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THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with nineteen 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 red cloth, gilt. Fcap octavo. Ownership name: 'Royal Victoria Hospital' on front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE WINTER VACATION; or, holidays in the Country. Intended for the amusement of children.
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821. 71 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other full-page engraved plates. Original marbled boards recently re-backed in green gilt roan. 142 x 95 mm. Ownership name on endpaper; boards rubbed and corners worn; else a very good copy of a title first published in 1818. See Darton G1051(2).
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THE WINTER’S NIGHT; or, The Admiral, The Farmer, and The Old Marine, A Tale, in Rhyme. For Children. With Five Etchings. Price Two Shillings.
Taunton: J. W. Marriott, 1815. 30 pages. Illustrated with four etchings and one lithograph. Recent quarter sheep over marbled boards.. 136 x 110 mm. First edition. Two of the etchings a little ragged in margins where once loose, but a very good copy of a rare book.
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THE WISDOM OF CROP THE CONJURER. Exemplified in several Characters of good and bad Boys, with an impartial Account of the celebrated Tom Trot, who rode before all the Boys in the Kingdom till he arrived at the Top of the Hill called Learning. Written for the Imitation of those who love themselves. Adorned with Cuts. Price Two-pence.
Wellington: F. Houlston and Son, No date. [Circa 1820.]. 32 pages, including pastedown wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve woodcuts within the text. Original wrappers with cuts to both, that on the lower showing a pedlar, entitled ‘A Jew.’ 19.6 x 6.6 cm. A fine copy of a scarce title.
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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
London.Griffin & Farran. Not dated. [Inscribed 1881 but could be earlier.]. [vi], 26pp, ornately chromolithographed throughout in approximately six colours, heightened with gold. The first page after the title has a mounted and shaped albumen religious photograph. Original purple cloth gilt with title set in white circle. All edges gilt. Octavo. Spine a little faded, but gilt remaining bright; inscription for Christmas 1881, with a later ownership signature. A handsome copy.
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THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES & DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEMUEL GULLIVER.
London: Didier & Tebbett, 1808. 12 leaves, each printed on one side only. Title with engraved vignette, and eleven pages each bearing an engraved illustration with verse beneath. Lacking original wrappers, and rebound some point in the late twentieth century. First edition. A very good copy of a rare edition.
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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.
York: T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1805. (Price One Penny.) [32] pages the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers; page 30 is a blank; page 31 bears a booklist. Pastedown wood-engraved frontispiece and 13 woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers with cuts to both panels. 85 x 60 mm. Covers rubbed and worn; else very good copy of a are chapbook. No copy on Library Hub or Worldcat, though both list another edition of this title by this publisher.
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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THREE-FINGERED JACK, the terror of Jamaica. Giving an account of his persevering courage and gallant heroism in avenging the cause of his injured parents; with an account of his desperate conflict and death.
Otley: William Walker, No date [circa 1860]. 12 pages. Original printed wrappers. 181 x 110 mm. Probably dis-bound from a collection to judge from pinholes in the spine. Covers dust-soiled; light wear to corners; else very good. One copy only on Library Hub.
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THE WONDERS OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS; Being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. Ornamented with numerous Engravings.
London: Thomas Tegg, No date [circa 1820]. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, and seven other full-page wood-engravings, plus a two tail-pieces. Original semi-stiff wrappers with mounted engravings to both panels. Covers a little rubbed, else an excellent copy.
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THE WONDERS OF THE HORSE, recorded in anecdotes, and interspersed with poetry.
London: W. & T. Darton, 1808. 144 pages. Illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. Original quarter roan gilt. 137 x 85 mm. 12mo in sixes. First edition. Bookseller’s label to front pastedown; spine rubbed and cracking at bottom of front joint; a few blank corners lost; one manuscript erasure; some occasional water staining; else a good plus copy.
