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Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, ex libris Maurice Baring. Octavo (20 x 16cm), pp.viii; 168. With nine wood engraved plates by Hardy, including a frontispiece, as well as in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt and illustrations in black to spine and..... More
Helen Oxenbury: a life in illustration.
London: Walker Books, 2018. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.264 [24]. Illustrated throughout with a mixture of fine colour photographs and reproductions of Oxenbury's artwork. Publisher's photographic cloth with blue and maroon titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £30. Some..... More
The Children of Africa. Written for all English-Speaking Children.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1886. [Christian-Colonial Ethnology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.viii; 262 [2]. With frequent engraved illustrations, and a large folding map of Africa to preliminaries. Publisher's blue cloth with elaborate gilt, orange and black titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt; dark brown..... More
The Box of Delights, or, When the Wolves were Running.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 258. With nine colour illustrations by Ogilvie. Publisher's green cloth with red and white titles to spine, and red and white decoration to upper. With red endpapers, and with the green paper-covered slipcase. A fine..... More
The Novice. Summoner, Book One.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2015. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 390 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine and silver apotropaic device to upper, with blue patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed..... More
Guess How Much I Love You.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour throughout by Jeram. Light blue endpapers. Publisher's light blue paper-covered boards, with the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine copy. More
Doctor Who: Molten heart.
London: BBC Books / Penguin Random House, Ebury Publishing, 2018. [Children's Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[4] 195 [9]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards with Forbidden Planet 'Signed' sticker to upper board, and barcode sticker to lower..... More
Sir Ned and the Nasties.
London: Andersen Press, 2017. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[28]. With colour illustration by David McKee to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page, with an additional signature and drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £11.99. A...... More
Belinda Brown.
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and with an additional signature and a drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated..... More
The Conquerors.
London: Andersen Press, 2004. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 29cm), pp.[26]. With naive colour illustrations by the author to every page. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to copyright page: '& for John - my dealer, | David McKee 2004.' Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards..... More
Tusk Tusk.
London: Andersen Press, 1978. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 21cm), pp.[28]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £3.00. Blue ink ownership to title page. Light rubbing and bumping, and a little grubbiness to boards. Very good. The..... More
World's Children. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903, First and Limited Edition to 500 of which this is No 82, SIGNED by the Artist. Late 20th century full grey morocco with twin brown title labels and extra gilt to spine, gilt border to boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled end papers..... More
More Goon Cartoons.
London: M. and J. Hobbs, in association with Michael Joseph, 1983. INSCRIBED First edition. Illustrated by Michael Clarke. Quarto. Publisher's illustrated boards. Inscribed by Milligan to copyright page with a charming doodle of a flower. Near fine, very minor edgewear. Internally clean. More
A Book Of Milliganimals.
London, Dennis Dobson. 1968. First edition, SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. 8vo. 88pp. Fine in publisher's gilt titled blue cloth. Clad in a vibrant, elephant adorned purple dustwrapper showing only the slightest hint of wear, it's all very unfaded and lovely. To top it all off, it's inscribed by Mr.Milligan to the..... More
Milligan's Ark.
Surrey: M. and J. Hobbs, 1971. SIGNED FIRST EDITION.Quarto. Publisher's illustrated laminated boards, in matching pictorial dust jacket. Signed boldly by Spike Milligan to title page. A bright copy, near fine, in similar wrapper. A collection of cartoons and funny verses about animals, all by famous people, to help the..... More
When We Were Very Young.
London: Methuen and Co., 1927. [Childrens classic]. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 100. Sixteenth printing. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt decoration to boards, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. Some minor handling, chip to corner of penultimate leaf, cloth is bright and fresh. An attractive early reprint. A book of..... More
Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and American Authors. Tauchnitz Edition. Vol. 5171.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1934. COPYRIGHT EDITION (TAUCHNITZ). Octavo, pp. 116. Bound in publisher's soft paper covers with publishing details, titles, etc. printed to front. Stamp to cover reads 'IMPRIME EN ALLEMAGNE' under notice 'Not to be introduced into the British Empire and USA'. In excellent condition, very clean internally, with..... More
When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and American Authors. Tauchnitz Edition. Vol. 5153.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1934. COPYRIGHT EDITION (TAUCHNITZ). Octavo, pp. 123. Bound in publisher's soft paper covers with publishing details, titles, etc. printed to front. Notice to cover reads 'Not to be introduced into the British Empire and USA'. In very good condition, age toned to covers, very clean internally. Advertisements..... More
Peeps at History: Scotland.
London: A. & C. Black, 1912. [Scotland] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.iv; 96. With eight colour-illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by J. Jellicoe, and 24 in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the green dust-jacket titled and decorated in blue..... More
A Century of Kate Greenaway.
London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., 1946. [Children's Books] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.15 [1]. With a half-tone photographic frontispiece portrait of Greenaway, and two colour plates. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers; sewn. Covers rubbed to spine, with light handling otherwise, as well as some stains and browning to..... More
An Alphabet of Animals.
London: Blackie and Son, 1899. [Children's Book] FINE LITHOGRAPHS. Quarto (34 x 27cm), unpaginated. With a page of text and a full page lithographic illustration of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Rebacked to style in green card, to style with the remains of the original spine laid..... More
The Enchanted Castle.
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1908. [Children's Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 297 [1]. With seven of the eight illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and a facsimile of the missing plate facing p.274 tipped in. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, and..... More
The Phoenix and the Carpet.
London: George Newnes, no date [1904]. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 236. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in colours, top edge gilt. Illustrations throughout including frontispiece in colour. A well-used copy with some light spotting within, joints rubbed, head and tail of spine worn, corners also..... More
Wet Magic.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1958. [Children's Fantasy] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 274 [2]. With wood engraved plates by Millar. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Charming gift note to flyleaf, jacket a little edge worn and slightly sunned. A very..... More
New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Illustrations throughout. Elegantly bound in full crimson morocco by Baytun-Riviere, with gilt titles, all edges gilt, combed marble endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, publisher's cloth bound in at rear. A fine copy, inside and out. The third..... More