Augarde,Gina

THE HOKEY POKEY AND OTHER PARTY RHYMES Playtime Pop-ups

New York, Scholastic Inc./Cartwheel Books/ Matthew Price Ltd. 1997 Moving pop-ups illustrated & engineered by Steve Augarde. . Duodecimo cream pictorial boards (10pp) Crisp and fully working movements - virtually unopened.

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Book number: J70214

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: pop up movement

Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine d' (1650/51-1705) [but not here named]

HISTOIRE DE JEAN DE BOURBON, Prince de Carency. Par l'Auteur des Memoires et Voyage d'Espagne.

The Hague, Adrian Moetjens 1692 Woodcut emblematic printer's mark of stork in palmtree with open book held by Athena & winged goddess. . Duodecimo (134x70mm) contemporary leather (rebacked with part of old spine relaid, tips very worn). All edges sprinkled red, ownerships (Chas. Johns Painter Bedford May 24th 1838 & R.H.B. Bolton Trin. Coll. Camb. 1880) on free endpaper, 498pp (inc. almost identical titlepages for 1st and 2nd parts) +[6]pp publisher's book list. French text. First titlepage somewhat browned as are endpapers, a few signs of use and small corner creases, else clean and tight. *Madame d'Aulnoy, famous for her collections of fairy tales, also wrote several pseudo-biographies like this one relating 15th century heroic deeds.

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Book number: V74807

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: adventure French historical fiction

Austin, Stella

NOT A BIT LIKE MOTHER

London, J.T. Hayes 1st edition first printing 1878 according to British Library Plates (4) as listed. . 16mo blue cloth decorated in black and gilt decorative titling (worn/spine relaid/tips worn/somewhat marked) [12]pp +180pp inscription to half title.Endpapers a bit torn/scuffed especially at gutter but quite ocmplete. *A well respected author whose most famous book was "Stumps" whose heroine is a loveable rascally mischievous child. This is a more serious subject of partings and the strength of religion. Quite scarce.

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Book number: J73042

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: moral children's story

Author of "Maid Marjory", "Little Hinges" &c.

CLEVER FRANK and Other Stories

London, Cassell & Company 21st thousand. 1895 by catal.date Plates (4) + text illustrations and head- and tailpieces. . Small octavo grey cloth with red decorations and gilt lettering to cover and spine (some ink staining/tips slightly worn) 128pp + [16]pp publisher's catalogue dated May 1895. School prize bookplate presented to Cecil Rea April 1896. Victorian blindstamp bookseller stamp on flyleaf else neat and tight. *Several stories about boys disobedience getting them into trouble. The first about a boy who is too clever at getting his own way without being found out. He grows even more sure of being able to find his way out of trouble that he manages to cheat at his exams in school but finally his ingenuity is turned to outright swindling & he is jailed.

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Book number: A70514

Catalogue: General Non-Fiction

Keywords: Victorian school adventure moral stories

Author of "Success in Life," "Memorials of Early Genius," &c.

EVENINGS WITH THE POETS and Sketches of their Favourite Scenes.

London, Edinburgh & New York, T. Nelson and Sons 1866 Chromolith plates (6) charming scenes including Eton College, Richmond Hill etc. . Small octavo green gilt decorated cloth bevelled boards (tips rubbed/sl.marked) All Edges Gilt 343pp. Gift inscription to Annie Robinson dated 1870 on fly leaf. Aside from slight foxing of endpapers & half title a very pretty copy in a nice Victorian binding.

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Book number: V60110

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: chromolith illustrated

By the author of "Cary Morgan", "Sam Silva", "Biddy Maid of all Work"

SISTER CORA a Tale of the Eighteenth Century

Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier 1885 Chromolith half title. . Small octavo blue pictorial cloth gilt titled to cover and spine (tips rubbed) 95pp. Pictorial Wesleyan Methodist Home & Foreign Missionary Society presentation to Allie Ireland 1892. *Strange story of a Catholic Nun who regrets her vows as she feels a prisoner in her convent. Help from another nun who came to the convent as a young girl after her fiancee decides to become a Jesuit Priest helps her to escape as she finds she is dying and entrusts her to her former lover. He, despite his calling helps the girl for is former love's sake, as she seems not to have a vocation for the church. A strange story for Victorian times without the usual animosity of the Protestants for the Cloistered life with the implicit admission that there are good people in both faiths.

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Book number: J70447

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: Nuns nunnery Jesuit Protestant eighteenth century

Various authors

ANNUAL REGISTER or a view Of the History, Politics and Literature of the Year 1836

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy + others 1837 . Two Parts in One volume octavo newer brown pebbled library cloth viii +455pp +385pp (Chronicle) +index. *Historical events of 1836 in 8 chapters then Ireland, France, Spain, Germany & Switzerland, Greece and United States & Mexico & S. America with a chapter including events such as the Texan revolt aided by the United States, several balloon ascents, events in Upper and Lower Canada, War in America with several Indian tribes, abolition of slavery opposed by Congress etc.

