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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon.
Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577484
Published by Burns & Oates.
1st
1908.
Almost very good condition.
Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. REDUCED FROM £420. A few light marks to covers. Top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. A must for the Wain completist.
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- FAIRY TALES
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
PETER A CAT O' ONE TAIL
Written by Charles Morley.
Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577486
Published by Pall Mall Gazette.
1st
1892.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Pale blue pictorial cloth. A story based on Louis Wain's beloved cat Peter. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout, but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style - these are real cats! 88 pages. Spine browned, covers grubby. Corners worn. Small bookplate and inscription in red ink to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Rear endpaper torn with no loss. A few faint margin marks else contents clean and bright. A nice copy of this early Wain title.
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- CATS
THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 733380
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1937.
Very good condition.
B/w frontis plate by N.K.Brisley. Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine. 7.5 x 5". 270 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners a little worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing otherwise contents clean.
Price: £52.00 £39.00.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- CHALET SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter.
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 733189
Published by Andre Deutsch.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and sunned to spine.
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- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- ANIMAL STORY
- ILLUSTRATED
RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed.
Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 733148
Published by Daily Express.
1974.
Almost very good condition.
Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert in the snow holding a chick made of snow. 1st story Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and endpapers by Alex Cubie. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. No names. Price creased but not cut. Foxing to page margins. First gathering of pages slightly loose.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 25 - RUPERT AND THE FRENCH POODLES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 733153
Published by Daily Express.
Almost very good condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Second story is 'Rupert and the New Jersey'. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. Covers a bit grubby with light dampstain to rear cover and some pink ink doodles to front cover. Inscription in ink to top margin of inside front cover. A few light margin marks and some corners lightly creased.
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- RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES
- RUPERT
THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE
Written by Thomas Hughes.
Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 733176
Published by Macmillan & Co..
1st
1859.
Very good condition.
'Or the long vacation ramble of a London clerk'. By the author of 'Tom Brown's school days'. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title. B/w text illustrations. 228 pages plus booklist to rear. 7 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light dampstaining to lower edges of endpapers. Joints very slightly cracked. Some light foxing. A nice copy.
Price: £84.00 £63.00.
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- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 577066
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition.
Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Prelims and last few pages foxed. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Top and bottom of spine bumped. Small nick to edge of front cover. Covers clean and bright.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- BOYS
- LONDON
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 733058
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Circa
1920.
Very good condition.
Small format. Blue cloth with black titles and embossed decoration to front and spine. Colour frontis. 316 pages. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning. A nice copy.
Price: £54.00 £40.50.
SMUGGLER'S WAY
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 427365
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1928.
Almost very good condition.
Cassell's Popular Library for Boys and Girls series. Blue pictorial cloth. B/w frontis. 215 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit marked. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers and prelims and last few pages of book and outer page edges. Rest of contents are generally clean.
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1997
Written by Ian Robinson.
Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 427269
Published by Pedigree Books Limited.
1997.
Nearly fine condition.
No. 62. Tall format, glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert in his special pond skates. ISBN: 1874507856. Light foxing to top edge of covers and text block. Has 2 Rupert postcards loose inside the front cover.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington; Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 576950
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head.
1st
1919.
Very good condition.
Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Children's poetry about animals. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- ANIMAL STORY