Category: Childrens

The Adventures of Charlie Chimp and His Friends

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Juvenile Productions Ltd

Seller ID: 004233

Condition: Fair

Colour frontispiece and three colour plates, many illustrations within the text, some of which are full page,(and three of which have been coloured in by hand, reasonably tidily], small thick quarto, pages very browned due to poor quality paper, front and rear hinges slightly cracked, many internal hinges cracking and weak, one gathering becoming particularly tender and protruding a little from the fore-edge, original pictorial boards, rubbed and a bit worn and marked, corners worn through to the boards, spine fraying at top and bottom, and lacking a few small pieces at the bottom. VERY SCARCE...
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Image for Gamage's Christmas Bazaar 1913, being a facsimile reprint of the 1913 Christmas catalogue of A.W. Gamage Ltd of Holborn, London, with some pages from the 1911 General Catalogue

Gamage's Christmas Bazaar 1913, being a facsimile reprint of the 1913 Christmas catalogue of A.W. Gamage Ltd of Holborn, London, with some pages from the 1911 General Catalogue

By: Adburgham, Alison (introduction)

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles : 1974

Seller ID: 013239

ISBN-13: 9780715366080

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (36), 472, top edge foxed and fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy in a slightly faded dustwrapper. [Gamages began life in 1878 in a rented watch repair shop and, after quickly becoming a success amongst its customers, was established as a London institution. In time it was to grow large enough to take up most of the block on which it was situated. The store finally closed in 1972, but prior to that had been unusual in that its premises were away from the main Oxford Street shopping area, being on the edge of the City of London at Holborn Circu...
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Moppy is Angry. Moppy is Happy. [Two volumes]

By: Asher, Jane

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Walker Books : 1987

Seller ID: 018659

ISBN-13: 9780744507829

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes, slender octavo, each volume pp (28), paperback, original small price label on upper cover, very good condition. Each volume signed by author and artist, with personal inscription "to William".
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Child's Play - Seventeen drawings by E.V.B.

By: Boyle, Eleanor Vere (E.V.B.]

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, Addey & Co, Old Bond Street : 1851

Seller ID: 010149

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Seventeen pages, drawings with printed manuscript text, printed on one side of the page only, interleaved with blank pages, a little light foxing and age-toning, large slim 8vo, later blue cloth with gilt lettering and lining, very slightly worn. [The extremely rare true first edition. The text was taken by E.V.B from an old copy of Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes. Apparently published at Christmas 1851, but often attributed to 1852. It is reputedly the first book to have illustrations of nursery rhymes, but this seems a little unlikely ? The first title page has a large and heavy inscription - "T...
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The Children's Calendar of Song, Game and Verse

By: Brown, Mabel A.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, George Philip & Son : 1909

Seller ID: 014420

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, slim square octavo, pp 92, with six plates, a small oval school stamp on all four endpapers, otherwise very clean internally, the first few pages with a small crease at the lower corner, slightly weak internally, green cloth showing only the slightest signs of wear. RARE. [ The author was Head Mistress of Palmerston Road Infants School, Barry. The photographic illustrations are a delight - showing carefully posed pupils as dairymaids, gardeners, bakers etc.]
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Freight Train

By: Bunce, William

Price: £10.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons : 1954

Seller ID: 017051

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with colour line drawings by Lemuel B Line, large horizontal octavo, pp (26), a slight discoloration and waving to the bottom margin of the pages, otherwise clean internally, red cloth very slightly worn, the lower cover slightly spotted. [An attractive and uncommon childrens' book.]
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Reptiles and Amphibians of the World (Hippo Book 4)

By: Burton, Maurice

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Longacre Press ltd : 1962

Seller ID: 013988

Binding: Pictorial boards

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small horizontal 12mo, (measures 126mm x 99mm), very clean and sound internally, pictorial boards showing only very slight signs of wear. [Postage will be reduced]
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Tootoo the Travellng Cat

By: Chetham-Strode, Warren

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Heinemann : 1968

Seller ID: 016667

ISBN-13: 9780434932023

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated by Kenneth Townsend, small octavo, pp (4), 116, very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is lightly price-clipped, but otherwise clean and sound. A very good copy. VERY SCARCE.
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Biography for beginners, being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of the upper forms

By: Clerihew, E. (= E.C. Bentley]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, T. Werner Laurie

Seller ID: 017951

Binding: Soft Cloth

Condition: Fair

Popular edition, not dated (c.1910 ?). Illustrated with cartoon drawings by Chesterton, quarto, not paginated (c.90 pages), a little used and marked internally, soft green cloth, a little used, the rear cover marked.
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Recreations Botaniques (Ce qu'on voit dans les fleurs)

By: Coupin, Henri

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Paris, Vuibert et Nony : 1907

Seller ID: 013652

Binding: Half cloth and boards

Condition: Good

Illustrated with line drawings thoughout the text, large octavo, pp x, 162, uncut and partly unopened, a little age-toned thoughout but otherwise clean and sound, the Hartland Library copy, rebound in half cloth and plain boards, original wrappers bound in (including the attractive colopured upper cover), labels on the front endpapers, a stamp on the verso of the title page, a discrete shelf number on the spine. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire County Council in...
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Railways Shown to the Children

By: Dickson, George S.

