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1. Fruit from Storyland
Fruit from Storyland
Circa 1901, Ernest Nister.
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.
#73895   £25.00   
2. Gayton - The Duke's Page by Clive R. Fenn
Gayton - The Duke's Page
By Clive R. Fenn
Illustrator E. S. Hardy.
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.
#98199   £3.00   
3. Playtime Funny Book
Playtime Funny Book
Circa 1912, Ernest Nister.
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.
#98229   £30.00   
4. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
1895, Ernest Nister.
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.
#119008   £15.00   
5. The Book of Sagas by Alice S. Hoffman
The Book of Sagas
By Alice S. Hoffman
Illustrator Gordon Browne.
Circa 1920, Ernest Nister.
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.
#119076   £50.00   
6. The True Shepherd
The True Shepherd
Circa 1900, Ernest Nister.
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.
#73909   £7.50