R Randolph Caldecott (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The book is in good condition with a dust jacket that shows minor edge wear but is otherwise intact. The binding is firm, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. The illustrations by Randolph Caldecott remain vivid, enhancing the overall appeal of this edition. minor edge wear, overall good condition. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1880 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1844S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD: slight edgewear, faint crease and a few faint spots to front cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1881 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1849-S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD: slight edgewear, crease to bottom corner of front cover.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Covers are detached from the pages but present. Covers are barely attached to each other. Front cover has a partial cup-ring. Covers are somewhat darkened. First page is lightly smudged, last page is slightly smudged. Other content pages are clean and bright. ; Approx. 8" wide by 9". Page count includes the covers. Some color illustrations. ; 32 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. c.1890 printing (n.d.) hardcover, bound in pictorial green cloth, is in Poor condition, having wear to top and bottom spine; evidence of ancient water staining on back cover and throughout book; surface and edge wear to covers and spine; some shaking to binding. Illustrated with color plate drawings, and sepia drawings by Caldecott. Wonderful images. The water-staining seems to be just at the page edge, and doesn't impact the illustrations. Poetry for children. Classics. British. DB.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The first in what would become a series of delightfully illustrated picture books for young readers in Victorian England, each containing 4 stories with pen-and-ink sketches & numerous full-color plates. Caldecott's work would later be honored with the creation of the annual award for children's book illustration that bears his name. No date, though orig. published in 1879. Unpaginated (approx 130 pages). Hardcover book is an EX-LIB copy from a migrant preschool in Alamo, Texas, with stamps & markings in front & rear. Light cream-yellow reinforced binding with decoration to front cover. Exterior shows soil & remains of old call number sticker to spine; outside edges of text block soiled. Interior is generally quite clean: all illustrations are present, clean, & unmarked, though 5 pages show tearing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Caldecott, R.[Randolph] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Undated. 24pp, with colour plates and in-text black and white illustrations. Pictorial cloth-covered boards, text block edges sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends. Free endpapers starting to tan; gutters cracked and strained, volume loose; pages tanning. Otherwise, internally neat and clean. R C (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 88 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white by Randolph Caldecott. Dust jacket has minor wear. No. 1. Record # 368443. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 88 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white by Randolph Caldecott. Dust jacket has minor wear. No. 4. Record # 368440. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).

Square super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Condition: Good. 88 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white by Randolph Caldecott. Dust jacket has minor wear. No. 3. Record # 368442. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).

hardcover in d/w (ex libris), all our specials have minimal dewcription to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Square large 8vo; not a modern copy but we can't find a date; small piece missing from the spine (shown in picture on our site and abe) ; internally the condition is vg; ; Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small pictorial hardcover binding ( 4.75" x 5.5") clean square and tight. Dustjacket clean and crisp, just minor siling and shelfwear. 1940s edition. 1942 Christmas dedication with previous owner name on half-title page. Price on dj flap - 60 cents. Contains three hunting tales with great illustrations in color and black and white: The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper; The Three Jovial Huntsmen, a Mother Goose rhyme; and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. Delightful little book! Size: 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Caldecott, Randolph (illustrator).…

Landscape hardcover, glazed pict. bds, Near Fine, sl. bumps in places to bd edges, spine v. sl. sunned, contents fine, bright and tight with lovely colour illustrations, no inscriptions, pp24.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The first in what would become a series of delightfully illustrated picture books for young readers in Victorian England, each containing 4 stories with pen-and-ink sketches & numerous full-color plates. Caldecott's work would later be honored with the creation of the annual award for children's book illustration that bears his name. No date, though orig. published in 1879. Square crown quarto (8.5" x 9.25") has light blue-gray cloth-covered boards intricately decorated with scenes from the stories without, lettered in bright orange & black to front & spine. Though this is an EX-LIB copy, it has minimal markings: 2 school stamps & a call number to base of spine on both book & DJ. The DJ was taped to the book, & has left 4 discolored marks, top & bottom, to exterior boards & inside both covers. The book is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & unmarked with mild tanning to page edges. The old library mylar has been carefully removed & replaced with new & the DJ is in Near Fine condition, with a very shallow crease to lower front cover, slight shadow from an old price sticker at top-outer-right edge of cover illustration, & paper call number to lower spine. Condition is VG-: very clean inside with pages mildly tanned, unmarked except for old gift inscription to ffep & name in big black marker to all outside page edges, along with light soil. Corners crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. The price-clipped DJ is VG+: colorful & bright, with very mild rubbing to extremities; protected by former owner in clear nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Caldecott, R.[Randolph] (illustrator).…

