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THE TWO SISTERS; or, the History of Jane and Eliza Wentworth. Embellished with 15 fine Engravings on Wood.
London: Whitrow and Co. Jewry-street, Aldgate; and sold by all Booksellers, & c. in Town and Country, No date [circa 1815-20]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks, pasted to the wrappers. Paste-down wood-engraved frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. 116 x 75 mm. Spine splitting from base; else a very good copy of a scarce chapbook.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING. Pictured in Colours by T. Van Hoytema.
London: David Nutt, 1894. Title, plus 31 pages (butterfly style) of colour lithographed illustrations in the Dutch Art Nouveau style. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Quarto. First and only English edition. Probably an early edition as the last page has the English title laid down over the Dutch. Re-backed and re-cased, but a very good copy of a very scarce title. This copy bears the bookplate of the noted collector of Andersen''s work, Dr. Richard Klein. The first Dutch edition was published in 1893. The book is considered to be Hoytema's finest work.
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THE VALE OV BRUKLI, A Tale bei a litel gerl.
London.Jamez Davis, Eizak Pitman Fonetik Institeut. 1880. [i-vii] [7] 8-48pp. Green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Bookseller's stamp to rear free endpaper. Pencil shorthand note to front free endpaper; stained to endpaper edges; minor bumping to head and heel of spine; front board a trifle rubbed; else an excellent copy.Very Scarce. Written by an 11 year old girl.
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THE VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS.
London: Henry J. Drane, No date [circa 1895]. Softcover. [18, [2]] pages plus covers. With 15 illustrations. Original pictorial stiff covers; gold thread securing the spine, as issued. 15.3 x 11.7 cm. A very good copy of a scarce printing of Moore's 'The Night Before Christmas.' This was also issued in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co.
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THE VISITS OF TOMMY LOVEBOOK to his neighbouring Little Masters and Misses. Embellished with Cuts.
London: J. Harris, 1815. [Price Three-pence.] 64 pages. First leaf [frontispiece] a pastedown. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 woodcuts within the text all by John Bewick. Original printed wrappers. Spine a little worn with some loss of paper; else a very good copy of a chapbook first published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1792, and by Harris in 1804. Moon 958(4).
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THE VISITS OF TOMMY LOVEBOOK to his neighbouring Little Masters and Misses. Embellished with Cuts. [Price Three-pence.]
London: J. Harris, 1815. 64 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 woodcuts within the text, all by John Bewick. Plain blue wrappers that look to have been recycled from another work, as they are printed on the inner faces. 109 x 72mm. Bound in twentieth century red calf gilt over cloth, and contained in a matching slipcase. A very good copy of a chapbook first published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1792, and by Harris in 1804. See Moon 958(4). Despite this being the last Harris edition, this is a rare chapbook.
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THE VISITS OF TOMMY LOVEBOOK to his neighbouring Little Masters and Misses. Embellished with Cuts. [Price Two Pence.]
London: J. Harris, 1806. 64 pages. First leaf [frontispiece] a paste-down. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 woodcuts within the text all by John Bewick. Original printed blue upper wrapper; the lower plain wrapper has been supplied. 98 x 63 mm. A very good copy of a chapbook first published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1792, and by Harris in 1804. Moon 958(2).
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THE WALLYPUG IN LONDON. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
London: Methuen & Co, 1898. xv, [1], 174, [2], 40 ad’s dated November 1897 pages. Original pictorial boards. Octavo. First edition. Little cocked, else a very good copy. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on front endpaper: ‘Oh Wallypug! Oh Wallypug! Where ever you may be, The little boys & girls I am sure Will often dream of thee. Jubilee Rhymester 22/11/97.’ [13807]
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THE WATER-BABIES: a fairy tale for a Land=Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1863. 350 pages. Full green morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, with the original cloth upper cover bound in at end. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. A very handsome copy. Lacking, as usual, the leaf B1 with the poem ‘L’Envoi,’ which Kingsley suppressed during the printing.
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THE WATER-BABIES A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby By Charles Kingsley. New edition with one hundred illustrations by Linley Sambourne.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886. [6], 371, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout in line. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 215 x 172 mm. Binding just a little cocked; some light spotting to front endpaper, and last page a little browned; small patch of water-staining to front board; else a very good, bright, clean, copy. First published in 1863 with just two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, this is the first fully illustrated edition.
