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Photo of "Puzzles Old and New"
HOFFMAN, Professor. Puzzles Old and New. [London]. [Frederick Warne and Co.], [1893]. 8vo. xx, 394pp, [2]. With half-title, engraved frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with damp-staining to lower board, spine dulled and bumped. Merchant's ticket of Hamley's Magical Saloons and Magical Palace pasted over imprint to title. Later inked gift inscription dated 20 Jan 1960 to FFEP. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33794
Photo of "Three Street Orphans"
[JACQUE, George]. Three Street Orphans. Glasgow. John S. Marr & Sons, 1878. First edition. 12mo. 64, 16pp. With half-title, a lithographed frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Lightly rubbed and dulled. Very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'David Wilson Esq. With the Author's grateful regards'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34243
Photo of "A natural history of fishes"
[FISHES]. A natural history of fishes. Alnwick. Printed and Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. Davison, c.1815. 12mo. 36pp. With 40 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's paper wrappers with woodcut pictorial decoration. A clean, crisp, near fine copy. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14909
Photo of "The winter vacation; or, holidays ..."
[WINTER VACATION]. The winter vacation; or, holidays in the country. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. First edition. 12mo. 71pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's marbled boards, green roan spine, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, both boards held by single cords only, loss to spine. Booksellers ticket of Duffield's Juvenile Library, Bath to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21369
Photo of "Aunt mary's tales for the ..."
[HUGHES, Mary]. Aunt mary's tales for the entertainment and improvement of little boys. Addressed to her nephews. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819. Fourth edition. iv, 174pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Darton 500 (4).

[Together with:] [HUGHES, Mary]. Aunt mary's tales for the entertainment and improvement of little girls. Addressed to her nieces. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819. Fifth edition. Darton G501 (5).

12mo. Uniformly bound in original publisher's green roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22233
Photo of "The boy's country-book: being the ..."
HOWITT, William. The boy's country-book: being the real life of a country boy, written by himself; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. Second edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xi, [1], 308pp. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Without half-title. Handsomely bound by Potter and Sons of York in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, short tears to upper margins of leaves S7 and S8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23401
Photo of "Nineveh"
[NINEVEH]. Nineveh. London. John and Charles Mozley, [s.d., c.1834] 16mo. 8pp. Original publisher's pictorial salmon wrappers. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Katherine Fludyer to upper wrapper. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23405
Photo of "The new children's friend: or, ..."
[NEW CHILDREN'S FRIEND]. The new children's friend: or, pleasing incitements to wisdom and virtue; conveyed through the medium of anecdote, tale, and adventure, calculated to entertain, fortify, and improve the juvenile mind. Translated chiefly from the german. London. Printed by J. Swan and Co....for Vernor and Hood...and Darton and Harvey, 1800. Fourth edition. 12mo. viii, 171pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's green vellum-backed marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, lettering-piece worn, some loss to foot of spine, corners bumped. Frontispiece naively hand-coloured, leaves B3-4 inverted, occasional spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25603
Photo of "The seasons. Stories for very ..."
MARCET, Jane. The seasons. Stories for very young children. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [4], 175, [1]; [4], 191, [1]; [4], 173, [1]; [4], 180pp. Later red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled, damp-staining to head of Vol. IV spine. Hinges exposed, recent inked gift inscription to front free- endpapers, near contemporary gift inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27975
Photo of "The creation: illustrated by Six ..."
RHIND, W[illiam] G[raeme]. The creation: illustrated by Six Engravings on Steel exhibiting The progressive advance of Creation through the six days. In A Series of Letters, from a father to his children: briefly explaining in language suited to their young minds 1. The natural history of each days mercies, and their peculiar adaptation to the wants of man. 2. The scriptural use of the same, in the illustration of divine truth. London. Published by Samuel Bagster and Sons, Harvey & Darton et al., [s.d., c. 1842] First edition. 12mo. [2], xii, 396iv pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece headed 'The habitable globe', without volvelle, an engraved title page, and a further six plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, some staining to boards, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29846
Photo of "The boy's own book of ..."
KINGSTON, W[illiam] H[enry] G[iles]. The boy's own book of boats. Including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world. London. Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 224, 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, dulled. Ticket to FEP of Jennett & Co., booksellers of Stockton-on-Tees, contemporary ownership inscription to FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34235
Photo of "The shepherd brothers"
HALL, Clara. The shepherd brothers. London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., c.1830s] First edition. 12mo in 6s. 72pp. With engraved frontispiece and three further plates. Original publisher's roan-backed printed paper boards. Spine a little chipped with three small wormholes, a trifle rubbed to extremities, else a handsome copy. Slightly shaken, text block split at pp.24-5. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14996
Photo of "The discovery of america by ..."
[COLUMBUS, Christopher]. The discovery of america by c. columbus. London. W. Wetton, [s.d., c.1820] 12mo. [3]-vi, [1], 8-176pp. With a wood-cut plate, five wood-cut illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, blind-stamp of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to upper boards. Rubbed, joints split. Small paper repairs to margins of leaves B3, F3, and H3, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18659
Photo of "Fun upon fun; or the ..."
[LUMSDEN, James]. Fun upon fun; or the humours of a fair. Giving a description of the curious amusements in early life: also an account of a mountebank doctor and his merry andrew. Glasgow. Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [s.d., c. 1815] 32mo. 47pp, [1]. First and terminal leaves as pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With eight plates of copper engravings printed in sanguine. Original publisher's plain paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper wrap. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp, a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19803
Photo of "Divine songs, in easy language, ..."
WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs, in easy language, for the use of children. Glasgow. Published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1814. 32mo. 30pp, [2]. First and terminal leaves pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With 10 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. Rubbed and lightly dust-soiled, title in manuscript to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19805