Heedless Harry (11 results)

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Circa 1889 Inscription fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 small chapbooks bound together. Marbled boards and red cloth spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages lightly tanned with occasional spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 63 S., illustriert, 15,5cm, farb.ill.OPp (Name auf Vorsatz, etwas angegilbt) Sprache: Englisch.

[32] pp. Text illustrations throughout. 4to, publisher's glazed wrappers illustrated in color. Old ink signature inside rear wrapper; otherwise a bright, near fine copy. Chimney Corner Series.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo softbound childrens book circa 1880's 32 pages of illustrated odd short stories for kids. Contents clean and nice. Scarce.

Disbound. Condition: Good. Undated, circa 1830s? 15, [1] pages. Light browning. The printed border to the title page is trimmed in places. Page number trimmed on page 3, some text closely trimmed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Anon (illustrator). c.1850. Hand coloured illustrations. Paper covers, 15 pages. Note this is in fine condition which is very rare in such a delicate publication of this age.

First American Edition. 12mo. 63 pp. Illustrated plates. Original publisher's brown cloth with title and gilt illustration of a cat at an open window stamped in black and gilt, chromolithographic plate on front cover. Light wear, gift inscription dated 1883, else a near fine copy.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Presumed First UK Edition. Not dated but circa 1845 to 1855. In the original red, blue and white pictorial light card or thick paper wrappers. A light corner crease to the top front corner and a little rubbing to the very bottom of the spine. Some pretty light patchy spotting to the Darton books advert on the rear cover only. Overall in REMARKABLE CONDITION for an ephemeral children's book this early. 15 pp including the insides of the covers. With delightful nine HAND-COLOURED wood engravings, including two vignettes, all presumably engraved by Calvert, but his name only appears clearly on the front cover as Sculptor. No note of the illustrator - but very 'typical ' of the period. A Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy. Published by Darton and Co. Holborn Hill, London as one of their charming early books for children making Moral Tales fun! Possibly one of a series in this 'Fun for Little Folks' range? Delightful and scarce! See Images. ; TALL, Slim, 8vo 9" - 10".

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Not dated but Circa 1850.15pp Bound in pictorial paper wrappers. With eight hand coloured wood engravings engraved by Calvert sc. Very slight off setting and foxing, else a very good/fine copy.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date [ circa 1905]. [32] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. 24.5 x 18.8 cm. Text browning, else very good. Other than the title-page which is contemporary, the remainder of the book is a pirated reprint of a series of 'Struwwelpeter' published by Dean & Son of London in the 1850's. Contents and illustrations are clean and tight. Illus front cover is a little worn but still sharp. Rear cover has a crease. No insc A.RARE AND GRUESOME McLOUGHLIN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.