Search Results: CHILDREN from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

The History of the Tale of Peter Rabbit, Linder, Leslie. Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., UK, 1976. Firstt Edition. 4to - over 9Âľ - 12" tall. Pictorial hardcover with clear dustjacket; gray endpapers. Volume in pristine condition; dustjacket has 2 closed tears back top edge. Filled with reproductions of Potter's own handwritten story lines and letters between Potter and Warne, her publisher. Eight plates in colour and text illustrations in black and white.

Legends of the Red Children, Pratt, Mara L. Published by American Book Company, New York, 1915. First edition reset. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 142pp. with 22 black and white illustrations. Brown boards with black titles and illustrated front board. Very light shelf wear and outer edge dusting; contents are in fine, unmarked condition.

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott. Published by Paper Mill Press, 2019. Softcover. 285pp. Decorative coated card covers, reading ribbon. In fine condition.

The Macmillan Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 1998. Illustrated by Anna Currey, Forward by Roger McGough, Edited by Alison Green. Blue boards, silver spine titles. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped dust jacket has light shelf wear and a closed tear top spine (taped inside and not noticeable from the exterior).

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, Iona Opie, Peter Opie (Editors). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. New edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 560pp., with black and white illustrations throughout. Dark navy boards with gilt spine titles. black blue gilt. Volume and unclipped jacket in fine condition with discreet small library stamp to free endpaper. A comprehensive study of 500 nursery rhymes, songs, jingles and lullabies, detailing their origins, development, literary associations, political uses, variations and parallels in other languages.

The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter; Hassall, Joan (illustrator). Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1975. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 224 pp. with 800 rhymes and 600 Illustrations. Dark navy boards with gilt spine titles, orange endpapers. Contents as new; dustjacket has tiny closed tear top edge, toning. First published in 1955, this is the reprint with corrections of 1975.

New York, U.S.A: Random House, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The Oz Scrapbook, Greene, David L. & Dick Martin. Published by Random House, New York, 1977. First edition/First printing. 11.10 X 8.70 X 0.90 inches; 182 pages. 250 pictures, including 16 in full color with original illustrations, jackets, and end papers from the Oz books. Maroon cloth spine with maroon paper boards; blind stamped gilt illustration front board; gilt spine titles; red endpapers. In fine condition without marks, tears or folds to text block; boards also fine. Unclipped jacket has very light top edge shelf wear. Compendium of all things Oz, from the original books & their varied illustrators to the assorted memorabilia & collector items, games, dolls, to images from the numerous film & stage adaptation; a beautiful tribute to L. Frank Baum & the longevity of his magical world & characters. ISBN 10: 0394410548

A Patriotic School Girl, Angela Brazil. Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., London, Glasgow and Toronto, circa 1925. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 288 pages. Beige cloth boards with red, white and blue front and spine pictorial binding of schoolgirl. Four black and white plates including frontispiece by Balliol Salmon. Inscription dated 1935 and markings to free endpaper, otherwise contents appear fine without marks, tears or folds; binding no longer tight but pages all firmly secured and hinge is not cracked. Boards have very light wear with a mark to rear board. Overall in very nice condition.

Peter Rabbit And The Tinybits, Almond, Stevens, Linda; Margaret Campbell Hoopes (illustrator). Henry Altemus Co. Philadelphia Pa. 1924. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Illustrations from the original drawings by Margaret Campbell Hoopes. 24mo up to 5½" tall. Red cloth boards with gray decorated paper and paste-on color illustration; titles in blue lettering; green decorated endpapers. "Wee Books For Wee Folks" advertisements in back. Corners lightly bumped; paste down splitting; hinges are tight. Beautiful full color plates throughout book. A lovely collectible of an early and scarce title.

The Pooh Cook Book: Inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, Stewart, Katie; Shepard, Ernest. Published by Methuen, Great Britain, 1971. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 128pp. with list or metric measurement equivalents, index. Illustrated laminated boards. Contains quotations from the Pooh stories, and decorations by E.H. Shepard. Recipes include cinnamon toast, chocolate peanut squares, flapjacks, pancakes and honey tarts. Volume is in fine condition with a very tiny spot to edge of final index page; unclipped jacket has the very light edge ruffling and is otherwise fine. In gift condition.

