Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company. No Date [circa 1906].. Reprint, although possibly the first printing of this edition. Octavo, original pictorial green cloth titled and blocked in gilt, white, black & brown, an image depicting "The Fox and the Grapes" on front panel. a bull on spine panel. Colour frontis. piece, plus dozens [hundreds?) of full-page black & white plate throughout the text, on text paper but not included in the pagination. 240 pp. Contains hundreds of fables, presumably, all of them. One page at rear of book roughly opened, with some . m inor loss to the text (one word, which is the word "the' and you can see the 'th' and top of the 'e' anyways). Slightly loose in the binding, and cloth lightly frayed at spine tips; Christmas 1906 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Over. al l, and despite these faults, a nice copy of a very attractive juvenile edition of Aesop.. (more information)

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Chicago & Lansing: Robert Smith Printing Co, Publishers. [1901].. First edition. Small quarto, original pictorial blue cloth. Light wear at edges, cloth a trifle dull, slight spine lean. A very good, clean copy. ¶ A knockoff publication, resembling in many ways the books of L. Frank Baum, specifically the first ed. ition of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A children's fairy tale, illustrated throughout, obviously designed to cash in on the popularity of the OZ books.. (more information)

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London: Frederick Warne. 1976.. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles. 284 pp, Illustrations, plates (some in colour. Index. Includes a chronologial list of letters. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: George Newnes, Limited. 1933.. 6th printing, first published in 1929. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine and front panel. Illustrated. Light foxing to endpapers, some light mottling to cloth; a very good, clean copy.. (more information)

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No place [San Francisco]: Level Press. No Date [circa 1974].. Reprint. Softbound, trade paperback format. 155 pp. Very good condition. Original price sticker on front endpaper, old tape stains on inner front hinge, else about fine. Scarce.. (more information)

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. [1977].. 1st edition. Quarto, original brown boards titled and decorated in pink. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new.. (more information)

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London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer. 1870 [actually, Toronto: 1981]. Facsimile of the 1870 edition. Folio [390 x 275 mm], original green cloth titled, decorated and ruled in gold on spine and front panel, all edges gilt. 16 colour plates by Doyle, the Victorian illustrator who was the father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. . A fine copy in slipcase, as issued. ¶ By far the most elaborate book issued in a series of facsimiles of old children's books done by the Toronto Public Library's Osborne Collection in collaboration with Holp Shuppan. A series of stunning Victor. i an colour illustrations, Doyle's masterpiece, accompanied by a poem by Allingham. One of the greatest of all 19th Century illustrated children's books.. (more information)

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London: Rupert Hart-Davis. 1966.. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards, dust wrapper. Full-page black & white illustrations by Oakley throughout. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.. (more information)

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Toronto: Thomas Allen Limited. [1960].. Seventh printing. Octavo, original red boards titled in black. A fine copy in dust wrapper of this children's classic.. (more information)

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London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [1956].. First edition. Octavo, original decorated cloth. 266 pp, Index of first lines. Isued as a volume in the publisher's CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLKASSICS Series. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, price corner intact. Very uncommon in such nice conditio. n. ¶ Gorgeously illustrated throughout, and the 4 colour plates by Folkard are quite stunning.. (more information)

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Boston: Lee and Shepard. 1895.. Four volumes. Small octavo, each volume measuring 160 x 120 mm; original red decorated cloth. Frontispiece drawings and one additional plate in each volume. A very good set. Some mild stains to the bindings, Slightly shaken, a few inner hinges broke. n but holding. A nice set. Very scarce. ¶ This set is COMPLETE in Four volumes. (more information)

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London: Walker Books. [1989].. 1st edition. Large, thin octavo, original boards. Children's fantasy tales. About a fine copy in like dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: White Lion Publishers. [1974].. 1st printing of this edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued as a volume in 'The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult', with an Introduction by Wheatley. Originally published by Nash in 1913, this volume contain. s the 3 extra stories as per the 1947 Mycroft & Moran edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper which shows some mild rubbing and a few small scratches. Very scarce.. (more information)

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London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row. 1872.. Very early edition, the 1st edition is dated 1870, ours is 1872. Octavo, original blue cloth over bevelled boards, elaborately titled and decorated in gilt and black on front panel and spine, decorated in blind on rear panel, all edges gilt. Glossy . yellow endpapers. Numerous steel engravings throught the text, many full-page, folding map in colours. Faint scattered foxing, a few tiny spots to the cloth, one tiny tear to page 143-144 (no loss). A very nearly fine copy, bright and attractive. A . sharp copy.. (more information)

