Search Results: Juvenile from Madoc Books

London:: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TENNIEL John 1820-1914. The second, first published edition, 1866 In the original publishers gilt red cloth, 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, a little rubbed & soiled, cloth worn at some extremities. Professionally re-spined, old laid down, gilt titles. Internally, half-title, frontispiece, [10], [1], 2-192 pp, frontis, with tissue guard, + 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, a couple of short tears, some foxing, pale blue endpapers (earliest state), hinges with signs of repair, a.e.g. Housed in a custom red half morocco over red cloth drop-back- box, gilt titles to spine, gilt titles to morocco label to upper cover. (193*126 mm). (Crutch 46. Madan 33. Williams 10). A better than usual copy of Alice with an ownership inscription on half-title dated in the year of publication ( M.A. Watson… Read More

London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. CARROLL Lewis . With Thirty Seven Illustrations by Carroll First edition, 1886, in the original publishers red cloth, gilt tooling & titles, lower board with the gilt mock turtle. Spine, faded, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [2], [2], [4], 95 pp, [1] Xmas Greeting, [1], [2] adverts, 37 illustrations (14 being full page), a.e.g., white endpapers, price crossed out on title, small ink owners name to fep (ELP Grant? 1919), faded to lower board edge. (188*122 mm). (Green -LC Handbook 194, p132p. Williams 52, p62-5).

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. TENNIEL John 1820-1914. (ROLLITZ Bruno - engraver). Limited Editions Club, 1932, signed by both Frederic Warde (publisher) & Alice Hargreaves (the original Alice). Near Fine, in the original red morocco, decorative gilt panelling to boards, spine with pictorial motifs after Tenniel & gilt titles, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine. Internally, half title, frontis, title with vignette, [4], (v-xi), [1], [2] contents, [3], 4-182 pp, [1], [1], [1] limitation leaf, an edition limited to 1500 copies, small mark to lower cover (not detracting), a.e.g., signed by Frederic Warde (Typographer & binder) to limitation & Alice to leaf after half title. In the publishers printed red cloth slip case. (220*146 mm). Dodgson, was about 6 feet tall, slender, had either grey or blue eyes, wore his hair long, and 'carried himself upright, almost more than… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. TENNIEL John 1820-1914. (ROLLITZ Bruno - engraver). Limited Editions Club, 1932, Near Fine, in the original red morocco, decorative gilt panelling to boards, spine with pictorial motifs after Tenniel & gilt titles, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine. Internally, half title, frontis, title with vignette, [4], (v-xi), [1], [2] contents, [3], 4-182 pp, [1], [1], [1] limitation, an edition limited to 1500 copies, signed by Frederic Warde (Typographer & binder). (221*145 mm). Dodgson, was about 6 feet tall, slender, had either grey or blue eyes, wore his hair long, and 'carried himself upright, almost more than upright, as if he had swallowed a poker'. He dressed customarily in clerical black and wore a tall silk hat, but when he took Alice and her sisters out on the river, he wore white flannel trousers and a hard white straw hat (A. and C.… Read More

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell and Company Limited, 1891. Eleventh Thousand . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. P Macnab. VG, 1891, 4 pls. In green decorative cloth, with gilt tile withing gilt frame, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine has title in gilt, and decorative tooling. Internally, half title, tissue guarded frontis, (vi), [3], 10-208 pp, 4 pls, [16] adverts, decorative endpapers, school prize label to fep, some foxing spots to text block edges.

London: Farringdon Street. New York: 18, Beekman Street.: Geo. Routledge & Co., 1858. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. DALZIEL. VG, 2nd ed, 4 pls. Uncommon. In the original worn red embossed cloth, gilt titles. corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, faded gilt titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-184 pp, (4) adverts, 4 pls (B&W), lacks fep. (Folio, 10.3*15.4 cms). The first edition was published the year earlier (1854).

