Aunt Laura (48 results)

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Frontis (illustrator). dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; tan pictorial c w/green titles; 240.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover, staple-bound. The covers rubbed with chips to the lower fore-corners; marginal stains.

Wraps. Good, light soil, spine tattered, shaken, pages toned. 6 chromolithograph plates. Series: Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books #10 25.7x22.4 cm. no pagination.

Condition: Good. Good plus, some wear to corners. back strip soiled, small (.5x1.5 inch) piece missing at center spine of front cover. 6 chromolithograph plates. Series: Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books #33 25.7x22.4 cm. no pagination. Pictorial wraps with cloth back strip.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date but c. 1875. 'Comprising Nursery Songs, Life of a Doll, Edith and Mary's Housekeeping and John Gilpin'. With 24 colour illustrations by Kronheim. Decorative cloth covers. 4to. Sunning to spine. Tears to spine with slight loss to top and bottom. Mild toning and spotting within. Contents clean and tight. Good overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk and The House that Jack Built'. Collection of stories by the prolific victorian children's author. With numerous full page colour illustrations by b/w drawings within the text. 4to. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep, with small tear and loss to bottom corner. Mild occasional foxing within. Binding sound. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to (261 x 220 mm.), publisher's maroon cloth, decorated in blind and gilt. 24 pages of chromoxylographic illustrations, 2 per page, printed by Edmund Evans, each page corresponding to a page of text, the whole interleaved with blanks. Sometime very neatly rebacked, retaining spine and original endpapers. Gift inscription on first free endpaper dated 1867. Very clean throughout. Occasional minor offsetting onto blanks. Generally a very good copy.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Grey, Frank (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1880s. Brown decorative cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges, slight fraying to spine ends, very minor scuffing/soiling. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, minor splitting, ffep loose. Charming colour illustrations by Frank Grey throughout. Includes 'The Little Sportsman's Alphabet' beginning A for Ascot, 'The Farm Yard Hunt' about the ravages of Reynard the Fox on the farm and 'A Country Holiday' about a boy's holiday on the farm and his various mishaps. Attributed to Laura Valentine (Aunt Louisa). Scarce.

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Front Boards highly decorated with title and the figure of a man on horseback embossed in gold relief. Boards rubbed and corners bumped with some fraying to spine. Large Format. Not Inscribed. Internally cracked with fronticepiece ,title and early pages loose. There are twenty four pages of illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim. ( two are loose with one torn) There is uniform light foxing throughout. A Fair copy only.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition Thus. A modernised and revised edition of the 'Half Hours with the Best Authors'. Complete twelve volume set. Quarter white buckram ornately decorated in gilt to front boards and spines. Green moire boards. Top page edges gilt, outer page edges untrimmed, some pages unopened. A little light marking to covers. Foxing to page edges. Tanning to free endpapers. Foxing to first and last few pages in all volumes. Scattered foxing elsewhere. Frontis to each volume. A very pretty late Victorian set. . Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 4 x 6 inches (10 x 16 cm).

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Kronheim; Dalziels (illustrator). A beautifully illustrated early edition of this collection of nursery rhymes for children, by Laura Valentine. Early edition. Dated using the British Library. Illustrated with twenty-three plates printed in oil colours. Collated missing frontispiece. Including: Sing a Song o' Sixpence, The Robin's Christmas Eve, Robin Hood & his Merry Men, and The Sea Side. Written by Laura Valentine, under the pen name Aunt Louisa, a Victorian English writer known for her children's literary series. Illustrated by Kronheim and Dalziels. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, worn with bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Some loss to the cloth on the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning. Frontispiece and title page have been removed. Fair. book.

64 pp. About 1-1/2 x 1-1/4 inches, publisher's gilt-decorated cloth; gilt spine; a.e.g. 5 cent postage stamp affixed to the front free endpaper; a beautiful copy.

First edition. Blind-stamped gilt decorated publisher's cloth, a.e.g. Miniature: 5.5x4cm. pp. 64. Near Fine. Gilt a bit dulled, internally fine. CHR117979.

pp. (iv), 124. Engraved frontispiece and title. Original cloth now much faded and a bit marked, the front joint weak and the lacking the front free end-paper, a working copy. *SCARCE - COPAC gives 2 locations : BL and Cambridge.

