Search Results: Children's Fiction -Victorian from Book Attic

Gall & Inglis; undated. Decorative front board with rubbing and bumping to corners. Spine has black lettering which has been rubbed. Binding a little loose. Book plate dated 1903-4 to inside front. Pencil scribbles to some pages. Hand cut pages with some pages still uncut. Some stains to pages. Rare hard to find book.

Heirloom Library; Undated. Circa 1955. Hardcover. 256 pp. No dust cover. Decorative red and black cloth. Colour illustrated plates, with drawings by B.Biro. Decorative end papers. Binding tight and text clean. Slightly forward leaning. Spine sunned. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Inscription to front. Some thumb marks.

Blackie and Son Ltd.; Undated. Hardcover. Beige covered boards with decorative picture to front and black detailing to spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Forward leaning. Top and bottom of spine a little crushed. Book plate to front paste down. Tanning to FFEP and rear end papers. 128 pp. Couple of thumb marks.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; undated. No dust cover. Red cloth covered boards with black detailing and lettering to the front and black lettering to the spine. Top and bottom of spine has shelf wear. Boards slightly faded, mark to front bottom. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Plain white end papers. Foxing to first few pages and page edges. Black and white picture opposite title page.

S.W.Partridge & Co. Ltd.; Undated. No dust cover. Six illustrations by J.A.Symington. Seventh Thousand. Blue decorated boards to front and spine, the colours are still vivid. 330 pp. Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Corners rubbed and lightly bent. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclear if first blank front facing page has been removed. First few pages foxed and other pages yellowed. Covers rubbed and dulled. Binding tight and text clean. No inscriptions.

S.W.Partridge & Co. Ltd.; Undated. Hardcover no dust jacket. Hereward the Wake: Last of the English is a 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land.
Blue decorated cloth covered boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing to guttering. Spine wear evident to top and bottom. Prize plate to FFEP dated June 1918. Age related foxing to first and last end papers. Pages tanned with age. Six illustrations by Wal Paget. Binding good, very slightly loose to bottom.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; undated. No dust cover. Red cloth covered boards with black detailing and lettering to the front and black lettering to the spine. Top and bottom of spine has self wear. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Plain white end papers with a little tanning. FFEP has inscription dated 1930. Foxing to first few pages and page edges. Rust type marks to pages 90-91. Black and white picture opposite title page.

James Nesbit & Co. Ltd.; undated. By Emma Marshall author of 'Three Little Sisters',' Stellafont Abbey', 'The Little Peat-Cutters', 'Silver Chimes', etc. New edition. 208 pp. Hardcover, brown boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Spine slightly discoloured. Corners bumped and rubbed. Book slightly forward leaning. Pages yellowed. Presentation book plate to front paste down. Age spotting to first and last few pages.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.; Undated. Circa 1898 as previous owners name to rear of FFEP dated May 1898. Warne's Star Series. New edition. Hardcover with no dust cover. Red cloth covered boards- gilt lettering and illustrations to front and spine. Spine very slightly faded. 553 pp. Catalogue of Frederick Warne publications to rear. Decorative end papers. First and last few pages are tanned. Book is square, binding tight and text clean.

Wells Garder, Darton & Co.; Undated (c. 1884). Hardcover. Reddish/brown cloth covered boards with picture to front ad spine. Lettering to front and spine. Spine a little sunned, and top and bottom a little crushed. Corners bumped ad rubbed. Minor marks to front, back and spine. Netting showing through inside hinge. Illustrations by T.Pym. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. catalogue to rear.

National Security's Depository; 1908. Hardcover with no dust cover. By the author of 'One Christmas Time, 'Little Sunbeam', etc. With frontispiece by Isabel Watkin. 107 pp. Brown cloth with decorative front. Black lettering to spine. Corners bumped ad rubbed. Some foxing to end papers. Presentation book plate to first paste down.

Macmillan Children's Books; 1981. 'A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children. New edition. 'A Macmillan Facsimile Classics Series'Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. With ribbon marker.Excellent condition.

Blackie and Son Ltd.; Undated. Illustrated first edition. Hardcover with no dust cover. Green cloth covered boards, gilt titles and pictorial decoration to front and spine. All edges had been sprayed green but the colour has faded a little. Wear to top and bottom of spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Light toning and some foxing to leaves. Presentation plate to FFEP. Netting showing through post FFEP. 366 pp. Catalogue of Blackie & Son's Illustrated Story Book's to rear.

Blackie & Son Ltd.; Undated. Written for young people. Hardcover. No dust cover. Decorated blue boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned. Top and bottom of spine a little worn. White end papers. Some signs of foxing and discolouration. Black and white illustration to front. 240 pp. Blackie & Son's Book catalogue to rear. Binding tight. Slightly forward leaning.

The Religious Tract Society, London; Undated c. 1913. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards with pictorial to front and spine. . Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly crushed to top and bottom. Minor marks to boards. Presentation book plate to front paste down, dated 1913. Some tanning to end papers. Colour plate as frontispiece.

Blackie and Son Ltd.; Undated. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with picture and lettering to front and spine. Spine a little crushed to top and bottom. Corners bumped ad rubbed. End papers tanned. Presentation label to FFEP.

Raphael Tuck & Sons; undated. Illustrated by T.Cuneo. Red cloth boards with pictorial paste down to front. Corners bumped or rubbed. Gilt lettering to spine. Top and base of spine shows signs of shelf wear. Netting showing through to front and back boards. Inscription in pen to FFEP and inside front board. Some age spotting evident.

Wells, Gardner, Darlton & Co.; 1904. Hardcover. Blue decorative boards. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine discoloured. Pages yellowing. Illustrated. Catalogue of prize books to the rear.

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd; undated but C. 1890. Hardcover with cream boards- and a pictorial circular to the front board. Red lettering. Boards slightly grubby due to age. Corners a little bumped. Foxing to end papers. Previous owners name to FFEP. Illustrated by Frances Brundage and M. Bowley. Part of 'The Gem Shakespeare Library'. Contents: The Winters Tale, Macbeth, Othello. Four pages of a selection from Raphael Tuck & Sons' publications to rear.

Blackie & Son Ltd.; Undated. Sought after Work by G.A.Henty. Green cloth covered boards with illustration to front and spine. Spine showing a little wear to top and bottom. Corners a little bumped and rubbed. Presentation book plate to front end paper paste down. End papers a little tanned. Illustrated. Binding tight and text clean.