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Grant Richards London 1899 reading copy. pictorial boards showing a Dutch girl looking at a circle containing children from all over the world, faded wide cloth titled backstrip, scuffed but still retaining original charm, broken hinge but must of the leaves are still bound and those which are loose are undamaged and inserted in the correct order) Landscape folio consisting of 30 charming colour plates showing children in amusing situations from all over the world together with a juxtaposed descriptive poem of three or four verses. One of the American plates shows Virginia 'Coons' and another Gipsies. Much of it would by Politically incorrect today

Walter Scott London undated c1890 Vg (no dj, olive green cloth ornately decorated in gilt/black/blue, with gilt titles and gilt leaf design on spine and front board, rural scenes with blue sky and gilt/black landscape on spine and front board, very small faded area top corner of front board and upper corners lightly bumped, all page edges bright gilt, front free endpaper missing, bookplate front fixed endpaper and signature title page, contents unmarked) 12mo 271pp plus 8pp publisher's adverts. No date of publication but inscription dated 1891.

Walter Scott London undated c1885 VG (no dj, olive green cloth with gilt titles spine and front board,corners rubbed, page tops gilt, ink signature front free endpaper, a very sound tight copy with light speckling endpapers and outside page edges only, internally very clean and tight) 12mo 271pp plus 8pp publisher's adverts. No date of publication but inscribed 1889.

Cassell Petter Galpin and Co London 1881 Poor ( clean blue cloth with stamped black decoration of butterflies, birds and fishes, gilt titles on darkened spine, bright gilt title and gilt swallow on front board, clean yellow endpapers with Sunday School prize plate front fixed endpaper, the bulk of the textblock is disbound with four separate sections of text disbound, but all pages present) 16mo 128pp plus 4pp publisher's adverts. No date of publication but printer's mark suggests 1881, and inscribed 1882. Childrens' stories originally published in Little Folks. Engravings at chapter headings and tailpieces and also within the text.

Blackie and Son London 1895 Vg (highly ornamental red cloth boards with elaborate red rose design on spine and front board, very bright gilt titles on spine with bright gilt lions and gilt bands, front board has very bright gilt heraldic devices, all page edges tinted red, very lightly rubbed tail of spine and corners rubbed, a lovely clean tight bright crisp copy with neat calligraphy ownership signature dated 1896 reverse of frontispiece, no other marks , paper cracked at front hinge but binding remaining firm and tight) quarto 416pp plus 8pp publisher's list. Illustrated by a series of finely engraved historical pictures, with engravings in the text. Divisional-Volume I - from earliest times till the reign of Edward I.

A & C Black Edinburgh 1856 G (original brown cloth with publisher's blind stamp title on front and rear boards, gilt titles and decorations on spine which has a clean split along the leading edge, moderately worn. Large foldout map at front has a corner missing not affecting the map area and a small hole at one of the fold intersections. Second and third foldout maps worn at periphery but otherwise in fine fettle) Sixth Edtn 12mo 406pp plus publisher's catalogue bound-in 33 engravings

William Heinemann London 1903 G (no dj, lightly soiled red cloth with few small stains, sunned spine, front hinge cracked and webbing exposed but textblock binding firm, browning to all page edges and brown blotches in margins, reading copy only)12mo 340pp. Popular edition.

W and R Chambers 1886 Vg (no dj, lightly worn plum cloth with gilt titles on spine, a little faint patchy fading, 1" x 3" loss top of title page, browning free endpapers, internally a very good clean tight copy) 12mo 184pp plus 23pp appendix. Appendix contains explanations of mercantile terms and transactions, questions in book-keeping, etc.

Longmans Green and Co London 1894 G (no dj, maroon cloth with silver titles on spine, worn top and base of spine and 4" split to cloth down spine joint, all corners bumped, front hinge beginning to crack, spine leaning and contents heavily cocked, pencil annotations reverse of back free endpaper, a little light foxing prelims, pages clean with few light isolated spots, text block binding tight) 12mo 568pp plus 24pp publisher's catalogue. New edition. B/w portrait frontis, foxing to tissue guard. Biography.

Cassell Petter and Galpin 1872 G (no dj, bevel edged boards, lightly worn and darkened embossed red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, ornate gilt decorated title panel centre of front board, bottom edges heavily rubbed and bottom corners bumped, internally a very good clean sound tight copy with no foxing) quarto 432pp. Title on spine reads Cassell's Magazine Illustrated. Articles, stories, poems, songs, illustrated throughout. Heavy item.

cassell & co London 1892 Good to poor - but all pages present and textblock is tightly bound the spine is sunned, and split to both sides - showing webbing beneath. ugly taping added to secure the splits. worn to ends - with corner of boards showing bumping and wear. some foxing inside, and slight musty smell but condition very acceptable for reading/reference purposes. many first publication of contemporary authors , and other general articles of interest.

cassell & co London C 1872 undated - but articles inside carry that date Good. all pages present and textblock is tightly bound the spine is sunned, and rubbed with some splits to both sides. corner of boards showing bumping and wear. some foxing inside, and slight musty smell but condition very acceptable for reading/reference purposes. many first publication of contemporary authors , and other general articles of interest.