Price: £5.50

Publisher: London, T.C. & E.C. Jack

Seller ID: 017845

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

[Not dated, c. 1917-1918 ?]. Illustrated with 48 colour plates, 12mo, pp viii, 95, a little used internally, one or two pages with slight marks or marginal tears, pictorial cloth, a little worn and amrked, the lower cover splash-marked.
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Fabre's Book of Insects

By: Fabre, J.H.; Mrs Rodolph Stawell; Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Seller ID: 018498

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Not dated, c.1922 ?. Illustrated with 12 fine colour plates by E.J. Detmold, (one with adhesion damage to the surrounding mount but not to the printed surface - see illustration, otherwise all others very good), quarto, pp 184, fore-edge very slightly thumbed, the first two pages of text a little marked, otherwise clean internally, the hinge at the title page is cracked and weak, blue decorated cloth a bit marked and stained, slightly worn.
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Heroes and Heroines

By: Farjeon, Eleanor and Herbert

Price: £38.50

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd : 1933

Seller ID: 017527

Binding: Pictorial boards

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Small slim quarto, pp 79, illustrated throughout in colour by Rosalind Thornycroft, a few slight blemishes to a few pages but overall in much cleaner than average condition, pictorial boards slightly age-toned and very slightly worn, the spine head is slightly worn and the rear joint is cracking slightly (see illustration) but otherwis quite good, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is only slightly worn and frayed and now enclosed in a removable clear cover.
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Make Your Own Model Railway Track

By: Gee, Kenneth F.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd : 1961

Seller ID: 015628

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

First reprint. 12mo, illustrated with line drawings, pp vi, 86, extremely clean internally, blue cloth with a slight hint of fading, otherwise in very good condition. The dustwrapper is price-clipped and slightly worn and chipped with slight loss.
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The Complete Guide to Knots and how to tie them

By: Gibson, Walter B.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Robinson Publishing Ltd : 1989

Seller ID: 011293

ISBN-13: 9781854872913

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 131, (3) a little age-toned but otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, the base of the spine very slightly bumped otherwise in very good condition.
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The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge (Redwing Library)

By: Hope, Laura Lee

Price: £4.50

Publisher: London & Manchester, World Distributors (Manchester) Limited : 1973

Seller ID: 016662

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Small octavo, pp 183, age-toned, a small corner (the price ?) has been cut from the half-title/frontispiece without loss of print, otherwise clean and sound internally, pictorial laminated boards rubbed and a bit worn, particularly on the lower cover. [Postage will be reduced]
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Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe

By: Hurlimann, Bettina

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1967

Seller ID: 008968

Binding: Cloth

Condition: New

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xviii, 297, contents and cloth virtually as new, the dustwrapper is price-clipped, probably by the publisher, a very good copy.
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Celtic Fairy Tales: being the two collections Celtic Fairy Tales & More Celtic Fairy Tales

By: Jacobs, Joseph

Price: £5.50

Publisher: London, The Bodley Head : 1970

Seller ID: 017997

ISBN-13: 9780370012520

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated by Victor Ambrus, large octavo, pp (2), 330, very clean internally, green cloth, a very slight tear to the spine head otherwise a good sound copy without dustwrapper. [This is a complete edition of the 46 stories in Jabob's two Celtic collections together with both his prefaces and all his notes and references. It has been newly illustrated Victor Ambrus with an attractive headpiece for each story. This is a beautiful anthology which highlights Celtic children's literature. "Celtic Fairy Tales" includes popular stories such as "Conall Yellowclaw," "The Sea-Maiden," and "The Battle ...
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Itin - A Bornean Elephant

By: Kler, Jaseinder Kaur; Goossens, Benoit & Ancrenaz, Marc

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, : 2014

Seller ID: 008885

ISBN-13: 9789838121507

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Well illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp vi, 78, paperback, a very good new copy. [This is a story about Itin, an eight-year-old Bornean elephant who lives in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In his journey of discovery, Itin learns from his mother and relatives about folklore that tells how elephants are revered by indigenous communities, and what he should expect once he leaves the herd. Written largely in Itin and his relatives? voices, this book also covers facts on elephants including unique features, social behaviour and communication methods. This publication highlights threats that Bornean elephan...
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Model Railway Working

By: Little, Jerome B.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, Vawser & Wiles Ltd

Seller ID: 015225

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Not dated (1950 ?). Illustrated, slim 12mo, pp 95, a neat small signature on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, cloth faded, slightly worn with a few marks. [Postage will be reduced]
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