Young England. Fifty-Third Annual Volume. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Pilgrim Press,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and blue, coloured plate, several plates in monochrome and very numerous illustrations in the text, top very lightly spotted; blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in yellow and black, a remarkably bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 28330

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, juvenilia, young england, children's annuals, young, englandchapman

ALLEYNE Margaret

The Story of Mr. Prettimouse. Illustrated by Mary B. Robinson.

Warne,, n.d.. Sm. 4to., with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, numerous charming coloured illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 2205

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[AMALGAMATED PRESS]

The Bruin Boys' Annual 1935. Tales to read to little People.

'The Rainbow',, 1935. Roy. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, and very numerous coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations and strips throughout, 'belongs to' page completed in pencil, pages edges lightly browning as usual; original pictorial boards, cloth back, boards very lightly scuffed at edges else a remarkably tight, clean copy. Scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 12012

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AMALGAMATED PRESS

The Modern Boy's Book of Aircraft. The Romance of Man's Mastery of the Skies in Picture and Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Amalgamated Press,, 1931]. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page and illustrations in the text; free endpapers lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board with mounted coloured illustration (not repeated in text), upper board and backstrip lettered in black, lower hinge webbing exposed (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy with almost no trace of the usual fading and soiling. W E Johns [of 'Biggles' fame] is a major contributor. He is credited with four stories and all the coloured plates, but was almost certainly responsible for further content. The first 'Biggles' book was published in the following year. A WONDERFUL COPY OF A SPLENDID PERIOD PIECE AND VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 21777

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ANDERSEN Hans Christian

Andersen's Fairy Tales and Stories. Illustrated by H.M. Brock. [??Second Edition.] IN FULL MOROCCO

Seeley & Co.,, n.d. [c.1910]. 8vo., ?Second Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates and 8 plates in monochrome; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, pictorial cloth from original board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Skilton gives 1905 as the date of the first Brock edition, but with only 8 plates. This edition, published in Seeley's 'Prince's Library' series, adds four coloured plates to the original eight in monochrome found in other versions of the same text, including the same publisher's 'Scarlet Library' issue. AN ELEGANT COPY OF SCARCE EDITION.

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Book number: 24426

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ANDERSEN Hans Christian

Classic Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner. NEAR FINE COPY

Barnes & Noble, New York NY,, [2012]. 8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome illustations (a number full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; full purple bonded leather blocked in gilt and colours, gilt edges, ribbon marker, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 47940

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ANDERSEN Hans Christian

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. A New Translation by Mrs. H.B. Paull. With original Illustrations [by Van Dargent]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Frederick Warne,, n.d. [c.1908]. 8vo., with coloured chromolithographed frontispiece, 2 coloured chromolithographed plates, 6 full-page monochrome plates and very numerous illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary; original green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, bevelled boards, patterned endpapers, expertly recased, covers mildly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects thirty-one of Paull's adaptations of Andersen's tales. The plates and illustrations, by a variety of artists, are mostly engraved by Van D'Argent. SCARCE.

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Book number: 24149

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Keywords: literature, hans christian andersen, paull, van dargent, fairy tales, fables, hans christian andersen

ANON

Helped and Hindered. A Story for Boys.

Religious Tract Society,, [1888]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and several illustrations (2 ful-page) in the text; original pictorial cloth, gilt back, a good, firm copy. With trade stamps on front free endpaper and front free endpaper verso, and 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

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Book number: 9374

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ARIS Ernest

That Little White Puppy. [Written and Illustrated by Ernest Aris]. REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY

Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton,, n.d. [c.1916]. Oblong 12mo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title and text in red and black, and 19 monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original coloured pictorial boards (illustration not repeated in text), very neatly recased with original paper back laid down, new white presentation ribbon and bow threaded through upper board to style, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Blinko & Sons of Ramsgate on rear paste-down. One of the scarcest titles in the 'Little' series, with the novelty of hand-finished presentation ribbons in the colour of the title. The text is printed in 'handwritten' script that must have been challenging for younger children. The series, of which some half-a-dozen titles are known, was commissioned for H&S following Frowde's departure from Oxford University Press in 1913. No titles from the series appear to be listed in BLPC. VERY SCARCE IN ANY EDITION, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 12457

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Keywords: childrens, illustrated, juvenilia, aris, ernest aris, dogs, puppies

ASHFORD Daisy

The Young Visiters. Or, Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M. Barrie. [Sixth Impression].

Chatto & Windus,, [1919]. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a full-page facsimile plate, some light age-staining; original marbled boards, cloth back, backstrip with printed paper label (worn but all lettering legible), uncut, boards lightly faded else a very good, clean copy. Published a month after the first impression. Uncommon in this condition.

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Book number: 17201

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AVERY H.

'Play the Game!' A School Story. [Illustrated by E.H. Shepard]. [Second Edition?].

Nelson,, n.d. [c.1920]. 8vo., [Second Edition?], with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black and 3 coloured plates; publisher's splendid pictorial binding of ribbed green cloth blocked in gilt and colours, pictorial back gilt, bevelled boards, green endpapers, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Avery's popular tale of school life was first published in 1906. In this edition, probably the second, E.H. Shepard adds characteristic verve to the illustrations. Scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 11509

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AWDRY Rev. W.

Railway Series No. 23. Enterprising Engines. With Illustrations by Guvnor and Peter Edwards. BRIGHT COPY IN WORN DUSTWRAPPER

Kaye & Ward,, [1968]. Sm. oblong 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustapper, the latter creased and frayed at extremities, and with rapairs on inner surface.

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Book number: 45273

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BALLANTYNE R.M.

The Golden Dream. Adventures in the Far West. Fourteenth Edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

James Nisbet,, [c.1905]. 8vo., Fourteenth Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 3 plates; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered and blocked in colours and black, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue at end. With handsome prize bookplate on front paste-down. A lovely copy of a scarce edition.

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Book number: 24654

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BANNERMAN Helen

The Story of Little Black Mingo. THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK

Nisbet,, n.d. [c.1930]. 16mo., with coloured frontispiece and 34 full-page coloured illustrations in the text, some very light and occasional age-soiling to text (rather heavier on white margins of one or two plates); original pink cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, red endpapers, boards lightly faded at upper edges else a very good, firm copy. The author's second book, first published in 1901. Born in Edinburgh, Helen Bannerman (1862-1946) was a gifted children's illustrator who married a doctor in the Indian Medical Service and lived near Madras. Written for her daughters, her first three books, 'Little Black Sambo' (1899), 'Little Black Mingo' (1901) and 'Little Black Quibba' (1902) were set in an imaginary jungle world based on their real-life surroundings. All three titles (especially the first) were unusually successful and her second publisher, Nisbet, urged her to continue. Bannerman determined to create a series of cautionary tales emphasising the acumen of children (in this case of a young, girl who outwits a large crocodile). The stark nature of the tale is complemented by the curiously naive but graphic illustrations that derive extra impact from their simplicity. Disturbing by today's standards, the quasi-African setting and cold rationalism of the piece are entirely typical of the story's Edwardian context. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Horne, p.89.

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Book number: 18855

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BARKER Cicely Mary

Flower Fairies of the Autumn. With the Nuts and Berries they bring. Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Blackie,, [c.1945]. Sm., 8vo., with monochrome frontispiece, 24 coloured plates and pictorial endpapers, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; decorative boards, coloured illustration of Beechnut Fairy (repeated in text) mounted on upper board, backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. First published in 1926 at 1/6. This edition is priced at 2/6. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 26035

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