Hayens, Herbert

The Tiger of the Pampas.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1907. Early Edition, Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. undated but b/w. prize label inside front cover gives 1931; black titles spine & front with pictorial cover spine & front in black & dark brown on light brown cloth binding; end-papers decorated with pattern incorporating publisher's monogram interspersed with small pictorial panels in brown; b/w. frontis. illust. plus three others; a boy's adventure story set in Argentina & written in the style of Henty; a sound copy with some bumping to corners & foxing to some pages; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 373 pages. Vertical crease to spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Childrens; Adventure Stories; Argentina; 1900-1920; Children. Inventory No: CHD00295.

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Hoffmann, Felix (retold by)

King Thrushbeard: a Story by the Brothers Grimm

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. New York, New York, U.S.A. 1970. First American Edition, Illustrated Boards, Illustrated by: Hoffmann, Felix. Good/No Jacket. 9780192796462 brown cloth spine; brown endpapers; colour illustrations throughout including front & rear covers; "There was once a king who had a most beautiful daughter, but she was so proud and scornful that she thought no man good enough to be her husband. She not only rejected her suitors one after the other, but she took delight in mocking them as well. One day, the king held a great feast for all his daughter's wooers. From near and far they came, and each took his place according to his rank, first the kings, then the dukes, princes and earls, and finally the barons...."; internally clean but covers are slightly grubby & someone has written the word "February" on the front cover; unpaginated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0192796461. ISBN/EAN: 9780192796462. Inventory No: CHD00269.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Childrens/Brothers Grimm/Fairy Tales/felix Hoffmann Children; Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales; Myths, Legends & Folklore. Hoffmann, Felix Unbranded ISBN: 0192796461 EAN: 9780192796462 Hoffmann, Felix (retold by) King Thrushbeard: a Story by the Brot

Hoffmann, Dr Heinrich

The Original English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children

Griffith, Farran, Browne and Co. London, undated (circa1890). Edition Unstated, Paper Covered Boards. Fair Condition/N/A.. An early U. K. edition of this children's classic (first published in Germany in 1845 and in London in 1848). Lacking front end-paper, bound in colour pictorial paper covered boards (in removable protective acetate film) with red cloth spine; black titles with author's name, "price one shilling net" & printer's name (The Graphotone Co. printers, Enfield) to front cover; front inner hinge repaired with white tape; horizontal tear to page 4 (repaired to reverse with archive tape); bottom outer corner of rear end-paper torn off; 24 one-sided pages with colour illustrations on each. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 24 pages. Light bumping to outer corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Nursery Rhymes; Cautionary Tales; Poetry; 19th century; Children. Inventory No: 5088.

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Hofmann, Friedrich (selected by/ ausgewählt durch)

Der Kinder Wundergarten (The Childrens' Wondergarden) Marchen aus aller Welt (Fairytales from all over the World) Ninth (9th) Edition

Abel & Müller, Leipzig, Gernany, 1877. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. red cloth covers with pasted-on colour illustration to front within printed black border; blind-stamped decorated borders to rear cover; patterned end-papers; pracht-ausgabe (deluxe edition) am anfang: vorwort & Inhalt (at beginning: foreword & contents) mit 113 in den Text gedruckten Holzschnitten, 12 Tonbildern und 6 Bildern in Farbendruck nach Zeichnungen von C. von Binzer, Oscar Pletsch, Ludwig Richter, H. Scherenberg, Emil Schmidt, P. Thumann und G. Urlaub (with 113 woodcuts printed in the text, 12 tone images and 6 pictures in color print after drawings by C. von Binzer, Oscar Pletsch, Ludwig Richter, H. Scherenberg, Emil Schmidt, P. Thumann and G. Urlaub) First Thus. Size: Large Octavo. 528 pages. Text is in German. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Gilt titles spine with decorations in black. small hole page 291/2 mostly in margin but just affecting some text page 292; staples rusty. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; Fairy Tales; Fairy Stories; Childrens; German Language; Children. Inventory No: 3892. This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Horowitz, Anthony

The Switch

Walker Books Ltd. London, 1996. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. 9780744541236 A boy's casual wish leads him into a dark and mysterious world in this thrilling adventure from the best-selling author of the Alex Rider series. For Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, every day is like Christmas. Until he makes the mistake of wishing he was someone else. The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and – worst of all – the murderous Finn. But he's there for a reason, as Tad discovers when he begins to untangle a secret that will introduce him to the most unexpected enemy of all... First impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 188 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Adventure Stories; Cildrens; Children. ISBN: 0744541239. ISBN/EAN: 9780744541236. Inventory No: 4102.

