Search Results: Childrens from Mike Park Ltd

London: Frederick Warne A set of 12 volumes, hardback in pictorial boards, with dustwrappers, in three printed cardboard boxes.. The books are a lovely set - as new, the boxes are a little age-toned and marked.. Boards. As New/As New.

London: Juvenile Productions Ltd Colour frontispiece and three colour plates, many illustrations within the text, some of which are full page,(and three of which have been coloured in by hand, reasonably tidily], small thick quarto, pages very browned due to poor quality paper, front and rear hinges slightly cracked, many internal hinges cracking and weak, one gathering becoming particularly tender and protruding a little from the fore-edge, original pictorial boards, rubbed and a bit worn and marked, corners worn through to the boards, spine fraying at top and bottom, and lacking a few small pieces at the bottom. VERY SCARCE.. Pictorial Cover. Fair.

London & New York: Macmillan & Company Ltd, 1966. Illustrated, small octavo, pp (4), 135, extremely clean internally, red decorated cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly worn and rubbed. [A Latin translation of 'Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There'.]. First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Illus. by Sir John Tenniel.

London: Darton, Harvey & Darton; Scratcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; W. Walker; J. Harris; and Law & Whittaker, 1817. Seventh edition. An engraved frontispiece, 12mo, pp (ii), 269, age-toning and slight wear internally, contemporary tree calf very rubbed, worn at the edges, lacking small parts of the spine at head and tail, the covers nearly detached, but contents firm. SCARCE. . Full Leather. Fair.

London: T. Werner Laurie Popular edition, not dated (c.1910 ?). Illustrated with cartoon drawings by Chesterton, quarto, not paginated (c.90 pages), a little used and marked internally, soft green cloth, a little used, the rear cover marked.. Soft Cloth. Fair. Illus. by G.K. Chesterton.

London & Manchester: World Distributors (Manchester) Limited, 1973. Small octavo, pp 183, age-toned, a small corner (the price ?) has been cut from the half-title/frontispiece without loss of print, otherwise clean and sound internally, pictorial laminated boards rubbed and a bit worn, particularly on the lower cover. [Postage will be reduced]. Boards. Good.

London: The Bodley Head, 1970. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus, large octavo, pp (2), 330, very clean internally, green cloth, a very slight tear to the spine head otherwise a good sound copy without dustwrapper. [This is a complete edition of the 46 stories in Jabob's two Celtic collections together with both his prefaces and all his notes and references. It has been newly illustrated Victor Ambrus with an attractive headpiece for each story. This is a beautiful anthology which highlights Celtic children's literature. "Celtic Fairy Tales" includes popular stories such as "Conall Yellowclaw," "The Sea-Maiden," and "The Battle of the Birds," all of which were gathered straight from oral tradition by Jacobs to be preserved forever in text. Like the famous German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, not every story in "Celtic Fairy Tales" ends happily for all the characters. For example, in "Fair, Brown, and Trembling," the oldest… Read More

London: George Philip & Son, 1909. Illustrated, slim square octavo, pp 92, with six plates, a small oval school stamp on all four endpapers, otherwise very clean internally, the first few pages with a small crease at the lower corner, slightly weak internally, green cloth showing only the slightest signs of wear. RARE. [ The author was Head Mistress of Palmerston Road Infants School, Barry. The photographic illustrations are a delight - showing carefully posed pupils as dairymaids, gardeners, bakers etc.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Addey & Co, Old Bond Street, 1851. Seventeen pages, drawings with printed manuscript text, printed on one side of the page only, interleaved with blank pages, a little light foxing and age-toning, large slim 8vo, later blue cloth with gilt lettering and lining, very slightly worn. [The extremely rare true first edition. The text was taken by E.V.B from an old copy of Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes. Apparently published at Christmas 1851, but often attributed to 1852. It is reputedly the first book to have illustrations of nursery rhymes, but this seems a little unlikely ? The first title page has a large and heavy inscription - "To Sybil Sassoon from Louise Boyle", and in the same hand "The Hon Mrs Richard Boyle" is written beneath E.V.B. There is an accompanying letter from Louise Boyle, gifting it to Sybil Sassoon, and apologising for the fact that she has had to re-bind it.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Cumberland, Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1991. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 176, very clean internally, blue cloth in excerllent condition, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: Robinson Publishing Ltd, 1989. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 131, (3) a little age-toned but otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, the base of the spine very slightly bumped otherwise in very good condition.. Paperback. Very Good.

Hodder & Stoughton Not dated, c.1922 ?. Illustrated with 12 fine colour plates by E.J. Detmold, (one with adhesion damage to the surrounding mount but not to the printed surface - see illustration, otherwise all others very good), quarto, pp 184, fore-edge very slightly thumbed, the first two pages of text a little marked, otherwise clean internally, the hinge at the title page is cracked and weak, blue decorated cloth a bit marked and stained, slightly worn.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by E.J. Detmold.

London, 1808. Eighth edition. Small 8vo, pp 172, a little wear, one determined wormhole throughout which only really affects the text for about the first 15 pages or so, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with new simple brown calf spine, morocco label reading 'Animal Histories'.. Full-Leather. Good.

Fleet Lane, Farringdon Street, London: John Ouseley, Ltd, 1910. Not dated. Illustrated with line drawings in the text, small octavo, pp xvi, 236, rather age-toned, the rear hinge very slightly cracked, blue decorated cloth very slightly worn, the spine a little faded. RARE. Almost certainly the scarcest of this author's works. [The Lindley Library dates this as 1910. Not in Freeman, though perhaps too late ? COPAC lists only six copies, and WorldCat no others. Not in RBG Kew Library.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1960. Illustrated with five charming colour plates, octavo, pp 94, very clean internally, blue cloth with small gilt decoration on upper cover, unevenly faded, very slightly worn, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Illus. by W.F. Phillipps.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. Illustrated with colour line drawings by Lemuel B Line, large horizontal octavo, pp (26), a slight discoloration and waving to the bottom margin of the pages, otherwise clean internally, red cloth very slightly worn, the lower cover slightly spotted. [An attractive and uncommon childrens' book.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Lemuel B. Line.

Bath: Barefoot Books, 1998. Well illustrated by Jackie Morris, large slim 8vo, pp (32), the faintest signs of use to the dustwrapper, but really an excellent copy.. Pictorial laminated boards. As New/As New.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. First edition. Small slim quarto, pp 79, illustrated throughout in colour by Rosalind Thornycroft, a few slight blemishes to a few pages but overall in much cleaner than average condition, pictorial boards slightly age-toned and very slightly worn, the spine head is slightly worn and the rear joint is cracking slightly (see illustration) but otherwis quite good, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is only slightly worn and frayed and now enclosed in a removable clear cover.. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rosalind Thornycroft.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Originally published 1897. Facsimile reprint, thick octavo, pp xviii, 486, traces of a price label on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is faded, age-toned and slightly worn.. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.

Kota Kinabalu, 2014. Well illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp vi, 78, paperback, a very good new copy. [This is a story about Itin, an eight-year-old Bornean elephant who lives in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In his journey of discovery, Itin learns from his mother and relatives about folklore that tells how elephants are revered by indigenous communities, and what he should expect once he leaves the herd. Written largely in Itin and his relatives’ voices, this book also covers facts on elephants including unique features, social behaviour and communication methods. This publication highlights threats that Bornean elephants face daily, such as when their migratory paths are blocked by changes in land use or other forms of development. It also describes some of the scientific and field work that is done to protect elephant habitats, and their long-term survival in a fragmented landscape. Peppered with colour pictures, Itin — A Bornean Elephant, will hopefully inspire readers to better understand the… Read More