Children from lobstabooks

london epworth press 1929 G. original orange boards are grubby, with pasted picture to front - but same is in poor rubbed and faded condition. board is 1/3 detached to one side of the spine, and all edges are worn. ( ask for scans ) textblock is securely bound and all pages and illustrations are present - but… Read more about this item

London blackie and son G Hardback - no dj. Decorative brown boards with sword and cross, giltwork and to spine. Corners and edges bumped with tiny wear. Binding is loose, but only 2 pages are detached - but present. condition reflected in price.

london George philip undated VG. original green boards with embossed artwork and gilting. no dj. presentation plate dated 1907 to ffep. all pages present some rounding to corners, and foxing to ffeps and edges to textblock, but text is clean, if a bit browned. classic children's tale

London thames publishing. G Hardback - no dj. Kingston library edition. front endpaper missing but no marks of ownership or stamps. rounding to corners and top and bottom of spine. Rare copy, but condition reflected in price.

London blackie and son G Hardback - no dj. Decorative brown boards with sword and cross, giltwork and to spine. Corners and edges bumped with tiny wear. Binding is loose, but only 2 pages are detached - but present. condition reflected in price.

London epworth press 1930 VG Pictorial board cover. Cover has edgewear and spine has areas of paint and artwork loss, and small tear to top, consistent with use and age. Some rounding to corners. All pages are present, and the binding is tight and solid. 192 pp including artwork. Slight foxing to prelims. A delightful period feel to… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2nd imp), 1952 VG no dj . light green boards are clean and tidy with a slight touch of edge rounding - but no loss. spine lightly sunned. . 1 inscription to ffeps, which are a touch grubby with some foxing - as are the back endpapers. marked foxing to textblock edge, but not internally. … Read more about this item

Partridge., London, 1914 sixth impression VG no dj . attractive illustrated green boards with alfred and his bow watching the cakes. no inscriptions. large prize plate to reverse of front board. lovely clean copy except for water-mark/stain to bottom edges of ffeps and title page, but almost invisible by the preface.

london sylvan press 1944 VG first edition. original light blue boards with gilt titling are clean and bright, but spine is sunned. no dj. text block is cocked. corners are bumped. delightful children's title. uncommon

new york lothrop, lee & shepard 1970 VG/G FIRST US EDITION. Minor bumping to the top and bottom of spine boards, but otherwise clean and bright red boards with black titling. DJ is chipped to edges, but no loss excpet for very small area to top and bottom of spine. Bit grubby on back of DJ. no inscriptions… Read more about this item

London, Associated Newspapers 1950 davy crockett, lancelot, the wild west to name a few of these tales to inspire. vg with g dustcover that has small tears to top and bottom of spine - but no major loss. small inscription. all tightly bound.

london t nelson 1902 G. original boards with pasted on artwork. boards are worn and lightly chipped to edges, with bumped corners. the problem area is the spine covering - which is missing as to top section, and the rest is very worn and flakey. the text block is securely bound and clean - let down by… Read more about this item

London: hodder & staughton 1964 VG Small octavo. original red boards which are clean and tightly bound onto crisp textblock. No pages loose. prior owner's neat inscriptio on ffep. No dj. For all children mystery fans.

London: hodder & staughton 1957 VG Small octavo. original red boards which are clean and tightly bound onto crisp textblock, which has some light browning to edges. No pages loose. no signs of prior ownership. No dj. For all children mystery fans.

London: Dean & Sons 1890 first edition . original pictorial boards with child in smock . extended quarto with 16 colour plates by elsa beskow. boards are bumped to corners with some wear, and edgewear. some isolated discolourations to rear board, but no loss - all consistent with its age - over 100 years plus. slight browning to edges of… Read more about this item

The Thames Publishing Co., 1958 VG/Good. dj is rather torn and creased with some loss at ends of spine - several long splits from edges. price-clipped. the book beneath has been well-protected. no inscriptions. Illustrated by Gaffron

Odhams, London, 1934 Good+ no dj as issued. The five books are Gullivers travels in lilliput, Alice in wonderland, The arabian nights, Robinson crusoe and Little women. Blue cover with a colour inset picture, gilt letters, and to spine, which is sunned. cover is worn to corners and to and tail of spine, with some edge loss. marked foxing to… Read more about this item

The Amalgamated Press, London, 1957 Good. pictorial boards with flying saucer and spaceman at the bbc microphone. all edges worn and corners rounded. spine binding is cracked internaly at ffep, and detached to one side only for about 1/3 rd of its length. 1 neat pencil inscription. better than a reading copy - but obviously well-read!

london thomas nelson circa 1914 G. First edition? undated but with a prize plate on ffep dated 1918. pen scribble on inside of the cover, and there is a neat tape repair strip. original red boards with artwork and gilting is dulled with small discoloured areas. binding is tight, and text is clean and tight. collectable

london collins clear type Good - better than a reading copy though. no dj. red boards with galleon on front, repeated, and with gilt titling, to spine. rounding/wear to both ends of spine and a touch of wear to the corners. foxing and some darkening to textblock edges. all contents tightly bound. no inscriptions. ffeps and up to… Read more about this item