London & New York: Hildesheimer & Faulkner. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Alice (Mary) Havers 1850-190. Ernest Wilson . VG, 1st ed, c1887. In decorative card covers, corners and edges bumped and worn. Spine in brown cloth, no title. Internally, joint cracked but holding, pencil name to fep, 64 pp, 16 full page colour chromo's, not dated but c1887. A lovely children's title. (255*191 mm). Boulger [née Havers], Dorothy Henrietta [pseud. Theo Gift], novelist, published two semi-autobiographical work, Lil Lorimer (1885), and Cape Town Dicky (1888), illustrated by her sister Alice, written for children and designed to teach a love of animals. See ODNB.

London: Threadneedle- Street: Dean and Co.. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. STENNETT R (per copac). With Fifteen Hand Coloured Illustrations, VG+ Not dated, but c1850, in the publishers embossed gilt titled cloth. Spine, no title, tiny repairs at edges. Internally, frontis, title page with vignette, [5], 6-54 pp, [2], includes 15 hand coloured illustrations (including the vignette), [1], [4] adverts, modern 'old' endpapers. (147*117 mm). Sometimes attributed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson, see Osborne Coll., I, p. 60. [Illustrations probably by R. Stennett - COPAC]

76, St Paul's Church-Yard, London. and 64, Bold Street, Liverpool: Edward Lacey. Henry Lacey.. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Or, Moral & Instructive Entertainment for Children. With many engravings. In slightly soiled yellow printed thick paper covers, lower cover decorative advert, no title to spine. Internally, owners paper label to fep, lacking ffep & frontis, titlepage with woodcut, 2 pls (B&W), 1 woodcut, not dated but c1840, date conjectured by cataloguer based on dates of activity for H. Lacey at this address (1833-1845), and dates of W.J. Sears (1823-1838), printed by W. J. Sears, 44, Ivy lane, Paternoster Row". (OCLC). (145*90 mm).

Moscow Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Progress Publishers. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VASNETSOV Y.. Uncommon Soviet era English juvenile printing In vibrant pictorial soft covers, not paginated but 12 pp + the end page, some v light finger soiling. Details the Fox's attempt to catch the mouse! 280*220*2 mm. REDUCED

London Edinburgh and New York: T Nelson and Sons, 1883. First . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In decorative red cloth, title in gilt, corners a little bumped. Spine has title in gilt, edges bumped, tooling in black ink. Internally, B&W frontis, [5], (vi-x), [1], 12-426 pp, 26 pls (B&W), [6] adverts, decorative endpapers, small bookseller label & school presentation plate to fpd, some offsetting. Title continues: A Book for Boys. (183*122 mm).

1914. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In grey cloth cards, titles in black inks, a little light soiling at edges, corners rubbed. Spine, no title, edges bumped. Internally, [2], 3-56 pp, ink dedication to fep (A Ley S....? [author?]dated Oct 1914, title page with no publication or date details, dedicated to Isobel by AGS in June 1914, [2], 3-56 pp. A pleasing and rare children's tale of adventure amongst the Garden People. No listing at COPAC or WorldCat. No mention at auction since before 76. (185*146).

Moscow Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Progress Publishers, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. ILYINA L.. Uncommon Soviet era English juvenile printing In vibrant pictorial soft paper covers, not paginated but 23 pp, illustrated endpapers, includes 8 full page colourful illustrations. Young sheep shepherd in Kyrgyzstan! 282*215*2 mm. REDUCED

76, St Paul's Church-Yard, London. and 64, Bold Street, Liverpool: Edward Lacey. Henry Lacey.. Soft cover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. A new and Improved Edition. In slightly soiled thick yellow paper printed wraps with titles and woodcut, no title to spine, adverts to lower cover. Internally, owners label to fep, frontis present, title page with woodcut, not dated but c1840?, [4], [1], (ii-iv), [1], 6-72 pp, 3 pls (B&W), 6 illustrations within text, ink note to ep. (Not in Osborne). Date conjectured by cataloguer based on dates of activity for H. Lacey at this address (1833-1845), and dates of W.J. Sears (1823-1838), printed by W. J. Sears. (146*90 mm). Title continues: And other Easy Tales for the Instruction of Young Children. With Fine Cuts. Barbauld [née Aikin], Anna Letitia [Anna Laetitia], poet and essayist, who upon marriage settled at Palgrave, Suffolk, where on 25 July 1774 they opened a school for boys. A great success, the school drew boys… Read More

London:: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. DOYLE Richard. With thirty six coloured images on twenty six plates VG+, 1875, Second edition, in the publishers green cloth, decorative gilt tooling & title. Spine, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, half title, frontis, [8], [1], 2-31 pp, 26 coloured plates, depicting 36 images, a.e.g., some light browning at edges, hinges strengthened, yellow endpapers. The first edition was published in 1870, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. (381*269 mm).

London Broadway, Ludgate Hill Glasgow, Manchester, and New York: George Routledge & Sons. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GREENAWAY Kate. EVANS Edmund 1826-1905. VG, [1889] First edition, First Issue. In the publishers original green glazed pictorial boards, titles to both boards in black & green, children on see-saw to both boards, corners bumped. Blue cloth spine, rubbed at edges, no title. Internally, half title, [10], 11-63 pp, [1], 24 half page & many other illustrations within text, 53 activities described, yellow endpapers & text block edges, very occasional spot, previous owners book label to fpd (R. Wilkinson), small bookseller embossed stamp to fep (Lipson) with tiny edge tear, small bookseller label to epd (Hughes). 232*185 mm). (*Schuster p46; DPL73a; Osborne 1, p220; Engen p63)

LOndon: 32, Charing Cross, SW: Robert John Bush, 1877. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1877, 1st ed, VG. In green cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped and worn. Internally, half title, not paginated but 64 leaves, containing, 2 music plates, 10 Botany Plates, 26 Alphabet Plates, and 8 illustrations within text, 1 pl soiled with small repair, text block edges sprinkled red, ink name to fep (Harvey), lacks adverts at end, recased. (Allibone 983). Lear published his last book of nonsense, Laughable Lyrics, which contained some of his finest, but also his saddest songs, including 'The Pelican Chorus', 'The Yonghy-bonghy-bò', and 'The Dong with a Luminous Nose' See ODNB.

London: at their Circulating Library, No. 46, Ludgate Hill: Parsons and Son, 1804. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Rare, 2 copies in US only. In modern quarter calf (to style), over contemporary worn marbled boards, spine with gilt tooling & titles. Internally, (vi), [1], 2-150 pp, printed by H. Bryer, Bridge-street, ink name to fep (Molly Harrison 1934, leaves watermarked 1803. (165*93 mm). (in Romanticism, Radicalism, & the Press by Stephen C Benrendt p110, 1997). OCLC indicate no copies in UK institutions, 2 copies only, in the US (UCLA & Denver), no copies at auction or on line. "As the title indicate, this is not a History of the Dreaded emperor, but a romance, which strongly glances at him" - Monthly Catalogue p330, 1805. "Our Author makes him a pettifogging thief, and gets him hanged in the end.".

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GREENAWAY Kate 1846-1901. Not dated but c1925?, 2nd edition, in half green cloth, cream coloured glazed pictorial boards, very lightly soiled. Spine, green title, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], 8-64 pp, 58 coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway (including 3 full page), 42 poems, colour printed by Edmund Evans (1826-1905), book label to fep, faint spotting towards end, text block edges greened. (226*142 mm). (Schuster, Engen p69, *109, 4. Murray p108. Quale p68).

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co.. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GREENAWAY Kate 1846-1901. Not dated but 1909, 2nd edition, in half olive green cloth, cream coloured glazed pictorial boards, lightly soiled. Spine edges bumped, no title. Internally, [7], 8-64 pp, 57 coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway (including 3 full page & 1 B&W), 42 poems, printed in colour by Edmund Evans (1826-1905), book label to fpd (KA Davey), ink name to fep (Barbara Salt 1910), end pages lightly browned. (229*149 mm). (Schuster, Engen p69, *109, 2a. Murray p108. Quale p68).