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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers, the three volumes are presented in a racing green slip-case. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous..... More
The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables.
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.142 [2]. With colour plates by Gilbert and in-text drawings by Campbell. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To R.W. Smith | Yours with best wishes | Richard..... More
Snowball the Pony.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1953. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.79 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Gillespie. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Gillespie. Blue ink gift inscription to flyleaf; lightly toned. Spine and board..... More
All Round the Clock.
London: Griffith, Farran and Company, no date [1887]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.64. Chromolithographed by Ernest Rister of Nuremberg. Publisher's quarter green cloth with glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Browning to endpapers and preliminaries. Tiny damp mark to foot of upper board, rubbing..... More
Five Are Together Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 7/6. The lightest of spotting to edges and some light bumping to..... More
The River of Adventure.
London: Macmillan, 1955. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.277; [1] imprint. Illustrations throughout by Stuart Tresilian Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth blocked in green and black, dust-jacket designed by Tresilian, priced at 8s.6d. A lightly used copy, clean jacket with a few trivial nicks and tears. Near fine..... More
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. [Children's] FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.251; [3] advertisements. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers in dust-jacket. Signed by the illustrator Cliff Wright to rear panel. Trivial toning, minor bump, neat production fault to rear endpaper beneath flap, crisp, clean dust-wrapper. Near-fine. Second in..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
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. Front cover..... More
The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
London: Duckworth and Co. n.d. [1915]. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST ROBINSON EDITION. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.240. Illustrated with 12 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues (one slightly short), and numerous two-tone illustrations and letter pieces. Recently bound in full red half morocco with gilt titles to spine, gilt border to covers..... More
The Prince and the Pauper. With 192 illustrations.
Boston, MA: James R Osgood and Co., 1882. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE Square octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.411; [1] blank. Bound in recent full green morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, black endpapers, original cloth bound in at rear. Illustrated..... More
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His Dark Materials; 1. Northern Lights [Golden Compass] 2. The Subtle Knife 3. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 1995-2000. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 3 volumes, octavos. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial dust-jackets. The set housed in a custom felt lined slipcase. A fine set. Lyra's quest weaves fantasy, horror and the play of ideas into a truly great contemporary children's book. 'Northern Lights' was listed in..... More
Puss in Boots. The Adventures of That Most Enterprising Feline.
London: Doubleday, 2000. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim Quarto (30 x 26cm). SIGNED by the author. Illustrated throughout by Ian Beck. Publisher's pictorial boards in matching dust-jacket, pictorial endpapers. A fine/as new copy. More
The Grey Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 387; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout by Ford. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, coated black endpapers, all edges gilt. Some light spotting and toning to contents, a...... More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.41.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price 90p intact. Child's ownership to front, a few light marks within, contents otherwise clean, minor shelfwear. An attractive copy... More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.42.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership/inscription to 'book belongs to' page, route discreetly completed in pencil p.61, contents otherwise clean, price-clipped, minor shelfwear, lower corner worn. An attractive copy..... More
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The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.65.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 2000. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £6.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. 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 red cloth variant (a brown buckram binding was also produced), with titles and trim in black. A 4cm repaired tear to pp.111 / 112..... More
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