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A Ghost Story of Christmas

by Charles Dickens

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A beautiful and collectable children''s story written by Eleanor Farjeon. Eleanor Farjeon was a writer and poet and playwright: a regular contributor to Punch Magazine (1914-17), she wrote verse (as Tomfool) for the Daily Herald, London (1917-30); and was also a staff member of Time and Tide in the 20''s. The stories and other writings of Eleanor Farjeon include for children: 30 works of fiction, most were collections of stories; three plays based on fairy tales, 33 publications of verse, and eight other books. Writings for adults included 11 novels, as well as plays, verse, and biography. Most are hard to find, though a number of her collections of stories were reprinted in the 1950''s.

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Explorations In Australia by John Forrest, Illust by G.F. Angas Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle London 1875 Explorations in search of Dr. Leichardt and party - From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight - From Champion Bay, across the Desert to the Telegraph and Adelaide - With an appendix on the condition of Western Australia. Unlike other explorers, Forrest was fortunate with the rain & had access to earlier maps from Gosse’s expedition which directed him to several water holes. This is an important account of Forrest’s successful exploration, in which he became the first person to cross the Australian continent West to East. Full accounts of Forrest’s two expeditions of 1869 and 1870 as well as the main account of his most important expedition in 1874 across the interior, from the west coast to the Telegraph Line. A work of great significance which should be in everyones collection of Australiana. Forrest began his first expedition as Government Surveyor in 1869, at the age of twenty-one, setting out from Perth in search of traces of Leichhardt. The expedition ascertained that rumours which referred to a party of white men being slain by local Aborigines twenty years before did not relate to Leichhardt’s party but to Robert Austin’s expedition. Forrest went on to the east of Lake Barlee to Mount Weld before returning to Perth.On Forrest’s return another expedition in search of Leichhardt was mooted - this time to travel from the Murchison River to Carpentaria. However lack of funds prevented so extensive an expedition, and instead it was proposed that Forrest cross from Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight, in search of farming land. By taking the coastal route, the crossing was achieved by Forrest in an extraordinary five months. This feat, which had taken Eyre over twelve months to complete, is a testament to Forrest’s formidable abilities as an explorer and professional surveyor, and to that of his brother Alexander who was his second-in-command.The success of Forrest’s first two expeditions spurred him on in 1874 to take on the last great challenge of Australian inland exploration: to ascertain the nature of the interior by crossing the continent from Perth to the Telegraph Line which ran between Darwin and Adelaide. Again Forrest triumphed and firmly established his reputation as one of the great Australian explorers of the western interior. Forrest later became premier of Western Australia and first Baron Forrest of Bunbury.

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A charming alphabet book depicting the life of an apple pie: A apple pie, B bit it, and so on, with each illustration showing children wanting, competing for, and finally eating the pie.

Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was one of the most popular illustrators of children"s books in the latter part of the 19th century. She studied at South Kensington and the Slade and later became an illustrator for Edmund Evans, the printer for Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her method was to draw in watercolor and then transfer her drawings to woodblocks. Her illustrations were so successful that she exhibited them at the Royal Academy in 1877 and the Fine Arts Society in 1891. She was also a friend of John Ruskin and maintained a long correspondence with him.

This is the first Warne edition published the same year as the first edition. Engraved And Printed By Edmund Evans, published by George Routledge in London in 1886.

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Aesop’s Fables A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones, With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Published in London by William Heinemann, 1912. This first edition has 13 color plates and 53 black-and-white drawings, many full-page, by Arthur Rackham. Rackham illustrates such classic morality tales as "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Fir-tree and the Bramble" and "The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea." "The Aesop illustrations contain several self-caricatures of Rackham, including the man who catches the flea". Rackham"s artitistic ability was recognized early and he developed his talents over a lifetime of work. He had a penchant for the fantastic and many of the subjects he drew displayed dark or disturbing characteristics. The "Fables" was one of a series of yearly publications illustrated by Rackham for the Christmas season. It is somewhat unusual in that there are several self caricatures and a drawing of his home in Chalot Gardens. Rackham was well-suited to give us these classic animal tales and his creatures are wonderful. There is a quality that presents the morality tales with a touch of softness to the youthful reader. A nice copy of a special children"s book. Filled with the classic fables we all know and love including The Fox and the Grapes, The Cat and the Mice, The Bear and the Fox and tons more. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Between 620 and 560 B.C. Aesop, a freedman, came to the court of Croesus, King of Lydia in Asia Minor. Aesop had been a slave on the island of Iadmon and had gained some fame as a narrator of tales about animals. Aesop gained favour with Croesus and eventually became employed as a sort of Ambassador to various Greek capitals. At Corinth he warned against ‘mob rule’ in a fable latyer used by Socrates. In athens he used the fable ‘The Frogs Desiring a King” to examplify leaving well enough alone. Unfortunately, in Delphi , he was accused unjustly of theft and put to death. However, his famed lived on and 200 years after his death a statue of him was erected in Athens and placed in front of the ‘Seven Sages’. After more than 2 and a half centuries the essence and body of Aesop’s fables are still alive and enjoyed and pondered over in many languages around the world.

