The Mackenzie edition, featuring colour reproductions of the paintings of T. Blakeley Mackenzie, from the earlier Arthur Ransome verse edition. Complete with 8 colour plates plus one b/w plate and further decoration. Prose renderings of these stories from th [more...]
No date but c. 1890. Sumptuously illustrated retelling of the story from the Arabian Nights Entertainments. No 3. in the Farquhrson's English Series. 4to. Splitting to joints. Bumping to edges. Toning within. Fair/good. [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With reproductions of the original illustratio [more...]
'Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk and The House that Jack Built'. Collection of stories by the prolific victorian children's author. With numerous full page colour illustrations by b/w drawings within the text. 4to. Rubbing and bumping to e [more...]
Splendid edition of 16 classic fairy stories, including Cinderella, Jack and The Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast and more. With stylish full page illustrations plus further colour illustrations within the text. 4to. With rubbing to edges. Tanning to page e [more...]
Collection of short stories by Miller and other authors on edifying, often rural theme. With b/w illustrations and titles. Decorative cloth. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rubbing to joints. Tanning within, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Collection of fairy-tales and nursery rhymes, retold though a framing device. Complete with 8 stylish colour plates by Gladys Peto. Fore-edge rough cut. no date but c. 1920. 4to. Splitting to front and rear joints. Sunning to spine. Rubbing and bumping t [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Collection of short stories for children. Illustrated throughout in b/w plus with colour plates. Decorated end-papers. 4to. Some mild toning to covers. Toning to page edges. Else clean and tight., Good+ [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of Stevenson's collection of six short stories, most on the theme of morality and greed. Gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Slight sunning to spine. Rubbing to [more...]
Compact, Illustrated edition of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With 12 full colour plates by Rackham plus b/w [more...]
Collection of verse, short stories and articles, particularly descriptions of Spain and Gibraltar. With 24 (of 27) finely engraved plates including portraits and landscapes. Handsome leather binding with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. 8vo. Mild rubbing t [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with some colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1900. 4to. Rubbing and wear to edges. Mild spotting and mark to fore-edge. Lacks free end-papers. Binding s [more...]
Nicely produced later Navarre Society edition of Boccaccio's The Decameron. No date but c. 1930. With hand-coloured illustrations by Louis Chalon. With illustrated Dust jackets. Red cloth. 8vo. Some mild bumping to edges of DJ. Contents clean and prim. V [more...]
Collected editions of Sunday Chimes, a christian magazine intended for Sunday School pupils. With News articles, poems and short stories. With b/w images and artwork. No date but c.1908. Some interesting pieces on the Boer War and the famine in India. Spi [more...]
With the christmas issue of 1887 bound in a rear. With pull out fronispiece in colour. Plus other colour pull outs of flags and historical scenes. With numerous b/w illustrations within the text. Half leather. 4to. With hospital library stamp to front pas [more...]
Generously illustrated edition of the Tales from the Arabian Nights, seemingly adapted from Gilbert's translation. With 48 colour illustrations by A. E. Jackson with illustrated end-papers. No date but c. 1920. Light marking and toning to decorative covers. [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with 8 colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1900. 4to. Rubbing and bumping to edges. mild foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with several colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1930. 4to. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Rubbing and bumping to edges. mild foxing to [more...]
Stanhope Press for John Sharpe, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Taylor, Hessey 1812
Printed at the Stanhope Press. Neat edition featuring both volumes of Gay's fables, the second only appearing 1738, six years after his death. Featuring 68 fables told in rhyming verse, these satirical pieces take aim at the politics and society of Gay's tim [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Scarce collection of short stories and verse from a variety of contributers, with b/w and colour plates from various illustrators. 4to. Some mild rubbing to covers. Foxing to page edges and occasionally within. Good overall. [more...]
