"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx

London: Methuen and Co., 1931. [Children's classic] FIRST SHEPARD ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 312; 10, advertisements dated 10.[19]31. Lavishly illustrated by Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with Mole, Rat, and Mr Toad in gilt to front board, gilt titles to spine; top edge green, cartographic endpapers. Illustrated jacket..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1926. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4] 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers. Black ink ownership to first blank, and..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4] 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial map endpapers. A moderately used copy with..... More
London: Collins, 1937. [Illustrated Cheese Anecdotes] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.181 [3]. With numerous wood engravings by Shepard, including a decorated title page. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, detailed in blue and priced at 10/6. Spotting to endpapers..... More