Condition: Good. Hardback. Original red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt, white and black, colour illustration inset on front. Covers with slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, chipping to cover illustration, inner hinge starting and lacking front endpaper, frontis torn and chipped with some repair, spine crack, otherwise a good-plus copy. No date, c.1880s.

FIRST EDITION circa 1867 (no titles on adverts later than 1866, inscribed Dec. 25th 1868), 280 x 190 mm, 11 x 7½ inches, cloth backed pale yellow boards, repeat illustration on upper cover, engraved frontispiece with 2 images and 19 large charming engraved illustrations (uncoloured) all of sweet children, happy, sad, shy, cross, reading etc., each with descriptive verse below, printed 1 side only. Boards a bit rubbed, lightly soiled and marked, corners worn and rounded, small chip to surface and small red stain to lower cover, small light stain to upper cover at lower edge, spine slightly worn at head and tail with tiny nicks to cloth, neat inscription on front endpaper, contents otherwise bright and clean. A good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Buffalo, NY: Breed, Butler & Co., 1862. 64 pp. Approximately 1 5/8 x 2 1/8". Brown pictorial gilt cloth with minor rubbing on edges, small spot on rear cover, old tape repairs on front and rear paste-down endpapers, all edges gilt, in very good condition. (Bradbury Antique: Breed, Butler & Co., 14)The Aunt Fanny and Aunt Laura series resulted in thirty miniature children's books, which are high spots in any miniatur book collection. Frances Elizabeth Barrow, the author of these books, was a popular children's book author of the time. All of the books are attractively found in highly gilt cloth. There are five series and each series has six titles. As each series was published, the books were smaller in size.

Paperback. Condition: Good. London, no publication date stated, c. 1870; illustrated paper covers; mild corner and edge wear; spine reinforced with brown tape; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; text block hanging on by a tread; interior foxed; a total of 6 full-page color illustrations includes 4 single page and one double page (centerfold) illustration, chromolithographed plates by Henry Stannard; Previous owner's name on first page; Interior is clean and unmarked; not paginated.

A very good Victorian binding. Gilt cover illustration and titles. Some wear, hinges carefully strengthened at some time in the past. Previous owner's name to top of title-page. 4to, [6pp.]/pp.5/[2pp.]/pp.6/[2pp.]/pp.6/[2pp.]/pp.6 + 24 chromolithographic plates. All pages linen backed. 27.0cm x 23.8cm x 2.1cm. James notes this is probably by EVB. Publication date from Osborne Coll. Comprising Little Dame Crump, Hush-A-Bye Baby, Childhood Delight, Tottie's Nursery Rhymes with Twenty-Four pages of illustrations printed in Colours and Gold From Original Designs by M. Tilsley. Date taken from English Catalogue of Books. Chromolithographed plates are with signatures: "MT" [i.e. M. Tilsley] and "EB". Plates are with guard sheets. "Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house. * Referenced by: Osborne Coll. p. 689 ** "Attributed to Laura Valentine and dated by the Bodleian Library." - See COPAC. *** "Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry (married name Laura Valentine, pen names Mrs. S. Valentine and Aunt Louisa; 18141899), was an Victorian English writer primarily known for her children literature. Her work was often produced in children series including Aunt Louisa's Toy Books, Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series, and The Young Folk's Shakespeare Series. Her literature often was educational, told of travel, or described the London scene. As an adult novelist, Laura Valentine specialized in florid historical romance. Her main novels were Kirkholme Priory (1847), The Vassal (1850), and the Cup and the Lip (1851). Laura Valentine expressed an expertise in Shakespeare, editing "The Works of William Shakespeare" and creating a number of children's versions of Shakespeare plays including The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest. Professionally, Laura Valentine was one of the chief editors of Frederick Warne & Co and the sole editor of Girl's Home Book and The Chandos Classics. Most of Laura Valentine's work was published through Frederick Warne & Co and T. C. Newby. Laura Valentine's full maiden name was Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry after her father Admiral Jewry who served in the English navy. She was born at the Victory in England but at an early age connected with the Lord Elphinstone family. She spent her maiden life in India till she married Reverend Richard Valentine, a clergyman of the Church of England. However within 12 months of their marriage, she was widowed. Laura Valentine died at the age of 84 still an active writer. She was survived only by her sister Mary Jewry for five or six years." - See Wikipedia.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Short colour booklet. Comprises six leaves of text printed to one side only, with six chromolithographic plates. Illustrations printed by Kronheim and Co. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners with tape repair to spine. See photo. Toned covers with spotting to some pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: 26cm by 22.5cm. AUTHOR: Laura Valentine (1814 - 1899) was a successful childrens writer primarily under the nom-de-plume Aunt Louisa. She wrote a large number of simple stories for younger children published by Frederick Warne & Co. Her illustrations were usually printed by Kronheim & Co. , was a British printing firm, founded by Joseph Martin Kronheim who used an adapted form of the Baxter print process to produce chromolithographs of rich, dense colours.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Short colour booklet. Comprises five leaves of text printed to one side only, with five chromolithographic plates, including one double spread. Illustrations printed by Kronheim and Co. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners with tape repair to spine. See photo. Toned covers. Foxing to margins to varying extent. 4cm tear to one page. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: 26cm by 22.5cm. AUTHOR: Laura Valentine (1814 - 1899) was a successful childrens writer primarily under the nom-de-plume Aunt Louisa. She wrote a large number of simple stories for younger children published by Frederick Warne & Co. Her illustrations were usually printed by Kronheim & Co. , was a British printing firm, founded by Joseph Martin Kronheim who used an adapted form of the Baxter print process to produce chromolithographs of rich, dense colours.