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Kingston, W.H.G.

True Blue

Henry Frowde (Hodder), London, No date. Early Edition, Red Cloth, Illustrated by: Webb, Arch. Good/N/A.. no date but 1915 prize label inside cover (Norfolk C.C. Educ. Cmte - Sculthorpe school), a volume in the Herbert Strang's Library ("carefully edited for school & home reading") with the 'piper beneath the tree' decorative front cover & spine in tan & black on red, gilt title panel spine. Illustrated endpapers, 2 col. ills. by Arch Webb one of which has some wear to its outer edge from time spent as a loose page in an otherwise tight and bright little copy, 255 pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Webb, Arch. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. Inventory No: CHD00021.

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Lamb, Charles & Mary Lamb

Poetry for Children. To which are added Prince Dorus and some uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb. Edited, prefaced and annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1878. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. decorated end-papers; 'Poetry for Children', a series of rhymed fables, stories & moral precepts for children, was first published in 1809 but appears in this edition with the addition of the Lamb's 'Prince Dorus' and a few shorter poems by Charles. The editor's introduction gives in detail the full history of the work. Contents list to front.To the rear is a 36-page list of the books published by Chatto & Windus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xxi, 224 + 36. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. some browning to edges of end-papers. binder's small label inside rearcover. Top edge blue. Gilt titles spine with gilt vignette. blue cloth. Includes notes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Poems; English Poetry; Nineteenth Century Poetry; 19th century; Poetry. Inventory No: 4029.

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Larson, Gary

There's a Hair in My Dirt (A Worm's Story)

Little, Brown & Co. London, 1998. First Edition, Boards, Illustrated by: Larson, Gary. Near Fine Condition/Mint. 9780316645195 bound in luxurious textured cream boards bearing a gilt vignette (of the worm's dinner) on front & chocolate brown cloth spine extending 3.5cm over boards with gilt titles, foreword by Edward o. Wilson, all pages illustrated. in colour. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Larson, Gary. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. ISBN: 0316645192. ISBN/EAN: 9780316645195. Inventory No: CHD00040.

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Lokvig, Tor

Star Trek: the Motion Picture-the Pop-Up Book

Purnell Books, Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1980. First Edition, Hardcover (Printed Boards), Illustrated by: Chuck Murphy. Good Condition. 9780361048989 sliding doors malfunction on third page but all other pop-ups and mechanisms tested & functional Size: Large Octavo. unpaginated. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Yellow titles spine. Illustrator: Chuck Murphy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Pop-Up Books; Art & Design; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 036104898X. ISBN/EAN: 9780361048989. Inventory No: 3646.

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Love, Brian

Play the Game

Michael Joseph, London, 1978. First Edition, Laminated Boards. Very Good/N/A.. 9780718117245 "the Book that You Can Play", over 40 games from the golden age of printed board games collected by the compiler from museums, libraries, & private collections & published together in this volume with history, rules, & playing pieces, illustrated covers, decorated end-papers, cellophane envelope containing 2 uncut sheets of playing pieces is intact, clean copy though there is a vertical scratch on the back cover & bottom of spine is slightly bumped, 98 pages (including index). Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Board Games; Children. ISBN: 0718117247. ISBN/EAN: 9780718117245. Inventory No: CHD00096.

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Lussert, Anneliese; Bell, Anthea(Trans)

The Farmer and the Moon

North-South Books, Switzerland, 1987. First U.K. Edition, Laminated Boards, Illustrated by: Wilkon, Jozef. Near Fine/N/A. 9780200729055 black titles spine; colour illust. front cover & further col. ills on most pages throughout; "The rich, greedy farmer, Luke, thlnks he can cheat his poor but generous neighbour, Mark, by paying back a debt in money from the moon. But the money from the moon is just a joke to Luke, so he little dreams that Mark will really be paid ... This striking picture book, with its delightfully whimsical illustrations, has all the elements of a classic moral tale."; unpaginated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Wilkon, Jozef. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. ISBN: 0200729055. ISBN/EAN: 9780200729055. Inventory No: CHD00199.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Childrens/Anneliese Lussert Children; Children. Wilkon, Jozef Unbranded ISBN: 0200729055 EAN: 9780200729055 Lussert, Anneliese; Bell, Anthea(Trans) The Farmer and the Moon Children

