1.
Fruit from Storyland
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1901
An anthology of stories and poems.
Printed in Bavaria.
No. 436.
Quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards with red cloth spine.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Front endpaper slightly marked and creased.
Occasional minor foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
Gayton - The Duke's Page
by
Clive R. Fenn
with illustrations by
E. S. Hardy
Published by Ernest Nister
Octavo.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
120 pages.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Back edge of spine cracked.
Front endpaper missing.
Name and old price written on half-title in felt-tip pen.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
Playtime Funny Book
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1912
Playtime series.
Quarto.
Cream pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
No. 3406.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations on every page.
Artists include M. Foster, Louis Wain, and P. B. Hickling.
14 pages have attributed drawings by Louis Wain.
A number of other pages may also have unsigned drawings by Louis Wain.
Covers worn at edges and lightly soiled.
Corners bumped.
3cm. closed tear in paper covering at outer edge of front cover.
Hinges and spine have been tightened and strengthened professionally.
Illustrations on 10 pages coloured in by children, using poster paint.
Some fingermarking and light staining.
Pages are lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
Robinson Crusoe
by
Daniel Defoe
Published by Ernest Nister in 1895
Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
The Book of Sagas
by
Alice S. Hoffman
with illustrations by
Gordon Browne
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1920
Bevilled brown pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
15cm x 22cm.
Grey pictorial endpapers.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
The True Shepherd
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1900
Glazed pictorial thick card covers with plain spine.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece, other illustartions are black and white.
Unpaginated, with twenty-one pages of text.
Boards slightly creased and edgeworn.
Spine scraped and worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)