ENGLAND (ed.) John

Warne's 'Top-All' Book for Boys. Edited by John England.

Warne,, [c.1930]. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; original pictorial boards, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Coloured frontispiece by S G Hulme Beaman. Nice copy of this popular compendium of ten tales for boys.

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Book number: 20346

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EWING Juliana Horatio

Jackanapes. With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.

SPCK,, [1884]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, decorated title and several illustrations in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, covers age-marked else a sound copy.

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Book number: 1253

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FARJEON Eleanor

Grannie Gray. Children's Plays and Games. Illustrated by Peggy Forman. [First Edition with these Illustrations]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oxford University Press,, 1956. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous illustrations and musical scores in the text, and pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and several illustrations neatly coloured by an accomplished hand, small contemporary insctiption on front paste-down, some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. First published in 1939 illustrated by Joan Jefferson.

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Book number: 30838

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FARJEON Eleanor

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard. Illustrated by C.E. Brock. [Sixth Impression]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH ORIGINAL VERSE

Collins,, [1924]. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with mounted coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in blue and black, 4 fine mounted coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and pictorial endpapers, title and a few leaves lightly spotted; light brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, gilt edges, a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY FARJEON TO CICELY MANNING. IT BEARS A LENGTHY AND WARM INSCRIPTION, TOGETHER WITH AN EIGHT-LINE VERSE IN TWO STANZAS TITLED 'WINDFLOWER' AND DATED 'CHRISTMAS, 1925' ALL IN THE AUTHOR'S HAND. CEB's only illustrations for Farjeon; 'his delicate water-colours are, in this case, splendidly reproduced' (Skilton). Interestingly the endpapers, printed in a style reminiscent of Kate Greenaway, carry Brock's signature in a form not used elsewhere. Skilton, p.163.

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Book number: 30125

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FARRAR Frederic William

Eric. Or, Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. With an Introduction by John Rowe Townsend.

Hamish Hamilton,, [1971]. 8vo., cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper very lightly sunned at backstrip. Dedicated to the Bishop of Calcutta, this children's classic was first published in 1858. This modern re-issue is set from A&C Black's complete edition of 1898.

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Book number: 8164

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FAWCETT F. Dubrez

The Wonderful Isle of Ulla-Gapoo. Illustrated by H.E. Harman BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Modern Fiction,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 15 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, wanting front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 42910

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[FENN] [Lady E.]

Cobwebs to Catch Flies; or, Dialogues in Short Sentences, adapted to Children from the Age of Three to Eight Years. A New Edition. [Volumes One and Two complete]. IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO

Baldwin Cradock & Joy [and others],, 1825. 2 vols., in 1,12mo., with 2 title-vignettes and numerous wood-engravings in the text, front free endpaper mildly foxed, some minimal age-marking; strongly bound in green full contemporary straight-grain morocco, upper boards lettered in gilt, back with four flat gilt bands, uncut, small tears in upper joint and backstrip else a very good, crisp copy. With a contemporary signature on front paste-down, and the armorial bookplate of Sir George John Armytage, Baronet on front free endpaper. Nice clean example of this well-known early reader.

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Book number: 25659

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FINNEMORE John

A Boy Scout with the Russians. Illustrations by William Rainey. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

W & R Chambers,, 1915. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, wanting rear free endpaper, some light and occasional spotting; original publisher's binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, grey endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked, joints lightly rubbed else a bright, clean copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43758

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FINNEMORE Joseph

In the Trenches. The Adventures of a Rifleman in the Crimea. [Illustrations by Walter Grieve].

Thomas Nelson,, [1904]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 5 coloured plates, some light offsetting on front free endpaper; original pictorial maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, patterned green endpapers, case a little shaken, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. With prize bookplate (dated 1907) on front paste-down and insitutional badge blocked in gilt on rear board. The first edition is scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 18178

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FOUBERT E.M. de

The Girl from Back-of-Beyond.

Cassell,, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper and blank preliminary; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in white and black, backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, covers lightly age-soiled at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 9848

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GARFIELD Leon

Moss and Blister. Illustrated by Faith Jacques. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 25543

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GODDEN Rumer

The Doll's House. With Pictures by Dana Saintsbury. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK IN SIGNED SANGORSKI MOROCCO

Michael Joseph,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and 3 coloured plates, free endpapers very lightly browning at edges; elegantly bound in blue full crushed morocco BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, sides with gilt frame border, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartmnents ruled in gilt, gilt edges, doublures framed in gilt, backstrip very lightly sunned else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT LOWER DOUBLURE. The author's first book for children; this original edition is far scarcer than its later US counterpart with illustrations by Tasha Tudor. A BEAUTIFUL COPY IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 31962

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GOLDING Harry

The Goblin Scouts. Illustrated by Thomas Maybank. BRIGHT COPY IN BOARDS

Ward Lock & Co.,, n.d. [c.1930]. Sm. 4to., with coloured frontispiece, 23 charming coloured plates and pictorial endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, upper board with coloured illustration repeated from text, lower board with coloured illustration not repeated, edges lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in Ward Lock's series 'Little Wonder Books'. A RARE SURVIVAL.

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Book number: 13351

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GOODYEAR R.A.H.

Young Rockwood at School.

Ward Lock,, [1924]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, small corner clipped from front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; buff pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 20653

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GORMAN J.T.

The Lost Crown of Ghorpora. Illustrated by Leo Bates.

Blackie & Son,, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 2 plates; original beige cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in purple, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With prize bookplate on front paste-down. Scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 20343

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