Search Results: Children's Classics from White Swan Books

Nice edition, well illustrated with 4 Full-Page Full Colour Plates by Frank Adams. Frontis. illus. Alice with the White Rabbit. Title page has Brown & White Decorative Bluebell Border. Green cloth cover with Red and Black Rose and Shield Design on front & Spine. Black title on front, Gilt lettering on spine. From the "Stories old and New" series. A little wear to cloth on right corners of spine. Penciled name on endpaper. Noother inscriptions. Front hinge partly cracked. Closed tear to margin of frontis & ffep.

Lewis Carroll's hilarious Classic Nonsense tale of the Bellman's nautical expedition to hunt the elusive Snark with his bizarre crew including the Lace Making Beaver and the Banker. Illustrated with 9 Full-Page B&W Plates. Frontis illus. the Bellman wading ashore carrying the Banker. Buff cloth cover illustrated with the Bellman seated up on a spar in the rigging. Black Title printed on the sail. Rear cover illustrated with a Bell Buoy titles "Was a Boojum". All page edges bright Gilt. Bookseller note in lead pencil at top of half-title page. No other inscriptions. Lovely copy, protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.

Thrilling history of the Hero of the Fens. Period Full-Leather prize binding woth bright gilt armorial bearing of Cheltenham College on front. 5 Raised bands to spine with Gilt decoration and title in the compartments. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Small piece of leather missing from top corner of spine and war to fore corners on boards, especially top fore corner of front (see photos). Prize label dated 1897 on ffep. No other inscriptions. Hinges sound & text block firm.Pages in very good condition.

Delightful story of 2 Christian Boys and their kindly and adventurous progress. Well illustrated Children's Classic with over 100 B&W Full-Page Plates and In-Text Illustrations. Period Blue cloth cover with bright Gilt ground to Lettering on front & spine. Blind enbossed Floral Design on front & spine. Top page edges Blue. Title page had Vignette of the 2 boys reading. Cloth chipped at spine ends (see photo), and worn at bottom fore corner on front board. old presentation label on endpaper. No other inscriptions except old penciled price. Pages in very good, clean condition.

Delightful story of Tommy Merton and Harry Sandford and their kindly and adventurous progress. In this edition some obsolete expressions are modernized, frequent recurrence of the Sacred Name in colloquial discourse expunged and a long theological discourse between Mr Merton & Mr Barlow omitted. Frontis illus. shows the 2 boys looking at vignettes of historical heroes. Title page has a Vignette illus. of the boys with a dog. 4 more pages of illustrations, having 2 to a page, making 8 pictures. Perion Green cloth cover with Gilt title and decoration to spine. Blind-stamped foliate decoration on front and back. Spine tanned and some fading around borders on front & back. Gift inscription on ffep dated 1851 and a penciled name on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Hinges sound and text block firm. Spots of light foxing to frontis and very light foxing to title page.

Undated Edition, circa mid 1890s. Complete with 12 Monochrome Plates by Ralph Peacock and a Plan of the Fortress of Rhodes. Exciting Historical Novel about the Knights of St John and the sieges by the Turks. Green cloth cover with Black, Gilt & White illus, of an armed Knight, and Gilt title on front. Gilt profile Portrait of Knight, Lettering and Decoration on spine. Beveled edges. Grey endpapers. All page edges Olivine. Inscription on ffep dated 1904. No other inscriptions. Slight edge wear to cover. Hinges sound.

Enchanting childrens story of 2 owlets, Bunting and Snunting born in the Belfry. B&W illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. Frontis illus. the Owlets and their parents. Title page has vignette of the 2 Owls. Main text 78 pages + several pages of Leadenhall Press adverts. Card cover with Brown paper jacket illustrated with vignette of 2 owls and black lettering on front. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper. Lead pencil initials dated 1886 on ffep. No other inscriptions.

Delightful Book of Animal Fables. Includes Fox & Duck; Swallow & Sparrow; Lion & Dog; Child & Dove, and many more. Each Fable Beautifully illustrated with a large B&W illus at top of page. Dark Blue textured cloth cover with bright Gilt Geometric design and animalportrait vignettes on front, also blind-stamped Floral design in corners. Gilt Lettering and Decoration to spine. Beveled edges. All page edges Gilt. Pink endpapers. Lovely frontis illus. of a mother and children in a yard full of animals, protected by tissue guard. Title page illustrated with many animals including Elephant and Bear, followed by printed title page dated 1858. Antique gift inscription in top corner of ffep. No other inscriptions.

Republication of the 1813 tongue-twisters published by John Harris for the delight and education of children. Illustrated in colour by Faith Jaques in the tradition of the original. "Cancelled" stamp on title page. No othe inscriptions or marks. Jacket protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.

First published in 1906. This Edition has 24 Beautiful Full-Page Colour Plates, each protected by a Captioned Tissue Guard. Green cloth cover with Gilt Embossed illus. of Peter Pan playing Pan Pipes while seated on a mushroom. Decorative Gilt lettering on spine. Frontis illus has same design of Peter playing the pipes but is a full-page Colour Plate and shows Fairies etc dancing around the mushrooms. Title page has Black Vignette of Peter Pan riding a Goat. Grey endpapers illustrated with Maps of Peter Pan's Kensington Gardens. Fading to cloth on front & back (see photos). Hinges sound & text block firm. ld bookplate on ffep. No inscriptions. Plates in very nice, clean condition.

Beautifully illustrated edition, complete with 48 Full-Page Colour plates. Grey cloth cover with Black lettering and Linear design on front and spine. Large Colour illus tipped in on front. 3 small closed tears to cloth on sides of spine and some edgewear at tips of corners. Hinges cracked but text block is firm. FFep and half-title page missing. Very small hole in title page which is a little ragged at the bottom. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition just a small tear on a couple of page . No inscriptions.

Childrens story about Six year old Willy riding his Shetland Pony on the common and the interesting things he observes including: a House being built and coal, chalk and gravel pits. Main text 131 pages + Publisher's adverts. Period Red Quarter cloth leather cover with Marbles paper-covered boards. Some light wear to leather around sides of spine and some marbled paper worn away near fore edge. Gift inscription dated 1895 on endpaper, no other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition.