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Fables from Aesop and other illustrated by Arnrid Johnston

By: Aesop

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Transatlantic Arts: 1944

Seller ID: 006959

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Printed by W.S.Cowell. Illustrated paper covered boards with blue cloth spine and title in blue on front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Occasional very light foxing. Dustjacket condition: Poor, generally very shelfworn with some repaired chips and tears. Not price-clipped. Includes 23 of Aesops fables, including the Ant and the Grasshopper, the Fox and the Stork and the Fox and the Crow, beautifully illustrated with colour lithographs by Arnrid Johnston (1895-1972)
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Aladdin (Retold and illustrated by S G Hulme Beaman)

By: Beaman, S.G.Hulme

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd.: 1924

Seller ID: 007001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

NB: No dustjacket. Black hardcover with title on spine and front cover. Green dragon motif on front cover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general light shelfwear, with slightly more wear to head of spine. Previous owners initials on front endpaper. 40pp. 8 colour plates (inc.frontispiece). The illustrations are by S G Hulme Beaman (1887-1932) best known as the creator of the Toytown Stories and Larry the Lamb. The illustrations are quite angular, slightly futuristic and very much in period.
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Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green

By: Bede B.A., Cuthbert

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, James Blackwood & Co.: 0

Seller ID: 002491

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Poor

No date, but c.1860. Maroon colour cloth with titles in gilt on spine and and image of and owl and a duck in college uniform on the front cover. Condition: Poor to fair, covers and spine are quite shelfworn and rubbed, watermark to corners of front pastedown and fep, not affecting text in any way. Previous owners name in pencil on fep. Front hinge beginning to crack, but otherwise binding sound. Browning to half-title, otherwise text clean with very occasional light soiling. 200pp. plus publishers list. Charming period b/w images throughout text by the author.
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Fruhling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter im Zwergenland

By: Berg, Maria

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Rosenheim, Bavaria, L.Berchenbreiter: 1935

Seller ID: 006542

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair

NB: Text is in German throughout. Card covered stapled book. Condition: Fair to good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn and lightly foxed. Pencil inscription at top of title page dated 1937. General light foxing throughout. Staples in centre of book just beginning to rust. 19pp. Charming illustrations by Roswitha Bitterlich (1920-2015).
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Jane, the fox & me

By: Britt, Fanny and Arsenault, Isabelle

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Boston, Sydney, Auckland, Walker Books: 2014

Seller ID: 006822

ISBN: 1406353043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 101pp.
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The Pilgrim's Progress

By: Bunyan, John

Price: £9.00

Publisher: London, Religious Tract Society: 0

Seller ID: 001412

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

No date, but c.1925. Bright blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine and cover. Blindstamped motif on front cover. Condition: Good, binding sound, spine and cover corners lightly rubbed, but covers are clean and bright.Endpapers browned, previous owners name on fep, with the date July 18th, 1926. 320pp. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Harold Copping. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall
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Alicia in Terra Mirabili by Ludovici Carroll

By: Carruthers, Clive Harcourt (translator)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Company Ltd.: 1967

Seller ID: 006222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First published thus in 1964, this is the 1967 reprint. Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with some light general sunning to covers and spine of dustjacket. Small chip missing to top edge of front of jacket. Rear of jacket has some watersplashmarks and light foxing.116pp. This is a translation from English into Latin of Lewis Carroll's famous book, Alice in Wonderland.
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Fifty-one Original Fables with Moral and Ethical Index, Also a Translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages

By: Crithannah, Job (J.Birch)

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, Hamilton, Adams and Co.: 1832

Seller ID: 005328

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

Violet cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, cloth covers are quite shelfworn and faded with sunning to spine and cover edges. Top edge gilt. Blindstamped decoration to the covers. Cover corners and head and tail of spine are worn, with some splitting to cloth at sides of spine. A previous owners name (Rupert Gwynne, Rosnashane) on front pastedown. Pencil note to reverse of front endpaper dated 1946 and a further pencil note to top of title page dated 1845. Binding becoming a little loose. 251pp. Eighty-five b/w wood engravings designed R.Cruickshank. Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9&...
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The Children of the House

By: Fairfax-Lucy, Brian and Pearce, Philippa

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Longmans Young Books Ltd.: 1968

Seller ID: 006036

ISBN: 0582159881

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pale blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Signed by Brian Fairfax-Lucy on front endpaper and dated April 1969. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 159pp. Dustjacket and b/w illustrations by John Sergeant.
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Les Livres De L'Enfance Du XVe Au XLVe Siecle, 2 Vols.

By: Gavault, Paul

Price: £90.00

Publisher: Paris, Gumuchian & Cie.: 0

Seller ID: 001192

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Brick red/brown cloth, with titles in gilt on spines. No dustjackets. Condition: Good, although covers are shelfworn and spine and corners lightly bumped. Condition: Good, bindings sound, text clean. Some cockling to edge of frontispieces to both books. Light browning to page edges. Volume 1 has a watermark to the spine and back cover, not affecting text in any way. 446pp (Vol 1) and 336 plates (Vol II), mostly b/w, several in colour. Both volumes have been stamped and numbered in error at the bindery of the University of Chicago Library, i.e. a neat stamp on the reverse of the title page and ...
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Mr Jones Comes to Stay

By: Glover, Joyce

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, George G.Harrap: 1942

Seller ID: 002493

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

Orange cloth with titles in black on spine and front cover and an image of a shopkeeper carrying a siamese cat in black on the front cover. Printed on war economy paper. Condition: Fair, covers are quite shelfworn, with sunning to spine and a few small brown marks to front and rear covers. Lower corner of rear cover has a watermark, not affecting text in any way. Binding sound, previous owners name and address on fep has been rubbed out, leaving faint indentation marks. Very light browning to text throughout. 96pp. Illustrations within text by Lunt Roberts. No.43 in the Milly-Molly-Mandy serie...
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Parley's Tales By a Grandfather: For the Instruction and entertainment of His Young Friends

By: Goodrich, Samuel Griswold

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Richard T.Bowyer: 0

Seller ID: 002489

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Poor

No date, but c.1850. Dark green cloth with scrolls and titles in gilt on spine.Cream endpapers. Condition: Poor to fair, covers have been damp to the outer edge at some point, with some raising of cloth to the rear cover. Covers and spine are generally shelfworn with bumping to spine and cover corners. Front hinge has cracked so that the spine is loose from the text, but rear hinge holding firmly.Text not affected. pp.137-140 becoming loose, otherwise binding sound. Previous owners name on fep. 284pp. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard of a painting by W.Mulready. Includes chapters on the...
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The Little Horse Bus

By: Greene, Graham

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Max Parrish: 1966

Seller ID: 006685

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Fifth impression, 1966 (originally published in 1952). Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally shelfworn with some faint scribble marks and soiling to the "cloud" around the horse drawn bus on the front of the jacket. Price-clipped. 35pp. Beautifully illustrated by Dorothy Craigie (1900-1971). Dorothy Craigie was the pseudonym used by the artist Dorothy Glover, who is best remembered now as the one-time lover of Graham Greene with whom she live...
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The Crows of Pearblossom

By: Huxley, Aldous

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1976

Seller ID: 006201

ISBN: 0701150890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

First published in1967, this edition first published in 1976. Hardcover. Condition: Poor, covers are lightly shelfworn and soiled, more so to rear cover. Top inch of spine covering is separating from binding but still attached. Light foxing and soiling to endpapers. Last two of the rear endpapers have childrens blue scribble and small tears to the tops of the pages. Occasional light foxing throughout text. Aldous Huxley wrote his only children's story for his niece Olivia during a Christmas holiday in 1944. It was first published in 1967, shortly after his death.
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Molly-O

By: Joynt, H.Lane

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 1954

Seller ID: 002890

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Green cloth with titles in white on spine. Condition: Good, with light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light foxing. Not price-clipped. 58pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Rich Man and the Shoe-Maker

By: La Fontaine

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1965

Seller ID: 003622

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Illustrated paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to cover edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. Now protected by clear removable cellophane. A beautifully illustrated book of La Fontaine's fable about whether it is better to be poor and happy, or rich and care-worn. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall
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Cherry Time at Bullerby

By: Lindgren, Astrid

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.Ltd.: 1964

Seller ID: 006209

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good with small neat inscription to previous owner at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with a hint of sunning to spine. Not price-clipped.93pp.
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Little Animals of the Countryside

By: Mayo, Eileen

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Pleiades Books Ltd.: 1945

Seller ID: 007030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Decorated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Condition: Good, covers are quite shelfworn, light sunning and soiling to covers. No inscriptions. 32pp. plus 1pp. index. Written and beautifully illustrated by the British born artist Eileen Mayo (1906-1994)
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Badjelly the Witch - A Fairy Story

By: Milligan, Spike

Price: £195.00

Publisher: London, M & J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph: 1973

Seller ID: 006238

ISBN: 0718111125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Hardcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners. Some foxing to endpapers. A couple of small red pencil marks to front endpaper.Occasional small marks and indentations within text. Signed by Spike Milligan "To Joss from Hoss" on blank page facing title page (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn (more so to cover corners and head and tail of spine) with some scuffing. Interior of dustjacket has some water splashmarks, not affecting book in any way. Not price-clipped.
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Suffer Little Children: a Picture Book of Bible Stories for Little Folk

By: No Author

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London and New York, Ernest Nister/E.P.Dutton & Co.: 1903

Seller ID: 005221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated, but c.1903. Decorative paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear to covers, more so to cover corners and head and tail of spine. Light browning to endpapers and light browning to pages throughout. Previous owners name on front pastedown. 14 chromolithographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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