W.H.G. Kingston
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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 1
Written by James Macaulay; W.H.G. Kingston; et al.
Stock no. 1829236
Published by Leisure Hour Office.
1879.
Fair condition.
The very first Boy's Own Annual. Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine, decorative 'B', 'O', 'A' in gilt to front board, remaining title letters are blue. 8 colour and b/w plates, Chess Board for separate use. B/w illustrations to text. iv and 588 pages. Board edges worn with some fraying of cloth. Top & tail of spine very worn with slight loss. Spine is browned. Boards a little scuffed. Text block browned. Endpapers grubby and marked. Transfers and hand-coloured clippings pasted in to prelims and last few pages. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Large plate 'The Death of Nelson' pasted to verso of frontispiece. Frontispiece is listed as 'Moths' but is of British Butterflies. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight. Grubby marks and foxspots to contents. Chess Board is missing. All other plates present. Overall a Good working copy of a scarce annual.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- BOYS OWN
- BOYS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
EVERY BOY'S ANNUAL 1881
Written by Edmund Routledge; W.H.G. Kingston; et al.
Stock no. 1325952
Published by George Routledge & Sons.
1881.
Good condition.
Red decorated cloth. Colour frontis and title-page. B/w plates and text illustrations throughout. 668 pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Spine split at top of front edge. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked causing frontis to be detached. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- ANNUALS (BOYS)
- BOYS
NORMAN VALLERY; OR, OVER TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by Adrien Marie.
Stock no. 1325263
Published by Gall & Inglis.
Circa
1889.
Very good condition.
Brown decorated cloth, gilt title label to spine and gilt title and vignette to front cover. Cream endpapers. B/w plates. 256 pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate and a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing.
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- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
THE WANDERERS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Stock no. 1324685
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
1897.
Very good condition.
The Kingston Library For Boys. Dark red pictorial cloth with gilt to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and title page plus b/w plates. 392 pages. Green floral decorated endpapers. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to cloth. Small ink name stamp and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some foxing to prelims.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1918.
Almost very good condition.
Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
ADVENTURES OF DICK ONSLOW AMONG THE RED INDIANS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by George Soper.
Stock no. 2134724
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Circa
1910.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title/decoration block to spine. Black title and blind decorations to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp/splash marks and other marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges, with some to page margins. A few pages have corner creases, including plates.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- ADVENTURE
LITTLE FOLKS 1879
Written by W.H.G. Kingston; et al.
Stock no. 1505858
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin.
1879.
Slightly better than good condition.
Brown cloth covers with black and gilt decoration, onlay of small girl to front. B/w illustrations. 380 pages plus book list. Serial stories are Two Fourpenny Bits, Harry Maxwell; or Schoolboy Honour and Over the Rocky Mountains. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and bottom corner of rear cover damp stained. Yellow tape stuck down full length of front joint, rear joint cracked. One hinge badly cracked. Name in pen and pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. First couple of gatherings pulled. Contents generally clean with some light foxing and browning.
THE CHILDREN'S PLEASURE BOOK
Written by W.H.G. Kingston; A.G. Forbes; W. Burnett; et al.
Stock no. 1505077
Published by J.S. Virtue & Company Limited.
circa
1892.
Almost very good condition.
Containing Original Tales, Biographies and Sunday Readings with numerous b/w illustrations. Blue and orange pictorial cloth covers, orange titles to front, gilt to spine. All edges gilt. 254 pages. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at either end, also browned. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and browned with large white paint(?) mark to rear cover. Front joint starting to crack. Dated ink inscription to prelims. Some browning and foxing to contents but generally clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
OLD JACK
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Stock no. 734336
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
Circa
1938.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Kingston Books series. Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 472 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Tiny foxspots to outer page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-chipped with 0.5" loss at top of spine.