Childhood by Githa Sowerby - 1907

Chatto and Windus, 1907. First. Hardback book. Fair/No Jacket. Millicent Sowerby. Wear and scuffing to covers. Wear to binding but still firm. Penned inscription and some crayon marks to endpapers. Light spotting to pages. For more information on our condition gradings, see Terms of Sale below.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1907. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Sowerby Millicent. A near very good copy. Blue cloth spine with greenish-blue paper-covered boards. Lettered in gilt on spine and upper board and decorated in gilt on upper board. Some wear to spine ends. Gift inscription on front free end-paper. Quite a clean copy with just a little foxing. Decorated end-papers. 46 pages. Illustrated throughout including 12 full-page coloured plates. A book of poems for children.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". Millicent Sowerby. The first edition of this colourful collection of children's poetry by the sister duo Millicent and Githa Sowerby, complete with Millicent's twelve colour plates. The first edition of this work.A collection of nineteen poems for children, ruminating on the state of childhood with poems such as 'The Little King', 'Eight O'Clock', 'Faded Tapestry', 'The Old Chest', 'A Love Story', and more.Illustrated with twelve colour plates and in-text decorations. Collated, complete.By the sister duo Millicent and Githa Sowerby; Millicent was the illustrator, her popular works being compared to Kate Greenaway. Githa was the poet of the duo, who is best remembered today for her play 'Rutherford & Son'. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, with some discolouration and light marks to the boards. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the… Read More

Duffield and Company, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

LONDON: Chatto and Windus, 1907. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby. blue gray taped spine, green boards soiled & faded, rubbing to edges, white stain on cover, name written front paste down, hinges cracked front & back, pages clean, binging good; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 46 pages.

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1907. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Sowerby, Millicent. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

London : Chatto and Windus , 1907 . First Edition . NF . 4TO . A lovely book with charming colour and monotone illustrations by Millicent illustrating Gina's poems. Thirteen full page colour illustrations. Quarter bound in light grey cloth over charcoal grey boards, both gilt stamped and with gilt vignette on front board. Very light wear, an extremely handsome copy in exceptional condition, now protected in mylar.

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1907. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Sowerby, Millicent. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine and corners bumped. Covers faded and damp stained, old tape mark to edge of rear cover. Spine slightly darkened. Inscription in ink and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents and some light fingering else clean.

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1907. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Sowerby, Millicent. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. Damp stains to rear cover and slight rubbing to edges of front cover. Foxing to contents and a few small fingermarks. A corner tip of one plate has been creased (not affecting actual picture). Contents are generally clean.