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Published by London Fleetway House, 1914, 1914
Seller: lobstabooks, Leiston, United Kingdom
Good+. no dj. all corners, and some edges, rounded and rubbed. back panel shows some delamination of the top white pastedown - but the boys and meccano detailing are still present - loss is to the outer edges. spine is a tad dulled, but no cuts or splits. internally, no inscriptions or marginalia, but ffeps show faint tarnish marks - nothing unsightly. no signs of any child scribbles or marks and all pages present and tightly bound in, save that there is a small sight of the gutter binding at top of the page facing the title. for its age it is in collectable condition.
Published by Illustrated News of the World, London, 1890
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Louis Wain (illustrator). 1st. full page of sketches depictng the various moods of businessmen at the London Coal Exchange Size: 11'' x 16''.
Published by London : The Religious Tract Society,, London
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Louis Wain Et Al (illustrator). Hbk in picture boards, blue cloth spine; Front board shows girl with hockey stick; contains 'Old friends with New faces by Louis Wain, as well as numerous other b/w sketches by this cat artist; Cover boards worn at edges; contents generally good & clean; G++; The School Girl's Annual; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Published by Illustrated News of the World, London, 1890
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Louis Wain (illustrator). 1st. full page cartoon engraving: Louis Wain depicting the struggles between dog and master and patent leather boots. Size: 11'' x 16''.
Published by JAMES CLARKE,UK, 1897
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.CARD COVERS ORIGINAL. GOOD COPY.RUBBED ILLUSTRATED FRONT BOARDSWEAKENING HINGES.A FEW PAGE CORNER CREASES.96/G Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by London; Juvenile Productions
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Agnes Richardson Et Al (illustrator). H/b; illus boards; G; 4to; spine worn; some foxing throughout; loose illus page; some b/w Louis Wain line drawings; cover illustration is by Agnes Richardson and shows 2 children under an umbrella; although worn in places, this is a lovely book full of gorgeous illustrations, some in colour. Acouple of the colour plates are detached. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Published by Published by The Epworth Press, J. Alfred Sharp, London circa . 1920., 1920
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, faded navy title lettering to the blue cloth spine, 'Recaps' advertisement to the rear cover. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains printed pages of text with colour frontispiece by Louis Wain 'A Surprise For All', one other colour plate by Harry B. Neilson, red and black plates and monochrome illustrations throughout. First story is 'The Young Adventurers' by Nellie Fielding. Cheap paper browning to the edges, corners bumped, one repaired tear and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANNUALS & YEARBOOKS.
Published by London Fleetway House, 1914
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1914, 4to, 250 x 190 mm, 9¾ x 7½ inches, green cloth backed boards, yellow border to upper cover with pretty coloured illustration by S.B. Pearse (a little boy has a little mermaid in his fishing net), lower cover white with Meccano advert, 208 pages. Coloured frontispiece of the Hippo Boys and 3 colour plates including A.E. Jackson and Hilda Cowham (Dolly you must not splash), black and white and tinted illustrations by Jackson, Louis Wain (5 small cat drawings), Tom Browne, many of cats by S. J. Cash imitating Louis Wain, photo stories of Dutch dolls' antics by Louise Robbins. A delightful attractive annual for young children. Spine partly damp-faded, paper on lower cover eroded along the edges, no loss of image or text, 10 mm (½") split just above bottom of upper hinge, no inscriptions, contents clean and bright. A very good plus copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.
Published by UK: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, nd
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Louis Wain ; Florence Hardy; A L Bowley; M BowleyEt Al (illustrator). 4to; illustrated board covers (Cow & calf looking over gate) ; red cloth spine; front hinge cracked; pretty colour frontis; black and white and single colour drawings throughout; 2 Louis Wain b/w illustrated stories - the first is called 'Who Won? ' and has 4 humorous illustrations of Cats playing cricket and football, the second poem 'Dressing up' has 2 quite large illustrations of a cat dressing up'; G+; Father Tucks Golden Gift Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Published by London: Ward, Lock & co. n.d.