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Ancient Egypt A History of Egypt from pre-dynastic time to the Persian invasions of 400 B.C. Written by Oxford professor of ancient history, George Rawlinson, with the collaboration of Arthur Gilman. Numerous illustrations and reproductions from engravings George Rawlinson (1812-1902), English churchman, scholar and historian, is most well known for his translation of the History of Herodotus (in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir Gardner Wilkinson) [1858-1860]; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World [1862-1867]; and this Great study of Ancient Egypt. This book is an account of Ancient Egypt, combining its antiquities with its history. Covering all aspects of life in ancient culture---manners, customs, art, science, literature, religion, and presents the general course of important historical events. Canon George Rawlinson (23 November 1812 – 7 October 1902), was a 19th century English scholar and historian. He was born at Chadlington, Oxfordshire, and was the younger brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson. George Rawlison, M.A., F.R.G.S., Canon of Canterbury and Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford Having taken his degree at the University of Oxford (from Trinity College) in 1838, he was elected to a fellowship at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1840, of which from 1842 to 1846 he was fellow and tutor. He was ordained in 1841, was Bampton lecturer in 1859, and was Camden professor of ancient history from 1861 to 1889. In 1872 he was appointed canon of Canterbury, and after 1888 he was rector of All Hallows, Lombard Street. In 1873 he was appointed proctor in Convocation for the Chapter of Canterbury. He married Louisa, daughter of Sir RA Chermside, in 1846. His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus (in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson), 1858-60; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862-67; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy (Parthian), 1873; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy (Sassanian), 1875; Manual of Ancient History, 1869; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871; The Origin of Nations, 1877; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881; Egypt and Babylon, 1885; History of Phoenicia, 1889; Parthia, 1893; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898. He was a contributor to the Speaker''s Commentary, the Pulpit Commentary, Smith''s Dictionary of the Bible, and various similar publications; and he was the author of the article "Herodotus" in the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Rawlinson, George, 1812–1902, English Orientalist and historian, educated at Oxford. He is known for his long, authoritative, and still useful histories of the ancient world. His most famous history is that of The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (4 vol., 1862–67). He and his brother, Sir Henry C. Rawlinson (of whom he wrote a biography), edited works by Herodotus.

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A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley A Book of Scoundrels was first published by William Heinemann 1896, some chapters originally appeared in the National Observer, New Review, Pall Mall Gazette and Macmillan''s Magazine. This list of "scoundrels" includes stories of Captain Hind; Moll Cutpurse and Jonathan Wild; Ralph Briscoe; Gilderoy and Sixteen-String Jack; George Barrington; The Switcher and Gentleman Harry; Deacon Brodie and Charles Peace; Monsieur L''Abbe, Sheppard and Cartouche; Of all the heroes who have waged a private and undeclared war upon their neighbours, Louis-Dominique Cartouche was the most generously endowed. It was but his resolute contempt for politics, his unswerving love of plunder for its own sake, that prevented him from seizing a throne or questing after the empire of the world. Charles Whibley (1860-1930).

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Vanishing England by P.H.Ditchfield First published by Methuen, 1910. First American edition by E.P. Dutton, 1910. Frontispiece pen and ink drawing of The George Inn, Norton St. Philip, Somerset by Fred Roe and 133 others. Fred Roe''s pen and ink sketches bring the subjects dramatically to life. Chapters on Vanishing Fairs, Stocks and Whipping-Posts, old crosses, old customs etc. A fascinating and delightful journey through fast disappearing English architectural and cultural traditions. describes an England that, even in those balmy pre-war days, was fast disappearing. From the architecture of old country houses, village green cottages and public buildings to traditional country fairs, games and customs, this volume is a mine of information on a now almost completely vanished English cultural heritage. Ditchfield warned against destroying the national heritage, irreplaceable national treasures, and customs. He did not foresee high rise flats or motorways, he hated iron bridges and the ''modern French style''. Beautfully illustrated. Book covers townwalls,streets, castles,churches,mansions,prehistoric remains,cathedral cities,inns, municipal buildings,old crosses,stocks,bridges, hospitals,almhouses,fairs, old documents,old customs, vanishing scenery. "Vanishing England was first published in 1910 and reflects the author''s concerns for what he then saw as the decline in traditional English life and customs. Today, some eighty years later, much of what the author wrote about has already taken place." Illustrated throughout with pencil drawings by Fred Roe.

