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Acanthophyllum Books

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	BARRIE, J.M. (RETOLD BY MAY BYRON) The Walt Disney illustrated Peter Pan and Wendy (retold by May Byron with the approval of the author) Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1954, 4th impression, first published 1953.Publisher's pale blue boards with impressed design, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. spine sl.sunned, some foxing along outer edges of pages; col.ill.by Disney.130 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 1046 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BERQUIN, ARNAUD [INFERRED] The looking-glass for the mind, or intellectual mirror: being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories, and interesting tales, chiefly translated from that much admired work, L'ami des enfans [sic] T.Newbery, London, 1794, Reprint of the 1792 edition.Full leather binding.Fair /No Jacket.With 74 original wood engravings by John Bewick (died 1795).Front board and ffep detached; although this copy has a heavily worn binding, the text block is sound.A reprint of the 1792 edition. In English. GBP 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 133.25 US$ 199.32 \| JP¥ 17609] Book number: 5990 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRAHMS, CARYL Coppellia: the story of the ballet told for the young Haverstock Publishers Ltd. London, n.d.(c.1950).Boards.Good /No Jacket.Sellotape repairs, owner's inscription (dated 1947).A book designed to be read to pre-school children, with bold and rather theatrical colour illustrations by Herbert Sidon.Unpaginated; 16 folios. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 2154 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GIBBS, MAY Flannel flowers and other bush babies Angus & Robertson, 1986, facsimile of 1921 edition.Paper covers.0 207 14471 0.Fine /No Jacket.Fine, price sticker on rear cover, sm.crease in one corner of front cover.A classic of Australian children's literature, originally published in 1921 and illustrated by charming full-page drawings, mostly in sepia, the frontispiece in colour.Flannel flowers superficially resemble Edelweiss, save that the disc florets are replaced by Bush Babies.Unpaginated (14 leaves plus cover).Ideal as a child's first botany lesson. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 1212 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HYATT, JOHN (AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR) Tale of the Little Handkerchief Tree MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 900756 52 8.New /No Jacket.Story of two Chinese friends and their different paths in life.24 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 4247 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LANG, ANDREW Tales of a fairy court Collins' Clear-Type Press, n.d. Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, sl.foxing, extremities frayed, cover soiled.Col.frontispiece, 5 col.plates.112 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 1751 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, F.H. (ILLUSTRATED BY HONOR C. APPLETON) The children's King Arthur George G.Harrap & Co. 1935, 1st edition.Paper covers with flaps.V.g./ No Jacket .Owner's signature.Text in four sections: King Arthur's Kingdom; the Knight of the Kitchen; the Deeds of Sir Lancelot; the Quest of the Holy Grail.Illustrated with numerous line drawings, and a coloured frontispiece by Rowland Wheelwright.78 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2128 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, F.H. The childrens' Hiawatha George G.Harrap & Co. 1935, 1st edition.Paper covers with flaps.Good /No Jacket.Soft cover with flaps, worn externally.Mild foxing to extremities.Longfellow's epic verse retold for under-tens.Coloured frontispiece by Honor C.Appleton; attractive line drawings, some initialled by her, through the text.64 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2126 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MARZIALS, ADA M. The cobbler and other stories George G.Harrap & Co. 1940, Reprint of 1928 edition.Boards.Good /No Jacket.Spine linen exposed, edges rubbed, cover sl.soiled, owner's inscription on ffep.A compilation of fairy stories for pre-school children.56 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 2153 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	POTTER, BEATRIX The tale of Pigling Bland Frederick Warne & Co. n.d.(coded 237.650).Boards.Fair /No Jacket.A well-used copy with spine separating from front board.Donor's inscription on ffep.Some pages loose; the colour illustrations are good.94 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 2155 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	POTTER, BEATRIX The tale of Peter Rabbit Frederick Warne & Co. n.d.(coded 224.550).Boards.Fair /No Jacket.A well-used copy with spine separating from front board.Some pages loose; the colour illustrations are good.60 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 2156 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SISTER M. ANTONY, ILLUSTRATED BY SISTER TARCISIUS The pussy cat of the baby Jesus Sands & Co.n.d.[1922].Hard covers with pictorial cover.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover image of Jesus kneeling in vineyard with cat on lap; col.frontispiece (Jesus and Mary), 5 monochrome illustrations, unpaginated, (16) pp.Written in rhyming verse for a pre-school child.In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 1622 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	THOMAS, DYLAN; ILLUSTRATED BY EDWARD ARDIZZONE A child's Christmas in Wales Puffin, 1996, 1st Puffin edition (3rd issue), first published in 1978.Paper covers.0 14 037723 9.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. front cover creased; attractively illustrated.A modern classic.