Search Results: Children's from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

N.p.: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. Printers N.d. [c. 1890's]. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated [20 pp.]. Original colour pictorial boards. Wear to board edges and corners with slight loss. Boards marked, recased, and the inner hinges strengthened. Ink inscription to front pastedown 'To dear "Little Jack"| with love from | Greta (!) Kamcke. Illustrated title-page. Accompanying text with ten full-page colour illustrations of gollywogs in various scenes coming to sticky ends. One copy only in OCLC: Toronto/Osborne. Scarce. Contemporary to Florence Upton's books. The growth of 'gollys' as childrens toys, made them hugely popular in a way that is difficult to understand today. . Good. Pictorial Boards. 1890.

London: Atrium Press Ltd 1949. 12mo.Illustrated. 32 pp. Hard cover ring binding with illustrated boards. Some rubbing to edges and one ring missing from top of binding. Some numbers written in pen on inside of rear board. Ring bound, divided pages such that you can make characters from different combinations of body parts. 'For children from 5 and under to 75 and over'. Small book, 17.5 x 13cm. Illustrations complete. . Very Good. Ring-binding. First Edition. 1949.

London: The R. A. Publishing Co. Ltd. N.d. [1944]. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 16 pp. Publisher's colour pictorial orange stiff card wrappers. Clean copy. No ownership marks. Text printed in blue. With seven full-page colour illustrations by Cowell. Copac lists only: Ox., Camb. No BL. . Very Good. Card Covers. 1944.

1940. Oblong 12mo. [unpaginated] Hand illustrated manuscript in a sketchbook of a children's story detailing the exploits of one 'Lottie The Hen' The illustrations are very proficient and have been executed in pen pencil and watercolours. The work is unfinished, the text continues to a conclusion , but the illustrations do not. Contents loose in binding, but complete. Boards a little rubbed and warped, but the contents are very bright and clean. . Good. Card Covers. 1940.

London: Frederick Warne and Co. N.d. [1883]. 8vo. 96 pp. Gilt-decorated pictorial blue boards. Spine ends worn and boards darkened. Patterned endpapers. Four colour plates. Illustrations uncoloured. Printed by Dalziel Brothers. Some sections loose. Good condition. . Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1883.

Potsdam: Muller & Co. 1920. Small 4to.Illustrated. 1st-3rd thousand. 154 pp. Original pictorial cloth with blue lettering to spine. Small mark to the tail of the spine. Eight tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. Internally clean. No ownership names. Text in German language. . Very Good. Pictorial Cloth. 1920.

London: P. R. Gawthorn Ltd. 1945. 4to. 104 pp. 8 colour plates. Cloth with lettering to front board. Slight warping to boards. Internally quite clean. Colours bright and all plates complete. . Very Good. Cloth. 1945.

London: W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co. [1880]. 8vo.Illustrated. 202 pp., Blue gilt decorated cloth binding with all edges gilt. Minor marks to the boards with some wear to the spine's head and tail. Slight lean to the binding which is otherwise firm. Some scattered spotting, with owners name to the front endpaper in ink and mark to the dedication page. Illustrated in black and white with occasional sheet music. Contains the script for Alice through the Looking glass and three other short fairy tales for children. Just 3 uk holdings on Jisc; Oxford, Newcastle and the V&A. Scarce Carroll item . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1880.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1868. 8vo.Illustrated. Eleventh Thousand [xii], 192 pp., Red, gilt decorated publishers cloth with gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; rebacked with part of the original spine laid down; later endpapers. Illustrated throughout with the 42 iconic, original black and white John Tenniel illustrations. Spine and boards are marked and rubbed with wear to corners. Owner's name in blue pencil to half title, with scattered minor spotting internally. Binding firm. An early edition of a classic. . Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1868.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1950. Small 8vo.Illustrated. Two volumes. [ix], 179; [x], 211 pp. Publisher's original pictorial green cloth with decoration in red & black to front boards. Minor fading to Wonderland and minor marking to front of Looking Glass. Both have some rubbing and light bumping at extremities. Both are clean internally with the classic black and white illustrations by John Tenniel. . Very Good. Pictorial Cloth. Reprint. 1950.

