The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories & Funny Pictures by Hoffmann, Heinrich

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour pictures. 24 pages printed one side only. Boards a little stained, rubbed at corners and edges with some surface paper loss, some lettering to front board is coloured in with green pen, spine is a little rubbed and fraying to rear edge, surface paper loss to rear board affecting the text. Name ink stamped 3 times on front endpapers. Contents are clean but browned.

Hardback. New.

George Routledge & Sons, 1920. Hardback, rebound in green cloth, with title to paper label on front board. 24pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Early edition. nd. [circa1920]. Pages backed onto linen. Boards slightly marked and worn. Lacking title page. Private ownership. (hall03). Hard Cover. Good.

George Routledge & Sons, 1910. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Front cover is tanned with some dark smudges around outer edge. Back cover is tanned and stained along top edge, not visible on the inside. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

Not Identified: Not Identified, 1800. Paperback. AS IS (Wraps are missing; pages are toned and heavily worn/chipped/scuffed/smudged; some pages are loose.). Wraps are absent; 24 stapled sheets with color illustration. "Tales in verse about some naughty children and the fates that befall them when they misbehave" -- WorldCat. Contents include: Shock-headed Peter -- The story of cruel Frederick -- The dreadful story about Harriet and the matches -- The story of the inky boys -- The story of the man that went out shooting -- The story of little Suck-a-thumb -- The story of Augustus who would not have any soup -- The story of fidgety Philip -- The story of Johnny Head-in-the-air -- The story of flying Robert.

London: Griffith Farran, Browne & Co.Ltd., 1875. 100th edition.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 24 pages printed on one side only introduction. Rebound without the original covers in gilt-lettered green cloth. First and last pages worn and darkened, a couple of paper faults, a little thumbed and creased. Colour printed plates in imitation of the original hand-colouring.

Not Stated: Not Stated, c1860. Leather. Good. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A Victorian hand-coloured edition of the popular Struwwelpeter, rebound in a half calf binding. 'Struwwelpeter' is a popular collection of children's tales, written to teach children about the consequences when they misbehave in certain ways. This books includes the cautionary poems 'Shock-Headed Peter', 'The Story of Cruel Frederick', 'The Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches', and more.Illustrated with twenty-four hand-coloured plates. By Heinrich Hoffman.Bound without title page.Undated, dated from Jisc from similarly hand-coloured editions. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, rubbed. Light bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the occasional spot and handling mark. Light edge wear to the text block. Chip to the bottom edge of pages 2 and 3. Closed tear to… Read More