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Total number of records: 161

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Books and printed items160
Archives1

Count of Collection group

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Leeds Russian Archive83
Brotherton Collection23
English Literature6
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5
Herbert Read Collection5
Leeds Poetry1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
children's stories, russian75
children's stories60
children's stories, english12
children's literature, russian10
conduct of life10
fairy tales10
children9
children's poetry, russian5
tales5
children's stories, american4

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Great Britain1
India1
Russia1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Marshak, S (1887-1964)7
Lebedev, Vladimir VasilʹEvich (1891-1967)6
Chukovskii, Kornei (1882-1969)5
Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)5
Bilibin, Ivan ︠I︡Akovlevich (1876-1942)4
Charushin, Evgenii Ivanovich (1901-)4
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)4
Konashevich, Vladimir (1888-1963)4
Molesworth, Mrs (1839-1921)4
Bilibin, Ivan ︠I︡Akovlevich3

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From 180045
From 190090

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Lilliput legends

Rands, William Brighty (1823-1882)

1872

Bella's exciting day -- Pharronida -- The hallelujah chorus -- Dorothea -- The dull damsel -- Silversail and the carrier-pigeon -- Prince Hydrangea -- Little foolscap -- Captain's biscuit -- The trave...

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The foundling, or, the history of Lucius Stanhope : Embellished with cuts

Johnson, R (1793)

[ca. 1825]

"Embellished with cuts". Dated ca. 1825: Osborne coll., p. 254. Frontispiece included in pagination. Booklist ("Penny books...") on back wrapper. Also includes: two alphabets (p. [4]) and a po...

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Ellen, the teacher : a tale for youth

Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)

1824

Book list on p. [2]-[5] at end.

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Ellen, the teacher : a tale for youth

Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)

1829

On verso of title: Printed by S. & R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Salisbury Square, London. Frontispiece, which is dated August 12, 1823, depicts Ellen working with globes.

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Father Clement : a Roman Catholic story

Kennedy, Grace (1782-1825)

1825

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Stories from Homer

Raven, David S; Homer

1973

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Stories from Homer

Raven, David S; Homer

1973

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Stories from Ovid

Murphy, Martin; Ovid; Barber, June

1971

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Stories from Ovid

Murphy, Martin; Ovid; Barber, June

1971

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Collected stories for children

De La Mare, Walter (1873-1956); Hawkins, Irene

1947

Carnegie Medal, 1947.

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Sounder

Armstrong, William Howard; Russell, Jim

1973

Originally published, New York: Harper and Row, 1969; London: Gollancz, 1971.

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Fred Markham in Russia, or, The boy travellers in the land of the Czar

Kingston, William Henry Giles (1814-1880); Landells, Robert Thomas (1833-1877)

[1878?]

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