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Sir Nobonk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon.
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. Quarto, pp. 242. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by both author and artist. Publisher's hardcovers in original dust wrapper. Illustrated by Carol Barker. Signatures in a suitably mediaeval style facing the illuminated title page. A lightly handled copy with some gentle age-toning. Near fine. More
Badjelly The Witch. A Fairy Story.
London: M. and J. Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph, 1973. First Edition. Slim quarto. Illustrated by the author. In the original dustjacket. A fine copy in a minutely edgeworn jacket. A juvenile classic from an absolute genius; Searching for Lucy, their lost cow, Tim and Rose become lost in..... 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
The Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen, 1924-9. [Childrens stories and poems] COMPLETE SET OF FOUR VOLUMES IN FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (20 x 14 x 7cm). Beautifully illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Attractively bound in recent half morocco in their respective published colours, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, over original cloth sides..... More
When We Were Very Young.
London: Methuen and Co., 1924. [Children's classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 100. Profusely illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Second state of page ix. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, plain endpapers. Internally clean, endpapers toned, light general wear to binding, minor soiling. A very..... More
Once on a Time.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1925. FIRST ROBINSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo. Beautiful detailed illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson, including title page and colour frontispiece. Publisher's light blue decorative cloth, titles and decoration in gilt to spine with added gilt and black illustration to front board; illustrated endpapers. Colourful pictorial dust-jacket..... More
Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen, 1927. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION. Illustrated throughout. Octavo (30 x 14cm), pp.103; xii; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, illustrated salmon pink endpapers. Contents clean, ink inscription to flyleaf, light acceptable wear to binding, spine a little..... More
When We Were Very Young.
London: Methuen and Co., July 1925. [Children's Illustrated] DELUXE EDITION, second thus, the tenth printing overall. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 100. With Shepard's illustrations to every page. Publisher's deluxe red limp full calf with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt; illustrated..... More
Winnie the Pooh.
London: Methuen and Co., 1927. [Children's Illustrated] DELUXE EDITION, fifth overall. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 158 [2]. With illustrations by Shepard to every page. Publisher's deluxe blue limp full calf with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt; green illustrated endpapers. Some..... 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
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xv; 167; [8], adverts. Smartly bound in recent dark blue half calf, over original gilt-stamped boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. A few minor marks. A near fine copy in an attractive leather binding..... More
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xv; 167; [8], advertisements. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt, printed dust-wrapper. Minor offset toning to endpapers, jacket with one neat tear to rear, lightly creased to same, otherwise a lovely fine, fresh-looking copy. The..... 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
The Dorothea Moore Omnibus. Comprising: The new Girl, the new Prefect, and young pretender.
London: Nisbet and Co., no date [1933]. FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo, pp.viii; 295; pp.viii; 276; pp.287. Publisher's yellow cloth with titles in black to spine and upper board, in elegant dust-jacket designed by DEG. Top edge blue. Neat gift inscription to front fly leaf, and neat ownership inscription to front..... 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
Oberon's Horn. Illustrated by Charles Bennett.
London, Chapman and Hall, 1861. First Edition. This copy is inscribed by Mr.Morley on the half title. Bound in publisher's embossed purple cloth faded to spine, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Light bumping and wear to extremities, fraying to head of spine and a small..... More
The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Being the Adventures of the Barnstable Children in Search of a Fortune.
London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1899. [Children's classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [2]; 296; [2]; [2 of advertisements]; [8 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's blue-green cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper board, all edges gilt. Illustrated with seventeen plates. Endpapers split along both front and rear gutters..... More
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[Harry Potter] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
New York, NY: Arthur A Levine/Scholastic Press, 2001. [Fantasy] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.42. A paperback original. A little creased to spine, minor handling/toning; near fine. Autographed in black ink by J. K. Rowling to the title page, with the author's authentication..... More
Girls of Paper and Fire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2018. [Young adult fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; [4]; 383; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, metallic red titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Jeff Miller with printed price of £14.99. Fine/as new. More
The Wind Singer.
London: Mammoth, 2000. [Children's Literature]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 341 [3]. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper board. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Mark Edwards. A fine as-new copy. More
The Magic Bed-Knob.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1945. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Small octavo pp.112. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Recent half blue morocco leather, blue cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, with plain endpapers. Original pictorial cloth board and spine bound in at..... More
Eragon. Inheritance, Book One.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Fantasy novel] FIRST UK EDITION, SIGNED by the author to the title page. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[14]; 509; [5]. Publishers blue cloth hardback with pictorial dust-wrapper. Some toning to the paperstock, small bump to the top of the spine, otherwise both book and wrapper are fine..... More
The Story of Loopy and Loo. Especially Written for Children of All Ages.
Tunbridge Wells: The Tunbridge Wells School of Art and Crafts, 1945. [Children's Illustrated]. PRIVATELY PRINTED PAMPHLET. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.[12]. Illustrated throughout with striking red, blue and green lino-cuts by Minnie Sutton. In original blue and red illustrated card covers, sewn. The very lightest of wear; near-fine. No copies..... More
Browne Fights the Fifth Column.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1941. [Boys' adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.255. Publisher's decorated blue cloth, top edge blue, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Kay, priced 4/- net to front flap. Some marks and toning to page edges. Dust-jacket is bright and fresh, with some minor edgewear..... More
The Gwythyn Clay Mystery.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1940. [Boys' adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's grey cloth titled and decorated in maroon to spine and front board, top edge maroon; boards measure 2mm in width. In a bright, clean pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; dust-jacket is not priced..... More