Shop antiquarian books on “Children's Books”

[ROSEWARNE'S NEW JUVENILE LIBRARY]. Babes in the wood. Belper. Printed at J. Rosewarne's Publication Warehouse, [s.d., c. 1840s] 12mo. [8]pp. Original publisher's buff pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26055

[ROSEWARNE'S NEW JUVENILE LIBRARY]. Jack horner. Belper. Printed at J. Rosewarne's Publication Warehouse, [s.d., c. 1840s] 12mo. [8]pp. Original publisher's yellow pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26056

[EASY LESSONS]. Easy lessons for the young. Otley. Printed by the Yorkshire Joint Stock Publishing and Stationery Company, [s.d., c. 1865] 12mo. 12pp. With several engraved illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, into original publisher's pictorial green wrappers. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26164

Photo of "The good grandmother, and her ..."

HOFLAND, Mrs. [Barbara]. The good grandmother, and her offspring; a tale. London. Printed for R. Hunter, 1817. 12mo. iv, 164pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red roan-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints starting. Leaves browned, several protruding from text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27581

Photo of "The stories of old daniel: ..."

[MOORE, Margaret King]. [LAMB, Charles]. The stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1810. Second edition. 12mo. vi, [1], 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-sheep. Lightly rubbed and marked, later naive cloth repair to head of spine. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of E. Montagu and recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27682

Photo of "The four pictures. Which is ..."

[CROCKER & COOPER]. The four pictures. Which is mine?. London. Crocker & Cooper, [s.d., c. 1860] 16pp.

[Bound with:] The shipwreck; or, "he loved his own". London. Crocker & Cooper, [s.d., c. 1860]. 15pp, [1].

[And:] [Drop-head title:] The journey. [London]. [Crocker & Cooper], [s.d., c. 1860]. 16pp.

[And:] Make haste, and come down. London. Crocker & Cooper, [s.d., c. 1860]. 15pp, [1].

[And:] "Jump now". London. Crocker & Cooper, [s.d., c. 1860]. 16pp.

[And:] [Drop-head title:] "Give, give". [London]. [Crocker ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27686

Photo of "The rational brutes; or, talking ..."

PELHAM, M. [KILNER, Dorothy]. The rational brutes; or, talking animals§. London. Printed for J. Harris...and by and for Darton and Harvey, 1807. 12mo. 154pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions and pen-trials of John Nutter to front endpapers, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27950

Photo of "Food for the young, adapted ..."

A MOTHER. Food for the young, adapted to the mental capacities of children of tender years. London. Printed by and for W. Darton, Jun., 1818. First ediiton. 12mo. [4], 176pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Upper hinge exposed, early inked ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27960

Photo of "Tales of the pemberton family; ..."

OPIE, Amelia. Tales of the pemberton family; for the Use of Children. London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 104pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate (partially naively hand-coloured). Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head-cap. Bookseller's ticket of C. Brown of Margate to FEP, naively repaired FFEP partially glued to front pastedown, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27969

Photo of "Instructive narratives for young persons, ..."

DYMOND, Henry. Instructive narratives for young persons, members of the society of friends. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1825. First edition. 12mo. iv, 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: Henry Birkbeck / from his aunt / Lydia A. Barclay', very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28394

DYMOND, Henry. Instructive narratives for young persons, members of the society of friends. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1825. First edition. 12mo. iv, 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Loss to foot of leaf N6 - touching text, without loss of sense, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28567

[MOORE, Margaret King]. [LAMB, Charles]. The stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1813. Third edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. Several leaves protruding from text-block. Prize plate of the Oxford House Seminary to FEP, recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28648

WOODD, Rev. Basil. Memoir of bowyer smith. Bristol. Printed and published by John Wright, 1839. 32mo. 28pp. Original publisher's salmon pink pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28701

Photo of "Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand ..."

A MEMBER OF THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY [i.e. DUNTON, John]. Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes merrily argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age... London. Printed for B. Bragg, 1707. First edition. 8vo. xxxii, 544pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, brown morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked. Recent bookplate of American bibliophile and lawyer Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015) to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28849

Photo of "The child's christian year: hymns ..."

[YONGE, Frances Mary et al.]. The child's christian year: hymns for every sunday and holy-day, compiled for the use of parochial schools. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1841. First edition. 12mo. xii, 113pp, [19]. With nine terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29843

[JUVENILE CHAPBOOK]. The young invited to jesus. Otley. Printed by William Walker, [s.d., c. 1830] 16mo. 8pp. Original publisher's pictorial salmon pink wrappers. Lightly creased and dust-soiled, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29852

Photo of "Dr. goldsmith's roman history Abridged ..."

GOLDSMITH, [Oliver]. Dr. goldsmith's roman history Abridged by himself For the Use of schools. London. Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1772. First edition. 12mo. [4], viii, 311pp, [1]. Later half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29997

Photo of "Pictures of Roman History, in ..."

MILLS, Alfred. Pictures of Roman History, in miniature, Design by Alfred Mills. With Explanatory Anecdotes. London. Printed by Darton and Harvey...And J. Harris, 1809. First edition. 64mo. [2], 96pp. With 48 engraved plates. Contemporary brown cloth. Rubbed and dulled. Scattered spotting, very small hole to one plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30379

FRÖLICH, [Lorenz]. Lily's day: a series of designs by frölich. Text by god-papa. London. Dulau & Co., 1864. First edition in English. Folio. [3], 20ff. Printed on one side of leaf only. With an engraved frontispiece and 20 vignettes printed within blue borders with letterpress text beneath. Original publisher's maroon cloth-backed pictorial yellow paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Leaves working-loose of binding. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30913

OWEN, R[obert] D[ale]. Darby and susan. A Tale of Old England. London. Printed and published by J. Watson, [s.d., c. 1840] 8vo. 16pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Worn, with stitching perished (the text block is therefore loose in the wrappers), extremities rubbed and marked, several short tears. Occasional light marginal dampstaining. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31325