Search Results: Children's Books from Tarrington Books

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 1st Edition . Good. 7 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22 cm). Paper covered boards with printed title to front board. Spine chipped to edges and slightly worn to ends. Boards have some marks and are worn to corners. Binding a little loose, but all pages are fully attached. The engraved title page and one illustration have been coloured by a child, gift inscription to half title page dated January 1893. A rare Victorian children's title. WorldCat locates 5 copies worldwide. Overall condition is Good. Size: 7 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 59

London: Seeley and Co Limited, 1893. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 19 cm). Maroon cloth binding with gilt illustrations and lettering to front board and spine. Boards have a few small marks and slight rubbing to edges. Good solid binding. Clean text throughout. Gift inscription to front free endpaper dated Xmas 1892. Rare. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 382

London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1920. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.25 x 8 inches (16 x 20.5 cm). First printing. Blue buckram binding, illustrated in black to front board and spine. Spine browned and has wear to ends. Browning to page edges, endpapers, half title page and last page of ads. Occasional patches of foxing to text. Slight loss to outer margin of page 3/4. Numerous illustrations within the text plus eight colour plates. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.25 x 8 inches (16 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: ix, 254, [8] (ads)

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Illustrated blue cloth binding. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Browning and foxing to page edges and endpapers. Foxing to title page and frontis, occasional spotting to text. Sunday School prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, dated Christmas 1889. A collection of naval stories for boys taken from the Boys Own Paper. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 320, 4

London: Horace Marshall and Son, 1899. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Blue buckram binding. Slight bumping to lower corners. Tanning to half title page and last page of text, light marking to frontis, clean text throughout. Stamped to title page: 'With the publisher's compliments'. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xx, 100

Northampton: Clarke and Sherwell, 1910. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.5 x 7 inches (16 x 17.5 cm). Paper covered board with colour illustrated panel to front board. Rebacked in olive cloth. Gift inscription to front pastedown endpaper (dated 1911) plus another owner's name. Illustrated in black and red. A little foxed and some offsetting from the illustrations. Very scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.5 x 7 inches (16 x 17.5 cm). Hardback

London: John F. Shaw and Co. Ltd., 1935 (Circa). 1st Edition . Very Good. 8.25 x 10.75 inches (20.5 x 27 cm). Quarter red cloth with paper covered boards. Wear to corners of boards, foxing to top page edge. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8.25 x 10.75 inches (20.5 x 27 cm). Hardback

London: Cassell and Company, 1992. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.75 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Unread copy. Light shelf wear to covers, otherwise excellent. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0304324310. Size: 6.75 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 195

Exeter: Wheaton , 1959. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: A little rubbing to rear cover. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Maroon cloth binding. A few light marks to page edges, a couple of pages have a stain to the margin, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper. A very scarce vintage children's title on nuclear physics and atomic power. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 80

London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930 (Circa). Reprint . Good. 6 x 8.5 inches (15.5 x 21.5 cm). Quarter blue cloth with paper covered boards, illustrated to front board. Marking to boards, wear to corners. Cracking to front joint. Very clean text throughout. Undated 1930s reprint in a larger format than the 1920 first edition. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 8.5 inches (15.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback

London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1941. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (16 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Loss to ends of spine. Wear to edges. Short tear and small stain to rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: First printing. Quarter blue cloth with paper covered boards, illustrated to front board. Fading to ends of spine, bumping to edges of boards, previous owner's name and address to front pastedown endpaper. A few minor marks to text. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches (16 x 22 cm). Hardback

London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1940. 2nd Impression . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18 cm). Paper covered boards with colour illustrated panel to front board. Nice clean covers, some wear to spine. Title page has previous owner's name to top margin, slight wear and a crease to lower margin, otherwise very clean throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18 cm). Hardback

London: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1936. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 7 x 9.5 inches (17.5 x 24 cm). Brown buckram binding with illustrated front board. Light staining to boards, slight bumping to lower corners. Foxing to endpapers, clean text throughout. Prize presentation inscription to front free endpaper. This book was presented as a prize by the RSPCA for an essay competition (the recipient shared the first prize.) A small newspaper clipping about the presentation is pasted to the front free endpaper. A rare item and with nice provenance. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 7 x 9.5 inches (17.5 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 144

London: Walker Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Slight creasing to ends of spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Brown cloth binding, slight bumping to ends of spine, otherwise excellent. Shortlisted for the 1989 Whitbread Prize (now Costa Book Award) for best Children's Novel. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 074450838X. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 210

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Fine/Near Fine. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Tiny nick to top of fold of rear flap, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First impression. Signed by the author (without dedication) to the title page. First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0192719262. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 341

London: Orion Children's Books , 2004. 1st Edition . Fine/Near Fine. 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: Signed by the author (without dedication) to the title page. First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 1842551957. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 163

London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Yellow cloth binding, very light crease and slight darkening to spine, a few light marks to boards, literary agent's stamp to front free endpaper, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Uncommon children's adventure set in the area around Hexham, Northumberland. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 181

London: L. Frolich, 1863. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 7.75 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). Quarter brown cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Spine heavily worn with much of the cloth missing, however securely bound with both boards fully attached. Soiling and light rubbing to boards, offsetting to endpapers, foxing to title page. A little light foxing to pages, but text and illustrations are otherwise in excellent clean condition. French language. A scarce Victorian children's title. Written by the artist's wife (Carolina Charlotta Frolich) and featuring illustrations of his daughter Edma. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 7.75 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). Hardback

London: H.R. Allenson, 1931. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Light marking. Darkening to spine. Slight wear and creasing to edges, wear to ends of spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Red buckram binding with black lettering to spine. Good solid binding. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, occasional spotting to text. Scarce collection of religious stories for young children. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 148

London: Chatto and Windus, 1982. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 20 cm). Uncorrected proof copy. Pale blue card wraps. Bump to head of spine. Inked title and fading to spine, clean text throughout. Uncommon title from the author of 'Gobbolino, the Witches Cat', and 'The Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse'. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 20 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 143