Beschreibung:

H. (T.). A Guide for the Child and Youth, in Two Parts, the first for children ..., the second for youth ..., by T.H. M.A. Teacher of a private school, London: by J. Roberts, for the Company of Stationers, 1742, two alphabets illustrated with the same miniature woodcut illustrations, the first alphabet lacking leaf A7 (letters Q-Z), some dust-soiling and generally minor marks or stains, 3 leaves partly detached, 2 leaves with a closed tear, without engraved handwriting plates, lacking text leaf A10, close-trimmed throughout, often affecting catchwords or headlines, rarely affecting final line of text, preliminary blank with early ink manuscript name Edwin Bull, lacking front free endpaper, 18th century straight-grained calf gilt, rubbed and a trifle marked, 16mo, together with: Howard (Thomas), On the Loss of Teeth; and on the best means of restoring them, London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1857, frontispiece with lift flap (lightly finger-soiled), hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front cover, rubbed with minor marks, spine ends a little worn, slim 8vo, plus: Ballantyne (R. M.), Mee-a-ow! or, Good Advice to Cats and Kittens, London, Edinburgh and New York: Thomas Nelson, 1860, 8 colour-printed plates (offset), letterpress toned, some finger-soiling, without rear free endpaper (torn away), original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, rubbed, extremities a trifle frayed, slim 4to, with: Blucher (H.), Moderne Technik, die wichtigsten Gebiete der Maschinentechnik und Verkehrstechnik ..., Modellatlas volume only, Leipzig and Vienna: 1912, 15 chromolithographed plates of technical models, each with numerous lift flaps and accompanying descriptive text, models include an airship, steam locomotive, submersible boat etc., some light finger-soiling, original boards, spotted, spine ends worn, slim folio, and 21 others, many defective, including 18 early 20th century human or animal anatomical lift flap books (Qty: 25)