Browne Jane J (5 results)

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

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. Three charming illustrated children's books containing both nursery rhymes and wholesome stories that are bound to put a smile on the reader's face. Three charming examples of illustrated children's books, published between 1878-1943.- Aunt Effie's Rhymes Set to Music, written by British hymn writer Jane Euphemia Saxby, including various nursery rhymes of the period such as The Spirit of the Wine. Scarce early edition, first published in 1876. In the publisher's decorative original red cloth, with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations from Phiz, the creator behind many Dickens illustrations. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. (George Routledge & Sons, 1878).- Afternoon Tea, an illustrated collection of verses, written by British painter and illustrator John George Sowerby, including In the Meadows and The Runaway Ring, amongst many other nursery rhymes. First edition. In quarter cloth, with pictorial paper boards. Contains numerous in-text and full page colour illustrations throughout, by both Sowerby and fellow accomplished painter Henry Hetherington Emmerson. (Frederick Warne and Co., 1880).- Stiggles, a lovely little children's book about two children and their donkey, written by K.K. de Karloff and illustrated by Margery Colman. First edition. In grey pictorial paper boards. Contains colour illustrated pages throughout. (Faber and Faber Limited, 1943). In the publisher's decorative original red cloth (Saxby), quarter cloth with pictorial boards (Sowerby) and grey pictorial paper boards (Karloff). Externally, mostly smart, with slight fading to the spine and to the extremities, a little heavier to Karloff. The odd mark to boards of Sowerby, and signs of browning. Slight edgewear, and rubbing to joints of Sowerby and Saxby. Offsetting to free end papers of Saxby and Sowerby, heavier to Saxby, with the odd spot and minor browning to end papers of Karloff. End paper hinges have failed to Sowerby. Internally, generally firmly bound, with leaves pp.17-40 disbound from Sowerby and hinge between leaves 32-33 loosening. Pages are bright and clean, with minor age toning, and the small faint spot to first couple leaves of Saxby. Good. Phiz [Hablot K Browne]; J. G. Sowerby, H. H. Emmerson; Margery Colman (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A lovely, scarce, collection of children's stories from popular authors, with numerous illustrations throughout. A scarce first edition. In the original pictorial cloth binding, with charming cover illustration. With a beautiful colour frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations throughout by illustrators such as Gordon Browne, J. Finnimore and W.H.C Groome. An lovely annual for children, featuring stories by popular authors such as Ismay Thorn and Janie Brockman. Titles include 'Justin and the Birds', 'May Day', and 'A Boy's Way'. With the previous owner's prize bookplate to the front paste-down. With the publisher's advertisements to the front and rear of the annual. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges. Spine is darkened. Marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Some age-toning to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Prize bookplate to the front paste-down. Small closed tear to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages slightly age-toned but otherwise bright and clean, with only the occasional mark throughout. Spotting to the frontispiece and title page. Very Good. Gordon Browne; J. Finnemore; A.G. Walker; W.H.C Groome; et al (illustrator). book.…