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EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Eric Quayle.
Stock no. 2125802
Published by David & Charles; Barnes & Noble Books.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
An important reference work covering over 400 years of children's literature. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Green cloth with gilt titles top spine. 256 pages. ISBN: 0715383078. Bumping to base of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges.
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- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- COLLECTING
PAGES AND PICTURES FROM FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Andrew W. Tuer.
Stock no. 2125204
Published by Leadenhall Prefs. Ltd..
1899.
Very good condition.
Title to spine and front cover is 'Forgotten Children's Books'. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 400 b/w illustrations to text. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 510 pages + booklist to rear. Chipping and a little splitting to along top and tail of spine, which is also a bit browned. Bumping and wear to corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing.
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- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1566-1910 A CATALOGUE
Written by Judith St. John; Edgar Osborne.
Stock no. 2124560
Published by Toronto Public Library.
1966.
Very good condition.
Reprint edition, with Minor corrections. Green/blue spine and covers, gilt title. Bumping to corners. Some uneven fading to cover edges and some page edges internally.
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FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFUL
Written by Robert J. Kirkpatrick.
Stock no. 2124522
Published by The British Library; Oak Knoll Press.
1st
2013.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain 1762-1950. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780712309547. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to base of spine. Contents are fine. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
R.M. BALLANTYNE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Eric Quayle.
Stock no. 1317072
Published by Dawsons Of Pall Mall.
1st
1968.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A definitive work and indispensable tool for collectors and students of juvenile literature of the nineteenth century. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. ISBN: 0712902201. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, small tear to lower corner of front panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- REFERENCE
CHILDREN'S FICTION 1900-1950
Written by Cooper. John; Jonathan Cooper.
Stock no. 1317071
Published by Ashgate Publishing Company.
1st
1998.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Alphabetically arranged entries on popular children's writers, each entry provides information on the author's pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of work, place and date of publication and the publisher's name. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 228 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 185928289X.
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- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
WALTER CRANE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by G.C.E. Masse.
Stock no. 1316984
Published by Chelsea Publishing Co..
1st
1923.
Very good condition.
A bibliography of first editions of books illustrated by Walter Crane. Brown cloth spine with gilt title, darker brown boards with black title to front. Orange and white decorated endpapers. 59 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to contents else clean.
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- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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THE WIDENING WORLD OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Susan Ang.
Stock no. 1814715
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Looking at the changing shape of children's literature in English from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Black boards with gilt title to spine. 203 pages. ISBN: 0333687841. Creasing to rear blank page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel.
REED'S TABLES OF DISTANCES
Written by H. Whittingham; C.T. King.
Stock no. 1609209
Published by Thomas Reed & Co. Ltd..
11th
1929.
Very good condition.
Eleventh Edition. Blue cloth spine, beige paper boards with black titles. Distances between ports and places in all parts of the world. Comprising over 31,000 distances with a table of contents and complete alphabetical index. Some browning to covers. White label stuck to front pastedown (covering inscription). Inscription to front endpaper.
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- NAVIGATION
- REFERENCE
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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2122444
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1981.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. A lovely copy.
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- ART
- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- ACTION BOOKS
- MOVEABLE
- ILLUSTRATED
FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Written by Diana L. Johnson.
Stock no. 2122430
Published by Museum Of Art.
1979.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w photos and illustrations. Limited to 7000 copies. Not only a book on the subject of fantastic illustration, but also the catalogue of an exhibition. Bumping to spine. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing and chipping; couple of closed tears.
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- ART
- DESIGN
- REFERENCE
- ILLUSTRATED
- CATALOGUE (ART)
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2122410
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1ST
1977.
Very good condition.
Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. A few grubby marks to covers. Couple of corners are a bit creased.
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- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- ILLUSTRATED