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881
on title page INCLUDING "THE PRINCE OF WALES AS SCOUT" BY LORD BADEN-POWELL
THE BOOK OF ADVENTURE AND SPORT
6 FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATES, 4 FULL-PAGE MONOTONE PLATES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. 160 PP. SIZE 8 BY 10 1/2. PICTORIAL BOARDS, CLOTH BACK; OR CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS, BLOCKED IN GOLD.
Hardcover Book
C. E. BROCK. R. I., BERNARD GRIBBLE AND OTHERS
MAJOR GILSON, NATALIE JOAN, CECIL BERNARD RUTLEY, AND OTHERS
8 x 10.5 in.
882
on title page INCLUDING "THE PRINCE OF WALES AS SCOUT" BY LORD BADEN-POWELL
THE BOOK OF ADVENTURE AND SPORT
6 FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATES, 4 FULL-PAGE MONOTONE PLATES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. 160 PP. SIZE 8 BY 10 1/2. PICTORIAL BOARDS, CLOTH BACK; OR CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS, BLOCKED IN GOLD.
Hardcover Book
C. E. BROCK. R. I., BERNARD GRIBBLE AND OTHERS
MAJOR GILSON, NATALIE JOAN, CECIL BERNARD RUTLEY, AND OTHERS
8 x 10.5 in.
883
on title page INCLUDING "THE PRINCE OF WALES AS SCOUT" BY LORD BADEN-POWELL
THE BOOK OF ADVENTURE AND SPORT
6 FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATES, 4 FULL-PAGE MONOTONE PLATES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. 160 PP. SIZE 8 BY 10 1/2. PICTORIAL BOARDS, CLOTH BACK; OR CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS, BLOCKED IN GOLD.
Hardcover Book
C. E. BROCK. R. I., BERNARD GRIBBLE AND OTHERS
MAJOR GILSON, NATALIE JOAN, CECIL BERNARD RUTLEY, AND OTHERS
8 x 10.5 in.
884
frontispiece THE NAVE LOOKING WEST 69 pages
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN OXFORD
many editions exist
Hardcover Book
THE REV. E. W. WATSON D.D.
5.5 x 7.5 in.
885
blue cloth covers with title in light grey decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled ALL AMONG THE BARLEY by N.C. with many black and white in text illustrations, contains five stories titled BETSY BRIAN'S NEEDLE, THE FLOWER QUEEN'S COURT, OTHER PEOPLE'S WINGS, ELSIE AND THE SEVEN SHEEP, and THE FAIRY HAZEL TWIG
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
M. BOWLEY, M.F. TAYLOR, ETC.,
M.A. HOYER
4.5 x 6.5 in.
886
blue cloth covers with title in light grey decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled GREAT EXPECTATIONS with many black and white in text illustrations, contains two stories titled EFFIE'S LITTLE MOTHER and CAT'S-CRADLE
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
HELEN JACKSON, ETC.
EMMA MARSHALL
4.5 x 6.5 in.
887
light green cloth covers with title in dark green decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled THE PET LAMB with many black and white in text illustrations, contains eight stories titled MILDRED AND HER MILLS, THE PIE SELLER, MY LADY PRUE, ROSE AMONG THE ROSES, THE BROWN LADYE, THE FAIRY'S GIFT, BABY'S ANGEL, WANDERING MINSTRELS
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
M. BOWLEY, A. DIXON, ETC., ETC.,
NORA CHESSON
4.5 x 6.5 in.
888
dark green cloth covers with title in dark green decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled MISSING IN THIS COPY with many black and white in text illustrations, contains four stories titled THE RAINBOW QUEEN, LINDA AND THE PRINCE, THE FAIRY GODMOTHER, and HOW JACK CAME TO TEA
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
E. & M.F. TAYLOR, M. BOWLEY, ETC.,
E. NESBIT
4.5 x 6.5 in.
889
dark red cloth covers with title in gold decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled THE FAIRY'S VISIT, with many black and white in text illustrations, contains five stories titled THE SEVEN PLAITS OF NETTLES, WHEN OUR SHIP COMES HOME, THE GOLDEN WISH, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, and THE THREE SNOWFLAKES
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
T. NOYES LEWIS, HILDA COWHAM, ETC., ETC.
EDRIC VREDENBURG
4.5 x 6.5 in.
890
dark green cloth covers with title in red decorative banner, one color plate frontispiece titled FIELD FLOWERS, with many black and white in text illustrations, contains two stories titled TIC-TAC-TOO and BUTTERFLY VALLEY
THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY
CHILDREN'S STORIES BY POPULAR AUTHORS. A SERIES OF SIX CLOTH BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ALL THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 64 PAGES, 2c EACH. COMPLETE, IN A NEAT CASE, 1.50$ part of a larger series also called THE GEM LIBRARY SERIES, cloth covered boards in various colours with elaborate floral design and banner rising from a pot in the lower right of the front cover, black illustration embossed below title in a banner, title also printed on spine, RTS easel and palette artistic series trademark on back cover, RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN & TO T. R.H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES. 64 pages, plus pages of Tuck advertising at back giving lists of other books available for sale -these adverts vary according to edition
Hardcover Book
E.J. ANDREWS AND M. BOWLEY
L.T. MEADE, CLARA THWAITES
4.5 x 6.5 in.
