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A Knight of St. John. A Tale of the Siege of Malta.
London: Blackie and Son, 1906. [Children's Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.384 [16]. With eight black and white plates by Rainey, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and colour decoration to spine and upper. All edges green; grey endpapers. Blue ink gift inscription to..... More
The Snowman. 50 Large Piece Puzzle.
Oldham: Hestair Puzzles, 1984. [Children's Puzzle] ORIGINAL PUZZLE. Complete with the original box (20 x 20 cm). Wear and creasing to box; lid somewhat depressed. Very good. An early example of merchandise based on Briggs' acclaimed wordless book about a snowman who comes magically to life. More
Rab and His Friends.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. [Illustrated] FINE COPPER ENGRAVINGS, later edition. Slim quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.34. With seven fine copper engravings after George Harvey, R.S.A., including a frontispiece. Recently re-backed using original white glazed paper-covered boards, with black titles printed to upper board. Black ink gift inscription to half-title..... More
Me and You.
London: Doubleday, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[26]. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine copy. A modern re-telling of Goldilocks and..... More
Willy's Stories.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 27cm), pp.24. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper-covered boards, and marbled-illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Light surface scratches..... More
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. With 35 Illustrations by Kate Greenaway, Engraved and Prnted in Colour by Edmund Evans.
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. 4to. Publisher's light brown glazed pictorial boards, dark brown cloth spine, green end papers, all edges tinted green. Corners bumped and frayed, extremities rubbed and slightly scuffed; boards dusty. Inner hinges starting; gathering showing at few places. Very good indeed. As Schuster & Engen..... More
Miffy at the Zoo.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST THUS, a revised translation. Square octavo (16 x 16cm), 14 leaves, with text facing full colour illustrations by the author. SIGNED by the translator in black ink to copyright page at rear. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards. A fine, as-new copy..... More
The Magic Walking-Stick.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.215 [1]. With six plates illustrated by Sale, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt JB monogram to upper. Black ink ownership to front pastedown and fly-leaf. A nice clean copy..... More
The Piper of Hamelin: A Fantastic Opera in Two Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. [Illustrated Drama] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.64. With 12 wood engraved plates by Thomson, as well as a decorated title page. Publisher's light green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Black ink ownership..... More
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
London: Frederick, Warne and Co., 1886. [Classic children's story] FIRST UK EDITION, with 1886 date to both title and copyright pages. Octavo (pp.22 x 15cm), pp.x; 269; [1], imprint. Twenty-six illustrations illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. Half green straight-grained morocco, gilt, red leather label to spine, combed marble sides and..... More
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. [Children's Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, second issue. Square octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.xii; 209 [19]. With 26 illustrations after Reginald B. Birch. The second issue, showing J.J. Little on the copyright page. In a very fine binding of green full morocco, with..... More
There's Going to be a Baby.
London: Walker Books Ltd., 2010. [Children's illustrated] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (27 x 26cm), pp.[48] unpaginated. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, decorative endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £12.99. Signed by both Oxenbury and Burningham to the half title page. With a Hatchards 'signed' promotional wraparound band. Illustrated..... More
Molly Moon Stops the World.
London, Macmillan 2003. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Fine in like dust-jacket. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page. More
Come Lasses and Lads.
London: George Routledge & Sons, no date [1884]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY EDITION. Square octavo booklet (21 x 24cm), pp.24. Illustrated by Caldecott to every page, including several colour plates. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, sewn. Rear adverts suggest the first year of publication 1884, but perhaps not the first issue..... More
The Curious Adventures of a Field Cricket.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1881. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 272. With frequent engravings by Renard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Grey patterned endpapers; all edges gilt. Black ink ownership to flyleaf..... More
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Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark]. Illustrated by Tove Jansson.
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1959. FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.56. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Pictured throughout by Tove Jansson. A fine copy. The elegant, scarce and desirable Swedish translation of 'The Snark', being illustrated by the much-loved and award-winning creator of the Moomins. More
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Alice in Wonderland [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland].
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press c.1910. COLLINS' PENNY LIBRARY Edition, with illustrations by T. H. Robinson and Charles Pears. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.62; [2], advertisements. Colour printed wraps, with adverts to inside covers and rear panel, front cover with illustration by Charles Pears, black and white illustrations within..... More
The Nursery Alice.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. [Children's illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[viii]; 56; [1], blank; [3], An Easter Greeting; [1], Christmas Greetings; [2], ads; [1], Specimen Page. Priced at Four Shillings. With twenty coloured enlargements from Tenniel's illustrations to Alice in Wonderland. Handsomely bound in deep red..... More
See How They Run. Embassy Row 2.
London: Orchard, 2016. [Young Adult Novel] SIGNED FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.334 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £6.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. Second in the 'Embassy Row'..... More
Take the Key & Lock Her Up. Embassy Row 3.
London: Orchard, 2017. [Young Adult Novel] SIGNED FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £6.99. A fine, as-new copy. Third in the 'Embassy Row' series, beginning with 'All Fall Down' (2015)... More
Broken Heart Club.
London: Puffin Books, 2016. [Teen Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[6] 307 [7]. SIGNED by the author in gold to title page. With occasional illustrations by Erin Keen. Publisher's blue and white heart-illustrated paper-covered boards (no titles), with blue endpapers and promotional bookmark loosely inserted. With the..... More
I will not ever Never eat a tomato.
London: Orchard Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 26cm). Number 717 of 1250 copies thus. Publisher's colour-illustrated white cloth with red and white titles. With the illustrated white cloth-covered slipcase, priced at £30.00. A little light handling to covers. Near fine. The first in..... More
The NEW Small Person.
London: Puffin, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with a small doodle. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and red cross-hatched endpapers, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Mummy Never Told Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author throughout. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99, SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, light grey endpapers. Autograph obtained at an event at Illustration..... More
Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2016. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 130 [6]. Illustrated by the author throughout. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £5.99. A fine, as-new copy. More