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THE WATER-BABIES: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A.
London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1863. viii, 350 pages. Late nineteenth century morocco gilt. All edges gilt. First edition; first issue, complete with the l’envoi leaf. Few occasional light marks and the odd spot of foxing; else a very handsome copy; bookplate of James Kenneth Howard. A very handsome copy.
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THE WATER-KING’S LEVEE; or, The Gala at the Lake. A sequel to “The Peacock at Home.” For children of all ages and sizes. With appropriate Engravings. Second edition.
London: W. Lindsell, 1808. 24 pages. Illustrated with five full-page engravings. Original printed wrappers. 122 x 105 mm. Wrappers worn with a short split at the heel and a small arear of paper lacking from the rear panel. Contained in a folding cloth case. The first edition has six engravings, but would appear to have a different frontispiece; so, it may be that this copy lacks a plate or, is in fact, complete.
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THE WAY TO BE HAPPY: or, The History of the Family at Smiledale. To which is added, The Story of Little George.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden & Son, 1819. 47 pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 circular woodcuts within rectangular frames. Original wrappers with printed title label to the upper cover. 133 x 86 mm. First edition issued by Lumsden, after editions by Newbery and Harris. Spine restored, else a very good copy. Roscoe and Brimmell 136.
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THE WEDDING AMONG THE FLOWERS. By one of the authors of Original Poems, Rhymes for the Nursery, &c.
London: Darton and Harvey, 1808. 16 pages. Illustrated with six engraved plates. Original pictorial wrappers. The entire book bound in full morocco gilt. 122 x 102 mm. First edition. Some staining to the plates; else a very good copy.
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THE WEDDING AMONG THE FLOWERS. By one of the authors of Original Poems, Rhymes For the Nursery, &c.
London: Darton and Harvey, 1808. 16 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other plates. Original pictorial wrappers titled: ‘The Wedding of the Flowers.’ First edition. Covers soiled; ink ownership inscription and some smudging to blank verso of cover; small corner missing from upper cover; spine expertly repaired & re-cased; else a very good copy of this very scarce imitation of the Butterfly’s Ball, published a year earlier. Darton G383. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by the author’s brother Isaac Taylor.
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THE WELCOME VISITOR, or, The Good Uncle: being a collection of original stories, containing several well-authenticated anecdotes, displaying Striking Traits of virtue and Heroism in early life.
London: Harris and Son, 1820. 176 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original quarter roan over marbled boards. 148 x 96 mm. First edition. One signature loosening; boards rubbed at edges, and head of spine with slight loss; else a very good copy. See Moon 973.
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THE WHITE CAT.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870]. 6 leaves of text, the first and last being pastedowns to the wrappers, each printed on one side only, plus 6 full-page colour illustrations printed by Kronheim and Co. Original printed colour wrappers. 26.8 x23.4 cm. Spine restored; small neat name on first page; showing signs of wear, but a very good, clean copy.
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THE WHITE CAT, Illustrated by P. Cruikshank. LA CHATTE BLANCHE, Dessins par P. Cruishank. In English and French prose.
London: Read & Co. Paris: H. Mandeville, No date. (Circa 1850’s.). 13 leaves, the last printed on the recto only, of alternating French and English text. With twelve half-page lithographic illustrations. Recent fine binding of half-calf, gilt over marbled boards, with label to the upper cover. First edition thus. Rare. Not in Necker. No copy in COPAC or Worldcat, though copies of a different version of the same title, also published by Read & Co., are to be found.
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THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE ALPHABET. A Poem for Children.
London: Ackermann and Co, 1858. [1] 2-31 [32] ll., 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates and 23 hand-coloured vignettes within the text. Original decorative cloth gilt. All edges gilt. First edition. Re-cased; paper browning as is often the case with the book; slight wear to some fore-edges; else a very good copy. -
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THE WILD SWANS. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with ten pictures. The Hans Andersen Library for the Young.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870's]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 119, [5 ad's] pages. Colour frontispiece. Original decorative blue cloth, gilt. Fcap octavo. Ownership name: 'Royal Victoria Hospital' on front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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