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Dumps A Plain Girl (1905)

By: Meade, L. T. [Elizabeth Thomasina Meade]

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, W. & R. Chambers: 1913

Seller ID: VN0517

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated reprint, c1913. Original decorated green cloth; brown endpapers. Lightly scuffed, a little foxing, sigmature (1913) on half-title, good.
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Bashful Fifteen (1892)

By: Meade, L. T. [Elizabeth Thomasina Meade]

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Cassell & Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 03556

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original two-tone cloth. Spine in green, front board in grey, patterned with flowers; patterned endpapers. A few light marks, corner rubbed, a little foxing, good.
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Tales and Stories (1866)

By: Mitford, Mary Russell [editor]:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Warne & Co.: 1866

Seller ID: 01380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

"With Coloured Illustrations". Later rebinding in pinky-brown binder's cloth. Light scuffing, faint foxing. Only 2 illustrations present in text: others (including frontispiece) presumed missing. "These tales and stories, originally selected by Miss Mitford, have been carefully revised, re-edited, and gathered into a single volume. When first published they obtained great and deserved popularity; it is hoped that in their new form they will prove equally attractive, and afford much pleasure to the young readers of the present, as they formerly did to the children of the past." ...
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The Green Casket and Other Stories (1890)

By: Molesworth, Mrs [Mary Louisa Molesworth]

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, W. & R. Chambers: 1890

Seller ID: VN0292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original decorated brown cloth. Also issued in other colour cloths (a common practice with children's books). Illustrated. Extremities scuffed, corner snipped from rear free endpaper, good. Contains three stories: The Green Casket, Leo's Post-Office & Brave Little Denis.
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The Bolted Door and Other Stories (1906)

By: Molesworth, Mrs [Mary Louisa Molesworth]

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Chambers: 1907

Seller ID: 01268

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

First edition (or early impression). Undated, c1907. original crimson cloth, illustrated in blue. black and brown, with gilt lettering; brown endpapers. One water spot on front board, prize plate (1909 - 10) on front pastedown, a number of children's signatures (1960 - 61) on verso of front free endpapers, light foxing good.
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Neighbours (1889)

By: Molesworth, Mrs [Mary Louisa Molesworth]

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, Hatchards: 1889

Seller ID: 03200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original blue cloth, with intricate pattern on boards in pale blue, and lettering in gilt; black endpapers. Corners rubbed, a little foxing, good. Scarce. A novel for older girls, originally serialised in Atalanta. Later reprint editions were published by Longmans.
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The Blue Veil. Moral Tales (1883 as The Blue Veil. A New Series of Moral Tales for Children)

By: Montgomery, Florence

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1883

Seller ID: 04064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pale blue cloth, green leather title label on spine. Small spot at foot of front board, armorial bookplate of Percy Ashton Jonson on front pastedown, very good. Todd [2206a]. First issue. Series half-title bound in.
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The Fate of the Black Swan, A Tale of New Guinea (1885)

By: Moore, F. Frankfort [Frank Frankfort Moore]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, S. P. C. K: 1900

Seller ID: VN2470

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated reprint, c1900. Grey-tinted frontispiece. Original illustrated grey cloth. Lightly scuffed, prize plate (1918) on front free endpaper, very good.
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The Chicken Market and Other Stories (1861 as Oberon's Horn: A Book of Fairy Tales)

By: Morley, Henry

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin: 1877

Seller ID: 95107

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated "New Edition" [1877]. Illustrated by C. H. Bennett. Original blue cloth, decorated in black and lettered in gilt; brown endpapers. Extremities rubbed, small nicks to spine ends, front inner joint paper cracked, good.
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The Story of Wandering Willie (1870)

By: Noel, Lady Augusta

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1870

Seller ID: 01370

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Frontispiece by Sir Noel Paton. Later pinky-brown cloth, with leather title label on spine. Cloth darkened, chip to title label, faint stamps for Neath Boys Club on prelims, owner's signature (1870) on title page, good. Published anonymously.
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The Hope of the Katzekopfs; or The Sorrows of Selfishness. A Fairy Tale (1844)

By: Paget, Rev. F. E. [Francis Edward Paget]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, J. Masters & Co.: 1874

Seller ID: 04393

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Fifth Edition, The Juvenile Englishman's Library, No 2. Illustrated. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in and gilt and black. Rubbed on spine ends and free corners, inscription (1875) on front pastedown, good.
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The Scarlet Herring and Other Stories (1899)

