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  • TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN. Illustrated by Susan Einzig. by PEARCE, PHILIPPA.
    PEARCE, PHILIPPA.
    TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN. Illustrated by Susan Einzig.

    London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Hardback. First edition. No dust-wrapper. Spine, corners and edges rubbed and worn, but internally clean, without marking and just a small ownership surname on front endpaper.

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  • TOODLES A magic Action Story.
    TOODLES A magic Action Story.

    Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. Softcover. Three double-page full-colour pop-ups. Little won at heel of spine; else very good. .

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  • TOPSY IN TOYLAND. Illustrated by M. York Shuter. by MATTHEWS, Ernest.
    MATTHEWS, Ernest.
    TOPSY IN TOYLAND. Illustrated by M. York Shuter.

    London: Sands & Co, No date [1904]. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original pictorial red cloth decorated in white. 104 x 68 mm. First edition. A very good copy. One of five titles issued in The Piccaninnies Picture Book Series. Very scarce.

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  • TOPSY TABBIKINS.
    TOPSY TABBIKINS.

    New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1927. A die-cut shape book in the form of cat. [16] pages. Original pictorial covers. 27 x 24 cm. Little worn at spine with some paper loss; old crease-mark to top outer corner of front cover; else a good clean copy.

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  • TOPSY-TURVY LAND. By May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick. by BYRON, May.
    BYRON, May.
    TOPSY-TURVY LAND. By May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.

    London: Humphrey Milford, No date [1908]. [50] leaves. Coloured title and 24 coloured illustrations, plus many black & white vignettes. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Binding: 11.8 x 9.8 cm. A fine copy.

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  • GENDEL, Evelyn.
    TORTOISE AND TURTLE Drawings by Hilary Knight.

    New York.Simon and Schuster. 1960. Not paged. [63pp]. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Green calf gilt. Green marbled endpapers. t.e.g. Quarto. First Edition. Specially bound presentation copy from publisher to Author inscribed; 'December 16, 1960 To dear Evelyn - With love and pride from her publisher and friend - Bob'. Rebacked; some wear to extremities of boards. Else a very good copy.

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  • TOY ANIMAL A.B.C. No 212. Dean’s 1/- Patent Rag Book Series 2.
    TOY ANIMAL A.B.C. No 212. Dean’s 1/- Patent Rag Book Series 2.

    London: Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd, No date [1919]. A reissue of Number 166, but with a new cover design. 10 pages. Illustrations by Stavert Johnstone Cash. 182 x 160 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive with the original advert slip loosely laid in.

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  • TOY ANIMAL A.B.C. No 212. Dean’s Rag Books. by [CASH, Stavert Johnstone.]
    [CASH, Stavert Johnstone.]
    TOY ANIMAL A.B.C. No 212. Dean’s Rag Books.

    London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [circa 1919]. [10] pages. 182 x 161 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive. This title is a reissue of No. 166., but with a new cover design.

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  • BEAUMONT, Cyril. W.
    TOYS. Rhymes by Cyril W. Beaumont. Decorations by Eileen Mayo.

    London: C. W. Beaumont, 1930. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. 48, [1], [1 ad'] pages. Illustrated in colour and in line throughout. First edition. Cloth covers have some light patching; else an excellent copy in a fine wrapper. A delightful alphabet.

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  • TOYS. Rhymes by Cyril W. Beaumont. Decorations by Eileen Mayo. by BEAUMONT, Cyril. W.
    BEAUMONT, Cyril. W.
    TOYS. Rhymes by Cyril W. Beaumont. Decorations by Eileen Mayo.

    London: C. W. Beaumont, 1930. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. 48, [1], [1 ad'] pages. Illustrated in colour and in line throughout. First edition. Cloth covers have some light patching; else an excellent copy in a fine wrapper. A delightful alphabet.

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  • TRAINS. Dean’s 2/- Patent Rag Book Series 3. Number 61.
    TRAINS. Dean’s 2/- Patent Rag Book Series 3. Number 61.

    London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [1928-1931]. 14 pages. Illustrated in colour by Charles Kingsley Cook. 208 x 177 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive. See Cope, page 68.

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  • TREASURE ISLAND. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder. by STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
    STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
    TREASURE ISLAND. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.

    London: Humphrey Milford, 1929. 260 pages. Illustrated with 12 colour plates and some black & white vignettes by Rowland Hilder, and a map. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. Original dust-wrapper and slipcase. Dust-wrapper has a couple of short tears in the lower panel; the slipcase is bumped and splitting, but complete. The book itself is near fine.

