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CROKER, T. Crofton [editor]. The Christmas Box. An annual present for children. London. William Harrison Ainsworth, 1828. First edition. 8vo. xii, 233pp, [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled green calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers. Extremities worn and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, hinges exposed, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23301

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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school. The history of several young ladies, Related by Themselves. London. Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, [s.d., c.1865?] 12mo. xii, 118pp, [2]. With a woodcut frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Ink ownership inscription of L. J. Whatman, Printers to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23169

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[SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Martha]. The flowers of the forest. London. The Religious Tract Society, 1839. Fifth edition. 12mo. 108pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled black half-calf, marbled boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22208

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LAMB, Charles. Tales from Shakspeare: Designed for the Use of Young People. London. Blackie & Son, Limited, 1894. 8vo. 224pp. Contemporary brown half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Extremities rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23364

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[DAY, Thomas]. The history of sandford and merton. A Work intended for the use of children. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al., 1812. New edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xvi, 232; [4], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a further two engraved plates.. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently expertly rebacked, preserving contemporary spine panels, black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Edward Farrer Acton to both FFEPs, offsetting to titles, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23120

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QUANTI, Q.. Quadrille Elucidated. Being a historical, critical and practical treatise on that admired game. Cheltenham. Printed for G. A. Williams, 1822. First edition. 16mo in 8s. 95pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers, some chipping to extremities, marking to wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23098

BARKER, Cicely Mary. Fairies of the trees. London. Blackie & Son Limited, [1940]. First edition. 12mo. [28]pp. With 24 plates of colour illustrations by the author. Original publisher's decorated boards with pictorial inlay to upper board, title to both spine and upper board in brown, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper price-clipped, and a trifle chipped and marked, inked initials to front flap. Pictorial endpapers, upper hinge partially exposed, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 17406

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BARKER, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Autumn: With the Nuts and Berries they bring. London. Blackie & Son Limited, [1926]. First edition. 22mo. [16]pp With 12 plates of colour illustrations by the author. Original publisher's decorated boards with pictorial inlay to upper board, title to both spine and upper board in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper lightly rubbed and damp-stained. Pictorial endpapers, inked inscription to verso of FFEPin Danish dated 1930, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22172

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CRANE, Walter. The baby's bouquet. A fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes. London. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [s.d., c.1900] Quarto. 56pp. 11 full-page colour illustrations and numerous illustrated borders throughout. Original publisher's tan cloth backed glazed pictorial boards.. Extremities rubbed and marked, some shipping to boards. Decorated endpapers, hinges partially exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22176

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[ROSCOE, William - Imitations]. The council of dogs. Illustrated with suitable engravings. Philadelphia. Published by Johnson & Warner, 1809 [i.e. 1821] First American edition. 8vo. 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece (pasted to verso of upper cover), and a further seven engraved plates. Original publisher's salmon pink stiff card wrappers. extremities marked, slight loss to lower corner of upper cover. Frontispiece foxed, slight loss to margin of one plate, occasional spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 20490

Photo of "Helen's babies. With some account ..."

[HABBERTON, John]. Helen's babies. With some account of their ways: innocent, droll, fascinating, roguish, mischievous, and naughty. Also, a partial record of their actions during ten days of their existence. By their latest victim, uncle harry. Glasgow. David Bryce & Son, 1877. First British edition. 8vo. [2], 183pp, [1]. Engraved title page laid-down, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper (laid-down) bound-in. Attractively bound by Riviere & Son in later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19077

[BIBLE - English, Games]. The Scripture Text Pastime. London. A.N. Myers, 15 Berners Street, 1862. Box dimensions 205 x 135 mm. Contents, presumably incomplete but not largely so, comprise illuminated capitals, printed on one side in gold on stiff card in red (24) and green (24); lower case letters printed on one side of stiff card, verso blank, in red (72), black (76) and blue (75), and blank word spacers (16). With one folded leaf of rules, printed in black on both sides; one stiff card ... More > £ 1,140.00 Antiquates Ref. 21902

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[BIBLE - English, Games]. The Bible Treasure-Seekers' Game: or, Play Concordance. A Sunday Diversion for the Young: Spiritual Profit for the Old. Affords a happy hour of healthful intellectual exercise in the Home; the Sunday School, the Christian Endeavour Society, &c. Birmingham. C. Caswell, [s.d., c.1880?] Box dimensions 145 x 95 mm. 12 packs of printed biblical reference cards, grouped thematically and numbered sequentially in the order of the Biblical Books, each contained within a lettered paper wrapper: Sword, Heart, Fruit, Sheep - each with 32 cards; Tree, Mother - each with 28 cards; Grass - with 27 cards (perhaps missing one?); Lion - with 26 cards; Sacrifice, Redemption, Money, Dew - each with 24 cards. With ... More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 21901

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[WALKS WITH MAMMA]. Walks with mamma; or, stories in words of one syllable. With engravings. London. Grant and Griffith, successors to John Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Chuchyard, [s.d., c.1843-50s] 12mo. 48pp. With eight large, hand-coloured vignette woodcuts. Stab stitched within original publisher's stiff orange paper wrappers. With a small contemporary printed label 'Sold by Forbes & Knibb, Booksellers, Southampton' to upper wrapper at foot. Slightly rubbed, short tears at head and foot of spine. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 21356

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SULLIVAN, W.F.. Juvenile sketches; or, the history of Mrs. Barton and her Little Family. Illustrated with some instructive stories for the youth of both sexes. London. Printed and sold by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle-Street, 1818. Third edition. 12mo, erratically mis-signed. [2], 5-56pp. [2]. With folding engraved frontispiece, two further engraved plates, all three after Isaac Cruikshank, and a terminal blank. Original buff printed paper wrappers. Rubbed to surfaces and extremities, corners slightly dog-eared, occasional pencil marking to text. Marginal tear to A6 without loss. Early ink inscription (J.M. Gresley?) to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 21355

[SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Martha]. Waste not, want not. London. The Religious Tract Society, 1837. 12mo. 72pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial paper wrappers. Without spine panel, dust-soiled and a trifle chipped. Inked and pencilled ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP and foot of p.70. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21894

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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or the history of several young ladies; related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1814. Fourth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-176pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed, slight split to upper joint. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21837

[FAIRY TALE]. The flower basket. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. 12mo. 83pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's green roan-backed drab paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, marked, and discoloured, some splitting to joints. Inked gift inscription to verso of damp-stained frontispiece, offsetting to title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 21135

[ROSCOE, William - Imitations]. A LADY [DORSET, Catherine Ann Turner]. The peacock "at home:" a sequel to the butterfly's ball. London. Printed for J. Haris, 1808. 12mo. 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and a further five engraved plates. Later black morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly toned/spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21835

Photo of "King joash: or, the golden ..."

[KIDDER, Daniel Parish]. King joash: or, the golden cloud. New-York. Sunday-School Union, [s.d., c.1840] 16mo. 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Endpapers marked, later inked/pencilled ownership inscription to FEP, without RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21885