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The Secret of Killimooin.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] Vintage hardback. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.136. With colour frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket, repriced and clipped by publisher. Simply a fine, fresh copy. One of an unsold batch that were stored by Basil Blackwell since new. The fourth..... More
Secret Seven Win Through.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1972-3. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, sheets bound in publisher's secondary binding. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.120. Publisher's patterned blue cloth lettered in blue to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 50p to front-flap. Illustrated endpapers, small in text illustrations throughout. Front flyleaf has spotting and glue..... More
The Third Holiday Book.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1948]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.192. With four double-sided colour plates by Boswell, and frequent in-text illustrations by various artists. Publisher's green quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and also to orange paper over boards. Red..... More
The Rilloby Fair Mystery.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With frequent in-text illustrations by Dunlop. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, top edge blue. With the illustrated dust-jacket, unpriced. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges toned., some marking to cloth. Light wear to jacket, tear to..... More
The Famous Jimmy.
London: Frederick Muller, 1936. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.58 [6]. With colour illustrations by Rabier to every page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and colour-illustrated paper over boards, and illustrated endpapers. Light spotting to endpapers and edges, otherwise quite clean internally. Heavy..... More
Five Get into Trouble.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.190 [2]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and yellow pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Five Go Adventuring Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1943] 1948. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, Third Impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With colour frontispiece and full page b & w illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Large..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the fourteenth impression. Small Octavo. pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A little light spotting to edges, otherwise..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1946] 1949. [Children's Classic] First Edition, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness to edges, discreet gift note to first blank, jacket..... More
Five go off to Camp.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, author's facsimile signature to upper. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 6/- to front flap. Blue pictorial endpapers. Lightly toned internally and to jacket panels..... More
Five Go To Smuggler's Top.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1945] 1949. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. A particularly fine early copy, in the original style jacket with the slanted..... More
Five on a Treasure Island.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1942] 1948. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fifth impression. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. With thirty-two full page illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness/spotting to..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. [Children's Adventure] EIGHTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.191 [1]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] FOURTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 6s. A crisp, clean copy, very..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo, (20 x 14cm) pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red leatherette, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the telescope..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1947] 1950. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fourth impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour frontispiece (same image as jacket), and numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's light blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With..... More
The Ship of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan, 1947. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 328. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth, blocked in colours. With the original illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Ink ownership to f.e.p., jacket rather chipped to spine ends. Nonetheless presentable. The sixth instalment in the 'Adventure' series. More
The Valley of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan, 1947. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 341; [1], imprint. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth, blocked in colours, in original dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. Discreet book shop ticket to pastedown. Contents clean and fresh, no inscriptions top edge lightly spotted, jacket gently toned to spine..... More
A Day at School with Noddy.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1962. [Illustrated Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, rare in dust-jacket. Octavo (26 x 22), pp.24 (unpaginated). Publisher's red quarter cloth bound with illustrated boards, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 6s to front flap. Pictorial endpapers, illustrations throughout. Previous owners gift note to flyleaf, ownership..... More
Five Fall Into Adventure.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, pictorial endpapers, in dust-jacket designed by Eileen A. Soper, priced at 6s. With illustrations throughout by Soper, some of which are printed with colour accents. Export copy, sold in Brisbane..... More
The Ragamuffin Mystery.
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1959. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to front flap. Colour frontispiece, black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Sunday School sticker to half title page, toning to edges..... More
The Romance of the Battle Line in France. With an Additional Chapter on the Results of the Late War as Affecting our National Life and Imperial Interests.
London: Constable and Company, 1919. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 255; folding map attached to rear leaf. Publisher's green cloth lettered in red to spine. Minor toning to endpapers and edges of textblock, pencil annotation to p.230 and some others throughout, wearing to cloth, sunning to spine..... More
Ouvres Diverses. Du Sieur D***. Avec le Traité du Sublime ou du Merveilleux dans le Discours, Traduit du Grec de Longin. Nouvelle Edition, Reveuë et Augmentée de Diverses Pieces Nouvelles.
Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang, 1692. [French] LEATHER-BOUND EARLY EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 10cm), pp.390 [18]. With five copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Title and half-title lettered in red and black, vignette engraving to title. Contemporary speckled full calf. Gilt titles, gilt embellishment, and raised bands to spine. All edges..... More
T.Rex. Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior.
no date [taken 1971]. [Glam rock] Original black and white photograpH. Printed by photographer Spud Murphy, titled signed and dated by him in ink to lower margin. In an elegant acid-neutral mount, glaze, and bespoke archival frame. Overall dimensions 37 x 46 cm. Fine. This classic shot shows the band..... More