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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIV 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710402
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1st 1840. Very good condition.

Library binding. July to December 1840. iv 704 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: Genealogy of the Beauharnais family; Opening of the Crusader's tomb in Botus Fleming Church, Cornwall; Description of Ratcliffe Tower, Lancashire; Failed assassination attempt on Queen Victoria; Paintings in Rochester Cathedral; Celtic finds near Bridgwater; Atmospheric Railway at Wormholt Scrubs with expected speeds of 100 mph!; London and Blackwall Railway opened; Work commences on Laying out Trafalgar square; The Manor House of Samlesbury, Lancashire; The church of Great Yarmouth; the church of Walford, |Hertfordshire; the Martyrs memorial, Oxford; Stocks and Whipping Post at Waltham Abbey; The Judges House at Dorchester; Saxon sundial at Bishopston Church, Sussex; Relics from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1311858
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, with gilt title labels. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. 4 colour plates. 336 pages. Purple endpapers. SIGNED by author by means of a dedication to half-title. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, covers just a little grubby and illustration to spine has faded a little. Front joint cracked. Hinges cracked. Foxing to contents. A nice copy of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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LITTLE HEARTS
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 2113053
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Cream boards with small colour pictures. Colour & b/w illustrations. Recased and restitched. Wear and fading to spine. Cover edges and corners are bumped and scuffed. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1311844
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots and a light stain to edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed with minimal loss and is a little grubby on rear panel.

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STEINLEN AND HIS ART TWENTY-FOUR CARTOONS
No author listed. Illustrated by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
Stock no. 1710303
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1911. Fair condition.

Large format. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations tipped-in on all four corners. With a critical introduction and descriptive notes. Backstrip missing. Rear board detached, front board fragile at binding. All plates present. Fraying to cloth edges. Rippling to cloth on front cover. 1 plate has a large closed tear. Odd margin mark.

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THE CHILDREN AT THE POLE
Written by Lionel Fable. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1208010
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

From the "Willy Pogany Children" series. A small fold-out panorama with the story on one side and a poem on the other. Colour illustrations above the text of the poem. Pictorial boards. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. A few small blemishes to contents else generally a clean bright copy. Corners slightly worn.

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MY DOLLY'S HOME
Written by Doris Davey; Helen Waite. Illustrated by Margarethe Stannard.
Stock no. 1207996
Published by Arts and General Publishers Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Story is followed by full colour page scenes to put your dolls in and play - many doors/windows to 'open'. Corners worn. Contains figures in rear pocket: 3 umbrellas, Nurse, Alice, Anne, Mummy, Daddy, Babbs (young boy), cook, rickshaw, fir tree, palm tree, door and archway.

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A PAINTING BOOK OF LITTLE DUTCH FOLK
Written by Walter Chapman. Illustrated by Ethel Parkinson.
Stock no. 1207995
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Large oblong format. Beige boards with large colour pictorial onlay to front. White cloth spine. Colour illustrations with b/w pictures to paint. Verses by Chapman. Some pictures coloured in with mixed ability! Corners worn. Boards a little grubby.

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