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Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH16 6NX
Scotland

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0131 666 1542
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A near vg copy without dustwrapper. Pp.xii,240. 9 illustrations. This is the story of youths in Victorian times and follows on from "Their First Ten Years" being the story of Victorian children.
Published : John Murray, London 1959, First Edition
£7.00

Hardback N.d. Late 19th century? A good copy in publisher's blue cloth with coloured illustration on front board. No inscriptions. Corners and edges rubbed. Pages showing signs of foxing. Many coloured illustrations mainly of cats, mice and frogs. Unpaginated. Protected in a removable cover
Published : Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd., London, First Edition
£25.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 288pp. Illus. This is a selection of the finest episodes in the saga of the immortal Dolittle.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1968, First Edition
£6.00

Illustrated by Hugh Lofting.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's light grey cloth with title in purple on front board and on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Coloured frontispiece and 75 black and white illustrations. No inscriptions. 319 pages. Good illustrated dustwrapper showing a little edge wear and tear and now protected in a removable cover.
Published : Jonathan Cape, London 1929,
£18.00

Illustrated by M. V. Wheelhouse.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with illustration in green and black and title in black on front board and on spine. Illustrated endpapers. All 16 colour plates are present although mostly at a page other than the page indicated. Two maps. No inscriptions. 284 pages plus 12 page publisher's catalogue. Very good scarce illustrated dustwrapper, which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Wells Gardner Darton & Co., London 1910, First Edition
£50.00

Illustrated by W. Parkinson.
Hardback. A good copy which has been rebound in reddish-brown cloth with the old spine and front cover laid down. Ownership label on front end-paper. 384 pages + 32 pp. publisher's adverts. 11 (of 12) illustrations, lacking the illustration at page241.
Published : Blackie & Son, London 1891, First Edition
£24.00

Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Hardback. Nd. but gift inscription on front end-paper is dated 1886. Externally very good with decorated upper board. Internally good only because of some spotting and because some of the fine chromolithographs have suffered minor damage from adhesion. 64 pages. Lithographed and printed by Ernest Nister. Charming illustrations.
Published : Griffith Farran & Co, London,
£25.00

Hardback. Nd. but gift inscription is dated 1884. A good copy in blue cloth decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Lacks front end-paper. Pp.xx,477 + adverts. 8 full-page colour plates. 270 engravings. Covers all kinds of indoor and outdoor occupations and amusements suitable for a young Victorian lady.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London,
£35.00

Illustrated by Marian Allen.
Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher's dark pink cloth with title in yellow on spine and front board. Illustration on front board. Front cover of dustwrapper has been pasted onto front endpaper. No inscriptions. Pp.vii,228. Black and white illustrations. Internally a nice clean copy. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Basil Blackwell, Oxford, First Edition
£25.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Illustrated by Peter Edwards. This is no. 20 in the "Early Bird" series.
Published : Kaye & Ward, London 1972, First Edition
£5.00

Illustrated by T. Ritchie.
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a little rubbed. 111 pages. Black and white illustrations. A story for children about Herakles the strongest man on Earth.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1968, First Edition
£8.00

Illustrated by Watson A.H & Dunn S..
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with coloured illustration by A.H. Watson pasted on front board. Many black and white illustrations. 32 pages. Contents clean. Protected in a removable cover. Mackenzie wrote "The Unpleasant Visitors" and Marlowe wrote "Posset's Toby Jug".
Published : Basil Blackwell, Oxford, First Edition
£14.00

Softback in decorated covers. Nd. c.1934? A very good copy. Unpaginated but 18 pages. Attractive colour illustrations throughout. A story for young children about a Chinese boy who hated ginger. Uncommon.
Published : Basil Blackwell, Oxford, First Edition
£20.00

Illustrated by Jessie May Ellerby.
Hardback. A near very good copy apart from cloth starting to tear at join between spine and front board but protected in removable cover. Buff coloured boards with colour pictorial onlay to front board with tiny fraction missing at one corner. 8 coloured and many black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers.Unpaginated. No inscriptions. A really nice clean tight copy internally. Photographs available on request.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London 1927, First Edition
£35.00