Princess September and the Nightingale, Maugham, W. Somerset, Jones, C. Richard (illustrator). Oxford University Press, New York, 1988. Tan cloth boards, gilt spine titles. Unclipped jacket has very light shelf wear; volume is in pristine condition. An 'outstanding' reissue of Maugham's classic tale about Princess September, daughter of the King of Siam and her lucky nightingale.

Puzzle Pictures of Farmyard Friends To Cut And Glue. By Williams, Clara Andrews; Illustrated by George Alfred Williams. Published by Frederick A Stokes Company, 1910. First Edition. These are eight barnyard scenes; each was accompanied by twenty squares to be pasted to the applicable scene. A guide sheet in front shows all eight scenes in miniature with the correct positioning of each square. The pieces have already been mounted. Full color 14.5 x 11. In very good condition given its age and purpose. Some edge wear; a closed tear (aprox 1 inch) on top edge of back pages and paper loss (aprox 1.5 inch) in same place on final page and back cover not affecting pictures. Very rare.

The Railway Children, Nesbit, Edith (Inga Moore, illus.; Introduction by Helena Cresswell) Published by The Folio Society, London, 1999. 8vo., xviii, 188 pages, colour frontispiece and title page and seven other full-page illustrations by Inga Moore. Volume in pristine condition; matching slipcase is structurally fine with light scuffing to one side.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1958. Hardcover. See Notes/See Notes. The Rilloby Fair Mystery, Blyton, Enid. Collins, London and Glasgow, 1958. Illustrated throughout by Gilbert Dunlop. Red cloth boards, black spine titles, top edge red. Clipped dustjacket has a tiny closed tear bottom spine; light edge rubbing. Text block fine without marks, tears or folds. Very minor spine roll; boards are fine and binding firm.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1958. Hardcover. See Notes/See Notes. The Rockingdown Mystery, Blyton, Enid. Collins, London and Glasgow, 1958. Illustrated throughout by Gilbert Dunlop. Red cloth boards, black spine titles, top edge red. Unclipped dustjacket has a few tiny closed tears along spine and edges. Text block fine without marks, tears or folds. Binding firm; boards in fine condition.

Rupert Annual - 1974. Published by Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., London, 1974. Illustrated laminated boards; Rupert holding snowman. 115 pages. Octavo (20-25 cm high). First story is Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and end papers by Alex Cubie. This copy is in fine condition without any marks including names and presents in unread condition. Only flaw is a strip of lifted paper top edge page 115. Daily Express Rupert Annual—An annual featuring the children's comic strip character Rupert Bear, one of which has been released every year since 1936.

Adventures Of Rupert. Rupert Daily Express Annual 1950 by Alfred Bestall, Published by Daily Express, 1950. Illustrated hard cover boards; Rupert riding a seashell on front board. 120 pages. Octavo (20-25 cm high). First story is Rupert's Silver Trumpet. Full color illustrations throughout including endpapers. Boards are bright and clean; light rubbing to edges; corners worn. Spine is taped with blue fabric binding; inner hinges are cracked but firmly held. Not priced cut. Name on "book belongs to" box is neatly penned; 2 Christmas stickers and penciled Christmas 1950 top edge. Pages are overall in very good to near fine condition, defects are notes as: 3 closed tears fore edge of page 11/12; 3 tiny smudge marks to Travel Machine page 81; light crease corner of page 109 and 2 tiny (1-2mm) closed tears bottom edge; garden puzzle page 119 partially and lightly filled in.Daily Express Rupert Annual—An annual featuring the children's comic strip character Rupert Bear, one of which has been… Read More

The Secret Garden, Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Illustrated By McKowen, Scott, Sterling Pub. Co., New York, 2004. Orange boards, brown spines with gilt titles, reading ribbon. Volume and unclipped jacket in beautiful condition.

The Sign Of The Seahorse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts, Base, Graeme, Stoddart Publishing, Toronto, 1992. First edition. Printed in Australia. Illustrated glossy boards match dust jacket illustration. Very light shelf wear to unclipped jacket; in lovely condition.

Silent Night: The Song From Heaven, Granfield, Linda; Art by Nelly and Ernst Hofer Linda. Published by Tundra Books, Toronto, 1997. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Unpaginated, [24pp.]. Red paper boards with gilt spine titles gilt angel to front board, cream marbled endpapers. Illustrated in black, white and gold "scherenschnitt" (cut paper art), popular at the time the hymn Silent Night was written. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine, unread, unmarked condition.