891
158 pages, one colour plate and many black and white in text drawings.
THE FAVOURITE TALES LIBRARY
THE "FAVOURITE TALES" LIBRARY. FOUR BOOKS UNIFORM IN SIZE AND PRICE.RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND. COPYRIGHT. circa 1930's, pictorial front and back covers
Hardcover Book
A.L. BOWLEY
LEWIS CARROLL
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
892
158 pages, one colour plate and many black and white in text drawings.
THE FAVOURITE TALES LIBRARY
THE "FAVOURITE TALES" LIBRARY. FOUR BOOKS UNIFORM IN SIZE AND PRICE.RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND. COPYRIGHT. circa 1930's, pictorial front and back covers
Hardcover Book
HOWARD DAVIE
ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
893
info from inside cover of other books in this series
THE FAVOURITE TALES LIBRARY
THE "FAVOURITE TALES" LIBRARY. FOUR BOOKS UNIFORM IN SIZE AND PRICE.RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND. COPYRIGHT. circa 1930's, pictorial front and back covers
Hardcover Book
HOWARD DAVIE
DANIEL DEFOE
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
894
info from inside cover of other books in this series. children's adventure story covering all contemporary forms of travel-airship, autogyro, amphibious planes, motor coach, glider and sailing craft, trains and aircraft.
THE FAVOURITE TALES LIBRARY
THE "FAVOURITE TALES" LIBRARY. FOUR BOOKS UNIFORM IN SIZE AND PRICE.RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND. COPYRIGHT. circa 1930's, pictorial front and back covers
Hardcover Book
T.CUNEO AND R.B.WAY.
BERTHA LEONARD
6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
895
illustrations THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY, ALICE SEES THE WHITE RABBIT, ALICE AND THE PIG BABY, THE QUEEN'S CROQUET PARTY, THE MOCK TURTLES STORY, WHO STOLE THE TARTS? 221 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
A.L. BOWLEY
LEWIS CARROLL
5 x 7.5 in.
896
on title page HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES illustrations THE TINDER BOX, THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE WILD SWANS, LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS, THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER, THE UGLY DUCKLING 288 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
5 x 7.5 in.
897
red or green cloth covered boards with pictorial paste down colour illustration, title in gold to spine, WITH A FORWARD BY PERCY FITZGERALD frontispiece is titled OLIVER TWIST AND MR. BUMBLE, with internal color illustrations MR SQUEERS AND A NEW PUPIL, THE SPINSTER AUNT, MR TUPMAN, AND THE FAT BOY, THE RUNAWAY COUPLE, THE MARCHIONESS AND DICK SWIVELLER, TINY TIM AND HIS FATHER, 288 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
HAROLD COPPING AND OTHERS
MARY ANGELA DICKENS (CHARLES DICKENS' GRAND-DAUGHTER) AND OTHERS
5 x 7.5 in.
898
illustrations LITTLE SNOW-WHITE, THE SIX SWANS, THE TRAVELS OF TOM THUMB, THE CHANGELING FROM "THE FAIRY FOLK", LITTLE RED-CAP, SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED 280 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
5 x 7.5 in.
899
illustrations LORD ALLENBY ENTERING JERUSALEM (cover), SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AT THE TOURNAMENT IN WHITEHALL, NELSON BOARDING THE SAN NICOLAS, SIR HENRY HAVELOCK AT THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW, GENERAL GORDON IN THE DESERT, LORD KITCHENER DISGUISED AS AN ARAB, THE "VINDICTIVE" AT ZEEBRUGGE 254 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
HOWARD DAVIE AND HARRY PAYNE
C. SHERIDAN JONES AND ALFRED MILES
5 x 7.5 in.
900
illustrations THE YOUTH PULLED IT OUT EASILY, ONE OF THE TWO KNIGHTS RUSHED TO ENCOUNTER HIM, THE STRANGEST BEAST THAT HAD EVER BEEN SEEN, ARTHUR TOOK THE SWORD IN ITS SHEATH FROM THE HAND, WITH ALL DUE RITES SIR PALAMIDES WAS BAPTISED, LINET CAUGHT HIM BY THE ARM AND IMPLORED HIM TO WAIT, THERE CAME AN AGED MAN LEADING THE YOUNG NEW-MADE KNIGHT 248 pages
THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY
Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages
Hardcover Book
A.A. DIXON
DORIS ASHLEY AND OTHERS
5 x 7.5 in.