Illustrated by L. Stead.
Hardback. N.d. (Book Production War Economy Standard so may be late 1940's.) Very good copy in publisher's orange cloth with title in black on front board and on spine. No Inscriptions. 4 black and white illustrations including frontispiece. 253 pages.The near very good dustwrapper has minor edgewear and slight chipping, is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Blackie & Son Ltd., London,
£12.00

Hardback. N.d. School Prize Label dated 1912. A good plus copy in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt on front board and spine and with decorated front board and spine. Spine a little worn and with a little wear at ends. 6 full page black and white illustrations including frontispiece. 339 pages + 4 pages of adverts. Publisher's Notice states "The first edition of this work was issued under the title of "Left to Themselves" but it is now altered to "The Young Lamberts" as the former title was claimed as copyright". Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co., London,
£30.00

Illustrated by Ionicus.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's bright yellopw cloth with title in red on front board and spine. Many colour illustrations. No inscriptions. Unpaginated. Near very good dustwrapper which has minor edgewear and is not price-clipped. Protected in a removable cover. The Missing Viscount is the second of the Tales of Ambledown Airport - with Vernon the big,strong Viscount in trouble.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1960, First Edition
£9.00

Illustrated by P. Ebbutt.
Hardback. A near very good copy in attractively decorated brown boards. Gift inscription on title page. 241 pages + 6pp adverts. Numerous illustrations in text.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London 1885,
£8.00

Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Small 8vo. A good copy in pictorial covers. Some fore-edge foxing. 56 pages. Four colour plates by Honor Appleton. Black and white illustrations. Four short stories.
Published : George G. Harrap, London 1928, First Edition
£10.00

Illustrated by D'Adrienne Segur.
4to. A very good copy in cream cloth with brown cloth spine. Decorated on upper board. In a fair dustwrapper which has pieces missing from the rear panel and at the foot of the spine. The wrapper is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. No ownership inscription. Some edge and a little end-paper foxing. Pp.[x],59. Frontispiece and 10 full-page colour illustrations. Smaller black and white illustrations. A little girl makes a trip to a land where every child's wish comes true. Uncommon in dustwrapper.
Published : William Heinemann, London 1930, First Edition
£30.00

A very good copy in a very good protected dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription.
Published : Hamish Hamilton, London 1979, First Edition
£6.00

A good copy in blue cloth lettered in blue on a gilt background. 137 pages. Frontispiece. A children's story.
Published : Routledge, Warne and Routledge, London 1862,
£6.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A couple of pages extrude slightly perhaps because they had come loose and been inexpertly put back in. 192pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Spring Books, London 1990,
£7.00

Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. Pp.xxviii,83. Portrait of author and one other illustration. Poems and songs, in Scots and English, including some for children and with a Memoir of the author.
Published : Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1902,
£10.00

Hardback. Nd but prize inscription on front end-paper is dated 1922. A very good copy in a just about good dustwrapper which is browned, chipped at top of spine and with edge tears. The wrapper is illustrated on the spine and front cover. Pp.v,152. Frontispiece. A story for girls. Uncommon especially in dustwrapper.
Published : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London,
£12.00

Illustrated by "Saida" (H. Willebeek Le Mair).
4to. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt with gilt decoration to spine and pictorial onlay to upper board. In a near very good dustwrapper with fairly minor closed edge tears. The wrapper is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. No ownership inscription. Some edge foxing and just a little internal foxing. 105 pages. 12 attractive full-page colour illustrations by H. Willebeek le Mair. Short stories for children. Photographs available on request.
Published : Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., London 1925, First Edition
£180.00

Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. In a reasonable but rather soiled dustwrapper on which a child has written his name twice in ink. No internal ownership inscription. Pp.x,100.
Published : Methuen & Co, London 1929,
£22.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's light blue cloth with black illustration on front board and title in black on spine. No inscriptions. 160 pages. Good dustwrapper showing signs of edgewear and chips along top of front cover, not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover.
Published : Hutchinson, London, First Edition
£14.00

