1301. Hawks, Ellison.

Stars Shown to the Children. Illustrated.

London & Edinburgh, T. C. & E. C. Jack, no year (c.1910) 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIIi, 119 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs and colour illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Gilt pictoral and letter on front board. Bound silken blue bookmarker. Gilt top edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded and sunned. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Browning to endpapers. Interior bright and clean. [ Shown to the Children Series, No. 9]

1302. Hope, Laurence

The Garden of Kama. And other Love Lyrics from India. Arranged in Verse by Laurence Hope.

New Edition, 1910. London, William Heinemann, 1910. 15 x 22 cm. VII, 173 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

1303. Johnston, Harry.

Britain Across the Seas – Africa, A History and Description of the British Empire in Africa.

London, National Society’s Depository, no year [1910]. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 429 pages. 238 illustrations. 7 maps. [Sketch Map of Kaffraria / Political Map of Africa (in colour) etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Internally exceptionally tight, bright and clean with sharp edges. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate of Leyland Parish Church Sunday School and Bible Classes awarding prize to J. Pickles for regular attendance.

1304. [Joyce, P.W.] Several authors.

The Treasure House of Prose and Poetry. A Book of Prose and Poetry For Boys and Girls.

Dublin, The Educational Company, c1910. 18,5 cm x 13,5 cm. 176 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners only slightly rubbed.

1305. Lux, Joseph August.

Der Geschmack im Alltag – Ein Buch zur Pflege des Schoenen.

Zweite Auflage. Dresden, Verlag von Gerhard Kuehtmann, 1910. Octavo. IX, [1], 422, [1] Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Illustrtierter Hardcover (Leinen) in Mylar / Brodart-Umschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Einband.

1306. O’Looney, Brian.

A Hymn and Invocation to Jesus. Translated from the Original Irish.

Dublin, James Duffy and Co., Ltd., no year (c.1910). 14.2cm x 9.2cm. 28 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1307. Opera Umanista.

Cifrario Universale.

Lugano, Cooperativa Umanista, no year (c.1910). 15.2cm x 10.3cm. 23 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1308. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

1309. Smith & Son, W.H.

A Guide to Buckingham. Containing a map of the district, 12 illustrations and descriptive letterpress. Being No.65 of “The Borough Guides”.

Buckingham, Smith & Son, no year (approx. 1910). Small-8°. 44 pages. Softcover. Original Brochure. Few signs of rubbing and wear as well as some minor foxing.

1310. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.