Books on Children
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Poppies and Pansies: A Story for Children.
375p green decorative cloth with gilt lettering bright, attractive prize label to endpaper, very ...
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£880.00
The Hobbit or There and Back Again.
315p hardback, green cloth with Tolkien's dragon to the cover, excellent copy, very slight fading ...
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£460.00
Scenes in Europe (Asia; Africa) for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers.
Three titles bound in one volume, Europe (Third Edition 1820), Asia (1819), Africa (1820), ...
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£360.00
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
xii 126p plus plates in the back (complete), frontispiece, all plates with tissueguard with ...
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£360.00
Tales for Youth; in Thirty Poems: to which are Annexed, Historical Remarks and Moral Applications in Prose. Ornamented with Cuts, Neatly Designed and Engraved on Wood by Bewick.
x 158p full calf binding, engaved frontispiece and many additional plates, two page publisher's ...
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The Elements of Reading: Being Select and Easy English Lessons, for Young Readers of both Sexes: Designed as a Sequel to the Spelling Book, and a Proper Introduction to the Speaker, or Any Other Selection of a Like Nature. Second Edition.
348p full leather, spine cracking, water damage to last page, some charming 18th Century childish ...
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£290.00
The Adventures of Wonk: Strawberries and Cream. First Edition. Illustrations by Kiddell-Monroe.
approx 20p small format original grey card covers, small stain to front cover, no dustjacket, ...
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Les Enfants. Quatrieme édition de luxe. Avec 90 gravures noires, en couleur et eaux-fortes.
xii 348p colour frontispiecew/ tissueguard, many excellent illustrations and 6 engravings, a ...
£240.00
£240.00
Subdural Hematoma in Infancy.
this is a 40p offprint which has been inscribed to by Ingraham to Howard Naffziger, it also bears ...
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£240.00
The Blossoms of Morality, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen. Third Edition.
x 221p tall format, paper covered boards with old paper repairs to outer hinges, inside boards ...
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Alice in Wonderland.
180p large undated blue cloth with dustjacket, jacket complete though front section detached, ...
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A Book of Saints. First Edition.
124p light blue cloth first edition, slightly rubbed corners, spine sunned, pages clean and ...
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£180.00
The Crafty Farmer. A Spanish Folk-Tale Entitled How a Crafty Farmer with the Advice of his Wife Deceived some Merchants.
31p original yellow boards, upper cover slightly grubby and sunned, spine cracked, lower corners ...
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£160.00
Pan Pipes. A Book of Old Songs.
52p oblong format with original paper covered boards and cloth spine, old inscription dated 1885, ...
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£124.00
At Solsidan. 31 Malningar med Text. Andra Upplagan.
31p with text and black/ white illustrations, 31 colour plates in the back, inserted the front ...
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D. Juan Tenorio: Semejante al Drama Grande: Dramita fantastico, escrito especialmente para ninos o titeres.
32p tiny format, original edition, paper yellowing, sewn, - together with D Juan Tenorio en el ...
£120.00
£120.00
El Negro que non Comia Pan. Poemas al Niño Negro.
48p stapled booklet, illustrated cover, musical notation, a fresh copy, uncommon title, only listed ...
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£120.00
Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons in Four Volumes. Second Edition Corrected.
287p, 342p, 319p, 350p marbled boards, quarter leather, bright gilt lettering to spine, some ...
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£120.00
Mini Car Collection.
283p hardback, amber cloth with vivid jacket, little to no wear, binding firm, pages clean and ...
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Our Lenin. Edited by Ruth Shaw and Harry Alan Potamkin. Pictures by William Siegel.
62p oblong format hardback, illustrated throughout, pages clean and well preserved, striking ...
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Explorers on the Wall. Illustrated by Molly Haigh.
258p hardback, green cloth, illustrated dustjacket with minor flaws present, colour frontispiece ...
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£86.00
Las cuatro Apariciones de la Virgen de Guadalupe: Leyenda melodramatica en verso y siete partes.
22p, ii, tiny format, original edition, paper yellowing, sewn, not held by any library (Worldcat), ...
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£86.00
Lucile or Faithful in a Few Things.
159p grey cloth with gilt lettering and green and brown illustration of ivy tumbling over a wall, ...
