Search Results: Children's Books from Quagga Books

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. With a Foreword by Gen. A fitting novel for the young people being introduced into the magic world of wild life. The book conveys the true spirit of the veld - of fair play and courtesy of the wild. Only kill to fill the pot. Previous owner's name on front fep. 11 photographs. 4 drawings of animal spoor. Foxed throughout. 183 Pages. 1st edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with edge-wear to extremities. Some fraying to spine edges. 7cm split to side of spine. Grubby marks to spine.

Humphrey-Milford. Oxford University Press, 1931. Some fading to the cloth spine and bumping to the paper covered board's edges. Small perforation to the front board (now closed), effecting the first 5 pages or so with a minor dent. Some light foxing. Gift inscription (1944) to the fep. 3cm closed tear to the top edge of pg. 33. Numerous illustrations by Flight. Demonstrationg his skill andc with linocut prints.

Howard Timmins, C1940. 6 folk stories from the Amaxosa, Basuto, Zulus and the Shangaan. Brightly coloured illustrations protected with tissue guard. Some light foxing to the prelims and all edges. Some scattered light cockling to the upper corners. 222 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair to poor. Open tears to spine edges and read cover. Cockling and creasing. Closed tears and folds reinforced with clear tape on the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Green cloth with some light edge-wear to extremities.

R. Lowit , 1936. Some foxing to the pictorial linen covered boards and minor repairs to the spine. Binding firm and internally fine with a small ownership stamp to the front prelim. Decorated blue end papers intact.

Blackie & Son Limited. A delightful volume with beautiful colour illustrations of nature fairies. Small bookseller label, some abrasions caused by old cellotape, and the name of previous owner on front end papers. Colour plate for each fairy. Green tint to top edge with some light foxing to fore- and lower page edges. Foxing throughout. 90 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dustjacket: Fair. Price clipped. Foxing with clear tape reinforcements to folds and tears on the verso. A few 2cm closed tears to the lower edges. Creasing. Light soiling. Binding: Hardcover. Green cloth boards with bright gilt lettering and image of a fairy. Some light bumping to spine edges. Boards in very good condition.

Axel Junker Verlag. Text: German. Translation: Collected Fairy Tales. 34 tipped in aquarelles - size of illustrations vary from 7cm x 7.7cm to 8.7cm x 14.7cm. Colours are bright and clear. Cloth boards are spotted with some tidemarks to the spine. Edge-wear and rubbing to the extremities with bumping to the corners. 298 Pages. Contents are clean and tightly bound. Blue tint to all edges. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering and device.

C1923. Text: German (Gothic). Translation: Grimm's fairy tale treasure. Selected children's and household tales. 24 fairy tales with 32 coloured tipped in illustrations. Some light foxing to front and rear end papers with a few marks between Pages 6-9. Light insect nibbling on fore- and lower page edges. Some edge-wear and rubbing. 0.5mm abrasions to the board edges. Contents clean with clear illustrations. 178 Pages. Firmly bound. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Blue-green elephant skin-like marbled boards with leather spine. Embossed gold devices of fairy tale characters appear on front board and spine.

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, Circa 1940s. 8 adventure stories with 4 coloured plates and numerous illustrations. No published date. Small bookseller's label on front paste-down with an 2.5cm open tear at the gutter. Heaving edge-wear to extremities. Some light marks to rear board with some abrasions to front board.Binding firm. Foxed throughout. 128 Pages. Fair Hardcover. Illustrated boards.

Signed by the author in 1932. Scarce. No 276 of 300 copies printed of this edition. A play for children to perform. Foxed throughout. 48 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Softcover. Thin paper wraps with edge-wear to all extremities. The marbled paper has peeled away on the lower edges and spine on the rear cover.

J.G. van Terveen, 1821. Marbled boards with cloth spine. End papers cut off and binding shaken. Numerous illustrations accompany the poems. Some stains and thumbing to the pages and a few pencil marks.

Simon & Schuster. No published date on title page. In a later dust jacket with $250 to the flap and a review for "Sunshine" to the rear panel. Delightful childrens story. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition, second issue. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair. Insect nibbling to front cover and edges. Edge-wear with numerous small open and closed tears, nicks and creasing. Grubby marks. Sunning to spine. Binding: Hardcover. Some edge-wear to extremities.

24 Tales collected and written down in the 1870s by the late Drs W H I Bleek and Lucy C Lloyd. They were dictated by Bushmen in their own language. Illustrated with many reproductions of Bushman drawings. Front cover of dust jacket is loose in the book. Some toning to feps. Label of previous owner on fep with a small word 'sale' stamp. 68 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Lacks the header and footer. Bumping to lower corners. Mild edge-wear.

A story about a gruelling girls hockey match between the Mops and the Tails with a 'bury the hatchet' feast at the end. The colour illustrations are bright and cheerful, appearing on every other page, opposite hand-lettered text. Wonderful centre-fold illustration. The author and illustrator, Kathleen Ainslie, was active in the years 1900-1911. She was best-known for her series of children's books based on jointed Dutch peg dolls which were popular during the 19th and early-20th centuries.

Artemis. Text in German. Brightly illustrated story of a bird and its world travels.

Ann Hoffman. Adventure story for children involving watersprites, animals and friends to solve the mystery of the stolen pendant and golden nuggents. Colour photographs. 43 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Binding: Softcover. Small dent and abrasion on rear cover. Some creasing to the sides of the spine.

Insel Verlag. Text: German. 16 Brightly coloured fantasy creatures with a short verse beneath. Light to medium foxing to pages. Deep blue end papers. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Amalgamated Press. A complete run of the second appearance of Superman in the United Kingdom. Superman first appeared in The Triumph in 1939. Appearing in issues 771 - 792. Each comic in this run of seven volumes features a double spread of the Superman strip. Scarce complete run. Condition is very good. Rusty staples and wear to the spines and edges. A touch of foxing to a few issues. Number 814 is in duplicate.

Castell Brothers Ltd.. Delightful illustrations each accompanied with a famous quote from Shakespeare's plays. The author and illustrator, Kathleen Ainslie, was active in the years 1900-1911. She is best-known for her series of children's books based on jointed Dutch peg dolls which were popular during the 19th and early-20th centuries.

Ann Hoffman. Delightful children's story which takes place in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Sylvie, a lonely water sprite searches for a loyal friend and the discovery of true friendship. A number of illustrations. 46 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm.

Blackie and Son Limited, Circa early 1900. Against the background of the fighting in Natal, the author's heroes are a little band of boys from Johannesburg who get caught up in adventures such as the Siege of Ladysmith, Battle of Colenso, and Spion Kop. 10 illustrations and a map. Marbled end papers. Scattered foxing throughout. . 384 Pages. Binding firm. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated cloth boards and spine. Edge-wear to extremities with a few small nicks and splits to the edges.