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THE WORLD OF ICE; or, Adventures in the Polar Regions. By Robert Michael Ballantyne. With Illustrations.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. [iv], 315 pages. Engraved frontispiece and two other full-page plates. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Front free endpaper stamped: ‘Mr Pennington Harford House School West Hackney.’ Inscribed beneath the stamp: ‘Master Palmer first class Arithmetic Prize Christmas 1860.’ Some slight discolouration to frontispiece; else a very good copy. Quayle [21a] states page 316 is an advert leaf, but in this copy page 316 is blank. He also cites four plates, though this copy has three as do others held in major collections. This title is scarce in first edition form.
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THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN; or, No News, and Strange News. Adorned with cuts.
York: J. Kendrew, Colliergate, No date [circa 1830]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved pastedown frontispiece, vignette on title, and 27 wood engravings within the text. Original printed terracotta wrappers. 103 x 65 mm. A fine copy of one of Kendrew’s scarcer titles.
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THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1894. Hardback. No dust-wrapper. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Near contemporary full 'yellow' morocco. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Bookplate; binding a little dulled and marked; else a very clean copy.
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THE YORKSHIRE HUNT; or, an extraordinary chase of the parson and the cat, (in the Wolds of Yorkshire) By William Cowper. Embellished with Six Spirited Engravings on Wood, after the manner of Cruikshank, by M.U. Sears.
London: Alfred Miller, 1831. 20 pages. Sic full-page engraved plates. Bound in slightly later half tan calf with gilt title label in black calf to the spine. Neat ownership name on the balnk recto of one of the frontispices; binding a little rubbed; else a very good copy. In imitation of Cowper’s famous John Gilpin, the poem tells the tale of a fox-hunting parson onto whose head a frightend cat jumps, with dire consequences.
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The Young Child’s Own Series of New Threepenny Coloured Books. HAPPY CHANGES, or, the story of John, Paul, and David.
London: Dean & Son. Threadneedle Street, No date [circa 1840’s]. [8] leaves printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with five hand-coloured engravings and one plain engraving. Original pictorial series wrappers. 214 x 142 mm. Spine repaired; lower outer corners chipped; else a very good copy of a very scarce title, contained in a modern cloth slipcase. This is number 12 in the series.
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The Young Gentleman and Lady’s INSTRUCTOR; or new reader and speaker: being A Choice Collection of pieces in poetry and prose, designed as a pleasing and useful companion to young persons in general.
London: R. Harrild, 1808. [2], iv, 84 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece; vignette on title. Sometime nicely rebound in quarter Morocco over paper-covered boards, but with the original printed shaped label mounted on the front board. 12mo. Rare. No copy listed in Library Hub.
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THE YOUNG MOTHER. By Mrs. Sherwood.
London: Wightman and Cramp, No date [circa late 1820's]. Softcover. 16 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on cover/title. 15 x9.3 cm. Dis-bound from a collection of tracts, and displaying evidence of such on the spine; unstitched. Number 24 in the series. A very good copy.
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THE YOUNG NATURALIST, A New History of Foreign and British Beasts. Price Two-pence.
Chelmsford: I. Marsden, No date [circa 1830.]. 24 pages, including pastedown wrappers. Illustrated with a full-page pastedown frontispiece, and eight small woodcuts and two tail-pieces. Original printed pastedown wrappers, with woodcuts to both panels. 12.7 x 7.3 cm. Frontispiece has a patch of light staining; small blank corner chipped from title; else very good.
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THE YOUNG PILGRIM. Or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East: and his travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petrea, &c. Illustrated with twelve engravings. New edition, with additions.
London: A. K. Newman, 1841. Xii, 239, [1], [8 ad's] pages. Separate engraved title, and 12 engravings on six plates. Original red cloth, gilt. 12mo. Binding just splitting at head & heel of spine; else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1826.
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THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS, or the Boy Hunters in the North. With twelve illustrations by W. Harvey.
London: David Bogue, 1854. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. Sometime [19th century] rebound in full green calf, gilt, red label to spine. All edges gilt. viii, 471 pages. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Octavo. First edition. Spine a little rubbed and faded; some marking and browning to the title and to the frontispiece; ownership name of Jane Brennan Reid to front endpaper. A good plus copy.
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