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Very rare children’s juvenile book from the [Two Penny] Baby Hand Book [Series]. [ANON]. Baby Hand Book. The Hare and Many Friends. 8 hand-coloured, woodcut engravings. (Occasional light spotting). Publishers yellow printed wrappers (light wear). 8vo. London: Webb, Millington & Co., [no date, c. 1853].
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[ANON]. Baby Hand Book. The Hare and Many Friends. 8 hand-coloured, woodcut engravings. (Occasional light spotting). Publishers yellow printed wrappers (light wear).
8vo. London: Webb, Millington & Co., [no date, c. 1853].
PROVENANCE: Richard Hargreaves 1853 inscribed on the upper wrapper in ink.
Very rare children’s juvenile book from the [Two Penny] Baby Hand Book [Series].
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LIMITED EDITION OF 947 COPIES OF WHICH THIS COPY IS NUMBER 244. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ELBERT HUBBARD AND ALSO ILLUMINATOR IDA METCALF. HUBBARD, Elbert.(1856-1915). Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors. 6 monochrome frontispiece illustrations depicted the various authors: Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron, Joseph Addison, Robert Southey, Samuel T. Coleridge, Benjamin Disraeli. Illuminated title page, illuminated floral borders to the first page of each chapter. Illuminated letters. Green suede soft cover (spine faded, covers fading). 8vo. New York: Roycrofters, 1900.
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FOWLER, W. Warde. (1847-1921). Kingham Old and New Studies In A Rural Parish. Frontispiece depicting the Old Manor House, Kingham. Full page map of Kingham and folding map at rear. 8vo. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1913.
WHITNEY, George. A COMMEMORATIVE DISCOURSE Pronounced at QUINCY, MASS., 25 May, 1840, on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Ancient Incorporation of the Town. With an appendix. Pamphlet. [8], 71, [1] pp. (Occasional light spotting, some closed tearing, light chipping, first few pages coming loose). Dis-bound (no covers/boards) 8vo. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1840.
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