Macdonald, Violet M. (collected and illustrated by)

Nursery Tales: A Book of Nursery Stories

Jonathan Cape, London, 1929. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Violet M. Macdonald. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. colour frontis. illustration plus 16 full-page b/w. illustrations throughout & with header & footer b/w. illustrations to each story; a collection of mostly traditional tales for the young - including: 'The Old Woman & Her Pig'; 'How Jack went to Seek His Fortune'; 'Teeny-Tiny'; 'Three Wise Men of Gotham'; 'Henny-Penny'; 'The Babes in the Wood'; 'Lazy Jack' & others. - collected & illustrated in a style reminiscent of old woodcuts by Violet M. Macdonald; contents & illustration lists to front; notes on sources at the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pages. minor handling marks & browning to yellow covers. Spine slightly browned with age. Black titles spine & front. yellow cloth. Illustrator: Violet M. Macdonald. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Young Childrens; Childrens Tales; Nursery Stories; Fiction. Inventory No: 4154.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Children/Childrens/Childrens Fiction/Fiction/Young Childrens/Childrens Tales/Nursery Stories Children; Young Childrens; Childrens Tales; Nursery Stories; Fiction. Violet M. Macdonald Unbranded Violet M. (collected and illustrated by) Macdonald N

Manning-Sanders, Ruth

Sir Green Hat and the Wizard

Methuen, London, 1974. First Edition, Brown Cloth, Illustrated by: Stobbs, William. Fine/Near Fine. 9780416779004 gilt titles on green panel spine; light brown e/p's.; b/w, illusts.; "1 give you three gifts: the power to change yourself at will into a swift flyer, a swift runner, and a pretty plaything - the first a falcon; the second a stag; the third a kitten. So the good wizard grants the gifts to Sir Green Hat which enable him to overcome the wicked wiles and treachery of Sir Red. How Sir Green Hat finds the Beauty-of-the World, a quest Sir Red sets him, and finally marries Princess Miranda with the help of the wizard's gifts, make the opening tale particularly exciting and entertaining. Ruth Manning-Sanders has gathered the stories in this collection from countries as far apart as South Africa and Denmark, Japan and Brittany. Her original and highly readable style and masterly treatment in retelling folk tales is well illustrated in this latest volume."; the price-intact (& now protected) D/J. has a small closed tear to top of spine; 173 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Stobbs, William. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 041677900X. ISBN/EAN: 9780416779004. Inventory No: CHD00244.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Childrens/Ruth Manning-Sanders Children; Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales; Myths, Legends & Folklore. Stobbs, William Unbranded ISBN: 041677900X EAN: 9780416779004 Manning-Sanders, Ruth Sir Green Hat and the Wizard Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales Myths

Manwell, M.B.

The Girls of Dancy Dene

Ernest Nister, London, 1902. First Edition, Blue Cloth, Illustrated by: Robinson, Hilda K.. Good/No Jacket. black titles spine, white titles front with pictorial front cover in black depicting a girl in victorian dress with two cats, No.128 in the E.N.Gift Bks.for Young People series, described in the adverts. at back of book as "a story of some rather troublesome school-girls", beautiful col. frontis. in pastel shades of "Dora & Luce with their pet lamb" & b/w. ills. throughout, several ink gift inscriptions cover the front endpaper, 120 pages with further 8 pages book ads. at back. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Robinson, Hilda K.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; School Stories; 1900-1920; Children. Inventory No: CHD00053.

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Marchant, Bessie

Athabasca Bill: A Tale of the Far West

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge/SPCK, London, circa 1912. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Pictorial Red Cloth), Illustrated by: Harold H. Piffard. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Gilt titles & colour illustration (Native American) to spine; pictorial front cover (man with dog sleigh) in blue, white & black colours on red background. Tissue-guarded colour frontis. illustration & two further colour illustrations all by Harold H. Piffard. "In Alberta, Canada, young Fred's family awaits the return of their father who is looking for a site for a new home for them. But just as he returns, bloodhounds seeking the thief who stole a box containing hundreds of dollars trace the scent to Fred's father. Fred sets out to find Athabasca Bill who may have information that will prove that his father is innocent." 16-page list of publisher's titles to rear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 + 16 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. light wear to extremities. Illustrator: Harold H. Piffard. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Westerns; Adventure Stories; Juvenile Fiction; Canada; Fiction. Inventory No: 5070.