FIRST EDITION (No. 17 in list of 17 on lower cover), circa 1868, small 4to, 266 x 230 mm, 10½ x 9 inches, pink card covers colour decorated, adverts to lower cover. 6 colour plates printed by Kronheim and Co., 6 pages of story in quatrains, all printed 1 side only. 1 of 4 brave St Bernard dogs meets his death on a rescue mission Christmas eve in the mountains with the monks. Spine expertly and invisibly repaired, restitched, top corner of upper cover slightly scuffed, margins slightly fingermarked, occasional slight foxing. Contents nice. A very good copy. Osborne I,84. Mrs Valentine was the general editor of Warne's publishing house and possibly wrote most of the verses for the Aunt Louisa series of books. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 332 pages. Volume two (of three) only. Extremities rubbed, cocked, hinges split (boards remain well attached); foxing to first few and final few leaves.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION circa 1867, dated from inscription on another copy and titles at rear, small 4to, 280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7ĵ inches, green cloth, gilt and blind decoration to upper cover, lettered on gilt panel on upper cover, all edges gilt, pages: (6), 19, printed 1 side only. Hand coloured frontispiece and 19 enchanting large HAND COLOURED illustrations by German artist Pletsch depicting young children: playing together and with toys and books, in various moods, bashful, shy, ill humoured etc., each with 8-line verse below. Originally published in Germany mid 1860s. Gilt slightly dull, corners slightly worn, 2 minute nicks to cloth at tail of spine, front inner paper hinge partly cracked, binding sound, small corner cut off front endpaper above a neat early inscription, tiny pink stain on title page, short closed tear to title page margin, short closed tears to lower edge of a few centrefolds, closed tear (80 mm, 3ĵ") to inner margin of page 18, all tears neatly repaired, occasional pale fingermarks. A very good copy of a delightful book, uncommon with hand colouring. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Decorative Hard Back. Condition: Fair reference Copy. Frank Grey (illustrator). First Edition. 76 unnumbered pages, Condition Original brown, black & embossed gilt hardback binding, fair/good, rubbed, corner tip knocks etc. Contents, fair, many pages good, various handling marks etc., one page with small hole, a couple with edge tears, lacks blank endpages and a couple of pages as believe should have 79. contains 3 long poems for children: "The Little Sportsman's Alphabet," "The Farm Yard Hunt," & "A Country Holiday," lots of good colour illustrations by Frank Grey. So a basic reading copy with many good full page colour illustrations. Size: 23 x 28cm Approx.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Short colour booklet. Comprises six leaves of text printed to one side only, with six chromolithographic plates. Illustrations printed by Kronheim and Co. from designs by F.J. Skill. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners with tape repair to spine. See photo. Toned covers with spotting and foxing to some pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: 26cm by 22.5cm. AUTHOR: Laura Valentine (1814 - 1899) was a successful childrens writer primarily under the nom-de-plume Aunt Louisa. She wrote a large number of simple stories for younger children published by Frederick Warne & Co. Her illustrations were usually printed by Kronheim & Co. , was a British printing firm, founded by Joseph Martin Kronheim who used an adapted form of the Baxter print process to produce chromolithographs of rich, dense colours.