KRESTYANOV, V. N.. (Risunki i tekst)

Slonik Moka I Mishunk U Sebya Doma (Moka the Elephant and Mishunk at Home) (Russian Children's Book)

S. Peterburg Petersburg, A F Devrien, 1912. Original Petersburg edition. Landscape format, not dated but inscribed 1912, cloth backed illustrated boards, 28 pages illustrated in colour throughout, decorated end-papers, publisher's list to rear page. In good condition. Covers a little grubby, endpaper creased with old repair, thumbed throughout with some loose gatherings. Loved and used but not particularly worn. More photos on request. This was later re-published in 1920s in Berlin. Hardcover.

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Book number: 26527

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Russian|Russian Children's Book|Russian Avant-Garde|Russian Graphic Art|Children's|Avant Garde|Featured|Russian Children's Books

LADONSHCHIKOV, G..

Zimushka-Zima [Text in Russian]. Risunki T Ivanitskou.

Moscow Moskva, Detskaya Literatura, 1966. Very attractive wrap-round colour illustrated covers, b/w illustrated inside. 19 x 26cm. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. Attractively illustrated by T. Ivanitskaya. Paperback.

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Book number: 37174

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Children's|Illustrated|Russian Children's Books|Featured

LE CLERC, George Louis, Count de Buffon

Le Petit Buffon. (Ou Histoire Naturelle Dédiée à la Jeunesse ?).

Paris, N.p, n.d. Reprint. Contemporary full leather (tree calf?) with remains of labels to spine, marbled endpapers, 12mo. 13 x 8.5 cm. 260 pp. 7 engraved plates (of 12?). No publication details, presumed 1820. Inscribed 1829. Text complete and in good order. Fair. Leather quite wormed and scuffed, lacks title page and other preliminaries, lacks last page. Very much abridged children's edition of Buffon's great work. Hardcover.

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Book number: 15004

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Natural History|French|Buffon|Children's|Featured

LEBEDEV, V (1891 - 1967)

Okhota. [the Hunt. ]

Moskva Moscow & Leningrad, Raduga, 1925. Colour illustrated lithographed covers, 12 pp. full page colour lithographs. In excellent condition. Appears unused. ".. imitates the conventions of cave-paintings.." Druker et al (2015) Not in British Library. MoMA.

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Book number: 37787

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Children's|Featured|Russian Avant Garde|Russian|Illustrated

LEVI, Peter

Edward Lear. A Biography.

London, Macmillan, 1995. A very nice bright copy in original unclipped dust-wrapper. Clean and tight. Neat owner label to f.e.p. Used; Very Good . Hardback.

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Book number: 36646

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Art|Literature|Biography|Featured|Special Collection|Children's

LISSNER, E E (illustrator)

Skazka Gore. Illustrated by Lissner. [Text in Russian].

Moscow, Gonak, 1973. A good, clean, tight copy. Illustrated card covers. 12pp. 24x32pp. colour illustrated throughout, text in Russian. A little unobtrusive scuffing to lower cover. Used; Very Good Illustrated by Ernst-Johann Lissner (1874-1941) Russian painter and graphic artist, owner of a private art studio and the printing press "E. Lissner and J. Roman" in Moscow. Well known mainly for his historical and patriotic paintings. Paperback.

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Book number: 36049

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Silver Age|Russian Art|Russian Avant Garde|Book-Cover Design|Featured|Bilibin|Children's|Illustrated|Book-Cover Design

LOCHNER, Helena J. F..

Hoe Die Sprinkane Horinkies Gekry Het En Die Boomprinses. Legendes Oorvertel. Geillustreer Deur Die Skryfster. Vierde Druk. Verhaaltjies Vir Laer Skole.

Kaapstad Cape Town, Nasionale Pers Beperk, 1946. A good copy. 29pp. covers and b/w illustrations inside by the author. Ex Cape Town University Library with small number label to upper cover and library label inside cover and to title page. Else very tight and clean. Appears unread. Used; Very Good Helena Francina Lochner became a well-known and respected author of many children's books written in Afrikaans. She illustrated the majority of her books herself. Born in 1892 in Moorreesburg on a farm, she was the tenth of fifteen children. After teaching for many years, she retired in 1948 and went to live in Blaauwbergstrand, where she could give all her attention to her writing. She died in 1951. Paperback.

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Book number: 34569

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Afrikaans|Children's|Reader|Germanic Language|Featured|African Language

LOCHNER, Helena J. F..

Die Ou Vrou Se Kombers 'n Sprokie Derde Druk. Verhaaltjies Vir Laer Skole. No. 13.

