Anonymous

Paa Biltur Gennem Byen -Ny Opstilling Bog for Born

Kobenhaven [Copenhagen], Richard Edelmanns Kunstforlag , c1945 . Hardback. A very scarce Danish children's work about a car journey through a city, vibrantly illustrated in colour. A vanishingly scarce work.In the publisher's original vibrantly illustrated paper covered boards, with colour illustrated pastedowns, and six double sided folding panels, illustrated in colour, depicting scenery and vehicles within a city.Collated, complete.Undated; dated circa 1945 via other productions from the publisher, Richard Edelmanns Kunstforlag.With the label of Michael and Megan Dawson, a husband and wife who established a successful business dealing in and restoring pop-up books, to the head of the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Two small closed tears and instances of fraying to back strip tail. Light rubbing to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Label to front pastedown. Folding boards clean and bright, and firmly held. Very Good . Ill.: Anonymous. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 916F24

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: On a car trip through the city - a new set of books for children danish copenhagen Paa Biltur gennem Byen -ny opstilling bog for Born danish Anonymous

Anonymous

Remarkable Adventures from Real Life

London, Published at the Leisure Hour Office, c1877 . Cloth. A delightful volume of short stories and non-fiction essays for Victorian era children, in the exceptionally bright publisher's cloth. With an illustrated frontispiece.A charming volume featuring a wealth of short adventure tales, and short excerpts on various thrilling non-fiction topics, including famous explorers and accounts of exotic travel.The publisher notes that "the papers composing this book have appeared in various volumes of 'The Leisure Hour' and 'Sunday at Home'".With a St James' Sunday Schools prize bookplate, dated 1879, awarding this work to Henry Day, to the front pastedown.Undated; dated c1877 via WorldCat. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally lovely. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though a touch strained in places. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 885F20

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: short stories religious tract society juvenile literature henry day religious tract society Not Stated

Anonymous

The Romance of Adventure; or, True Tales of Enterprise for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1852 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of this charming and illustrated collection of adventure stories for children. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page, and with five further illustrated plates, engraved by O.R. Campbell and the Dalziel Brothers. Collated, complete.A charming and very scarce first edition thus of this volume of twenty-six thrilling adventures for children, with each story set in a remote and exotic location, from Japan to Egypt.In a full calf binding, with the prize bookplate of the Glasgow Academy to the front pastedown, dated 1867-68.Undated; dated 1852 via Jisc and WorldCat. In a full calf prize binding, with gilt detailing to front board. Discolouration and handling marks to boards, with a touch of fading to back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Handling marks to illustrated title page, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Residue to fore edge of one plate. Very Good . Ill.: O.R. Campbell; Dalziel Brothers. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 858F43

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: juvenile literature short stories adventure glasgow academy short stories O.R. Campbell; Dalziel Brothers

Anonymous; Laurence Housman

Stories from the Arabian Nights

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Cloth. A beautiful first edition copy of Laurence Housman's retelling of the 'Arabian Nights', with colourful illustrations by Edmund Dulac. A 1938 edition of Laurence Housman's retelling of the 'Arabian Nights&apos. Part of Hodder & Stoughton's 'Colour Books' series. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece and eleven other colour plates by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), the French British book illustrator and stamp designer. This is a wonderful copy of Laurence Housman's retelling of the classic 'Arabian Nights' stories. This edition contains some of popular Far East tales, including 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'The Story of the Magic Horse', 'Sindbad the Sailor', and 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp&apos.Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was an English playwright, writer, and illustrator. He was well known for his literary accomplishments within the Victorian era, as well as his art studies. With a prior owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, belonging to Elizabeth Cowling.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minimal bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of spine. Marks and discolouration to boards and spine. Wear along the front band of joint has resulted in the cloth beginning to expose the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age-toning to margins of text. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 813D35

Catalogus: Children's Literature

Trefwoorden: Stories from the Arabian Nights Laurence Housman Edmond Dulac Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Laurence Housman Sindbad the Sailor Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Edmund Dulac

Anonymous

Summer Songs of Country Life

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated children's collection of charming summer songs depicting country life. A very scarce work. This charming collection of summer songs for children depicts life in the English country. Includes the songs 'Minnie', 'Aspirations', 'The Wood-Strawberry', 'The Girl of the Lighthouse', 'Fairies', and 'The Herb-Gatherer&apos. With illustrations throughout. Written anonymously by the same author who wrote 'The Alphabet of Flowers' and 'Riddles with Pictures&apos. In the original cloth binding. Externally, worn. Cloth is lifting to the tail of the front board and to the extremities. Light cockling and marking to the boards. Minor rubbing to the joints and to the spine. Small chips to the title label to the front board. Large crack to the rear board. Hinges weak with the cords showing. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spot and handling marks. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 617P30

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: summer songs country life poetry songs country life Not Stated

