Published by J. M. Dent & Co., 1907
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 169 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscriptions to reverse frontispiece. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.
Language: English
Published by Anthony Treherne & Co, Ltd, 1905
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Miniature book, 3.25x3, is bound in blue cloth with black, red and white decoration of a man "riding" on a hippo. The boards are worn to threads at the corners, some decoration worn off, general wear with soiling. Pencil name on inside cover, binding is loose and delicate. 79 pages, pages between illustrations are not printed on. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.
Published by Chatto and Windus, London., 1908
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 27.45
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Lily Schofield. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 95 pages with colour illustrations to every other page, half title and facing this is a list of the "Dumpy Books" series, this being number 40 and last in the listings, original illustrated embossed green and red cloth, some rubbing at edges, pages 69/70 & 71/72 have some loss, with a piece under the text cut off making the page shorter and the outer corner of the illustration on page 70 torn off, just missing the illustration. overall a good copy with some light handling and dusty endpapers. Small slim 12mo size. *The only edition produced of this scarce "Dumpy Book".
Language: English
Published by George Philip & Son Limited
Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
US$ 96.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Introduction by A YellandIllustrations by E M Spencer.Please note the binding is starting to loosen at the front and rear board. There is light foxing throughout the book and there is shelf wear and tear to the boards.
Language: English
Published by J. M. Dent, London, 1907
Seller: Marion Pitman Books, Reading, United Kingdom
US$ 82.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author (illustrator). Not Known. 12 colour plates. No edition given - first? Decorated endpapers; pages uncut; top edge gilt; decorated cloth binding. Some foxing at ends; front hinge weak; small stains lower edge of front board.
Published by Duckworth and Co, London, UK, 1912
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
US$ 61.77
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st impression. In blue cloth boards with blind rules and gilt lettering front and spine. Crown 8vo. Boards very gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, remains remarkably bright. A little toning on endpapers, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A compelling novel set in London at the turn of the century, from the author of The Story of Isis and Osiris - An Egyptian Wonder Tale.
Published by London: Frederick Warne n.d, 1903
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.31
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition. 8vo (6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), Frontispiece & 20-verses each with facing coloured plate. Original linen pictorially blocked in colours; yapp fore-edge to upper cover. First gathering loose else very good.
Language: English
Published by London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1903., 1903
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small octavo. [88]pp. Publisher's cloth, with color design on upper cover. Yapp edge to upper cover. Spine carefully repaired. With 20 colored plates (2 double-page) by the author. An exquisite little children's book. The leaves are perfectly attached, as they should be. A very good copy.
Published by Dutton / Dent, N.D., NY / London:
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Twelve color plates illustrated by the author (all in excellent condition). No statement of printing. Octavo, bound in blue cloth with white lettering and design, top edge gilt. Minor soiling with several small stains (mostly on rear board), foxing to endpapers, else good. No dust jacket.; 169 pages.
Published by J.M.Dent & Co., London, 1907
Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United Kingdom
US$ 41.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Schofield, Lily (illustrator). Hardback Reprint. 190 x 145mm. pp. 169. English text. The story of Isis and Osiris presented for children. 12 colour illustrations. Bound in original blue boards with white title lettering and decoration. Illustration pages in very good condition. Text pages showing moderate foxing. Endpages show moderate/heavy foxing. Binding strong, but boards showing some staining. No ownership inscription.
Published by London Duckworth & Co, 1912
Seller: buch-radel, Köln, Germany
354, 19 S., Blaue goldgeprägte OLwd., EA., Erstauflage., Vorsatz vorn fehlt., papierbedingt gebräunt., Schnitt und erste Seiten etwas stockig., Insgesamt wohlerhalten., [K4_D1] Sprache: Englisch 0 610 gr.
Published by George Philip & Son Ltd, 1909
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 68.63
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketOriginal Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. 272pp. A very scarce first edition. Illustrated with 6 full page plates as called for by H. L. Schindler. A little sunning to the spine. Pictorial front board. A couple of small niks to the head and tail of the spine with some assocaited rubbing. A little soiling to the rear board and spine. One corner is lightly bumped and there is slight turning in of one corner of the board. A little spine lean. A couple of pencil names and addresses to the front end paper. Light splitting to the front inner hinge, though the front board is firmly attached. Light foxing to the fore edges and half title page. The pages are otherwise clean and tight. A very good copy.
