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Andover, UK: Pitkin Pictorials, 1980. 32 pp. A rub to the rear wrap, and a price sticker. Many unusual photographs and illustrations. ''Mavis Batey tells the story of Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and the immortal friendship with 'Lewis Carroll', the mathematics don, which inspired the Alice books. Mrs Batey, who is married to the Treasurer of Christ Church, has made a special study of the Oxford background to the famous Alice stories, which throws a new and refreshing light on Lewis Carroll as child-lover and gifted story-teller.''. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Alice's Adventures in Oxford
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The Children of the Bible: as examples, and as warnings
by Caulkins, Frances M
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150 Nassau Street, New York: American Tract Society 52 pp. + adv. Blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. A curved depression and associated stain to front board, causing a curve in bottom of spine with short tears to cloth, otherwise light wear to corners of boards. A dampstain of bottom third to half extends throughout volume causing browning. P.O. inscription on ffep., which has a 1-inch piece torn out. 6 plates, sharp, nicely inked, possibly missing frontis. With all its faults, still a pleasing volume. Sixteen stories: Ishmael, Moses, Samuel, Obediah, The Forty-two Wicked Children of Bethel, Naaman's Little Maid, Joash, Josiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and his Three Companions, Jesus Christ, The Daughter of Jairus, Little Children Brought to Christ, Children of the Temple, John the Baptist, Timothy. ''And he went up from thence unto Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and siad unto him, Go up, thou bald head! Go…
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Con Sette Note: Figure di Grandi Musicisti Presentate da G. Edoardo Mottini
by Mottini, G. Edoardo
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Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1935. p.o. signed ffep. Color illustration by Nino Pagot on boards is clean and bright. Sedici tavole fuori testo [Sixteen plates outside text]. I count only 15 plates, perhaps there was a frontis or they are including the front board. Pages browned at edges and becoming brittle. Pages are becoming detached at front. Cloth spine with 3- and 4-inch tears. Chapters on Beethoven, Handel, Palestrina, Gluck, Bach, Monteverdi, Bellini, Rossini, Paganini, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Puccini, and more. In Italian. . Decorative paper-covered board. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nino Pagot. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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English Literature and Children's Books; 22 October 1992; Sale No. 4893
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London: Christie's, London, 1992. 101 pp. 548 lots. Pages lightly tanned toward top edge, otherwise fine. English Literature: The John Bowden Collection of 18th Century books and bindings in remarkably fine condition; Shakepeare's Henry IV part I 1639; an unrecorded variant of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 1818, and an important Samuel Mearne Binding with an original fore-edge painting. Children's books: from the Collection of Eric Quayle, Esq. Including: The first English edition of Pinocchio 1892; Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare 1809, Travels of Tom Thumb 1746.. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Jumper: The Life of a Siberian Horse
by Kalashnikoff, Nicolas
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 224 pp. Blue Cloth with silver embossing is fine, some foxing to endpapers, and top of pages a bit dull. DJ missing two pieces with spine darkening. Dust jacket art and decorations by Edward Shenton. 'Although Jumper was harnessed almost daily that winter, the chores assigned to him were so light that he considered them as recreation rather than labor. The loads of hay, straw, and wood that he was required to pull were no burden at all. In this and other ways he was shown special favors. Even the stable hands regarded him as one set apart from his companions by certain qualities commanding their affectionate respect. They gave him the simplest tasks, and saved for him the chiocest foods. / After the adventure with the wolves his fame spread. Complete strangers asked to have him pointed out to them, and vied with each other in congratulating the master on possessing such a remarkable horse. The story of his exploit passed from mouth to mouth among the…
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