[ROBERTS, MARGARET].

Niccolina Niccolini.

London: Gardner, Darton & Co, nd. (c.1897). By the author of 'Mademoiselle Mori', 'Atelier Du Lys', 'The Secret of Madame De Monlac', etc. Ex convent library. Pp.10, minor spotting mainly affecting preliminary pages and closed page edges,endpapers browned, armorial bookplate of Convent of the Immaculate Conception OSF Bocking Essex to inside front board. Dark gree cloth with light green line decoration and gilt title to front and spine. G+.

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N° du livre: 43831

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Margaret Roberts Niccolina Niccolini Fiction Novel 45166 Fiction: : Victorian

[SERGEANT, ADELINE].

Reuben Touchett's Granddaughter. A Temperance Tale.

London: Religious Tract Society, nd. (c.1883). Victorian moral story of the evils of alcohol and importance of temperance. Pp.160/16(publisher's catalogue with several illustrations), black & white frontispiece plus other plates and vignette illustrations, presentation bookplate to front free endpaper has some foxing. Grey illustrated boards, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

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N° du livre: 50784

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Adeline Sergeant Reuben Touchett Granddaughter Grandaughter Temperance Victorian Fiction Moral Story 52219 Fiction: : Victorian

ANON. [ LADY AUGUSTA NOEL (NEE) KEPPEL ].

Effie's Friends; Or Chronicles of Woods and Shore.

London: James Nisbet, 1875. Victorian children's short stories written anonomously by Lady Augusta Noel ,wife of Ernest Noel and daughter of General George Thomas Keppel. Stories include: The Swallow's Story; The Peacock's Story; The Sparrow's Story; and The Seagull's Story. Pp.192, head and tailpiece illustrations by W.Harry Rogers, some spotting to closed page edges not affecting pages internally. Maroon bevelled cloth with gilt decorated title to front and spine, slightly rubbed. VG.

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N° du livre: 33315

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Lady Augusta Noel Keppel Effies Friends Chronicles Woods Shore W Harry Rogers Victorian Childrens Fiction 27496 Fiction: : Victorian

ANON. [EVELYN WHITAKER].

Miss Toosey's Mission.

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, nd.(c.1900s). 0. By the author of "Laddie", "Tip-Cat", "Our Little Ann", "Pen", "Dear". Pp.92, line drawing frontispiece by Edith Ellison, browning to endpapers and spotting to closed page edges. Dark blue/green cloth with 'art nouveau' blind-stamped and gilt decorated title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+. ** Evelyn Whitaker (1844 - 1929) was an English novelist. Whitaker was born in Herne Bay, Kent and died in Hammersmith, London at the age of 84. She remained a spinster all her life often living with one or more of her sisters. All her works were published anonymously and the identity of the author of Tip Cat was not revealed until after her death. Her nineteen novels and several shorter stories were issued by multiple publishers in Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States from 1879-1915. Many of these editions were beautifully bound and illustrated. The novels were intended for children and young adults but were also widely read by adults, particularly women."(wki).

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N° du livre: 38937

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Evelyn Whitaker Miss Tooseys Mission Victorian Moral Fiction 34135 Fiction: : Victorian

ARGUS, ARABELLA.

The Adventures of a Donkey.

London: Darton and Clark, nd. (c.1890). Small children's Victorian fiction book. 14.5cms x 9.5cms. All edges gilt. Pp.213, engraved frontispiece + engraved vignettes to chapter headings, old dampstain to frontispiece, toning to pages. Red blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to spine and worn gilt illustration to front board. G+.

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N° du livre: 48489

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Arabella Argus Adventures of a Donkey Children Victorian Fiction 49887 Fiction: : Victorian

BARRAU, THEODORE H.

Tales of Filial Love.

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, nd. (c.1870). Contents: The Cascade in the Woods; Clara Falkland: A Tale of 1665; Victor; Emma: A Tale of the French Revolution of 1793; Gaston de Foix; Birds; Adelaide: Or, the Judge's Daughter; The Deser Island; The Pastor's Story; Nellie. 17.5cms x 11.5cms x 1.5cms. All edges gilt. Pp.256, engraved title page, frontispiece and 6 further full page engravings, front endpaper absent, a few minor spots. Green decorated gilt illustrated cloth, wear to top and tail of spine. Good.

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N° du livre: 48689

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Barrau Tales Filial Love Victorian Fiction Illustrated Cascade Woods Clara Falkland Emma French Revolution Gaston de Foix Adelaide Desert Island Pastors Story Nellie Victor Birds 50122 Fiction: : Victorian

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.

Dare Lorimer's Heritage.

London: Hutchinson & Co, nd.(c.1891). 0. All edges gilt. Pp.338/6(publisher's ads), engraved frontispiece with very minor spotting, spotting to tissue guard and preliminary pages, front free endpaper absent, endpapers browned. Red 'art-nouveau' style floral decoration in pink and green to front and spine, wear to spine/rear edge. Scarce. G+. **Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E, Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.(Wiki).