Anonymous

The Tale of Beryn

[London], [Chaucer Society]; [Nicholas Trubner], 1867. Leather. A nice edition of this anonymously-written addition to the 'Canterbury Tales', this illustrated edition published for the Chaucer Society. A Chaucer Society publication.'The Tale of Beryn' is a fifteenth century addition to Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', written in Middle English. Publishing information taken from Jisc from a copy held at the King's College London Libraries & Collections.Illustrated with two folding plates.Bound by Wilson, Cambridge.Bookplate of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to the front paste down.Bound without the title page.One leaf of adverts to the rear. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards, Wilson of Cambridge. Externally, smart, spine and rear joint are a little faded. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Bound without the title page. Institutional ink to the head of page 1. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864P21

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: The Tale of Beryn chaucher canterbury tales middle english chaucher Not Stated

Anonymous

Truths Illustrated by Great Authors. A Dictionary of Nearly Four Thousand Aids to Reflection. Quotations of Maxims, Metaphors, Counsels, Cautions, Aphorisms , Proverbs, &C. , &C. , in Prose and Verse. Compiled from Shakespeare, and Other Great Writers, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time.

London, Lockwood & Co. 1863. Leather. A copy of this very scarce dictionary of words and phrases compiled from works of famous authors, including Shakespeare, bound in full morocco. The twelfth edition.Bound in full morocco with a blind stamped design to the front. Very scarce. This sweet dictionary was compiled from the works of popular authors such as Shakespeare and Dryden, creating a glossary of terms and words with accompanying phrases from famous works. Bound in full morocco. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the joints, spine and extremities with bumping to the extremities of the boards. The odd minor mark and slight offsetting to the extremities of the endpapers with front hinge starting. Internally firmly bound with generally clean pages, light age toning and the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 879Z30

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: Dictionary Shakespeare Full morocco Very scarce Shakespeare None

Anonymous

The Unfortunate Lovers or the History of Argulas and Parthenia.

London , C. Hitch and L. Hawes, c1760. Leather. A very scarce early work of prose based on episodes in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. The piece is a prose reduction of Francis Quarles' poem Argalus and Parthenia which itself is based on Arcadia. Frontispiece plate entitled 'The Renowned Argalus and Parthenia' with three other woodcut illustrations. The work is split into four books telling the story of the love between Parthenia and Argalus. This love is threatened by the jealous Demagoras who disfigures Parthenia in the hope of destroying what he cannot have. In a calf binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with bumping to corners. Some loss to head and tail of backstrip. Hinges starting but firm. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown and ink inscriptions to front free end-paper. Internally, generally firmly bound though front free end-paper is detached. Text is close cropped. Some foxing throughout and worming to only a couple of pages. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: LTH14-F-25

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Argalus Parthenia Arcadia Prose Parthenia None

Anonymous

Willis the Pilot; a Sequel to the Adventures of the Swiss Crusoe Family

Glasgow, Cameron and Ferguson, 1870. Cloth. An uncommon contemporary copy of this anonymously-penned sequel to 'The Swiss Family Robinson&apos. An uncommon work.An exciting anonymously-written sequel to 'The Swiss Family Robinson', an adventure filled novel.This novel has been attributed to Johann Wyss or Johanna Spyri, though a variety of other authors are also often stated as having penned this novel.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the National Library of Scotland.Prize inscription to the verso to the front endpaper.Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some marks and rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Prize inscription to the verso to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 773P19

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Willis the Pilot; a Sequel to the Adventures of the Swiss Crusoe Family willis the pilot swiss crusoe family adventure willis the pilot swiss family robinson robinson crusoe None

F. Anstey; Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Vice Versa, or, a Lesson to Fathers

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1882. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's popular comical 'Freaky Friday' novel, including a handwritten letter from the author loosely inserted. The scarce first edition of this popular novel.Handwritten letter from the author loosely inserted;"Dear Dr Millar, Very many thanks for your kind note. It gives me the greatest pleasure that you + mrs Millar approve of my first effort in fiction. I only hope my next will not disappoint you. Of course I shall not attempt a new book until I feel that I can do so without making a complete fiasco. Luckily I am able to wait forhthat time which I trust will not be too long in coming. Meanwhile I think I shall be able to place somes short stories + magazine articles to keep my name from being forgotten. You have also sympathised with my drawing tendencies so I know you will be glad to hear that I have now joined Caldeson's Art School in St. John's Wood. I shall go there on these alternate days in the week from about 9.30 to 4. On the other days I shall do some reading at the British Museum for which I have obtained the necessary ticket. If it had not been for Geo I don't think I should have had courage to make such a revolution in my life. It is true he did not consuel me to go to the entire animal as I have done, but I felt mine was not the case for half measure. I am only afraid that I may not be able in the future to go beyond or even maintain the standard I have aimed at 'Vice Versa&apos. So far it has met with an unexpectedly kind reception + reviews are only too apt to follow good fortune of this kind. Still I mean to do my very best and at all events my prospects are brighter than they were at the Bar. Thank you and Mrs Millar once more for our kind wishes. Believe me, very sincerely yours, T. Anstey Guthrie. Please give my love to Geo, I am coming up to lunch at New Square someday this week."'Vice Versa' is a comical novel written by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, an entertaining novel set in Victorian London. A father and son switch places via a magic stone from India, an early version of 'Freaky Friday&apos.Guthrie was an author who is best known for this work.Bookplate of Richard Pearce Couch to the front paste down, with his ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Couch was the father-in-law of the naturalist Richard Quiller Couch. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in a small amount of loss of cloth, and light bumping to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the spine. A few minor marks. Spine is a little faded. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 904P37