Illustrated by Patricia Turner.
Hardback. A very good copy with illustrated boards . Title in red on front board and in black on spine. No inscriptions. Eight full page colour illustrations including frontispiece + smaller colour illustrations. 43 pages. Near very good illustrated dustwrapper which has minor chips at top and foot of spine, is not price-clipped and is protected in as removable cover.
Published : F. Warne & Co. Ltd, London 1957, First Edition
£12.00

Nd. but gift inscription on front end-paper is dated 1936. A good copy in green cloth lettered in black. Small label stuck on front end-paper. 338pp.
Published : McClelland & Stewart, Toronto,
£12.00

Illustrated by Hal Arbo.
Hardback. 12mo. A fair copy. Some wear to spine and tears in lower board. 378 pages. Black and white illustration on each right-hand page. Page 261/262 torn with the loss of about four lines of text. Page 301/302 torn without loss. One of "The Big Little Books" series.
Published : Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin 1934, First Edition
£5.00

Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Hardback. Small 4to. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in black and with an illustration of an ill Peter on the upper board by Louis Wain. Top edge gilt. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1891 on the front end-paper. 88 pages. Numerous small or smallish illustrations throughout. Peter was Louis Wain's own cat and the author, Charles Morley, is described as "a pal of Peter's." Photographs available on request.
Published : Pall Mall Gazette Office, London 1892, First Edition
£340.00

Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
A very good copy in publisher's illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated in colour. No inscriptions. Illustrated coloured endpapers. 76 pages. Very good illustrated dustjacket which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Walker Books, London 2007,
£9.00

Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn but with some fading to the spine (although the lettering is clear). The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. 92 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout by Michael Foreman.
Published : Doubleday, London 2002, First Edition
£10.00

Illustrated by Clarence Dobell.
Hardback. A good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Some wear to spine ends and edges. All edges gilt. A little foxing. 313 pages + adverts. 12 illustrations. A month by month account of a year spent in the English countryside.
Published : Macmillan & Co 1860, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. 32mo. A good copy in light green cloth lined and lettered in dark green. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xii,151. Illustrated end-papers. This is no. III in the Dumpy Books for Children series.
Published : Grant Richards, London 1900,
£15.00

Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Hardback. A good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt and black and decorated on spine and upper board. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Some spine lean. Pp.vi,[1].180 + 4pp adverts. Frontispiece, decorated title page and 6 other illustrations. Boards now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve.
Published : Macmillan & Co, London 1887,
£25.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a plain glacine wrapper which is a little torn and chipped. Colour illustration on front board is by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Prize label. 64 pages. Line illustrations.
Published : W & R Chambers 1921,
£6.00

Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth with Attwell decorations on the upper board and on the spine. Child's ownership inscription (dated Xmas 1909). Some, mainly fore-edge, foxing. 266 pages + 48pp illustrated adverts. 8 attractive colour plates by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Published : W & R Chambers, London 1909,
£30.00

Nd. Early 1940's. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in black. 109 pages. Line illustrations by author.
Published : Arthur H. Stockwell, First Edition
£8.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. 256pp. 107 illustrations. A very readable book but also valuable for reference purposes.
Published : B. T. Batsford Ltd, London 1985,
£6.00

4to. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Some fore-edge foxing. 256pp. 107 illustrations including colour. A fascinating book.
Published : B.T.Batsford Ltd., London 1954, First Edition
£12.00

4to. A good copy with pictorial upper board. Edge wear to boards. Nothing before title page but possibly as issued. Unpaginated - approx. 30pp. The story of the first Christmas told in verse with a colour illustration on each page by L. Diefenbach.
Published : Frederick Pustet, Ratisbon 1875, First Edition
£40.00

Hardback. 4to. Nd. Perhaps 1920's. A very good copy with pictorial onlay to upper board. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. Pp.viii,98 + 2pp adverts. 6 full-page colour plates and many black and white illustrations. Text in German. Baron Von Munchhausen adapted for children.
Published : Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, Stuttgart,
£14.00

Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Hardback.A very good copy with illustrated boards. llustrated endpapers. No inscriptions. Many brown, black and white illustrations in text. 32 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (original price 10/6d net) and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Oxford University Press, London 1961, First Edition
£25.00