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Das Kaulbach-Güll Bilderbuch
Book ID: 4182More details Price: £50.00
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Das Waldlied
Ein Gedicht in 11 Versionen mit 6 Scherenschnitten für kleine und große Kinder.
Meiner lieben Mutti am Osterfest 1982Book ID: 4341More details Price: £48.00 -
De Swienegel als Wettrenner.
Ein plattdeutsches Märchen. Illustriert und mit einem Nachwort von J. P. T. Lyser.
Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1853. Scarce first edition. A race involving Hedgehog versus Rabbit in this charming tale originally by Theodor von Kobbe. B/w illustrations and foreword by Lyser. Text in both Low and High German. Protected by oversized card cover. Some foxing / darkening in areas. Otherwise clean and has no markings. 140 x 100 mm (5½ x 4 inches).
Seltene Erstausgabe. Ein Rennen zwischen Igel und Kaninchen in dieser bezaubernden Geschichte im Original von Theodor von Kobbe. S/w-Illustrationen und Vorwort von Lyser. Text sowohl in Nieder- als auch in Hochdeutsch. Geschützt durch eine übergroße Kartenhülle. Stellenweise etwas stockfleckig/dunkler. Ansonsten sauber und ohne Markierungen. 140 x 100 mm
Book ID: 2639More details Price: £50.00 -
De Zwarte Man.
Nieuwe knipsels met de schaar van Karl Fröhlich; met versjes en rijmen.
Groningen: C. M. van Bolhuis Hoitsema, 1857. Scarce silhouette illustrated poetry book. First Edition. Hardback boards with blue linen spine. Boards are rubbed and slightly darkened. Internally, the pages are delicate and some have small closed tears to edges. Text in Dutch. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 909281370. 19 pages. 235 x 175 mm (9¼ x 7 inches).
. Livre de poésie illustré de silhouettes rares. Première édition. Reliure cartonnée avec dos en lin bleu. Les planches sont frottées et légèrement assombries. A l'intérieur, les pages sont délicates et certaines ont de petites déchirures fermées sur les bords. Texte en néerlandais. OCLC / Identificateur unique : 909281370. 19 pages. 235 x 175 mm
Book ID: 4358More details Price: £50.00 -
Der gelehrige Paperl und der kluge Schipserl,
sowie andere lustige Geschichten für Kinder.
Book ID: 4352More details Price: £120.00
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Die Unschuldige Genovefa...
Book ID: 4299More details Price: £125.00
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Driftkopje verloofd.
Naar het Duitsch. Met platen.
Amsterdam: H.J.W. Becht, 1915. Beautiful Art Nouveau / Jugendstil cover design on cream percaline, by Cornelia van der Hart. Third edition of this 'story for girls'. With b/w illustrations by E.C. Leegstra, and text in Dutch. 274 pages. Boards are a little darkened. Previous owner's name in neat ink handwriting to from blank endpaper. A very good book. 235 x 15 mm (9¼ x 0½ inches).
Book ID: 2654More details Price: £20.00 -
Droll Doings.
Illustrations by Harry B. Neilson, with verses by the Cockiolly Bird
London: Blackie & Son Limited, [1900]. First edition, circa 1900. Illustrated hardback and red cloth spine binding. Some marking to the boards and rubbing to the edges. fraying to the top and bottom of the spine cloth. Front board is cracked but still holding. Inside, the pages are sound, but with some finger stains to them. Amusing children's verses and colour illustrations. 66 pages. 315 x 255 mm (12½ x 10 inches).
Book ID: 2851More details Price: £50.00 -
Dunigan's History of an Apple Pie
Book ID: 4228More details Price: £75.00
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Durov and His Performing Animals
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950. First edition. Hardback illustrated boards, with black cloth spine. The story of Vladimir Durov and his circus. Translated from Russian by Phyl Griffith. Text in English, with b/w illustrations. Boards and inside pages in a good condition. 128 pages. 225 x 170 mm (8¾ x 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 3587More details Price: £35.00 -
Edwardian Children's puzzle game
Book ID: 4067More details Price: £48.00
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Eloise in Paris
London: Max Reinhardt Ltd, 1958. First UK edition. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. The author brings the precocious American rich kid Eloise to Paris, and she certainly makes the most of it! Follow her outrageous exploits - most not really aimed at younger children - whilst visiting the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Opera, with her long suffering Nanny. It's champagne and baguettes all the way. With in text illustrations by Hilary Knight. The dust jacket is a little age toned, with a few nicks / tears to the top. Neat gift inscription to front - dated 1958 - but overall in a very good condition. [64]pp. 285 x 200 mm (11¼ x 7¾ inches).
