BROOKE L. Leslie

Johnny Crow's Garden. A Picture Book. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Warne,, [1952]. Sm. 4to., with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, coloured plates, numerous illustrations in monochrome and coloured pictorial endpapers; red boards, upper board lettered and framed in white with mounted coloured illustration, white cloth back lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail. Near fine copy of Brooke's classic tale, first published in 1903. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.

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Book number: 49124

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, brooke, leslie brooke, johnny crow

BROOKE L. Leslie

Oranges and Lemons. A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book. With Drawings by Leslie Brooke. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Frederick Warne,, n.d. [c.1880]. 4to., with 8 fine full-page coloured plates, illustrations in monochrome and pictorial endpapers; coloured wrappers, sewed as issued, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Printed in part (pp.1-24) by Dalziel Brothers. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 49131

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, sowerby, john sowerby, emmerson, henry emmerson

BROOKS Patricia

The Treasure of the Mountain. With Drawings by Christopher Brooks. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. A story of climbing adventure set in the smaller Welsh mountains to the west of Snowdon. Scarce.

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Book number: 22331

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, wales, snowdon, snowdonia, rock-climbing, p. brooks, children's, juvenilia, the, treasure, the, mountain

BUCKERIDGE Anthony

Thanks to Jennings.

Collins,, [1967]. 8vo., page-edges lightly browning as usual, small signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, red top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. First published in 1957.

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Book number: 20462

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, anthony buckeridge, jennings, anthony buckeridge, children's, juvenilia, thanks, jennings

BURCH H. E.

Wind and Wave. A Story of the Siege of Leyden 1574. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

RTS,, n.d. [c.1910]. 8vo., with frontispiece and plates, endpapers very lightly spotted; red pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt, orange and black, an unusually bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 24934

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, henrietta burch, leyden, h.e. burch, children's, juvenilia, wind, wave

BURNETT Frances Hodgson

Little Lord Fauntleroy. [Illustrated by Reginald B Birch].

Warne,, 1906. 8vo., with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and decorative endpapers, contemporary inscription on half-title; original grey pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, brown and black, dark top, very neatly recased with original endpapers preserved, backstrip faded (but gilt just legible) else a bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

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Book number: 23972

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, frances hodgson burnett, reginald birch, lord fauntleroy, frances hodgson burnett, children's, juvenilia, little, lord, fauntleroy

BURNETT Frances Hodgson

Little Lord Fauntleroy. [Illustrated by Reginald B Birch]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Warne,, [c.1886]. 8vo., with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title-vignette, 24 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and decorative endpapers, half-title lightly browned; original pictorial grey cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, brown and black, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end.

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Book number: 27644

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, frances hodgson burnett, reginald birch, lord fauntleroy, f.h. burnett,childrens, juvenilia, little, lord, fauntleroy

CAMPBELL Ellen

Twin Pickles. A Story of Two Australian Children. [Illustrated by Paul Hardy]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Blackie,, [c.1910]. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in coloured and black, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue at end. With prize bookplate on front paste-down. A bright copy of a scarce edition.

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Book number: 24655

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, ellen campbell, twin pickles, e. campbell, children's, juvenilia, twin, pickles

CARR Kent

The Shaping of Jephson's. A School Story. Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

W&R Chambers,, [1922]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 4 plates; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front free endpaper. Carr's classic school tale was first published in 1919. BOTH EDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 21668

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, kent carr, harold earnshaw, jephson, school stories, kent carr, children's, juvenilia, the, shaping, jephson's

CARROLL Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other Stories. [Introduction by Leonard S. Marcus. 'Alice' and 'Looking-Glass' illustrated by John Tenniel.] NEAR FINE COPY

Barnes & Noble, New York NY,, [2010]. 8vo., with illustations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; full pink bonded leather blocked in gilt and colours, gilt edges, ribbon marker, a near fine copy. Collects Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Sylvie and Bruno, Syvlie and Bruno Concluded, The Hunting of the Snark, Early Verse, Puzzles from Wonderland, Prologues to Plays, Phantasmagoria, College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel, Acrostics, Inscriptions and other Verse, Three Sunsets and other Poems, Stories, A Miscellany.

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Book number: 47941

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, carroll, lewis carroll, alice, wonderland

CARUS-WILSON Mary

Inquisitive Jessie. [Illustrated by M. Bowley]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Partridge,, n.d. [c.1920]. 16mo., First[?] Edition, with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations in the text; original pattern boards, coloured illustration mounted in frame on upper board, a remarkably bright, clean, well-preserved copy. Splendid copy of one of Mary Carus-Wilson's most popular homilies for children. Apparently not recorded in BLPC. A RARE SURVIVAL.

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Book number: 11366

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, carus-wilson, homilies, mary carus-wilson, children's, juvenilia, inquisitive, jessie

CHAMBERS Roland

The Last Englishman. The Double Life of Arthur Ransome. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [2009]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 31110

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, ransome, arthur ransome, swallows and amazons, roland chambers

CHATWYN Alys

A Prairie Schoolgirl.. [Illustrated by Savile Lumley]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Epworth Press,, [1925]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title lightly spotted, neat contemporary pencilled signature on front free endpaper, pencilled sketches on rear endpapers; original pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in brown and white, a very good, bright, clean copy. Cover artwork (repeating frontispiece) by Savile Lumley. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30752

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, alys chatwyn, school stories

CHAUNDLER Christine

The Adopting of Mickie. Illustrations by T[om] Peddie. NEAR FINE COPY IN PICTORIAL CLOTH

Religious Tract Society,, n.d. [1910]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 4 plates in monochrome; original grey pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in cream and black, backstrip lettered in black,a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42151

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, chaundler, christine chaundler, tom peddie

CHAUNDLER Christine

The Chivalrous Fifth. Illustrated by Anne Rochester. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Nelson,, [c.1951]. 8vo., with frontispiece and illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, top lightly spotted; red cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip.

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Book number: 32747

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, christine chaundler, anne rochester