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Vice Versa, or, A Lesson to Fathers Vice Versa f. anstey thomas anstey guthrie Vice Versa None

Ingenious Antiquary

The Noble Birth and Gallant Achievements of That Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood

not stated , Not Stated [Otto Shulze & Co], c1905. Cloth. An attractive copy of this beautifully illustrated volume of Robin Hood. A copy of The Noble Birth and Gallant Achievements of that Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood together with a true account of the many merry and extravagant exploits he played, in twelve several stories, newly collected into one volume by an Ingenious Antiquary. As part of the Early English Prose Romances series, being volume two. Beautifully illustrated throughout the text and with three plates. Collated, complete. In a quarter cloth with carboard boards. Externally, smart with a water mark to the top of the boards and some marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 831B7

Catalogus: Classical Literature

Trefwoorden: The Noble Birth and Gallant Achievements of that Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood Robin Hood early english prose Robin Hood Not Stated

Barbey d'Aurevilly; D. B. Wyndham Lewis [translator]

The Anatomy of Dandyism with Some Observations on Beau Brummell

London, Peter Davies, 1928. Cloth. A smart limited edition of D'Aurevilly's biographic essay on British dandy Beau Brummell, translated into English. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number three hundred and sixty-eight. Illustrated with a vignette title page, a headpiece, four full-page designs, an initial letter, and a vignette to the end of the volume. Collated complete. A biographic essay about the British dandy Beau Brummell and the way of life that is dandyism - placing particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. Written by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. Translated by Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis, a British journalist, author and biographer. Illustrated by Hermine Lionette Cartan David, a French painter. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards. Original black card slip case is sound with rubbing and light loss to the extremities. Loss to the rear panel and a crack to the joint. Overall slip case is good only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hermine David. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 897T23

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Anatomy Dandyism Observations Brummel Dandyism Lewis David Hermine David

M. D'Arnaud [Francois-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d 'Arnaud]

Anne Bell, Histoire Anglaise

Paris, Le Jay, 1769. Paperback. A very scarce work of fiction, in the original French, from François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud. In the original French.A very scarce short work of fiction from French writer, playwright, poet and novelist François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud. Best known for a series of novellas that went on to inspire Bellini's opera 'Adelson e Salvini', little else is known about him.With beautifully detailed engraved head piece, tail piece and full plate from Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour. In the original paper wraps. Marks to wraps, with tail of back strip absent. Binding somewhat strained, loosening in places. Some worming, not affecting text. Pages otherwise generally clean. Good Only . Ill.: Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 781F2

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud French Literature Engraving France French Literature Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen

Muriel Nelson d'Auvergne

An Anthology of Babyhood

London , Hutchinson and Co, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce beautifully illustrated anthology of children's poetry. First edition. Very scarce.A beautifully illustrated children's anthology including a wide range of poetry and lullaby's. Poets included are Christina Rossetti, William Wordsworth and Charles Kingsley. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, plates and intricate black and white vignettes. The illustrations depict early childhood from a baby to young child. Bound in a decorative gilt publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart. Fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot. Frontispiece and plates clean. Contemporary gift inscription to the first leaf. Very Good . Ill.: T. J. and E. A. Overnell. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 877V24

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: Poetry Childhood Illustrated Childhood T. J. and E. A. Overnell

M. d'Arnaud [François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud]

Batilde, Ou L&Apos;Hãƒâ©Roisme de L&Apos;Amour, Anecdote Historique

Paris, L'Esclapart, 1767. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition copy of this uncommon story of Batilde, by the French writer Francois Thomas Marie de Bacular d'Arnaud. A scarce first edition of this work, disbound but intact. François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (1718-1805) was a French poet, novelist and playwright. This uncommon work is a short story of historical fiction, illustrated with three engravings. Disbound but intact. Externally, fairly smart, with a couple of faint marks to the wraps and remnants of the binding to the spine. The last page is coming loose, but the rest of the pages are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 862M28

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Francois Thomas Marie de Bacular d'Arnaud French literature Novellas French literature Not Stated