Illustrated boards. Condition: Good. None. Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. Not dated. In square crown 4to., picture covers, with numerous colour plates. 24 pages to include boards. Some water staining. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated Edition, circa 1940. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Illustrated Endpapers & Vignette illus on title page. 88 p.pages,5 1/2" tall. No inscriptions. Very small tear at bottom left corner of spine. Jacket has 3 small closed edge tears ( about 1/2" long) and tiny bits missing at top right corner and top of spine. Jacket clipped. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated Edition, circa 1940. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Illustrated Endpapers & Vignette illus on title page. 88 p.pages. Ladscape format, 5 1/2" x4 3/4". No inscriptions. Bottom of spine bumped. Jacket has a long closed tear on front (repaired from inside with clear tape). Smaller tear on back with a piece missing from top edge. Original price 2/6 with 3/- label overlaid. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Square 8vo. Blue card covered boards with tipped in colour illustration on front cover. Upper edge green. Undated early hardcover edition circa 1900. This has been a well loved book! Part of outer spine missing, mark on rear board. Tear and piece missing from pictorial front endpaper. A little foxing throughout, but generally the inner book is very clean. A piece missing from corner of one page (see pictures) and a minor tear. All plates present and very clean. Caldecott, Randolph (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Early Printing. Paginated in parts (approx 200pp), num bw & col ills. Attractive pictorial cloth in browns on gray. Bookdseller label inside front cover, prev owner name on front free endpaper, front hinge cracking. Includes The Milkmaid; Hay Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting; The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate; A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross, and A FArmer Went a Trotting Upon His Grey Mare; Mrs. Mary Blaze; The Great Panjandrum Himself. Size: Oblong 4to.…

Hardback. R Caldecotts Picture Books Original pictorial card covers depicting a milkmaid Covers a little browned Rubbing to edges causing a little scuffing and loss of cover esp to spine Contents becoming detached from spine and covers hinges loose Contents clean delightfully illustrated pp 22. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Some wear to tips of corners of boards. Small bookseller's ticket on front endpaper.; Undated reprint, 1940s. Small sized edition. 87, [2] pages. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: oblong 135 x 110mm. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white.…

Hardcover. Very Good clothbound hardcover rubbing to the tips, crimping to the spine ends, light soiling to the covers, and foxing to the endpapers; the interior is otherwise generally clean and bright, the colors vibrant, with only light signs of handling. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A collection of the first four stories in the Caldecott 'Picture Books' series, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott and published by the color printer and engraver, Edmund Evans. The stories are: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) written by Wm. Cowper; The House That Jack Built (1878); An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) by Dr. Goldsmith; and The Babes in the Wood (1879). This is an early edition, ca. 1930s, in which the color illustrations are all lithograph-printed as opposed to offset. Each of the stories is ca. 32 pages and paginated separately [132 pages]; 30 full-page or full-spread color plates + monochrome illustrations to all other pages; 8 x 9.25 inches.…

Hardcover. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with light rubbing to the extremities in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and two short closed tears. A nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The first 8 of Randolph Caldecott's "Picture Books" combined in a single volume. The stories/songs include: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood; The Three Jovial Huntsmen; Sing a Song for Sixpence: The Queen of Hearts; and The Farmer's Boy. Each story is paginated separately at about 32 pages. Written or adapted and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Later printing, after 1917. ca. 260 pages; color plates and monochrome line drawings throughout; 8.25 x 9.25 inches. …

, containing: Where are you Going my Pretty Maid?, Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting, A Frog he Would A-Wooing Go, & The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate, each with approx 22 pages, 24 full page colour illustrations, plus black & white text illustrations First Collected Edition , foxing to covers, some insect damage to front joint but holding firm, internally clean with nice plates, book in good condition , white cloth with red & black printed illustrations and titles 21 x 24 cm Hardback ISBN. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. "Containing: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack built; The Elegy on the death of a Mad Dog; Babes in the Wood; The tghree Jovial Huntsmen; Sing a song for Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; the Farmer's Boy." Undated Edition, circa late 19th C. Rebound in plain Black cloth. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Stories individually paginated, Book is over 1" thick. 9" Tall, 980g. No inscriptions. Occasional very light spot of foxing. One small blue crayon mark on one page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Two volumes. Both about fine in illustrated cloth boards. No date. With the wonderful full-page color plates, and many drawings in sepia. Dust jackets show some toning and small chjips and tears to edges. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1917 or somewhat later edition as Warne became a limited company in 1917. Very good condition, tight, pictorial cloth binding and very good, tight, clean text, with no inscriptions. Very light age-toning of blank end papers. Many excellent coloured illustrations. See photographs of this copy attached. (H-11). Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).…

Illustrated Green Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Published. [Circa 1896], (iv), The Diverting History of John Gilpin: 31pp; The House that Jack Built: 30pp; Elegy on a Mad Dog: 31pp; The Babes in the Wood: 31pp; The Three Jovial Huntsmen: 31pp; Sing a Song for Sixpence: 31pp; The Queen of Hearts: 31pp; The Farmer's Boy: 31pp, illustrated with some black & white drawings in text and beautiful chromolithograph plates, occasional foxing to prelims, end matter and edges but pages clean for the most part, some pages browned, patterned endpapers with book plate, spine starting to crack at title page of Babes in the Wood, p21 of the Diverting History of John Gilpin has a tear with loss to bottom edge, green cloth with bevelled edges, front cover illustrated in red black and brown with gilt lettering, gilt spine lettering and decoration, corners a little frayed, top and bottom of spine also - a very attractive book with lovely illustrations. Size: 8vo. R Caldecott; E Evans (illustrator). Illustrated; Children.…