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Book number: V66912

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: history annual

Virgil (Vergil) with notes by various authors

P. Virgilii Maronis poetae Mantuani Vniuersum poema: cum absoluta Servii Honorati Mauri, grammatici, & Iodoci Badij Ascensij interpretatione: Probi, & Ioannis Viuis in eclogas allegorijs: Iodocique Vuillichij eruditis super Georgica commentarijs. Quibus accesserunt Ludouici Coelii Rhodigini, Ioan. Scoppae Parthenopei, Iacobi Constantij Fanensis, Francisci Campani Colensis, Iacobi Cruci Bononiensis, necnon alterius docti hominis, lucubrationes & annotationes in loca difficiliora: [.] Quae non, ut antea, plurimis foedata mendis [.] emisimus.

Venice, Giovanni Maria Bonelli 1566 Large publisher's device on titlepage, large text illustrations and foliated initials. . Large folio later 3/4 vellum, gilt spine with decorated gilt leather labels, marbled paper boards All Edges rouge, [8] +414pp collated complete (4 a-z8 A-Z8 AA-EE8 FF6). *Rare fine book Venice edition later fine bindiding.

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Book number: V48026

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Latin Vergil poetry annotated

Awdry,Rev. W.

PERCY THE SMALL ENGINE AND THE SCARF

London, Smart reprint 1993 Pop up illustrations (6) . Square 16mo pictorial boards (12pgs) one wrong crease else pop-ups work well (not in MONTANARO).

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Book number: J62236

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: childrens movable pop up

Lord roch---r [ie Lord Rochester=actually John Freke (1651-1717) + Mr.Ayloff

THE HISTORY OF INSIPIDS A Lampoon by the Lord Roch---r with his FAREWELL 1680 together with MARVIL'S GHOST by Mr.Ayloff.

London, H.Hills 1709 6 floral ornaments rather than 14 cf.Foxon 249 . sm. Octavo disbound. 16pp The top THE in the title is half cropped off and the page numbers of the last leaf are also partly affected the [15] or so than the [16]. Usual foxing/paper tanning and JV or possibly W in margin of first text leaf + two old ink corrections else neat. The Insipids are a satire of Charles II written some 30 years earlier in 1680 but only circulated in manuscript until it was printed, with other items, in a Miscellany. There are two editions of this 1709 printing one with 6 flower ornaments on the titlepage the other with 14.

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Book number: V75294

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: poetry poems political satire

Babington,Charles Cardale

MANUAL OF BRITISH BOTANY

London, Van Voorst 1874 . Duodecimo blindstamped tan cloth (lacks spine covering/tips worn & ink marks to lower cover) lxiii+473pp+2p catal. Inscription on FEP inner hinge slightly pulled else V.G.

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Book number: B55444

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: botany

Bacon, Francis [ 1561-1626.]

EXEMPLUM TRACTATUS DE JUSTITIA UNIVERSALI

paris, Vincent [via St.Severini] 1752 . 12mo marbled leather gilt ruled & spine ornamentally gilt with darker brown gilt spine title label {two pin-holes to covers/sm.splits to hinge but covers quite firm/tips worn] edges sprinkled red dyes.] xxiv + 161pp includes index, + [7pp=Permission +Approbation] Free marbled front entpaper with short narrow strip torn from top edge, traces of bookseller price codes in pencil to verso & blank leaf. The original silk bookmark is still in place and the pages are all clean and crisp, no tears, no loose pages,no annotations in the text. A rare Bacon item with only 5 copies in WorldCat of this 1st edition. No copies seem to be for sale. Scarce

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Book number: V75838

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Law legal philosophy jurisprudence

Baddiel,Sarah Fabian

GOLF The Golden Years

London, Studio editions 1990 Color illustrations throughout to nearly every page. . Quarto boards in dust jacket (slight shelf rubbing else V.G) 173pp +[2]pp name on endpaper else V.G in V.G jacket. *Golf memorabilia and collectables from Victorian christmas cards to playing cards, Song Sheets to medals & trophies etc.

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Book number: A59283

Catalogue: General Non-Fiction

Keywords: golf sport

Badmin,S.R.

TREES IN BRITAIN

West Drayton Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd Alternating opeinings in colour and in black & white . oblong 8vo paper covers [tear without loss to covers /first 2 leaves creased thereafter a soft bend to mid-section of all pages/ lower cover with rubbed place] [30pp] inscription to inside of cover dated 22/3/44. Spine rubbed but not split at all outer corners a bit worn but otherwise a clean neat copy.

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Book number: A76159

Catalogue: General Non-Fiction

Keywords: Trees

Bailey,Jill

FROGS IN THREE DIMENSIONS

New York, Viking/Penguin books 1st edition 1992 Pop-ups (5) + 10 moveables + flaps engineered & illustrated by Jerome Bruandet . Oblong octavo blue pictorial boards, 2 pop-ups need attention (everything present but they don't work properly).

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Book number: J61793

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: pop-up movable