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VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear, fraying to spine ends. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 88pp with colour/B&W illustrations.

SMALL FORMAT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.BOOK IS NF IN VG+ BRODART PROTECTED DJ THAT IS PRICE-CLIPPED AND HAS A CHIP AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE.

Clean, tight, square and bright reprint bound in light blue-grey boards with black title on spine and illustrated cover in orange and black. Pages lightly dented at foot of spine, slightly rounded forecorners, else fine. Interior is free of discernable flaws. Dust jacket is unclipped, but there is no price. Jacket is protected in removable mylar, is chipped, with closed tear 5 1/2" from head of spine along border of front panel, rear panel has 1" square missing from bottom forecorner, and price sticker glue residue near top forecorner. There is no colophon or copyright information in the book or on the jacket. This is from the four volume, square crown 4to edition, and contains "John GIlpin," "House That Jack Built," "Babes in the Wood," and "Mad Dog." Caldecott's B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. Stories are individually paginated.

The book is about 5 1/4" tall and 4 3/4" wide. Very good condition unmarked book in VG- condition unclipped dustjacket. DJ flap has price of 5/- net. [1302] 0

Publisher's Names With "Ltd." On Both Cover And Title Page. Printing Information For Edmund Evans, Rose Place, On Rear Illustration, So Circa 1917-1940; Rear Cover With Ads For Picture Book #2 (Only), No Other Ads Or Dates, So May Be Quite Early 1917 Printing. Decorated Endpapers, Color Plates And Black/White Illustrations Throughout. Binding Solid. Remains Of Library Label Under Large Bookplate On Front Pastedown; Remains Of Library Charge Slip On Front Free Endpaper; One Tiny Library Stamp, And One Erased Stamp, On Rear Endpapers. Edgewear; Top And Bottom Of Spine Frayed; Small "821" In Black Ink At Base Of Spine.

VG book, no D/J. Library marks only inside covers. NO OTHER EX LIB marks. 28 full page & 2 double page color illustrations. Brown boards. Pict front cover of orange & black. VG book, no DJ. EX LIBRARY. FINE front cover, text & illus.

Code 32.1151, Some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges chipped, creased and worn, some small pieces missing, Underjacket in good condition, some light wear to edges and corners, Top and bottom of spine a little bumped, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear

h/b 88 pages, condition is very good. Not Price clipped. No publication date shown

No date or edition statement, around 130 pages, illustrated (some colour), covers protected with clear tape stuck down to inside covers, page edges tanned.

4 titles in one, cloth binding worn and aged with faults, cover detached from bookblock, endpapers missing back and front, one page loose, colour plates present, separately paginated, year of publication assumed, likely defective, original Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Language: English

Very good book in pictorial white board covers with titles in orange to the front and blue to the spine; a fading to spine. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated with thirty colour plates [two or three being double page], plus many full page and half page drawings; binding sound; free of foxing.

Used-Good. Good hardback. Undated-gift inscription dated 1900 indicates this may be a reprint. Small book (12 x 13cm approx. ) in white cloth with black & red; all page edges gilt. Colour illustrations. Scattered light foxing; cloth a little soiled by use, with rubbing to illustration on front board.

Used-Good. Good hardback. Undated-gift inscription dated 1900 indicates this may be a reprint. Small book (12 x 13cm approx. ) in white cloth with black & red; all page edges gilt. Colour illustrations. Scattered light foxing; cloth a little soiled by use, with rubbing to illustration on front board.

31, 29, 30, 30 S. illustratet, some Pictures full-page pictures in color, one page repaired with a little Tape ( not on Text or Pictures ), apart from that a good condition Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100

No date or edition statement, around 130 pages, illustrated (some colour), covers protected with clear tape stuck down to inside covers, page edges tanned.

This copy has no stated copyright year. Some rubbing of the covers and edge wear, spotting with age. Owner's mark neatly inked small lower fep. Interior text has yellowed with age, tight in binding. Illustrations remain sharp and colors bright. A good copy for it's apparent age.

134 pages. 8.25x8.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

No date or edition statement, around 130 pages, illustrated (some colour), covers protected with clear tape stuck down to inside covers, page edges tanned.

Undated worn copy with illustrated covers spine cover missing all plates in tact

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!

Containing: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The Three Jovial Huntsmen; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. Engraved by Edmumd Evans. Loss of spine. Front board attached by 1"of gauze. Contents clean and tidy. Rear free-endpaper missing.

Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.

Very good in very good dustwrapper. Panel corners bumped, light yellow stain on bottom edge of back panel, light browning of pages, a very light crease in top corner of pages, dustwrapper shows spine and cover edges browned, light brown stain on bottom edge of back cover, 1&1/4in closed line tear on top of back cover near spine, 1/2in closed line tear on top of front cover near spine, edges and ends rubbed with a few tiny tears, a few light smudge marks, book shows decorative front panel and color illustrations, clean text and solid binding.

A charming picture book containing four stories for children, illustrated in colour by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Rebound, lacking the title page and publication information.  R. Caldecott's Picture Book number one, comprising four tales for children, charmingly illustrated in both black and white and in colour. The tales being William Cowper's The Diverting History of John Gilpin: showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again; The House That Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood;  and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.  A lovely, entertaining copy with rhyming tales, illustrated and compiled by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott, who greatly influenced the illustrations of nineteenth century children's books.  With various plated both in colour and in black and white to embellish and enrich the volume. Rebound in quarter vellum with cloth covered boards and marbled boards. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear and a slight rubbing to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally clean throughout with the occasional handling mark and the odd spot to the occasional leaf. The plate facing page eighteen to 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog' is chipped to the lower gutter, affecting the text on page 20. Illustrated with various plates both in black and white and in colour. Good.

A charming illustrated picture book comprising of four tales for children. Comprising of The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog and The Babes in the Wood. Compiled and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Originally these four tales were issued as separate picture books. Posthumously, this series was created with several stories per book. Caldecott was a well known illustrator and the Caldecott medal was named in his honour. He influenced the illustration of nineteenth century children's books. In original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities. Spine has faded. Small score mark to the front board from the head to the tail. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Tape repairs to pages 10-14 of John Gilpin at the gutter. Chipping to the foredge of several leaves. Closed tears to a few leaves, not affecting the text. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots. Good.