73334 CHUMS ANNUAL 1939.
London: Amalgamated Press. Color Frontis.& 3 other color plates & num b/w illusts (348pp) Or.red cloth, bright, Cowboy on front, footballer on spine, lacks fly, else a good, clean, firm copy.Includes adventure serial of the future 'Master of the World' and a splendid Book-length story by Stanton Hope 'The Yellow Python'. Due to wartime shortages 'Chums' ceased publication in 1941 $55.00 AUD
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A Monthly Journal and Review. Edited by Fred.A. Atkins & W.J. Dawson.
London: Horace Marshall, Jan/Dec 1893. Frontis (of The Duke of York) & num illusts & photo portraits, (428,62pp) 4to. Nice copy in patterned cloth, gilt titling spine.Includes illustrated interviews with John Ruskin, character sketch of Prince George (later George V) and The Christmas Number of 'The Young Man' & 'The Young Woman' bound-in at end $40.00 AUD
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A Tribute to the Belgian King and people from representative men and women throughout the world.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Sepia frontis port. 16 tipped-in color plates & 8 mono plates by Rackham, Dulac, Neilsen, Crane et al (several have creases to lower corner) with music scores, (188p) hard cover 4to. Or.dec. cream cl...Many illustrious names, authors, artists, composers, statesmen & royalty, are inscribed here - Bernhardt, Churchill, Kipling, Paderewski, Nansen, Monet - from France, Russia, Italy, America and Brita... $38.00 AUD
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The Daily Express Annual.
London: Express Newspapers, 1991. Color story strips throughout illust by John Harrold, (100pp) 4to. Color glazed pict boards by Harrold, lovely color pict endpapers by Bestall. Has NO inscription and price UNclipped.Nice copy. $20.00 AUD
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. Port.frontis & 12 full-page plates (6 in color), (256pp) 4to. Or.dec. blue cloth, dust jacket.With a Message from the Queen & contributions by 50 British authors & artists including Edmund Dulac, Georgette Heyer, Ivor Novello & Mabel Lucie Attwell $24.00 AUD
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Together with the sum of saving knowledge, (contained in the holy scriptures, and held forth in the said confession and catechisms,) and practical use thereof.
Glasgow: Free Presbyterian Publications, 1985. 4th Imp. (438pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.dark green vinyl covered boards, blue dust jacket.The 'Westminster Confession of Faith', first published in 1646, was the product of an assembly of the most godly and learned divines of 17th century England and Scotland $24.00 AUD
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Studied and Revealed by Pont with an Introduction by E.M. Delafield.
London: Collins, 1951. New Edition. Num drawings by Pont, (120pp) 8vo. Or.red cloth, chipped dust jacket.This cartoon series began in Punch in 1936 by one of the most observant humorous artists of the time - Pont- who died at the early age of 32 $20.00 AUD
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London: Wells Gardner Darton. Color frontis & 7 other color plates & num full-page & text b/w illusts, all by good artists, (316pp) Sm.4to. glazed color pict boards shows young boy carrying a pail in each hand, mauve cloth spine ...Has interesting series of 12 well-illustrated articles on The History of Our Sports, Adventure serials and Puzzles and Hobbies $25.00 AUD
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London: Wells Gardner Darton. Color Frontis & 11 other color plates with num b/w full-page & text illusts, (412pp) 4to. Or.brown cloth covers with elaborate gold & black patterns on spine & front cover, bevelled edges. Circular c...Children's Annual founded by the Rev J.Erskine Clarke in 1866 because he hated to see errand boys reading nothing but 'blood and thunder'. Includes a series of 12 illustrated articles on 'The Romance... $25.00 AUD
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The authorized Biography by Anne Sebba.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. Family Tree & 16 b/w plates, (xvi,318pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Best known as the author of 'National Velvet' and 'The Chalk Garden'. Married to Sir Roderick Jones, head of Reuters, she had a long & varied career on both sides of the Atlantic $25.00 AUD
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Scenes and characters from the lives and writings of the Bronte sisters by Brian Wilks; Intro.by Victoria Glendinning.
London: Willow Books, 1986. Color frontis portrait with num color & half-tone illusts, (224pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.tan papered boards, gilt titling to spine, cream color pict dust jacket. $28.00 AUD
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Scenes and characters from the lives and writings of the Bronte sisters by Brian Wilks; Intro. by Victoria Glendinning.
New York: Facts on File Pubs. 1986. Color frontis portrait with num color & half-tone illusts, (224pp) Sm.4to. Or.tan papered boards, gilt titling to spine, dust jacket. $28.00 AUD
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A Biography by Margaret Forster.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. Port.frontis & 16 b/w plates, (xvi,400pp) Hard cover Lge.8vo. Or.red cl. grey color pict dust jacket.Unlike previous biographers the Author concentrates on Elizabeth's early life and her fifteen years of marriage. $28.00 AUD
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London: Fleetway, Aug.5, 1939. With full color, 2-color and b/w story strips and illusts, (12pp) Folio 37.5x31cms.Color front page features 'The Jolly Seaside Adventures of Happy Harry and Sue'; back page 'Redskins Ride the Trail'; inside Freddie Bartholomew (the child movie star) in a New Picture Story; Bob an... $28.00 AUD
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Illustrated Letters of Randolph Caldecott Edited by Michael Hutchins.
London: Frederick Warne, 1976. Frontis.port. 8 full-page plates, 2 in color, & num. text-drawings, all by R.C, (x,284pp) Roy.8vo. Or.blue cloth, gilt titling to cover & spine, pict dust jacket.Acknowledged as one of the great illustrators of children's books, Caldecott (1846-1886) wrote as easily as he drew. Many of the letters in this collection are to the Victorian children's writer, Mr... $28.00 AUD
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London: Eyre Methuen, 1978. Frontis & 15 color plates with num b/w illusts & dec endpapers, (224pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.tan cloth, gilt titling to spine, cream color pict dust jacket.Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) is the first of the great English poets and one of the few to attract the general reader $27.00 AUD
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London: Fleetway, Jan 31, 1931. With b/w story strips and illusts, (16pp) Folio (15x11 inches). 'Funny Wonder' printed on green paper is 8 pages; 'Jester' also 8 pages is all b/w.Front page features 'Charlie Chaplin, King of the Kinema'; back page 'Pitch and Toss; inside 'Uncle Squibs and his naughty Nibs'; 'Seezum & Squeezum, the Artful Arabs'; Ripping School Stories, Enthr... $28.00 AUD
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Fun and Story Edited by Mr Sam Smiles.
London: Fleetway, Nov.12, 1938. With b/w and gold/b/w story strips and illusts, (8pp) Folio (15x11 inches)Color front page features 'Lieut Daring and Jolly Roger, the bold Sea Rovers'; back page 'The Golden Eagle' the wonder plane of Vic Vernon and Ace Eagle; inside Smugglers, Desert thrills, Circus and... $25.00 AUD
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With Captain Cook in the South Pacific by Roderick Cameron.
London: W&N, 1964. Revised Edition. Has 84 color & half-tone illusts with 9 maps, (xviii,284pp) Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Cover & endpapers spotted. $30.00 AUD
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Navigator and Scientist edited by G.M. Badger.
Canberra: A.N.U. 1970. Tipped-in port.frontis, 4 color plates & 18 b/w figures with map end-papers, (x,144pp) Hard cover lge.8vo. Or.grey cloth, gilt, prelims with minor foxing, top & bottom edges lightly flecked, dust ja...Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium $22.00 AUD
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