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Margaret Tarrant; Anne Anderson (illustrator). Hbk; 4to; undated; colour illustrated boards, with golly, by Topham; cloth spine; colour frontis by Anne anderson; one full page b/w line drawing by anne Anderson; b/w illus. On page 56 by Louis Wain; pp28 & 29 contain 4 line drawings by Louis wain; p16 has b/w illus. By L Wain; many illus. By H G C Marsh; p25 has line drawing by M tarrant; one full page colour plate by alan wright; G+; most illustrations are white/bright and clean; main faults are wear to cover edges and cloth spine;; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Published by Ldn: Hodder and Stoughton, 1898., 1898
Seller: Bookstand, Poole, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. 16 full page illustrations by Louis Wain. Introduced by Ishbel Aberdeen and Marjorie A. H. Gordon, the editors of Wee Willie Winkie. Green pictorial cloth gilt with bevel edges. All edges gilt. Corners and spine worn, covers slightly marked, endpapers browned, contents shaken, some pages slightly thumbed. 8vo. 115pp. An early Wain.
Published by Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd no date given [1915], London, 1915
First Edition
, unpaginated, approx 70 pages, with colour frontispiece plus two-tone illustrations throughout, part of Father Tuck's Golden Gift Series First Edition , textblock only held to rear board, boards scuffed around edges,front free endpaper and frontispiece loose, owner's inscription on front free endpaper, pages tanned at edges, in fair condition , illustrated paper covered boards, red cloth spine 26 x 19 cm Hardback ISBN:
, xvi, 77 pages, two books in one - The Monkey That Would Not Be Killed and Gum, new edition with a preface by the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, illustrated with 16 black & white plates New Edition , light spotting to some pages, cover slightly rubbed at edges, small tear to joint at head of spine, book in good condition , beige cloth with colour illustrated cover and gilt titles to spine 19 x 13 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by Melrose, London, 1923
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Louis Wain (illustrator). New & revised. 8vo hbk; illustrated cloth covered boards in almost very good condition; gilt lettering to spine; 16 b/w plates by Louis Wain; neat name on fep; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Northumberland Avenue, London Twelfth Thousand . London 1887., 1887
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and gilt detailed animals to the spine, front and rear covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xii] 199 [12] printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Brown ghosting to the end papers, sporadic foxing, ink message to the half-title page, corners pushed-in and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Published by Published by S. W. Partridge & Co., London, 1905
First Edition
, 188 pages illustrated in black and white with colour frontispiece, plus 19 pages publisher's catalogue at rear, includes a black & white Louis Wain illustration titled "A peep into dogdom" First Edition , corners rubbed, head and tail of spine a little bumped, light marks to covers, previous owners' inscription on front free endpaper, lightly tanned at edges of pages but otherwise clean inside, book in good condition , red pictorial cloth, gilt and black title and illustration , octavo, 23.5 cm x 18 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by Published by Blackie and Son Limited [1925], Glasgow, 1925
First Edition
, 48 unpaginated pages, 6 full colour plates and smaller black and white illustrations, stories included are: Winkie in Trouble, A Truce, Willie Walker, Jim by Alice Talwin Morris, An Awkward Case, Fair Play, Frightening Wood, Robin in Father Christmas's Land, The Story of the Cheeky Rabbit, Lettice and the Cherry Lady, Olaf's Reindeer, The Dragon-Fly, The Little Owl's Party, Two Points of Agreement, The See-Saw Stone plus several rhymes First Edition , corners and edges scuffed, spine rubbed at ends, neat inscription to front free endpaper, front hinge split but board held, small bookseller's labels to rear endpaper, small blue mark to one page, others clean, book in good condition , cloth spine with colour illustrated boards , large octavo, 28 cm x 22 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1898, London, 1898