Kaapstad Cape Town, Nasionale Pers Beperk, 1944. A good copy. 52pp. covers and b/w illustrations inside by the author. Ex Cape Town University Library with small number label to upper cover and library label inside cover and to title page. Else very tight and clean. Appears unread. Used; Very Good Helena Francina Lochner became a well-known and respected author of many children's books written in Afrikaans. She illustrated the majority of her books herself. Born in 1892 in Moorreesburg on a farm, she was the tenth of fifteen children. After teaching for many years, she retired in 1948 and went to live in Blaauwbergstrand, where she could give all her attention to her writing. She died in 1951. Paperback.

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Book number: 36790

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Afrikaans|Children's|Reader|Germanic Language|Featured|African Language

LOCHNER, Helena J. F..

Pinkie, Die Hottentotjie En Apie Vang Diewe. Vir Kinders Van 7 Tot 10 Jaar. Vyfde Druk. Verhaaltjies Vir Laer Skole. No. 6.

Kaapstad Cape Town, Nasionale Pers Beperk, 1944. A good copy. 52pp. covers and b/w illustrations inside by the author. Ex Cape Town University Library with small number label to upper cover and library label inside cover and to title page. Else very tight and clean. Appears unread. Used; Very Good Helena Francina Lochner became a well-known and respected author of many children's books written in Afrikaans. She illustrated the majority of her books herself. Born in 1892 in Moorreesburg on a farm, she was the tenth of fifteen children. After teaching for many years, she retired in 1948 and went to live in Blaauwbergstrand, where she could give all her attention to her writing. She died in 1951. Paperback.

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Book number: 34570

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Afrikaans|Children's|Reader|Germanic Language|Featured|African Language

LÖNNROT, Elias, (Comp.), MAGOUN, Francis Peabody (trans.)

The Kalevala or Poems of the Kaleva District: Compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Translated with Foreword and Appendices by Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. .

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1985. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. With b/w illustrations, name index, glossary and other appendices. Used; Very Good . Paperback.

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Book number: 36607

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Kalevala|Finno Ugrian|Finland|Folk Tales|Epic Poetry|Special Collection|Featured

MAGNUS, L A.

The Heroic Ballads of Russia.

London, Kegan Paul, 1921. Original blue cloth, spine lettered gilt. Spine head a little pulled, faint remains of tape to spine, neat contemporary library withdrawn stamp and Birkbeck Library College blind stamped to f.e.p. Old 'Rudoph Steiner Bookshop' label to endpaper. Clean, tight and little used. Used; Very Good Includes medieval Russian history and background to the legends. Hardcover.

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Book number: 32705

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Russia|Folk Tales|Epic Poetry|Russian|Featured

MAKUSZYNSKI,K - WALENTYNOWICZ, M

120 Przygod. Koziolka Matolka

Krakow, Wydawnictwo Literackie Krakow, 1958. A good, clean, tight copy. Landscape format, stapled, 22pp. Colour offset cover and illustrations throughout. Cartoon-form texts in Polish. Very occasional unobtrusive juvenalia. Used; Very Good Kornel Makuszynski children's books featuring Koziolka Matolek have enjoyed long popularity in Poland and Israel. Paperback.

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Book number: 36284

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Polish|Special Collection|Featured|Illustrated|Children's

MAKUSZYNSKI,K - WALENTYNOWICZ, M

Czwarta Ksiega Przygod. Koziolka Matolka.

Krakow, Wydawnictwo Literackie Krakow, 1959. A good, clean, tight copy. Landscape format, stapled, 22pp. Colour offset cover and illustrations throughout. Cartoon-form texts in Polish. Used; Very Good Kornel Makuszynski children's books featuring Koziolka Matolek have enjoyed long popularity in Poland and Israel. Paperback.

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Book number: 36285

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Polish|Special Collection|Featured|Illustrated|Children's

MAKUSZYNSKI,K - WALENTYNOWICZ, M

Na Nic Placze, Na Nic Krzyki Koniec Przygod Fiki-Miki

Krakow, Wydawnictwo Literackie Krakow, 1958. A very good, clean, tight copy in excellent condition. Landscape format, stapled, 22pp. Colour offset cover and illustrations throughout. Cartoon-form texts in Polish. Used; Very Good Kornel Makuszynski children's books featuring Koziolka Matolek have enjoyed long popularity in Poland and Israel. Paperback.

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Book number: 36286

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Polish|Special Collection|Featured|Illustrated|Children's

MAKUSZYNSKI,K - WALENTYNOWICZ, M

Wanda Lezy W Naszej Ziemi

Krakow, Wydawnictwo Literackie Krakow, 1961. A very good, clean, tight copy in excellent condition. Landscape format, stapled, 22pp. Colour offset cover and illustrations throughout. Cartoon-form texts in Polish. Used; Very Good Kornel Makuszynski children's books featuring Koziolka Matolek have enjoyed long popularity in Poland and Israel. Paperback.

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Book number: 36313

Catalogue: Children's, Folk & Illustrated

Keywords: Polish|Special Collection|Featured|Illustrated|Children's