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The King and Queen of Hearts> with the Rougerie of the Knave who Stole the Queen's Pies. Illustrated with fifteen elegant engravings.
M.J. Baldwin, 1809 [but later]. 16mo. pp. 28 illustrated. Printed wrappers. A fine facsimile of a rare children's book, possibly issued c. 1900.
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[The Little Geographer] The Voyage Round the World, or a picturesque survey of the different nations that inhabit the world. Volume I. Europe> Volume II. Asia> Volume III. Africa.
Nürnberg: sold by A. and C., c. 1805. 3 volumes. 12mo. pp. 54> 45> 46. Original printed wrappers, woodcut designs to upper and lower wrappers. Very Fine. Seemingly descriptive guides to a map or series of maps, these instructional texts are full of facts and opinions of the different countries in each continent. Probably intended to include the Americas and Australasia it is not known whether the other volumes were published as no locations can be traced worldwide.
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[A Manuscript Cumulative Poem] Norlington Cottage. To the Four Nieces at Windermere, this book is dedicated by their Aunt Spin's Affte. Friend.
Printed bound and published [sic] under difficulties at Richmond, Yorkshire, September, 1863 Small 8vo. pp. 16. Illustrated with 6 original cut out and ink drawings and one ink drawing. Bound in half sheep with printed floral boards. A charming manuscript illustrated cumulative poem: This is clever young Spitz The master of wits, Who rules at Norlington Cottage This is old Tom With tail bushy and long> Who growls at young Spitz, The master of wits, Who rules at Norlington Cottage Etc. etc. to: This is Miss Moore Who lives on the shore> The Mistress of Norlington Cottage, Who sits in the chair, Of walnut rare, All carven and fair, By dear Aunt Spin, So slender and slim> Who dotes on old Tom With tail bushy and long> Who growls at young Spitz The Master of wits Who rules at Norlington Cottage.
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Sleeping Beauty. [Pleasing Picture Book]
G. Bishop & Co, [printed for the booksellers], c. 1850? Tall 8vo. pp. 8 [printed alternate pages only]> hand coloured woodcuts. Printed wrappers creased.
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GBP 201.60 [Appr.: EURO 236.75 US$ 257.72 | JP¥ 40078]
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The Sparrow.
E. Newbery, 1798. 12mo. pp. xv, 200> frontispiece engraved by J. Scott after Thurston, woodcut to title page. Original green vellum backed boards, the boards faded and worn on the corners, the vellum split along most of the front joint. Internally a little shaken, corner torn from final text leaf with loss of part of the catch-word. Roscoe J208(I).
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Easy Cottages, &c. For Young Beginners.
J. Dickinson, 1814. Oblong 4to. pp. 4. Four pages of etched and aquatinted plates, the upper plate with etched outline only, the lower with added aquatint as a guide to drawing. Original plain paper wrappers strengthened along the edges, original printed title label with ornate decorated border. As with many of these ephemeral drawing books, there are no copies recorded on Jisc or OCLC.
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A History of the Bible.
Providence R.I.: no publisher or printer, 1832. Miniature book, 55 x 45 mm [2.2 x 1.9 inches]. pp. x, [2], 192> plates. Contemporary sheep, worn, and split on the spine. Internally a little browned throughout but generally very good. A scarce American miniature book which I have been unable to trace in any institution.
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Little Scenes for Good Boys, in Words Not Exceeding Two Syllables. Embellished with beautiful engravings.
Printed for the Booksellers, c. 1820? 8 pages each with a hand coloured wood engraving. Original printed wrappers a little worn, repaired tear to front wrapper. No locations.
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Plaisirs de L'Enfance.
No Publisher or printer, c. 1890. Board book, 180 x 115 mm. 8 cloth backed board pages with colour lithographic illustrations. A curious collection of french words and phrases which seem to have little connection with each other but would certainly introduce interesting concepts to a child. From the banal like pomme, poire and fourchette to a dancing bear, an elephant used in a tiger hunt and a sentry box.
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Burlesque on Puss in Boots> Being the Opening of the Grand Comic Pantomime, written and adapted for the Queen's Theatre and Opera-House, Edinburgh... and humorously illustrated by Keeley Halswelle.
Edinburgh: Seton & Mackenzie, Christmas, 1856. Small 4to. pp. 19> 8 full page illustrations. Original printed wrappers, front cover almost detached. Rare, NLS is the only location traced.
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Polly's Gaon, or, Merriment in Dress and the Folly of Pride : James and Polly, or, The Very Funny Wedding > Buttery Dick, or, The Beautiful Sweating > The Bottle of Galker, or, Fun in Fermentation.
Printed for the Author by W. Nicholson, c. 1880. 12mo. pp. 50. Printed wrappers. Dialect poetry.
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The Village School in an Uproar.
No publisher or printer, c. 1830. Hand coloured engraved print, 140 x 180 mm. A reversed and caricatured version of Henry James Richter's painting of the same name, showing a class of boys who have obviously been left to their own devices and some mischief, then surprised by the return of the schoolmaster wielding his cane. The original dates from c. 1822.
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Peggy and Her Mammy [with] The Wax-Taper> or, Effects of Bad Habits.
William Darton, 1819. 2 volumes bound in one. Small 8vo. pp. 59, [5, publisher's adverts]> 2 engraved plates [lacking folding frontispiece which appears never to have been bound in]: 60, [4, publisher's adverts]> folding frontispiece, 2 engraved plates. Contemporary sheep backed boards, a little rubbed. Both are scarce: the first with 4 U.K. locations [BL, Leeds, Bodleian and Oxford Brookes] and none elsewhere> the second with 3 U.K. locations [V&A, Cambridge and Manchester], and 3 U.S. and one Australian location.
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True Stories> or, Interesting Anecdotes of Children: designed through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety.
York: Thomas Wilson, High Ousegate, 1814. 2nd Edition. 12mo. pp. 192> engraved frontispiece. Original printed boards, worn, front board almost detached, most of spine lacking> internally spotted and a little soiled. The first edition of 1810 was also published in York.
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The Comic Geography> or, World "Turned Inside Out."
James Gilbert, c. 1850. 12mo. pp. 32, [2]> illustrations. Original printed boards, front cover detached. The Book of Fun> or Laugh and Learn for Boys and Girls was issued in 2 volumes, each containing five separate subjects. This is an unrecorded separate issue of one of the sections [fascicules], a whimsical look at world geography, in a series of questions and answers and comic riddles. "How is Europe divided? By petty jealousies, conflicting interests, mad monarchs, and stupid ministers." "What ocean is best for quarrelsome people? The Pacific Ocean."
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