"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
Children's Books
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] 'CELEBRATION' EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[32] With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's orange quarter cloth, with colour-illustrated paper over boards, and orange endpapers, priced at £12.99 (no jacket issued). A fine, as-new copy. The classic and simple tale..... More
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1983. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.118 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Rayner. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Rayner, priced at £5.50. Some light handling. A fine copy. Basis for the Oscar-winning film..... More
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. [Children's Classic] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 388 [2]. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt tooling to..... More
The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. [Children's Illustrated] FINELY BOUND, first Sambourne illustrated edition. Small quarto (21 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 371; [3]. With frequent in-text wood engravings by Sambourne. In slightly later green full crushed morocco by BAYNTUN for Charles E. Lauriat, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine;..... More
The Water-Babies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION THUS. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.x; 212 [2]. With 12 fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and frequent in-text illustrations by Smith. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles and decoration to spine and upper. Matching grey endpapers with red decoration..... More
The Water-Babies.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1922]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST THEAKER ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.340 [4]. With 48 colour plates illustrated by Theaker, including a frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with black titles and decoration to spine and upper, as well as an oval colour illustration laid..... More
Westward Ho! or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Adventure Novel] FINE PRIZE BINDING, an new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 591 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary blue full calf for King Edward's Grammar School, Stourbridge, with raised bands, gilt titles to red label and further gilt decoration..... More
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, in second issue binding with lettering intact. Large Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.[6]; 249; [3] With illustrations by the author. Publisher's decorative red cloth boards, blocked in white and black depicting notable incidents from the stories. Bookplate and ink ownership. Foxing to..... More
'Puck of Pook's Hill' (complete parts), and 'Some Fore-Runners of Sherlock Holmes' in The Strand Magazine [Ten monthly parts].
London, George Newnes Jan-Dec.1906. The complete Puck in parts; FIRST APPEARANCE, preceeding the edition in book-form. Original magazine issues; 10 separate parts. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's light blue pictorial wrappers. Some minor chips as expected, some adsverts excised from Feb. and June issues, but generally a very clean, attractive..... More
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The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1910 and 1913. [Children's Illustrated] UNIFORM EDITION, later impressions. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 276 [4]; pp.vi; 299 [3]. With head and tail pieces by Lockwood Kipling, and occasional in-text illustrations by Drake and Frenzeny. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines and..... More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. [Fantasy tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.306; [4] advertisements dated 15.8.06. Twenty black and white illustrations by H.R. Millar. Elegantly bound in red half morocco over marbled boards, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Internally fine with just..... More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. [Fantasy tales] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 306 [2]. With 20 engraved plates by Millar, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green half calf by BUMPUS with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and green cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled..... More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. [Fantasy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] x; 306 [12]. With 20 black and white illustrations by H.R. Millar, including a frontispiece. Advertisements dated 15.8.06. Elegantly hand-bound in red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original cloth with..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. [School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half red calf, gilt-printed patterned paper-covered sides, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. Light and occasional thumbing. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Stewart..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half red oasis morocco leather over original cloth sides gilt with elephant medalion to upper, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A few light marks within; externally..... More
Oiling The Wheels.
London: A. White and co., 1957. Quarto. Bound in publisher's pictorial paper boards, showing a mustachioed gentleman with an oil can against a pink background to front board, rear board shows Shell logo and slogan "Leadership in Lubrication". A curious book, illustrated throughout with colour plates by Kneebone. Binding is..... More
Mr. Bear, Postman.
London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (25 x 25cm), pp.[26]. Every page fully illustrated in colour by Kakimoto. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket priced at £3.50. Wear and chipping to edges and corners. One tape burn and some other marks..... More
The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present.
New York, NY: Abrams, 2003. [Children's Book Illustration] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 30cm), pp.223. Publisher's navy cloth, with the colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at $65. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap (shrink wrap damaged along the fore-edge). More
The True Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 337; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford, Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges..... More
The True Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. [Children's illustrated] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 337; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford, Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges..... More
The Animal Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 400. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Some minor spotting to first and final leaves..... More
The Grey Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 387; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout by Ford. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Some light spotting and toning to contents, a...... More
The Red True Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 419; [1], blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Light and occasional spotting else contents..... More
The Red Book of Heroes.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. [Childrens illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 377; [2], blank. With eight full-page colour plates and numerous engraved illustrations by A. Wallis Mills. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt..... More
Little Songs of Long Ago. More Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair.
London: Augener Ltd, c. 1912. Folio. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt titles and pasted down colour illustration to upper board. Corners slightly bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper, bright with small chips and tears to edges. 30 (+2) Beautiful full-page colour illustrations to accompany each song. A very good..... More