappers with manuscript title to upper cover. A fine copy. Roscoe and Brimmell 32.
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AN ALPHABET OF EMBLEMS.
London: Francis & John Rivington, 1844. 72 pages. Illustrated with twenty-six engravings illustrating the letters of the alphabet. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper; spine restored; boards a little worn at corners; else a very good copy of a scarce title.
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AN ALPHABET OF QUADRUPEDS, partly selected from the works of old masters, and partly drawn from nature.
London: Henry George Bohn, 1849. [52] pages. [24] full-page tinted lithographic plates. Original decorative cloth with gilt title to spine and upper panel. 172 x 132 mm. A very good copy. First published by Joseph Cundall in 1884. Scarce in such excellent condition.
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AN EASTER GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES “ALICE.”
Printed in Oxford for Carroll in 1876, but undated. Single leaf, on laid paper, bearing E. Towgood's watermark, folded to four pages, as issued. 130 x 88 mm. First edition, first printing, with all the required issue points, including the crucial ‘m’ in Roman type face as opposed to italic, at line 12 on the third page. A near mint copy. Scarce. See Williams, Madam, Green, 116, page 92.
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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN.
Edinburgh: Printed and Published by G. Ross. Price One Penny. No date [circa 1815]. 18 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Original self-wrappers. 96 x 60 mm. A fine copy. Very scarce. Two copies only listed on Library Hub.
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