By: Parry, His Honour Judge Edward Abbott

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co.: 1899

Seller ID: 93145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original pale green cloth, lettered and illustrated in red and black on front board, red and gilt on spine. Minimal scuffing, name stamp on front free endpaper, a little light foxing, very good. Six Victorian fairy stories.
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Prevarication, A Story for Youth (1857)

By: Pinchard, Margaret Douglass

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, William Tegg: 1867

Seller ID: 02759

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Small format in blindstamped emerald green cloth, title and framing in gilt on front board and spine. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown (with small are of damage to paper) otherwise a clean, bright, tight copy, good++
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For the Red Rose (1902)

By: Pollard, Eliza

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Blackie & Co: 1909

Seller ID: VN0809

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated edition, probably reprint from c1909. Original illustrated green cloth. Boards faintly sunned on edges, prize plate (1909) on front pastedown. Historical novel for younger readers: set in England in the 1460s (during the War of the Roses), it follows the adventures of a gypsy girl who becomes involved with Margaret of Anjou.
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Quadrupeds. What They Are and Where Found. A Book of Zoology for Boys (1860

By: Reid, Captain Mayne

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, T. Nelson & Sons: 1872

Seller ID: 04356

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. Coloured frontispiece and illustrated title page; monochrome plates. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; yellow endpapers. Light scuffing, light foxing, some faint staining on endpapers, inscription (1909) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. Reid wrote numerous adventure stories for boys, with exotic far flung locations: but here he introduces boys to exotic members of the animal kingdom: from monkeys, beavers and elephants to giraffes, antelopes and armadillos.
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A Little Step-Daughter (1877)

By: Roberts, Margaret

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, National Society's Depository: 1893

Seller ID: VN1007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated reprint (c1893, dated from new titles listed in catalogue). Illustrated. Original illustrated red cloth, publisher's own monogrammed endpapers. Corners and spine ends scuffed, undated signature (in pencil) on prelims, good.
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A Poor Buffer A Story for Young People (1900)

By: Savile, Helen

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: 82083

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original navy blue cloth with military insignia, crown etc on front board, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, minimal foxing: near fine. The story of an Irish soldier who dies heroically to save a little girl from drowning. Setting: the coast of Donegal.
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Tales and Pamphlets from the S. P. C. K.

By: Several Authors including Selina Bunbury

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, S. P. C. K. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge): 1870

Seller ID: 93139

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

A collection in two volumes comprising: Jemima's Brooch or Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (1861); Lottie Ashley. A Story of the Seventh Commandment (1865); Ascension Day; or The Skylark's Lesson (1868); Katie's Lessons. A True Story by S. C. S (1865); Truthfulness (1861); Nelly Wort; or "I Can't Depend Upon Her" by the author of Hester Blake (1868); Milly Fenton. A Tale for Girls (1867); The Orphans (1867); BUNBURY, Miss S[elina]: Little Dora Playfair; or "I Won't Go to School" (1851); Ellen and Lizzie; or If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments (1859); ADAMS, Charlotte: Mamma's...
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The Rainbow Stories for Summer Days and Winter Nights

By: Several Authors: F. M. Wilbraham, Mrs S. C. Hall, W. H. G. Kingston, Lady Charles Thynne, E. M. Piper, Thomas Miller

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Groombridge & Sons: 1872

Seller ID: VN2484

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated, c1872. Originally issued as a series of pamphlets, here collected in one volume. Illustrated. Coloured, decorative title page preced printed title page. Original blue cloth on bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in black and gilt; dark brown endpapers; all edges gilt. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, faint signature on front free endpaper, good. The six stories are: Phil Thorndyke's Adventures (Wilbraham); The Rift in the Rock (Hall); The Burgomaster's Daughter (Kingston); The Story of Herbert Archer (Thynne); The Matador's Revenge (Piper) & Brampton-Among-the-Roses (Miller...
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CHAMBERS'S LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (from 1848)

By: Several Authors: Maria Edgeworth, Mrs S. C. Hall, Mary Howiit, Thomas Miller, Leith Ritchie etc

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Ediinburgh & London, W. & R. Chambers: 1869

Seller ID: 95013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

16 volumes: ANONYMOUS: Alfred in India or Scenes in Hindoostan (1848) "A familiar account of the more interesting features of English life in India...written by a lady who has returned to England from her family in India."; ANONYMOUS: Truth and Trust (1848). Two stories (both anonymous): Jervis Ryland & Victor and Lisette; EDGEWORTH, Maria: Orlandino (1848); EDGEWORTH, Maria and others: Self-Denial and Other Tales; Self-Denial: The Story of Garry Owen is by Maria Edgeworth. The other three stories (Jacopo, The Camelia & The Little Errand Boy) are anonymous; EDGEWORTH, Maria and others...
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