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N° du livre: 38352

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Evelyn Everett Green Dare Lorimers Heritage Romantic Girls Victorian Fiction 39168 Fiction: : Victorian

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.

Lady Temple's Grandchildren.

London: James Nisbet, 1883. 0. Victorian Fiction. Pp.249/8(ads), black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further b/w illustrations, small advertisement pamphlet/bookmark for Nisbet publications loosely enclosed, mark to front free endpaper. Blue cloth decorated in black, gilt title to front and spine. VG.**Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E, Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

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N° du livre: 35790

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Evelyn Everett Green Lady Temples Grandchildren Victorian Fiction 1st 35953 Fiction: : Victorian

FORSTER, WILLIAM J.

Charlie's Year at the Farm.

London:Charles H. Kelly, 1896. 0. A year in the life of a sickly Victorian schoolboy sent to his uncle's farm in the countryside for his health. Pp.64, occasional engraved illustrations throughout. Red cloth with white, yellow and orange flowers to front, boards a little rubbed. G+.

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N° du livre: 38340

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: William Forster Charlies Year Farm Spring Summer Autumn Winter Fiction Diary Countryside Life Farming Illustrated 39268 Fiction: : Victorian

GRAY, ANNIE.

On Rocky Soil or Sowing in Faith.

London: The Sunday School Union, nd.(c.1900). 5th edition. Victorian christian morals story. Pp.252/4(publisher's catalogue), brown floral endpapers, presentation message to reverse of front free endpaper, occasional minor light spotting. Red decorated and illustrated cloth. G+.

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N° du livre: 50346

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Annie Gray on Rocky Soil Sowing in Faith Sunday School Union Children Fiction 51842 Fiction: : Victorian

HOWITT, MARY.

The Story of a Happy Home; or The Children's Year and How They Spent it.

London: T.Nelson & Sons, 1881. Victorian moral tale extolling the virtues of domestic work and lessons from nature.Pp.182/10(publisher's catalogue), prize bookplate of "The Subscribers of the Wesleyn Sunday School, Hetheringham" to front free endpaper, endpapers browned. Red cloth with gilt title and illustrated blind-stamped cloth. G+.

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N° du livre: 50791

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Mary Howitt Story Happy Home Christian Virtue Lessons from Nature Morality 52222 Fiction: : Victorian

LEVIEN, F.

Mildred's Mistake. A Still Life Study.

London: Marcus Ward & Co, 1877. 1st edition. By the author of "Little Ada's Jewels". Pp.256, colour title page and colour chromolithograph frontispiece + 4 black & white illustrated plates, owner's names to front free endpaper and reverse of frontispiece, spotting to endpapers and plain (second) title page occasional light spotting mainly affecting preliminaries and closed page edges, cracking to inner hinges but holding. Green decorated cloth, gilt title to front and spine. A good original copy of a scarce book.

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N° du livre: 42789

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Levien Mildreds Mistake Still Life Study Victorian Childrens Fiction Moral 39267 Fiction: : Victorian

POWER, REV. P.B.

The Heart of Tommy Titt or the Big Man and the Bigger.

London: SPCK, nd.(c.1895). 0. Victorian moral tale by the author of "The Oiled Feather". Ex-parish library. Pp.125, engraved frontispiece + 7 further plates, engraved head and tail pieces + historated capitals, inkstamp "NCRMANBY Parsh Library, 1895" to front free endpaper and pp.9/23/47/124/125 and to edge of illustration on p.110. Dark red leather spine, pink faded boards with faint blind-stamped shield to front board. Good.

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N° du livre: 38772

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Power Heart Tommy Titt Big Man Bigger Victorian Moral Tale Fiction Children 39397 Fiction: : Victorian

RAND, REV. EDWARD A.

A Candle in the Sea. or Winter at Seal's Head.

London: James Nisbet & Co Limited, nd. (c.1892). Victorian stories of a lighthouse and sea rescue. Pp.377/2 publisher's listing of The Pilgrim series of books, black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further illustrations by C.A.Bobbett, toning to pages. Red blind-stamped tulip-patterned cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

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N° du livre: 45227

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Rand Candle in the Sea Winter Seals Head Lighthouse Sea Rescue Fiction 46706 Fiction: : Victorian

SHAW, REV. GEORGE.

Councillor Kerwood's Investment And What Came Of It.

London: Joseph Toulson, nd. (c.1890). Victorian fiction with a Temperance message. Pp.296, all edges gilt, frontispiece + 7 further engraved illustrations, foliate endpapers, presentation inscription ("Presented to Rosalina Coulson by the Subscribers of the Weselyan Sunday School, Metheringham, June 1890")to front free endpaper. Dark green illustrated cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

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N° du livre: 50999

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Mots-clés: Shaw Councillor Kerwoods Investment Victorian Fiction Mroality Temperance 52436 Fiction: : Victorian