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. WAIN Louis (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1898. 1st Edition. Description: Red [silk?] cloth with gilt titles illustration of pig and dog to front board. Bw frontis and 23 other bw illustrations by Louis Wain. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Light fraying to lightly bumped and discoloured corners. Light sunning to spine with minor marks to cloth. Tightly bound with very small hole to front endpaper. Spotting to endpapers with heavy foxing to tissue paper and adjacent pages. Minor spots marks and smudges to other tanned pages. Inscription to ffep. DJ Condition> No DJ. Pages xii, 95. Size: 12mo (large), 21.5cm by 16cm. Book Resume: A collection of seven animal stories for children. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Published by London Amalgamated Press Fleetway House, 1920
First Edition
FIRST EDITION 1920, 4to, 250 x 190 mm, 9¾ x 7½ inches, dark green cloth backed yellow boards, pretty coloured illustration to upper cover by S.B. Pearse, 208 pages. Coloured frontispiece and 3 colour plates including C.E. Brock and A.E. Jackson. Black and white and tinted illustrations by Jackson, Ethel K. Burgess, Louis Wain (6 small cat drawings), H. R. Millar, Hilda Cowham and W. Heath Robinson (5 large illustrations to Jack or the Golden Snuffbox and 4 large red and black illustrations to Stupider and Stupider). Corners and board edges slightly worn, cover bright, no inscriptions. A very good plus copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Publication Date: 1907
Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Louis Wain & et al. (illustrator). Bound in embossed maroon cloth. Stained, tail of spine torn. An ephemeral item - not quite sure whether this is a salesmans sample or a shopkeepers display folder. Loose leaf magazine presumably a forerunner of the later Playbox Annual. Includes a black/white half page Louis Wain and other illustrations and stories for children. There may be other Wain illus but unsigned 'cats'. Cover of magazine depicts picture of clown, red/black. Inside contents include; The School sports - how the fluffkins practised for obstacle race, Marjorie's playmates, information about pets, instructions of how to make 3 toys, Tiger Tim, Dorothy's day, Jokes, etc etc. NO INSCRIPTIONS. BRIGHT.; 002515; 8vo.
Published by LADY'S MAGAZINE,UK, 1901
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VOLUME 1901-1902 OF THE LADY'S MAGAZINE.A MASSIVE VOLUME WEIGHING 2.4 KILOS.MANY HISTORICAL,CONTEMPORARY ARTICLES AS WELL AS CONTAINING CECIL ALDIN ILLUSTRATIONS AND 3 EPISODES OF LOUIS WAIN'S THE KIT-CATS :13 PAGES IN ALL WITH 27 SMALL BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRAIONS.VG BOUND COPY. due to weight extra postage.room.Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by LADY'S MAGAZINE,UK, 1902
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VOLUME 1902 OF THE LADY'S MAGAZINE.A MASSIVE VOLUME WEIGHING 2.4 KILOS.MANY HISTORICAL,CONTEMPORARY ARTICLES AS WELL AS CONTAINING CONCLUDING 2 EPISODES OF LOUIS WAIN'S THE KIT-CATS :9 PAGES IN ALL WITH 17 SMALL BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRAIONS.VG BOUND COPY. due to weight extra postage .room Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1890
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Text block has been detached and then glued straight on to the back of the spine cloth. Hinges broken. Lacking front free endpaper. Blank corners missing to title leaf and one other leaf. Four of the illustrations have been roughly coloured in with crayon. Staining to some pages. Previous owner's inscription dated Xmas 1902. A rough reading copy. ; xii, 203, [1] pages + frontispiece. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, black lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 205 x 151mm. Text in English, translated from the German by J. Raleigh.
