445th thousand.
Sextodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
346 pages.
Illustrated with engravings.
"A second series of the earliest instruction the infant mind is capable of receiving."
By the author of 'The Peep of Day'.
Covers worn and darkened with age.
Endpapers missing.
Occasional small marks on the contents.
Pages mostly clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Glazed pictorial boards.
Spine ends slightly worn.
Inside hinge has been strengthened with transparent tape (not Sellotape).
Neat writing on reverse of frontispiece.
Eight colour plates, mostly unattributed.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Brown blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on covers.
Black and gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
375 pages.
All edges of spine worn, all lettering faded.
Front endpaper missing, name on half title.
Two black and white plates, chapter headings and tail pieces.
Nine pages of adverts at rear of book.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

'A Book of Pictures and Stories for Little Folk.'
Matt pictorial covers, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering, picture of three children reading a book.
Grey endpapers, neat gift dedication on reverse.
Two colour plates, numerous black and white and two tone drawings, both full page and in the text, numerous full page engravings, including one by Louis Wain.
Corners and spine ends are a little worn; some fingermarking throughout book, in general though, contents are white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Black decoration on spine.
20cm x 28cm.
192 pages.
Illustrated with a mixture of black and white drawings and coloured line drawings.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Ends of spine bumped.
Spine strip split down front edge.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some of the black and white drawings have been reasonably neatly coloured-in by a child.
Plate entitled 'The Visitor' has been neatly attached to the back pastedown using adhesive fabric tape.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Four colour plates, not attributed.
266 pages.
Very attractive patterned binding.
Foxing on fore edge.
Name and address on front paste down.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Text mostly clear, but some spotting, mostly at page edges.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt blocked lettering on spine.
117 pages.
Colour frontispiece and title picture.
Body of book illustrated in black and white.
The giants of the title are sins which must be vanquished.
Covers clean, binding tight.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Four colour plates.
Contains references and illustrations which may be considered offensive by contemporary standards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat gift dedication, dated 1926, on front endpaper, and small ink blot at top right corner.
Stitching has pulled slightly at p33.
Pages slightly tanned, with some intermittent but not too obtrusive finger-marking at edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Edited by John, R. Crossland.
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
564 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with loss at top edge.
Corners of covers bumped.
Top 3cm of Back inner hinge damaged.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, eight colour plates, including frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations.
Some wear to edgs of covers.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean, unmarked and firm.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
288 pages.
Copiously illustrated with line drawings in the text, plus six full page sepia illustrations and four colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Some soiling to front cover
Marks on one or two pages.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Bevilled brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and Black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
110 pages.
Set to music by J.W.Elliott.
A list of illustrators provided.
Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends worn.
Inner hinges strengthened with paper strips.
Gift dedication on front endpaper, from which book dated.
Contents generally clean, with no foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
22.5cm x 29.5cm.
Light brown and white pictorial endpapers.
Eight colour plates.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and spine ends.
Gilt lettering slightly dimmed.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Octavo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
208 pages.
A scarce title.
Floral pattern on covers, with inset of landscape in gilt.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers a little worn, particularly at corners and spine ends.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
296 pages.
Black endpapers.
Full page engraving opposite title page.
Numerous smaller engravings in text.
A collection of short essays based on Biblical texts.
Spine worn at ends and edges.
Damp spots on upper and lower bevelled boards.
Light spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Undated, believed to be 1930 1st edition.
Spine base reads "New Century Press", title page shows Hutchinson & Co. as publishers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Sixteen colour plates by Joyce Mercer, plus numerous black and white illustrations.
Covers lightly worn, with some pale marks.
Spine worn.
Corners bumped.
Binding sound.
Name at top edge of front endpaper.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

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: low, Confidence: low)