Search Results: Childrens Childrens (Victorian) from Stella & Rose's Books

Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1871. Hardback. Good/Nearly Fine. Good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Comprising of Joseph and his Brethren, The Story of King David, The Wonders of Providence and The Proverbs of Solomon. Large square format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 24 pages of illustrations (2 to a page). Spine and corners are worn and slightly damaged with some darkening to cover edges. Front and rear joints are cracked and have possibly been repaired. Foxing and finger throughout and a couple of small marginal closed tears.

Published by Nelson & Phillips. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The Little Sunbeam of the Farm-House. Green embossed cloth, gilt title blocks to spine. 4 b/w plates. 244 pages + 4 page booklist. Corners worn.

Published by James Nisbet, 1853. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Square format. Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles. 427 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little darkened. Front joint slightly cracked. Contents clean.

Published by T. Nelson & Sons, 1886. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Brown decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Subtitled Take Heed Will Surely Speed. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Covers dull.

Published by Bliss, Sands & Co., 1897. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates. Front endpaper missing. A few foxspots throughout. Boards slightly rubbed.

Published by Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1863. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue embossed cloth, gilt title label to spine. Colour frontis (printed by Edmund Evans). 132 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. A couple of white spots to rear cover. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top and tail of spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Foxing to margins of frontis plate. Some light fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean.

Published by T. Nelson & Sons, 1868. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. 'By Her Aunt Susan'. Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing in pencil to front endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Some grubby marks to page margins but generally clean.

Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth with gilt title to front cover, with black picture. B/w plates. Original spine is missing, with new cloth spine (no title to it) has been put on. Some fraying to original cloth. Grubby marks and wear to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis, which has been repaired with glue. Some grubby marks and browning internally. Still a good reading copy.

Published by James Nisbet, 1885. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. New Edition. Pages: vii, 551. Original red pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. 5 colour plates. Golden Ladder series. Half-title has small edge-tear. Prelims lightly foxed. Joints slightly cracked.

Hardback. Fair/Poor. Fair condition with no wrapper. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board shows two children playing with a handcart. B/w illustrations. Contents detached. Corner torn from one page. Front cover is clean and bright.

Published by Arthur Barker Ltd., 1967. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An anthology from Victorian children's books and periodicals in the collection of Anne and Fernand G. Renier. Colour & b/w illustrations. Grey cloth. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to endpapers. Wrapper price-cut with lightly rubbed corners.

Published by John F. Shaw & Co., 1902 (Circa.). Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth spine, colour pictorial front board shows girls and boys playing instruments. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front endpaper. Joints split. Corners worn.

Published by Wesleyan Conference Office, 1879. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette, black floral decorations. Cream endpapers. 119 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Lengthy inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing throughout, mainly to page edges. Contents and covers clean.

Published by The Religious Tract Society, 1884. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks. Floral decorated endpapers. 64 coloured plates and vignettes. The colour plates have plain paper guards. Spine and corners worn with slight fraying of cloth. Covers a little grubby and darkened. Joints have been repaired with magic tape. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. One plate has a large closed tear to lower margin. One hinge is cracked. Contents have grubby fingermarks to page margins but plates are still bright. A nice copy of this rare antiquarian children's book.

Published by James Nisbet, 1864. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. A truthful tale by a Clergyman's wife. Small format. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to front. 3 colour plates. 108 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Front free-endpaper is missing, inscription has been scratched away on front pastedown. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

Published by T. Nelson & Sons, 1885. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Small format. Peach pictorial cloth. A slim volume. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. A few foxspots throughout. Still good for its age.

Published by Gay and Bird, 1895. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. A California story. Blue cloth with pale blue decoration and gilt titles. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing. One hinge cracked. Some grubby fingermarks throughout.

Published by T. Nelson & Sons, 1875. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Red decorative cloth, gilt title blocks. Colour frontis. 6 b/w plates. A Tale For The Young. Endpapers lightly foxed. Corners bumped and rubbed.