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£86.00
The Blossoms of Morality, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen. Eighth Edition.
viii 235p full tree-calf binding, small format (15cm), binding tight, text clean, a neat and firm ...
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Bride Leads the Chalet School.
296p light blue boards, binding is tight, spine a little spotty, no name or stamps, pages are ...
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£84.00
Camping Out, as Recorded by Kit. (Our Young Yachters' Series)
viii 261p plus 24p illustrated publisher's catalogue in the back, green cloth with black ornaments ...
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£84.00
Impulse and Principle, and Other Stories, Illustrated.
279p original blind-stamped indigo cloth a little pale but holding well, contains also Sea-Shell ...
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L'Opera dei Pupi.
242p large format hardback, very good condition, black cloth cover with gilt lettering, black ...
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O Passeio do Emir.
36p large format white hardcover, illustration to front cover of Arabian horse and rider, library ...
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Comparative Children's Literature.
205p black hardcover, silver titles, excellent as new condition
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Le Cirque Zanzibar.
61p small bright yellow paperback, textured card with red Goetz drawing of a clown violinist, ...
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The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580 - 1720.
xiii 247p hardback, black cloth with illustrated jacket, like new condition, little to no wear, ...
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£72.00
The Widening World of Children's Literature.
viii 203p hardback, first edition of a scarce title, near-perfect condition, personal inscription ...
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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. With 12 Illustrations by A Rackham.
xivi 363p peacock blue leather with gilt titles, spine faded but still legible, lovely fresh colour ...
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A pair of two extremely classic Charlie and Lola books.
Limited numbered signed edition, two large hardback books in a signed illustrated slipcase numbered ...
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£66.00
Supermarionation. Cross Sections, Revealing the Secrets of the Art of the Craft, Machinery and Settings of Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet.
48p large format hardback, 27 x 36 cm, illustrated dustjacket, official book contains the most ...
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£65.00
Divorce and Separation: The Outcomes for Children.
68p blue paperback, from a Cambridge college library with usual markings, small shelf sticker to ...
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£64.00
ABC des Enfants Suisses.
aprox 12 pages, stapled booklet, oblong format, colour illustrated throughout, text printed in ...
£64.00
£64.00
Children and the Law.
x 97p hardback, laminated pink boards, very good condition, little to no wear, spine sunned, name ...
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Das deutsche Kind im deutschen Krieg.
48p paperback, illustrations by Emil Hochhäusler, well preserved copy, militarism in the nursery ...
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Human Milk. Its Biological and Social Value. Selected Papers from the International Symposium on Breast Feeding, Tel-Aviv, February 24-28, 1980.
xi 340p large format hardback, adhesive film to cover, a fresh and clean copy with light library ...
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£64.00
Illustrated Tales of the Boarder: A New Series for the Nursery.
This is a expertly rebound copy of the original edition, green cloth hardback, no pagination, ...
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Judy's Prefect Year.
288p brown cloth, with design of person skiing to front, no names or inscriptions, a very good ...
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Lois et Règlements sur l'Enseignement Primaire et sur les Differentes Services de l'Enfance qui ne dependent pas du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique.
this is a large heavy book of 1108 pages, bound in black library buckram with red title labels to ...
£64.00
Voice of the Children: An Endangered Species. Children from all over the World supported by Nobel Laureates on the Ongoing Devastation of the Earth.
xxviii 92p hardback, laminated boards with black illustrations, oblong format, excellent condition, ...
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£62.00
Scientific Dialogues, Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: In which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained. With 195 Woodcuts.
xii 533p small format, original publisher's cloth with remains of paper label to spine, engraved ...
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£62.00
The Tale of Mr Tod.
93p small format hardback, front board with paste down illustration and green lettering, colourful ...
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Australasian Medical Congress Transactions of the Ninth Session, Held in Sydney, New South Wales, September 1911. In Two Volumes, Volume 2 only.
vii 734-1346p burgundy cloth, large format, very well preserved, from a Cambridge library, pages ...
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Gründerzeit 1848 - 1871. Industrie und Lebensträume zwischen Vormärz und Kaiserreich.
72p A4 format educational guide, includes separate single sheet maps for use with projectors, clean ...
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£60.00
Meccano Magazine. Volume 23, 1938. Complete Original Set in 12 Parts.
720p this is a collection of 12 original parts, includes period advertisement, some covers creased, ...
£60.00