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Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
A book of ballads and songs by W.S.Gilbert, English dramatist and writer of humorous verse, he is best remembered as librettist of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
“I collected the most popular of the songs and ballads which I had written for the series of light operas with which my name is associated, and published them under the title of "Songs of a Savoyard". It recently occurred to me that these songs had so much in common with "The Bab Ballads" that it might be advisable to weld the two books into one. This is, briefly, the history of the present volume.”
Gilbert wrote a large number of ballads for the magazine Fun using his pen-name Bab. These Bab Ballads became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plots and songs for the Grand Operas.
Contains ''The Yarn of The Nancy Bell'', ''Captain Reece'', ''The Bishop and the Busman'' and many others. The book is illustrated with black and white drawing illustrations by the author.
His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic pieces. Often associated with his musical collaborator, the composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was a dramatist, published poet, and satirist before composing the lyrics for the operettas that have immortalized his name. Born in London on 18 November 1836, the son of a retired naval surgeon, he traveled with his parents throughout Europe, and at the age of two was kidnapped and held for ransom by Italian bandits. Returning with his family (which included three sisters) to London in 1849, he studied first at the Great Ealing School and then at King''s College, but decided upon a career in the military as an artillery officer rather than continue studies at Oxford. However, just as he finished his military training the Crimean War ended, and he found employment as a clerk of the Privy Council at the Educational Department (1857 to 1864).
Gilbert himself explained how the Bab Ballads came about:
In 1861 Fun was started, under the editorship of Mr H. J. Byron. With much labour I turned out an article three-quarters of a column long, and sent it to the editor, together with a half-page drawing on wood. A day or two later the printer of the paper called upon me, with Mr Byron''s compliments, and staggered me with a request to contribute a column of ''copy'' and a half-page drawing every wekk for the term of my natural life. I hardly knew how to treat the offer, for it seemed to me that into that short article I had poured all I knew. I was empty. I had exhausted myself: I didn''t know any more. However, the printer encouraged me (with Mr Byron''s compliments), and I said I would try. I did try, and I found to my surprise that there was a little left, and enough indeed to enable me to contribute some hundreds of columns to the periodical throughout his editorship, and that of his successor, poor Tom Hood! (Gilbert, 1883).
Finally, in 1897, Gilbert produced The “Bab” Ballads with which are included Songs of a Savoyard. This volume included all of the Bab Ballads that had appeared in any of the earlier collected volumes, the sixty-nine "Songs of a Savoyard" from the 1890 volume, and eighteen additional lyrics in the same format from the four new operas he had written since then. The Bab Ballads and illustrated opera lyrics alternated, creating the impression of one integrated body of work.

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Stories From Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. This collection first published in London by Hodder & Stoughton, (1911) Seven children''s stories by the celebrated master story-teller with illustrations by the master illustrator of the 19th and 20th centuries. Edmund Dulac was one of the central illustrators of the Edwardian period, he remained true to the medium of watercolor, and the critics were unanimous in their praise. He was recognized as an illustrator of first rank, a master of the fantastic and exotic, and "a dreamer of extraordinary dreams". Among the 28 color plates in this volume are several of the artists most loved and celebrated illustrations: "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor"s New Clothes" and "The Princess and the Pea". This collection includes The Snow Queen, The Nightingale, The Real Princess, The Garden of Paradise, The Mermaid, The Emperor''s New Clothes, and The Wind''s Tale. Dulac was a French artist who moved to England in 1905, becoming a citizen in 1912. He was primarily a book illustrator, mostly working on fairy tales and legends. In addition, he was a caricaturist, portraitist, sculptor, and designer. Of all the great book illustrators, Dulac remained the most active throughout his life. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author and poet, wrote many poems, plays, stories and travel essays, but is best known for his fairy tales of which there are over one hundred and fifty, published in numerous collections during his life and many still in print today. Born on 2 April, 1805 in Odense, on the Danish island of Funen, Denmark, he was the only son of washerwoman Anna Maria Andersdatter (d.1833) and shoemaker Hans Andersen (d.1816).

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