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Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 10 August 1999
G : in good condition. Boards rubbed with wear to lower edge. Respined and with new endpapers. Occasional light marking within. Some closed tears to page edges. P. 29 with sympathetically repaired corner tear. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 77pp. Colour frontis plate and b/w illustrations within. Tan cloth spine on hardback glazed illustrated boards. Seller Inventory # k0612
Title: Smile-A-While
Publisher: The St Catherine Press, London
Publication Date: 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 21cm), 77pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w by Harry B Neilson, plus a colour frontispiece. Original printed orange boards with colour illustration to the front board. Lacks the backstrip, the boards are rather rubbedlacks the front free endpaper, there are some pictures glued to the front pastedown, and the contents are a little thumbed. Only a fair copy overall, but still serviceable and readable. Seller Inventory # 21406
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Harry B. Neilson (illustrator). Collection of humourous verse by Davis, illustrated throughout by Harry B. Neilson. With numerous b/w illustrations and colour frontispiece. 4to. Recently re-backed with original covers laid down, new end-papers. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+. Seller Inventory # 009299
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION. 4to. 8.5 x 11 inches. 77 pp. + [1]. Title page and verso in red and black. In original coloured pictorial front board, neatly rebacked with recent cloth spine. Some wear to extremities but otherwise a very good copy. 1913 gift inscription on second free endpaper. Illustrated by colour frontispiece and numerous drawings in black and white, many full page. The frontispiece and first poem illustrate a little black girl with her Golliwog but most of the illustrations depict anthropomorphised animals with several hunting and sporting scenes. Harry Bingham Nielson (1861-1941) was a children's book illustrator who also worked on magazines and comics. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S POETRY ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS. Seller Inventory # 23192
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Neilson, Harry B. (illustrator). 1918. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Cream front board with colour illustration of an elephant reading a book. Spine and rear cover are white. 77 pages. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations throughout. A book of verse for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A nice copy. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1315201
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very good in fair dust jacket. Drawings by Harry B. Neilson. (illustrator). First printing. Very good in fair dust jacket. Dust jacket missing portions and with tears repaired with filmoplast to reverse. Seller Inventory # 031617
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Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pictorial boards, spine ends and corners worn, else a bright, clean copy. Illustrated with a color frontis depicting a little black girl and a golliwogg. Illustrated in line on every page, both full and partial page. There are other stereotypical depictions and black dialect, but also verses about animals and images of humanized animals. First editions are uncommon, particularly in nice condition. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 006365
Quantity: 1 available