L'estrange c j (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: VG/--. Large oblong 8vo. (40) pp. With 12 chromolithographic colour plates. Hardcover. Or. pict. gilt cloth. (Spine ends sl. bumped; inner hinges strengthened, paper edges sl. browned).

Zustand: Very good. Miniature edition of children's tales, a charming, chunky production containing "Three Little Pigs" (not the tale with the wolf), "Betty Brighteyes" (about a mouse), "The Magic Whistle," and "The Shipwreck." Part of the TEENY WEENY series, edited by "Mrs. Strang," the female pseudonym of George Herbert Ely and Charles James L'Estrange. 3.25'' x 2.75''. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Lodge with charming full-page and smaller black-and-white images. Spine a bit creased, with subtle color renewal at ends.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. First edition. A scarce copy of this delightful illustrated holiday annual from German publisher and inventor of automatic pop-up books, Ernest Nister. First edition.A scarce holiday annual from German publisher, Ernest Nister, who also printed movable books for children and was the first to invent automatic pop-up books (pop-ups had to be manually maneuvered into an upright position prior).In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial boards.Comprising short stories and rhymes, with contributions from L. Molesworth, Helen J. Wood and others. Edited by C. J. L'Estrange, a British writer of mainly children's adventure fiction, who regularly published under the pseudonym of Herbert Strange or Mrs Herbert Strang.Wonderfully illustrated throughout with vignettes and plates in colour and monochrome. In the original quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, with three pages detached but present to the work. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and occasional spots. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1891. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Volume of Pictures & Stories for Little Folk. Edited by L'Estrange. Blue cloth spine is untitled. Pictorial paper front board shows older child reading a book to young child sat on her lap and two young girls at her feet with cats around. 6 Chromolithographs and many b/w illustrations. Some surface paper loss to lower front corner of covers, edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards scuffed and marked. Front endpaper missing. Joints pulled. Small closed tear and slight loss to lower corner of half-title page. Page-edge browning. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy with all plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated paper boards with green cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning. Name of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages lightly tanned and clean.