H.B. (BELLOC, Hilaire)

The bad child's book of beasts

Oxford, Alden & Co, 1910. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dustjacket) Reprint. Free end papers a little browned; board corners worn; spine damaged with some loss. Later reprint (Fifth thousand). Undated -c1910. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS180536I

BELLOC Hilaire

The Bad Child's Book of Beasts. Verses by H. Belloc. Pictures by BTB [Basil Temple Blackwell]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Duckworth,, [c.1932]. 8vo., with illustrated title and numerous illustrations in the text, small age-mark on lower blank margins; original pictorial grey boards, upper board blocked in blue and lettered in red, expertly rebacked to style, a very good, bright, crisp copy. First published in 1896.

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Book number: 33221

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, belloc, hilaire belloc, btb, basil temple blackwood

Hilaire Belloc

The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts

London, Duckworth & Co, 1923. Cloth. A smart reprint of Belloc's popular verse collection for children, a copy gifted from the Dean of Bristol, Edward Burroughs. Gift leaf from the Dean of Bristol bound in before the front endpaper, with a gift note tipped-in to the front paste down, 'To Robin + Nigel, with affection good wishes for Christmas, from their friend, the Dean, 24.xiii.24&apos. At this time Edward Burroughs was the Dean. An English writer and Anglican bishop, Burroughs later became the Bishop of Ripon. He once caused controversy for describing modern universities as "counterfeit presentations", as opposed to Oxford and Cambridge.Hilaire Belloc's popular tongue-in-cheek collection of verses offering advice to children through the guise of animals and beasts.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Basil Temple Blackwood. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, boards are a little rubbed. Small bump and puncture mark to the tail of the front board. Light bumping to the extremities. Minormarks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Letter tipped-in to the front endpaper. Two additional leaves bound before the title page, one being a typed gift leaf, the following having a tipped-in picture of the Bristol Cathedral. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Basil Temple Blackwood. Very Good .

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Book number: 850P8

Catalogue: Children's Books

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