Old Chatty Cheerful (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback, 12mo, 62;32;31,(1)pp, frontispiece and a title vignette, owner's name-stamp on endpaper, text clean and sound, decorated blue cloth, gilt titles, Very Good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pictorial blue and gilt decorated cloth. 152 pages. All edges gilt. Plates and text illustrations. Covers in quite good condition with mild wear only and the gilding still quite bright, despite its age, but the binding is shaky with light foxing throughout. Small nibble to contents page; small area of damp-staining to front endpaper and frontis. which is tissue-guarded. "James 1863" in pencil on front endpaper and reverse of frontis has the remains of a similar pencilled inscription and sketch which has left an imprint. However, despite its faults and used condition, this is SCARCE and is the annual of the forerunner of the Boy's Own Paper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 8vo hbk; rebound in navy cloth, with part of original blue/gilt cloth pasted to front cover; attractively written gift inscription on half title page dated 1864; pages have some grubby marks and brown marks as you would expect in a book of this age that has been used; page edges gilt which has partiaslly rubbed off; , but still quite evident; an attractive copy; contents include 'Christmas-Day down South' (Australia) ; Stories of Whales and whale fishing; The sicilian diver and his doings in the deep; A shark story; many engravings; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1850 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 34 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…