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London: Macmillan & Co. 1906.. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, gilt medalion on front panel. 306 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads at rear. With 20 full-page black & white plates by H.R. Millar, included in the pagination. Spine panel mildly tan. ned, upper edge of half-title leaf clipped, previous owner's signature. Small closed tear to the inner margins of a few preliminary leaves, not affecting the text. A very good clean copy, sound and attractive. ¶ Kipling's classic short story collec. t ion for children, a series of connected stories and poems.. (more information)

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London: Faber & Faber. [1965].. First edition. Small quarto, original blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. 64 pp., illustrated. Small ink inscription on front free endpaper, dated '73. A few small marks to the cloth, a very good, clean copy in the original colour pictorial dust wrapp. erwhich is price-clipped, has a few minor marks and small chips at edges. Overall, an attractive copy of a very scarce book. ¶ Humourous Children's Fantasy Novel.. (more information)

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London: S.W. Partridge & Co. (1933).. Reprint, 1st issued in 1919. Small format, 5 x 6 inches, original decorated boards with pictorial paper label affixed to front panel. With 4 colour plates by brightwell. Ink inscription dated 1933 on first leaf, some mild signs of use but a very goo. d copy, tight and clean, and overall unusually well preserved for such a fragile little book.. (more information)

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Toronto: Oxford University Press. 1985.. Hardcover. Octavo, original mauve cloth, gilt titles. 424 pp., 103 photographs and 3 drawings. Index. Small mark to front endpaper; about fine copy in dust wrapper. Nice copy.. (more information)

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Delmar, New York: Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints. 1981.. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction, bibliographical note, reproductions of 15 early versions of the "Goldilocks" story. A fine copy without dust wrapper as issued. Very scarce.. (more information)

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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press). 1955.. 1st edition. Tall octavo, original blue cloth with gold titles on spine panel. Illustrated with small vignette woodcuts throughout, the majority of which are drawn from the authors collection of early English chapbooks, plus additional illustrations. by Hassall. Collects at least 800 children's nursery rhymes, counting rhymes, jingles, tongue-twisters, etc. 223 pp. Index of First Lines, Refrains, and Familiar Titles. A very good, clean copy, no dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: Jonathan Cape. (1947).. Reprint, 1st issued in 1939. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titled in blind on upper front cover, map endpapers. Illustrated. Page edges a bit dusty and foxed, a clean, very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: Jonathan Cape. (1948).. Reprint (seventh impression), 1st issued in 1943. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titled in blind on upper front cover. Illustrated. Page edges a bit dusty and foxed, a clean, very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: Gardner, Darton & Co. [1896].. 1st edition. Original tan cloth titled and decorated in blue and light brown on spine & front panel. Frontispiece and two additional black & white plates, plus decorated title page and chapter headings, all by Robinson. [10] page publishers catalogu. e at rear, undated. Faint dusting to cloth, but virtually a fine, bright copy.. (more information)

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Vancouver, BC: Growing Room Collective. 1989.. 1st edition. Octavo, original pictorial card wrappers. The special double Carol Shields issue, with stories by Shields and articles on her by Aritha van Herk, Donna E. Smyth, Clara Thomas & Kent Thompson, plus an Interview of her by Eleanor Wachtel.. 8 pages of photos. A fine copy in wrappers.. (more information)

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New York: The Viking Press. [1968].. 1st edition. Octavo, original pictorial boards. The reinforced library binding. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper which reproduces the illustration on the boards. Light wear to extremities of wrapper, a few slight tears. An excellent chil. dren's adventure / mystery novel.. (more information)

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New York: The Dial press. 1970.. 1st US edition. Octavo, original boards. A fine copy in dust wrapper. Anthology of Victorian Children's tales.. (more information)

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New York: Harper and Row. (1958).. Later printing (no statement of printing but with the later imprint of Harper and Row rather than Harper and Brothers on title page). Quarto, original pictorial boards with cloth spine. Lists books to MOON MEN (1967) on the rear flap. A fine copy in. a fine price-clipped dust wrapper.. (more information)

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London: Metheun and Co. (1959).. 1st British edition. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards. Presumed first UK edition, with "First published in Great Britain 1959" on copyright page. A fine copy without dust wrapper as issued.. (more information)

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New York: harper & Row, Publishers. [1967]. 1st edition. Quarto, original pictorial boards. The HarperCrest Library issue in pictorial boards with reinforced hinges, issued without a dust wrapper. A beautiful illustrated children's book. head of spine a trifle bumped, and some mild dust soili. ng to the boards, a near fine copy.. (more information)

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London & New York: Routledge Classic. [2001].. Reprint. Softbound, trade paperback format. 255 pp., Index, plates. Fine copy.. (more information)

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