Appleton Alice M (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Second edition. Colour illustrations throughout. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SECOND EDITION circa 1930, 140 x 100 mm, 5½ x 4 inches, red matt boards, decorated and lettered black, colour plate mounted on upper cover, colour illustrated endpapers, 95 pages printed 1 side only, 24 pretty colour plates. A little boy dreams of adventures with his hobby horse and finds a house full of cats. Small splits neatly stuck at tail of spine, slight wear and tiny splits at head of spine, corners slightly rubbed, a horrid child has scraped the face of Towlocks on the upper cover with the point of a compass or some such (this plate repeated inside), neat inscription on blank leaf before half-title, contents otherwise bright and clean. A very good copy. First published in the Dumpy series by Grant Richards in 1903. When Grant Richards filed for bankruptcy in 1905, the publishing rights to the Dumpy books were sold to Chatto and Windus who reissued this title in their Sambo series, our title being No. 9. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. WITH PICTURES BY HONOR C. APPLETON. SECOND EDITION HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOARDS, ORIGINAL DECORATED ENDPAPERS, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH FULL PAGE COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 6 X 4 INCHES WITH 95 PAGES. MINOR STAIN TO FRONT COVER, ENDPAPERS BROWNED, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK TO PAGES BUT OVERALL A VERY NICE COPY WITH MINIMAL FAULTS. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. 32mo. A good plus copy in light green cloth lettered in dark green and with dark green stripes. A little foxing. No ownership inscription. 86 pages. Colour illustrations throughout by Honor C. Appleton. This is no. 20 in the Dumpy Books for Children series. Honor C. Appleton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (13 x 8cm), pp.96. Publisher's green cloth blocked in dark green. Embellished with twenty-three charming colour plates. Mostly clean inside, toned to edges. Some marks to cloth. Very good. Number 20 in the Dumpy Books for Children series.…

FIRST EDITION dated 1903, 12mo, 125 x 77 mm, 5 x 3 inches, green striped cloth, 94 pages, 24 pretty colour plates. A little boy dreams of adventures with his hobby horse. Expertly recased and restitched, spine very slightly darkened, small light stain to top corner of upper cover, very slight wear to head of spine and corners, endpapers slightly foxed, no inscriptions, three 10 mm (½") closed margin tears, neatly repaired, otherwise contents nice. A very good plus copy of the first edition (last in list of 20). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.…

Hard back binding in publisher's original colour paper front cover illustrating a young boy and girl playing on a swing, black title lettering to light beige cloth spine, plain illustrated end papers. Folio 11'' x 9''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with super full-page colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine slightly age faded, corners bumped, a little dust soiling to the page edges, without any ownership markings. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.…

With colour illus. by Honor C. Appleton. 94, (2) SS. 16mo. Orig. green cloth. The Dumpy Books for Children". Binding loosened.