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1918réf. 16025London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd 1918. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Andersen Nathaniel Hawthorne Maria Edgeworth Ouida the women's suffragist animal rights activist and socialist Mary de Morgan and more! In this circa 1918 collection bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead as well as timeless tales from Celtic Norse Italian West African Russian Japanese Greek and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner 30 colored plates and 41 black and white plates 4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader by such artists as Cecile Walton Katharine Cameron Olive Allen Evelyn Beale Cecil Aldin and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii iv 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board lettered in black to upper board and spine with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding with rubbing bumping and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates with black and white plates facing pages 235 286 509 and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card signed Maude and drawing of sailboats laid in. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd hardcover
1918réf. 16025London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd 1918. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Andersen Nathaniel Hawthorne Maria Edgeworth Ouida the women's suffragist animal rights activist and socialist Mary de Morgan and more! In this circa 1918 collection bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead as well as timeless tales from Celtic Norse Italian West African Russian Japanese Greek and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner 30 colored plates and 41 black and white plates 4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader by such artists as Cecile Walton Katharine Cameron Olive Allen Evelyn Beale Cecil Aldin and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii iv 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board lettered in black to upper board and spine with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding with rubbing bumping and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates with black and white plates facing pages 235 286 509 and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card signed Maude and drawing of sailboats laid in. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd hardcover books
réf. 12563Hachette, 1886. Deux volumes in-12*, demi-reliure cuir rouge, 335 et 333 pages.Bon etat, petites epidermures au cuir.
réf. 12613Hachette, 1887. Deux volumes in-12*, demi-reliure cuir rouge, 296 et 246 pages.Bon etat, petites epidermures au cuir.
réf. A9783368327842Paperback / softback. New. paperback
réf. 3368504592.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1984réf. SBBIH-Q4WOISHAWXXBEbury Press 1984. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Ebury Press hardcover
1872réf. 927T33Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1872. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A smart copyright edition of this collection of short stories from English novelist Maria Louise Rame. Copyright edition. A collection of short stories or novelettes including: Cecil Castlemaine's Gage Little Grand and the Marchioness Lady Marabout's Troubles A Study a la Louis Quinze and "Deadly Dash". Written by Maria Louise Rame known by the pseudonym Ouida an English novelist who wrote more than forty novels as well as short stories children's books and essays. Produced by Tauchnitz a family of German printers and publishers who published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain. In the original green crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine and board edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
réf. 0526653604.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1892réf. 009347Troy New York: Nims and Knight 1892. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. A popular children'sfavourite by the English Victorian novelist Ouida 1839-1908. First published in England in 1872 / 73. Stated publication date1882. stated copyright date1891 by Nims and Knight Assumed 1st US edition 1st US printing. Tab boards with gilt lettering illustration on face. vii 94 pages with B&W illustrations frontispiece. No DJ - assumed as published. Nims and Knight hardcover
1884réf. 300159Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1884. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with beveled boards titled in gilt with a red device in the center of the upper board; iv 472 pages; top and bottom of the spine have been removed; portrait frontispiece; front hinge is cracked at the bottom but holding; previous owner blindstamp on the front endpaper. Very Good binding. J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown
1884réf. 300159Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1884. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with beveled boards titled in gilt with a red device in the center of the upper board; iv 472 pages; top and bottom of the spine have been removed; portrait frontispiece; front hinge is cracked at the bottom but holding; previous owner blindstamp on the front endpaper. Very Good binding. J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1892réf. 034946Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1892. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edmund H. Garrett. English novelist known for her extravagant melodramatic romances of fashionable life.First American Edition. Illustrated cover. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. No other writing in the book. Frontispiece. Decorated end-papers. Front inner hinges split. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. Very tiny hole at corner of last few pages. 303pp. Full refund if not satisfied. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
1880réf. 547360London: The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company 1880. Unbound. Near Fine. Albumen carte de visite photograph. Approximately 2.5" x 3.5" on a slightly larger card. Captioned in print below image. Photographer's stamps on front and back. A few faint spots on the image very good or better. Portrait photograph of the popular English novelist. The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company unknown books
1882réf. 288442Philadelphia: J B Lippincott 1882 Green/Brown Designer Cloth303 Pgs Scarce. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Owner's Name. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. J B Lippincott hardcover
réf. 3368174614.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 9389539013.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2000réf. Q-1562650726School of Tomorrow 2000-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! School of Tomorrow hardcover
1960réf. 20-28532Pitman Publishing Corporation 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with some wear to Dust Jacket. Markings to several to pages. Ex-library. Pitman Publishing Corporation hardcover
1987réf. 60-019811987-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. paperback
1896réf. 012602Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1896. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 19x13.cm. Collation.412pp 395pp 8 illustrations. Bound in original publishers blue decorative cloth. Some light marking or wear to cloth. Both bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice clean set. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Illus. by G. Montbard . 8vo. J. B. Lippincott Company Hardcover
réf. AMA-445s.d. 4 pp. in 8°, sur papier rose à son chiffre gravé argent.
1915réf. 2133288Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack 1915. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Aldin Cecil. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Brown pictorial boards. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. The story of a poodle. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. All plates present. Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack hardcover
réf. RO80110978PLON, NOURRIT et Cie. Non daté. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 405 + 416 pages. Reliure de bibliothèque : dos renforcés par une bande papier, code sur la coiffe en-tête, tampons sur la page de titre et dans quelques marges. Coins et coupes des plats, frottés. Quelques accrocs en marges.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1888réf. R240075931PERRIN ET CIE. 1888. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Rousseurs. 386 + 372 pages - rousseurs et mouillures sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture - 2ème plat recouvert de papier - dos manquant - ouvrages désolidarisés - coins frottés - tranches salies - plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.08-XIX ème siècle