Book ID: 2998More details Price: £35.00 -
Fancies Free.
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Scarce First Edition. Victorian illustrated children's verse book [1892]. In pictorial boards, with cloth spine. Beautiful colour and duo tone illustrations by the author - including a half title page, and a frontispiece entitled 'Good Morning'. Has a neat 1894 owner's name in ink to the front endpaper. Some fading to the spine cloth, and some rubbing / light soiling to the boards. Minimal foxing to inside pages, mostly to prelims. Overall a very nice copy. [32] pp. 230 x 185 mm (9 x 7¼ inches).
Book ID: 2990More details Price: £250.00 -
Father Tuck's Book of Animals
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1900. Scarce children's educational book. Soft covers with colour illustration to front. Part of Father Tuck's Natural History series; circa 1900. RTS artistic series no. 3642. Unpaginated, fully illustrated - some in colour. In very good condition. No significant flaws. 150 x 220 mm (6 x 8¾ inches).
Book ID: 4163More details Price: £40.00 -
Fifon.
"Collection l'arche de noë".
Strasbourg: L.R.D.L, 1954. First edition. Charming colourful embossed silhouette story book for children. All about Fifon the rabbit. Text in French. 16 pages. In very good condition. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Première édition. Charmant livre d'histoires colorées en relief pour enfants. Tout sur Fifon le lapin. Texte en français. 16 pages. Dans de très bonnes conditions. 270 × 195 mm
Book ID: 2647More details Price: £15.00 -
Four Sheets from the Colour edition / Block edition of this work
Vier Blätter aus der Farbausgabe / Blockausgabe dieses Werkes
Book ID: 4313More details Price: £80.00
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Fungus the Bogeyman. Plop-Up Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982. First edition in this format. Hardback laminated colour illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Covers are clean with minimal handling. All but one of the pop-ups are working perfectly, and showing little sign of use. One end of a string of bats has become detached. This would be easy to repair. 275 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).
Fungus the Bogeyman is a character created by British artist Raymond Briggs. The story follows one day in the life of this fabulous character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. A fantastic pre-curser to the likes of Shrek!
Book ID: 2717More details Price: £30.00 -
Gedichtjes en Zangen
Book ID: 4255More details Price: £80.00
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GEDICHTJES voor de lieve jeugd. Met gekleurde plaatjes.
Gouda: B. Van Goor, 1865. Vierde (4th) edition. Complete with six hand coloured plates by Trap (author unknown). Date is approximate. Scarce edition - copies of the 3rd and 5th appear in libraries with dates of 1854 and 1875 respectively. So estimate this circa 1865. Original brown buckram with gilt titles and decoration to front and rear boards. Binding is cracked to the paper, although the string is holding well. A little darkening and edge wear to the pages. Some small coloured cuts stuck to the front end paper. 80 pages. 160 x 110 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).
Book ID: 3383More details Price: £75.00 -
George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. Hop-o'-my-thumb and the seven-league boots.
Edited and illustrated with six etchings.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1865. Hardback three quarter dark leather with marbled boards, with matching endpapers. Gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. No date but circa 1865. Date of publication suggested by the Bodleian Library. Scarce in this format. Fairy tale by Charles Perrault, rewritten and illustrated by Cruikshank. Boards slightly rubbed. Original soft covers are bound in. Six illustrations with tissue guards. 30 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates. Slight rubbing to the edges of the spine. The binding has split to the inside rear hinge, so that the book block falls away - but is still held in place (see photograph). Front end paper is reinforced with archival tape. 180 x 140 mm (7 x 5½ inches).
Book ID: 3936More details Price: £180.00