Published by n.publ n.d., n.p.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Thin Octavo; VG; deep green 1/4 bound spine with gilt text to red and brown strips; gilt rules to spine; originally published in 1890, this is undated; green cloth covered boards have very slight wear; good, intact binding; strong boards; no jacket; textblock has yellowish coloring; few incidental marks to interior; illustrated; excerpted pages from " a scarce disbound Victorian publication"; pages numbered 201-209. 1365546. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, London, 1885
Seller: Stoneman Press, York, YK, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Louis Wain (illustrator). Rare, original, large size Fine engraving of dog breeds and scenes from the 1885 Ryde Dog Show, Isle of Wight, signed on the plate by Louis Wain. Featuring Mr. W. A. Callaghan's Great Dane 'Harlequin Nero' along with six other named dogs and their owners. Life-saving trials by dogs illustrated as well as Ryde Esplanade. WITH the ISDN's Show description text that includes local classes and named prize winners Fine, pin-sharp image (approx. 23cm (9.25in) x 34cm (13.5in) on a page size of 11in x 16in. From The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1885. Suitable for framing. Print securely packed in cardboard tube. 40% price reduction now applied. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Published by S W Partridge & Co, London, 1904
First Edition
", [4], 188 pages, [6], 3 colour illustrated plates with titles, illustrated title and half title pages, numerous illustrations and photographs in text throughout (including some full page), Sunday School award plate to upper pastedown "Winifred Walden1906" First Edition , slight bumping to corners, slight rubbing to spine edges, split to upper hinge at page 3, foxing to endpapers, sellotape to small tear page 35, good condition , green cloth with bevelled edges to boards, colour illustration with gilt titles to upper board, black decoration to lower board, gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, endpapers with black titles 16mo, 22.5 x 18 cms Hardback ISBN:
Published by Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd no date givenc1908-1930, London, 1908
First Edition
, in 4 volumes, total of 21 colour illustrated plates with titles (including frontispieces), illustrated half-title and title page to each volume (including 3 with monochrome highlights), numerous black and white illustrations in text to each volume (including some with titles, some with monochrome highlights), musical scores with words, inscriptions to some volumes including "Mark Sankey" First Edition , all volumes: rubbing to covers with bumping to corners, splits to joints with wear to upper spine edge of one volume, splits to hinges of all volumes, some marking throughout all volumes, some crayon marking to 2 volumes, some loose leaves all volumes, one plate missing to 3rd volume, plates clean in all volumes, fair condition , 1 volume red cloth with bevelled edges and gilt titles to upper board and spine, 3 volumes quarter bound card with colour cloth spine, colour illustration to upper board all volumes with titles, black titles to spines 3 volumes octavo, 25 x 19 cms, 27 x 20.5 cms Hardback ISBN:
(1950), small oblong 4to, 185 x 225 mm, 7½ x 9 inches, blue and white checked thin card covers, repeat colour plate on upper cover, 12 pages. 5 delightful postcard size coloured illustrations in the text by Louis Wain, each showing cats and kittens, some dressed. Simple prose text for young children. Spine very slightly worn, tiny crease to upper corners of covers. A very good plus copy. See Cope, Nursery Postcards, page 60 where our book is illustrated. The original Louis Wain postcards were published by W. E. Mack in a set of six entitled The Cat's Academy circa 1920. Not used in our book is one entitled The Dog's Academy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black:, First edition,, 1890
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
8vo, xii, 203pp, half-title present, colour frontispiece & colour pictorial title, together with b/w drawings to text all by Louis Wain, orig. blue cloth with pictorial design in black to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover lettered in black, slightly rubbed on extremities. A VG clean copy.
Published by London, S. W. Partridge & Co, nd Inscription dated 1913);, 1913
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Hardback. 102 x 7.5". Good/ No dj. Unpaginated with coloured frontis. by Louis Wain plus many full page & text illustrations also 6pp period advertisements. Some light foxing , internally very good. Other artists include: H. Weir, Harold Copping, C. E. Brittan, E.A. Tilly, R. Strobel, H. Dixon, Phil A. Ashley, A, Flydon, J. B. Greene, Ernest Liozell, and more. Coloured pictorial covers with title on spine. Hinge cracked but firm, some edge wear.