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PHILOSOPHIE CHIMIQUE
Written by A.F. Fourcroy.
Stock no. 592165
1st
1792.
Slightly better than good condition.
Verites Fondamentales De La Chimie Moderne Disposees Dans Un Nouvel Ordre. Published in Paris 1792. L'An IV De La Liberte Francoise. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Blue paperboards, red title label to spine. 128 pages. Text in French. A few foxspots else contents in general very good. Spine split at base. Corners and edges rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- CHEMISTRY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey.
Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 739991
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1937.
Very good condition.
Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. 1" to front side of spine is slightly browned. A few very light scuff marks to covers but generally clean. Ever so slight creases to top page corners. Contents very clean. A nice copy of this rare story without words.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- PICTURE BOOK
A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards.
Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 739689
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
2nd
1947.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Contents are detached from covers but very clean. Wrapper is edge creased and torn with a few pieces of loss to front corners, grubby with light pencil marks to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- LADYBIRD 474 TASSELTIP TALES
THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 739544
Published by The R.T.S. Office.
1st
1932.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine and black title to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. REDUCED from £180. Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge chipped with loss, large closed tear to front panel, some tape repairs on verso and grubby on rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
BEASTS ROYAL
Written by Richard Patrick Russ; Patrick O'Brian.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 591740
Published by Putnam.
1st
1934.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, white titles. Colour frontis. 8 b/w plates. Written when Russ was 19 years old, he later wrote under the pseudonym of Patrick O'Brian. Superb Tunnicliffe illustrations. REDUCED PRICE. Top and tail of spine slightly faded. Spine slightly bumped. Last few pages lightly foxed else contents fine. Original brown wrapper with pictorial onlay is price-cut and very slightly nicked at top and tail of spine. A lovely copy of this rare title.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- ILLUSTRATED
NODDY'S CASTLE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 591408
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd..
Very good condition.
Five small format paperwrap books contained in shaped pictorial slipcase with opening doors at front. B/w illustrations. A few small edge-tears to cover edges. Some foxing and a few illustrations have been coloured in. Contained in a very good original shaped card case with has some edge-wear and a bit of creasing.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NODDY
- ENID BLYTON
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING
Written by Lord Houghton.
Illustrated by Walter Severn.
Stock no. 739083
Published by Day & Son.
Circa
1880.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Purple embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to front. Attractive illustrations with decorated text and paper guards. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Previous owner's name and date and ink to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. Some light foxing but contents generally bright and clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738962
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Deluxe edition bound in limp olive green morocco with gilt decorations to front cover and spine. Pink pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Spine is browned and worn. with slight loss to top. Edges are rubbed with slightly worn corners. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Previous owner's inscription in ink to half-title page. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A couple of hinges slightly cracked, some light fingering to page margins. Very light browning to half-title page and light creasing to last page. Contents generally very clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- WINNIE THE POOH
- RHYME
REAL FAIRIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 590889
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd..
1st
1923.
Very good condition.
Brown cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. A book of poetry. Small format. Enid Blyton's second book. Corners bumped. Endpapers very lightly browned. Page 23 has skillfully repaired closed tear.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- ENID BLYTON
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 738893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1931.
Very good condition.
Bound in publishers deluxe binding of brown leather with embossed decoration at front edges and with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Two-tone green pictorial endpapers. 12 tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. Some very faint marking to covers. Light foxing throughout. Lower corner of half-title and frontis creased, tiny nick to edge of half-title page. All other plates fine condition.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- LEATHER BINDING
NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738899
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1927.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed to head and tail, spine has faded patches to centre and base. Lower edge of rear cover is very slightly faded. Covers generally bright and clean. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. One hinge cracked. A few very light finger marks to page margins. The book itself is a nice, clean copy. Original wrapper is in two halves (detached along rear edge of spine), spine is browned and has 2.5" loss at top, 1" loss at centre and slight loss at base, also patch of loss to top corner of rear panel. The wrapper looks as though it was originally too small for the book (0.5cm too small along top edge).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- WINNIE THE POOH
- RHYME
TWO THOUSAND MILES OF WANDERING IN THE BORDER COUNTRY, LAKELAND AND RIBBLESDALE
Written by Edmund Bogg.
Stock no. 590790
Published by Edmund Bogg.
1st
1898.
Slightly better than good condition.
Large paper edition. Three-quarter dark blue leather binding with raised bands, gilt title and decoration to spine. Dark blue boards with gilt title to front. Marbled endpapers. xxi + Errata page + 364 pages + 263 pages. Includes list of subscribers. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. Contents detached from covers but otherwise tight, foxing to endpapers but generally clean and bright. Corners a little worn.