The Century Co New York/T Fisher Unwin London 1882 VG (half leather, dark blue boards with dark blue leather spine and corners, gilt lettering and gilt bandfs on spine, leather rubbed edges of corners and spine, clean orange endpapers neatly reinforced at hinges with tape, a very good clean tight copy with no foxing) large octavo 960pp. Bound volume of issues May 1882 to October 1882. Articles, stories, poems, engravings, b/w illustrations throughout. Covers wide range of topics including illustrated articles on the evolution of the American yacht and steam yachting in America.

Printed in the year MDCCXXXIX (1739) G (very worn blue paper-covered boards quarter bound with ridged brown leather spine, paper covering torn and missing from half of front board, all edges and corners heavily worn, leather spine in good condition but worn bottom 1/4", string exposed at front hinge but binding very firm and textblock tight, pages are clean and bright with only one or two smudges in margins, no foxing, several pages still uncut, very rough cut outside page edges are dust marked) octavo 490pp. Publisher's name not stated. Preface by CON. Volume I only. First debate from the Eight Session of the Second Parliament, King Charles II 1668. Final debate 13th November 1680, several persons examined about the dismissing of a Grand Jury in Middlesex.

Smith Elder and Co London 1861 VG (original binding, half leather bound with turquoise marbled boards and brown leather spine and corners, gilt bands on spine and 5 raised bands with gilt decoration, gilt titles on black title plate, 1/2" split to leather at head of back spine joint and 2" split at head of front spine joint, these splits to leather only and hinges very firm, leather beginning to lift from one bottom corner, board edges rubbed, attractive turquoise marbled edges to pages and similar bright turquoise marbled endpapers, few isolated speckles to flyleaves, binding very firm, internally a very tight clean bright copy with no foxing) octavo 760pp. Bound volume, January to June 1861. Contains Little Mattie by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Chapters 37 to 48 of Framley Parsonage by Trollope.

Cassell Petter and Galpin 1873 G (no dj, bevel edged boards, embossed red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, ornate bright gilt decorated title panel centre of front board, 1" split to cloth at lightly worn head of spine and bottom of spine frayed, top corners rubbed and bottom corners heavily rubbed with boards exposed, internally a very good clean sound tight copy with no foxing) quarto 464pp. Date of publication not stated on title page, but mentioned in text. Title on spine reads Cassell's Magazine Illustrated. Articles, stories, poems, songs, illustrated throughout. Heavy item.

Dent London 1895 VG LIMITED EDITION OF 50 copies of which this is number 25 (Original green cloth with bright gilt decorations on spine, minimal wear - probably the best in existance) Ocatvo 370pp roughcut. illustrated with tisue-guarded plates

George Routledge and Co London 1854 Vg (no dj, lightly marked blue buckram cloth darkened on spine and round edges, blind tooled decoration to both boards, very minor area of loss at base of spine about 1/4", light edgewear and corners lightly curled but cloth not broken,clean yellow endpapers with no marks, only a couple of isolated spots title page and last page else no foxing, the pages are very clean and unmarked throughout and the binding tight, just a touch of faint age browning to pages, a very good sound copy in very good condition for its age) 12mo 379pp. Companion Shakspere. Contents: King Henry V; King Henry VI parts I, II, III; King Richard III; King Henry VIII. All pages are printed within ruled black borders with notes in column alongside. We have a copy of Volume I in almost identical format (described as a "portable edition") published 1852, but publisher's name not stated.

Allman London 1878 G (original heavily blind-tooled red cloth boards with titles in gilt, plain spine, moderately worn but still tight despite broken front hinge) 12mo 142pp. One of Allman's Penny School Series

Bell and Daldy London 1864 good+ (no dj, ribbed brown cloth with intricate stamped design both boards and spine, gilt titles on spine,one tiny chip top of spine and bottom corners lightly bumped,a little faint spotting to prelims only, light browning and occasional spotting outside page edges, internally pages clean and binding tight, few very small light isolated spots margin edges) 12mo 563pp. Publisher's adverts for Bohn's various libraries on endpapers and 6pp front and 6pp back. Bohn's Standard Library edition. Portrait frontis with light foxing to tissue guard.