(4), 41, (2) pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 1340 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	BARRIE, J.M. (RETOLD BY MAY BYRON) The Walt Disney illustrated Peter Pan and Wendy (retold by May Byron with the approval of the author) Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1954, 4th impression, first published 1953.Publisher's pale blue boards with impressed design, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. spine sl.sunned, some foxing along outer edges of pages; col.ill.by Disney.130 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 1046 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BERQUIN, ARNAUD [INFERRED] The looking-glass for the mind, or intellectual mirror: being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories, and interesting tales, chiefly translated from that much admired work, L'ami des enfans [sic] T.Newbery, London, 1794, Reprint of the 1792 edition.Full leather binding.Fair /No Jacket.With 74 original wood engravings by John Bewick (died 1795).Front board and ffep detached; although this copy has a heavily worn binding, the text block is sound.A reprint of the 1792 edition. In English. GBP 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 133.25 US$ 199.32 \| JP¥ 17609] Book number: 5990 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRAHMS, CARYL Coppellia: the story of the ballet told for the young Haverstock Publishers Ltd. London, n.d.(c.1950).Boards.Good /No Jacket.Sellotape repairs, owner's inscription (dated 1947).A book designed to be read to pre-school children, with bold and rather theatrical colour illustrations by Herbert Sidon.Unpaginated; 16 folios. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 2154 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GIBBS, MAY Flannel flowers and other bush babies Angus & Robertson, 1986, facsimile of 1921 edition.Paper covers.0 207 14471 0.Fine /No Jacket.Fine, price sticker on rear cover, sm.crease in one corner of front cover.A classic of Australian children's literature, originally published in 1921 and illustrated by charming full-page drawings, mostly in sepia, the frontispiece in colour.Flannel flowers superficially resemble Edelweiss, save that the disc florets are replaced by Bush Babies.Unpaginated (14 leaves plus cover).Ideal as a child's first botany lesson. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 1212 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HYATT, JOHN (AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR) Tale of the Little Handkerchief Tree MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 900756 52 8.New /No Jacket.Story of two Chinese friends and their different paths in life.24 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 4247 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LANG, ANDREW Tales of a fairy court Collins' Clear-Type Press, n.d. Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, sl.foxing, extremities frayed, cover soiled.Col.frontispiece, 5 col.plates.112 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 1751 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, F.H. (ILLUSTRATED BY HONOR C. APPLETON) The children's King Arthur George G.Harrap & Co. 1935, 1st edition.Paper covers with flaps.V.g./ No Jacket .Owner's signature.Text in four sections: King Arthur's Kingdom; the Knight of the Kitchen; the Deeds of Sir Lancelot; the Quest of the Holy Grail.Illustrated with numerous line drawings, and a coloured frontispiece by Rowland Wheelwright.78 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2128 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEE, F.H. The childrens' Hiawatha George G.Harrap & Co. 1935, 1st edition.Paper covers with flaps.Good /No Jacket.Soft cover with flaps, worn externally.Mild foxing to extremities.Longfellow's epic verse retold for under-tens.Coloured frontispiece by Honor C.Appleton; attractive line drawings, some initialled by her, through the text.64 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 2126 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MARZIALS, ADA M. The cobbler and other stories George G.Harrap & Co. 1940, Reprint of 1928 edition.Boards.Good /No Jacket.Spine linen exposed, edges rubbed, cover sl.soiled, owner's inscription on ffep.A compilation of fairy stories for pre-school children.56 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 2153 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	POTTER, BEATRIX The tale of Pigling Bland Frederick Warne & Co. n.d.(coded 237.650).Boards.Fair /No Jacket.A well-used copy with spine separating from front board.Donor's inscription on ffep.Some pages loose; the colour illustrations are good.94 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 2155 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	POTTER, BEATRIX The tale of Peter Rabbit Frederick Warne & Co. n.d.(coded 224.550).Boards.Fair /No Jacket.A well-used copy with spine separating from front board.Some pages loose; the colour illustrations are good.60 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 2156 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SISTER M. ANTONY, ILLUSTRATED BY SISTER TARCISIUS The pussy cat of the baby Jesus Sands & Co.n.d.[1922].Hard covers with pictorial cover.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover image of Jesus kneeling in vineyard with cat on lap; col.frontispiece (Jesus and Mary), 5 monochrome illustrations, unpaginated, (16) pp.Written in rhyming verse for a pre-school child.In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 1622 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	THOMAS, DYLAN; ILLUSTRATED BY EDWARD ARDIZZONE A child's Christmas in Wales Puffin, 1996, 1st Puffin edition (3rd issue), first published in 1978.Paper covers.0 14 037723 9.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. front cover creased; attractively illustrated.A modern classic.(4), 41, (2) pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 1340 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.