Published by E.P. Dutton 0, New York
Seller: Bookman21century, Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue Cloth Boards With White Titling And Decoration, Moderate To Heavier Edge Wear And Rubbing, Cover Has Minor Staining And Dull, Top Edge Gilt Has Lost Its Luster, 12 Beautiful Color Illustrations By Author, Deckled Edge, Contents Clean, Binding Tight, Over 15 Years Book Selling Experience, Buy With Confidence.
Published by J M Dent and Co., London, 1907
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 71.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth hardcover with some minor soiling of boards, and roughened edges, white decorations and titles on front and spine. Relatively clean inside with xx, 169 untrimmed pages. Egyptian figures decorate lining inside front and rear covers. Illustrated colour frontispiece with tissue guard and 11 additional full page colour plates. An attractively illustrated book published in 1907 in good to very good condition.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1908
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 102.94
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First British edition. Illustrated with 24 coloured plates, 12mo, (measures 80mm x 128mm), pp 95 (but printed one side of each leaf only), slightly worn and marked internally, a neat signature on the front endpaper, original pale green cloth decorated in red, slightly worn and marked. [The last of the "Dumpy Books" to be published.].
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, 1903
Seller: Soin2Books, Worcester, WORCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 102.94
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Unpaginated. Numerous colour illustrations. A series of verses for children. Cloth boards with black titles to front and spine and illustration to front. Illustrated endpapers. This type of caoutchouc (a type of latex sap) binding normally results in all leaves becoming detached as is the case here. All leaves are present. Small split to head of spine. Boards slightly marked. Content generally clean with just occasional marks. Tear to edge of verse 13 but does not affect text. A little spotting to endpapers. Previous owner inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Not ex-library. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 218. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1907 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 218.
Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., 1904
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 129.72
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Schofield, Lily (illustrator). Circa 1904. Very good condition with no wrapper. Very small format. 5.25 x 3.25". Beige cloth with black title to spine, vignette of red-haired boy to front. 89 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few light margin marks and foxspots. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, 1903
First Edition
US$ 137.24
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A children's story set in Egypt, written in verse and illustrated throughout. First edition. In a gutta-percha, or caoutchouc binding with a yap edge to front board. This is an early form of adhesive binding. All leaves are detached as is normally the case, but the book has been collated and is complete. In a cloth covered caoutchouc binding. Externally, sound with splitting to joints. Internally, all leaves are detached as is usual for this type of binding. Collated complete. Generally bright with the odd small spot and mark. Very Good. book.
US$ 130.39
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFIRST EDITION 1908 first issue, small 8vo, 128 x 80 mm, 5 x 3 inches, blue cloth illustrated on upper cover in black and red (2 children carrying a very large Dumpy book), tiny black and red vignettes at top and bottom of spine, coloured frontispiece and 23 coloured plates in blue, black and brown, pages: (4), 95. Text and plates printed 1 side only. Old neat inscription across top of front pastedown and endpaper, weakly crossed out (see image), otherwise a near Fine clean bright copy of this quite uncommon Dumpy book. This was the last in the series, No. 40 in list of 40, commissioned by Grant Richards but published by Chatto and Windus after Richards' bankruptcy in 1904. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd. New York H.B. Claflin Co, 1905
First Edition
US$ 212.75
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFIRST EDITION (1905), miniature book, 79 x 79 mm, 3 x 3 inches, blue cloth, red, brown, black and white illustration to upper cover, top edges red, 83 pages. 20 coloured plates each facing text, both printed on thick card, 1 side only. Spine and upper cover slightly rubbed, very small pale mark to a couple of pages, stitching slightly slack, some inner joints cracked but binding sound. A very good copy. Set in Egypt, a fairy story about a hippo and Prince Boochus the Pharoah's son. No. 8 in a list of 9 Humpty Dumpty Books for Children inside upper cover, 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd. and The H. B. Claflin Co, London and New York, 1905
First Edition
Condition: Very good plus. First Edition. First edition of this miniature story of Potamus, a hippo on the Nile who runs into trouble when he is accidentally deflated. This little publication is in a similar style to Treherne's "Stump" series of books, though it is square rather than oblong like the Stumps. 2.75'' x 3''. Original blue publisher's cloth binding with pictorial elements. Head edge stained red. Illustrated in color throughout. 83 pages, printed on board one side only. Ink gift inscription to first blank, dated "Xmas 1905." Mild scuffing and edgewear to boards. Occasional soil to margins. Sound and bright.
Publication Date: 2024
Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1907. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 218, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 218 218.