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  • MEGGENDORFER, Lothar.
    TRICKS OF NAUGHTY BOYS. A Series of Amusing Transformation Scenes.

    London: H. Grevel & Co, No date [1900]. [10] pages of letterpress, many with black & white illustrations, and six color moveable full-page plates operated by tabs. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. 355 x 255 mm. Some light spotting and smiling; tear to the first moveable plate adjacent to the pull tab, and two short closed tears to the fore-edge; neat name on front pastedown; covers a little worn at corners and lightly spoiled; else a very good copy of one of the scarcer titles.

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  • TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. by (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures.

    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with a vignette to title, and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original pale yellow boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote and illustrated a book entirely of his own creation, entitled, 'The Brighter Side of Cricket, in 1933. Baumgartner II.18.

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  • TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. by (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    (WOLFE, Humbert.)
    TRUFFLE EATER. By Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures.

    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with vignette to title and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original cream boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Presentation copy from the illustrator, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ‘To Marjorie Cold [?] with love from the illustrator of these vitriolic pages A Savory. Oct. 1933.’ Presentation copies are rare. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote…

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    London: Arthur Barker, Ltd, No date. (1933). 19 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated with vignette to title and numerous illustrations throughout in line by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. Original cream boards; pictorial upper cover illustrated in brown with blue lettering. Large 8vo. First edition. Covers a little dust-soiled; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a very good and important copy of this anti-Nazi Struwwelpeter parody. Presentation copy from the illustrator, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ‘To Marjorie Cold [?] with love from the illustrator of these vitriolic pages A Savory. Oct. 1933.’ Presentation copies are rare. Savoury also illustrated another book by Humbert Wolfe, called Stings and Wings, published in 1935, and wrote and illustrated a book entirely of his own creation entitled, 'The Brighter Side of Cricket, in 1933. Baumgartner II.18.

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  • Tsarevna Lyagushka. [The Frog Princess.] by BILIBIN, Ivan.
    BILIBIN, Ivan.
    Tsarevna Lyagushka. [The Frog Princess.]

    The Department for the Production of State Documents, St. Petersburg. Expeditsii Zagotovlenya Gosudarstvennykh Bumag, 1901. 12 pages, illustrated in chromolithography, with eight illustrations (two full-page) by Ivan Bilibin, decorative borders printed in brown, and a line illustration on last page. Original pictorial wrappers. 326 x 257 mm. First edition. Some wear to spine, with slight loss of paper and a short split at foot. Internally fine, with no offsetting or adhesion. A very good copy.

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  • TULIFÄNTCHEN DER ZWERGHELD. Adapted by Eva von Eckardt. Illustrated by Elsa Eisgruber. by IMMERMANN, Karl.
    IMMERMANN, Karl.
    TULIFÄNTCHEN DER ZWERGHELD. Adapted by Eva von Eckardt. Illustrated by Elsa Eisgruber.

    Leipzig: Ernst Wunderlich, No date [1936]. 23 pages of text, and 4 full-page coloured lithographs, plus many line drawings with the text. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 238 x 3022 mm. First edition. Very slight rubbing to boards; else a fine copy of a beautifully illustrated book.

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  • TURN AGAIN TALES By Laurence Houseman. by HOUSMAN, Laurence.
    HOUSMAN, Laurence.
    TURN AGAIN TALES By Laurence Houseman.

    Oxford: Basil Blackwell, No date [circa 1931]. [8], 280 pages. Illustrated with six mounted colour plates and numerous line drawings. Original grey cloth with a mounted colour pastedown to the upper panel. Quarto. Edition unknown, but probably a first. A fine copy.

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  • LEMAN, Martin.
    TWELVE CATS For Christmas.

    London: Pelham Books, 1982. Hardback. First edition. Just a touch of wear to corners; else a very good copy. Signed dated [82] on tile by Martin Leman.

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  • UN INCORRIGIBLE MINET.
    UN INCORRIGIBLE MINET.

    Paris: Hachette et Cie, No date [1904-10]. 24 pages illustrated by Alice Hanslip. 115 x 78 mm. A French issue of A Naughty Pussie. Dean’s 1/- Patent Rag Books Dwarf Series. Some spotting to covers, else an excellent copy of a very scarce title; this copy from the Dean archive with its loosely laid in advert’ slip still present.

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