Children's Books
The Cat in the Hat.
New York, NY: Random House, 1957. [Children's reading book] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all points present. Quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.62. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's pictorial blue boards, in illustrated dust-jacket repeating the cover design. Some wear to extremities, corners lightly bumped, very light discolouration to front board..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
New York, NY: Random House, 1957. [Children's reading book] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all points present. Quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.62. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's pictorial blue boards, in illustrated dust-jacket repeating the cover design. Contents clean, page edges toned, jacket is edgeworn, one-inch chip to foot of..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
London: HarperCollinsChildren's Books, 1997. [Children's Illustrated] ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.[2] 61 [1]. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's dark grey quarter cloth, with silver titles to spine, red cloth over boards, and light blue endpapers. With the light blue illustrated dust-jacket. Minor handling; jacket price-clipped. Near fine..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
London: Collins and Harvill, [circa 1970s]. [Children's Illustrated] VINTAGE UK COPY, a later issue following the merger of William Collins and the Harvill Press. Small quarto (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] 61 [1]. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, not priced. Blue and red illustrated endpapers. Moderate bumping..... More
Black Beauty. The Autobiography of a Horse. Illustrated by Eighteen Plates in Colour Specially Drawn For This Edition by Cecil Aldin.
London: Jarrold Publishers, no date [1912]. [Children's classic] FIRST ALDIN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.[2] xviii; 291 [5]. With 18 colour plates including a frontispiece, and other in-text illustrations, by Aldin. Recenty re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the..... More
Laneton Parsonage. A Tale for Children on the practical use of a portion of the Church Catechism.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. [Christian Novel] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[4] 550 [2]. Contemporary brown half calf, with gilt titles to black label, further gilt decoration to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red; grey endpapers. Small black ink..... More
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Film Reference] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.120. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers in dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A fine, as new copy, carefully dark-stored by ourselves since publication. Advertised as the 'Collector's Hardback Edition', this book was simultaneously issued as..... More
Fred.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 22cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at $9.95. Lightly handled with one small closed tear to jacket. Fine. Two..... More
Lulu and the Flying Babies.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 22cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £5.95. Just a little bumping to corners, otherwise a fine copy. More
Come On, Daisy!
St Helens: Ted Smart, 1998. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED COPY, a book-club edition. Small quarto (27 x 25cm), pp.[32]. With charming colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, also with a doodle. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards. Light bumping and..... More
A Yankee's Adventures in South Africa.
Chicago, IL: Rhodes and McClure Publishing Company, 1898. [Children's literature]. SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14 cm), pp.234; [12]. With 33 illustrations, including a frontispiece of Cecil Rhodes. In publisher's green cloth with elaborate silver titles and decoration to spine and upper board. Green patterned endpapers. Heavily browned paper stock;..... More
A Series of Unfortunate Events [Complete]. The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril, The End, and The Unauthorized Autobiography.
London: Egmont, 2001 to 2006. [Children's Fantasy] COMPLETE UK FIRST EDITIONS. 14 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 28cm). With in-text illustrations by Helquist. Volumes 5, 7, and the autobiography complete with wrap-around bands. Volume 8 with the dust-jacket. All in publisher's colour paper-covered boards illustrated by Helquist. Light wear..... More
Poems of Childhood.
London: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1912]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.[8]; 46; [2]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by Millicent Sowerby. In publisher's quarter cream cloth with textured cream red and green cloth over boards. Gilt titles to spine and..... More
The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910. A Catalogue.
Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1975. CORRECTED EDITION. In two volumes. Octavo. pp. xxiv, 562; xii, 563-1138. With occasional illustrations, many in colour to volume one. In publisher's pictorial green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Green end-papers. A fine copy. First published in 1958, and reprinted with corrections in 1966..... More
[Original Artwork for Biggles]. [Unpublished].
no date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Adventure Artwork] ORIGINAL PAINTING (38 x 57cm). Gouache painted directly onto a Winsor & Newton Fashion-Plate Drawing Board, details printed on reverse. A little rubbed, chipped and bumped to edges, but clean and bright generally. Very good. An original painting produced by Leslie Stead, or..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1908. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 125 [3]. With 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional vignette illustrations. Contemporary crushed blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1905. [Illustrated Children's Poetry] FIRST UK WILLCOX SMITH EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xii; 125 [1]. With 12 colour plates, as well as numerous in-text line drawings by Willcox Smith, as well as a colour-illustrated vignette title page. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt..... More
Island Nights' Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices.
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Treasure Island.
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. [Illustrated classic] FIRST DULAC EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xiv; 15-256. Contains 12 full page colour illustrations by Dulac, including frontispiece. Publisher's brown buckram binding with leather title label to spine lettered in gilt, boards trimmed in gilt. Contents clean, neat gift inscription to f.e.p., label..... More
Ludo and the Star Horse.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1974. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.128. With occasional in-text illustrations by D'Achille. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and orange endpapers. Top edge brown. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by D'Achille. Slight surface scuffing to title page. Some bumping..... More
Emmett's Pig. Pictures by Garth Williams.
London: The World's Work, 1963. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.61; [3]. Publisher's quarter green cloth, colour illustrated paper over boards, titles in green and black to upper. Title page in green and black, colour illustrations throughout. Internally clean and crisp. Light wearing to board edges with..... More
The Ratastrophe Catastrophe.
London: Hodder Childrens, 2003. [Children's] Signed First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles in silver to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper shows rendering of wizard's face, with titles to spine, and blurb to rear cover. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy... More
Cold Marble and other ghost stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985. [Children's ghost stories] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.101; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Pentagram with printed price of £5.95 net. With the publisher's review slip loosely inserted. Textblock marginally toned. Fine. More
Mrs Strang's Play Books. Little Chicks Play Book; Happy Days Play Book; [and] Merry Days Play Book.
London: Humphrey Milford, no date [circa 1930s]. [Children's] THREE CHILDREN'S CONCERTINA BOOKS. Slim quartos (26 x 20cm). Each formed of six boards with cloth hinges that concertina out, printed in colour to both sides. Featuring illustrations by Millicent Sowerby, E. Dorothy Rees and Anne Anderson. Not dated but likely from..... More
Gulliver's Travels.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, October 1922. [Classic Literature] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a later printing thus. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[2] xx; 279 [7]. With occasional maps and illustrations. Contemporary navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to a red label, and further gilt tooling to spine. Blue cloth..... More