London: MacMillan ad Co., Limited 1927. Square 8vo.Illustrated. First Printing of the Children's Edition. xi, 206 pp. Recent crimson half morocco over red marbled boards, with raised bands, gilt Wonderland devices and gilt lettering to spine; full colour illustrated front endpapers. With 16 iconic full colour plates and black and white in-text illustrations by John Tenniel. Beautiful copy - binding immaculate and internally clean and bright. . Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition Thus. 1927.

London: Macmillan and Co 1931. Small 8vo. 2 volumes. Red hardbacks with panelling and gilt illustration to front board; gilt lettering to spine. Wear to joints and extremities, marks to front and back boards, leaning spine on one of the volumes. Mostly clean internally with the odd foxing. Inscription to FFEP. Plenty of in-text illustrations by John Tenniel. A well-read and compact illustrated two volume edition of Through the Looking Glass. . Fair. Cloth. 1931.

London: William Heinemann [1907]. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition Thus; First Arthur Rackham edition. xi.,162, (2) pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth with green lettering to front board & spine. Minor wear and bumping to spine ends and board corners. Minor rubbing to spine and light marking to boards. Foxing is generally light and occassional, though some sections have heavier cases. The first edition to be illustrated by Arthur Rackham with thirteen issue-guarded colour plates as well as an illustrated title page and endpapers. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. First Edition Thus. 1907.

Nottingham: Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd. N.d. [c. 1930s]. Small 4to.Illustrated. Centenary Edition. 181 pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated and lettered red cloth. Faded spine and a little to the edges of the front board; slight rubbing to extremities. Foxing to prelims and foredge, otherwise pages lightly yellowed but clean. No ownership names. With twelve tipped-in colour plates illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson, as well as colour in-text illustrations throughout. A very nice copy. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1930.

London: William Heinemann Ltd 1933. 8vo. xii, 162 pp. Recent half green calf, raised bands, red title labels, with gilt March Hare and Playing Card devices in compartments of the spine and gilt lettering. Minor spots to prelims and fore-edge, otherwise internally clean. Illustrated with 13 colour plates and numerous black & white in-tet illustratons by Arthur Rackham. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Cheap Edition. 1907.

New York: Little Simon (Simon & Schuster imprint) 2003. 4to. First trade edition. Unpaginated. lllustrated hardback. A few marks to back boards and internally. Only a small bit of damage to Alice on last page. A fantastically entertaining pop-up book with elaborate fold-outs, moving paper cut-outs and interactive elements. Illustrated in John Tenniel's classical style. Text is faithful to Lewis Carroll's original story. An ideal gift for a curious young child. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2003.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1914. Small 8vo. [ix], 201, 2 pp. Red cloth with gilt device to board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, though dulled. Some rubbing and marking to boards and spine, with one case of minor wear to rear joint and dulling to spine. Minor ghosting and ink ownership mark to ffep., otherwise internally clean. Includes black and white in-text engravings by John Tenniel, as well as a black and white frontis. Includes Carroll's 'Easter Greeting to Every Child who Loves Alice', as well as the publisher's list of other Carroll works at rear. 16 x 11 cm. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. Reprint. 1914.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1941. Small 8vo.Illustrated. Illustrated Pocket Classics edition. [xi], 183, 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration & lettering to spine. Cloth clean, minor fading to spine, slight creasing to front board and slight dent to top edge.Ink name to ffep., slight spots to fore-edge, otherwise internally clean. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Binding firm. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. Reprint. 1941.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1967. 8vo. 117 pp. Publisher's cloth in illustrated jacket, price clipped; decorated endpapers. Minor spotting to jacket, boards clean. Ink mark to ffep., otherwise internally clean. Illustrations. A Latin translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. . Very Good. Cloth. 1964.

Leicester: Brockhampton Press 1962. 8vo. Unpaginated. Publisher's hardback boards in pictorial dust wrapper. Dj slightly edgeworn with light staining. Internally clean. No ownership names. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout by Don Gregg. . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1962.