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I will not ever Never eat a tomato.
London: Orchard Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 26cm). Number 130 of 1250 copies SIGNED by the author to slipcase. Publisher's colour-illustrated white cloth with red and white titles. With the illustrated white cloth-covered slipcase, priced at £30.00. Book still in the original..... More
Biggles Goes Home.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With colour frontispiece and other in-text illustrations by Stead. Bound in publisher's red cloth blocked in black, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Discreet name beneath flap otherwise a clean, fine copy. A Biggles caper..... More
Artemis Fowl, The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. [Fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.329. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with rich yellow endpapers and bright red metallic lettering to spine. With the red metallic effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a...... More
Moonshine and Magic.
London: Faber and Faber, 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.206 [2]. With 17 illustrated plates by Townsend, including a frontispiece and eight in colour. Publisher's colour-illustrated cloth, titled to spine and upper. Gently toned throughout, with moderate handling to cloth. Very good. A selection of fairy..... More
Babar the King.
London: Methuen & Co., 1936. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST UK EDITION. Folio (37 x 27cm), pp.48. Printed with fine colour illustrations throughout, including the charming blue endpapers. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with illustrated yellow paper-covered boards. Somewhat shaken, with hinges starting. Internally clean, with perhaps a hint of toning. Quite heavy..... More
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident.
London: Puffin Books, 2002. [Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 288 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the blue metallic-effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a fine copy of 'The Seventh..... More
Artemis Fowl, The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.329. Publisher's black cloth with rich yellow endpapers and bright red metallic lettering to spine. With the red metallic effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Bumping to spine tail, otherwise as-new. Near fine. Artemis requires the help of the..... More
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, teld by hisself.
London: Puffin, 2011. [Young Adult Dystopia] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 256 [8]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges black, and blue decorated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Clays Ltd, St. Ives, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE-SIGNED by author and artist. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Cover illustrations by Giles Greenfield. Publisher's pictorial hardback showing Harry escaping fire on his broomstick, illustrated dust-wrapper to the same design, priced at £14.99. Signed in our..... More
The Box of Delights, or, When the Wolves were Running.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 258. With nine colour illustrations by Ogilvie. Publisher's green cloth with red and white titles to spine, and red and white decoration to upper. With red endpapers, and with the green paper-covered slipcase. A fine..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic-effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99. A fine/as-new copy. The first in the series of eight novels. Together..... More
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [1871]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[14] 224 [2]. 'Wade' for 'Wabe' p.21. With fifty wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label on the spine, and marbled paper..... More
Even More Revolting Recipes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY QUENTIN BLAKE. Slim quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.64. Publisher's printed boards, plain red endpapers. Signed by Blake to the title page. Signed copy sticker to front cover, lightly handled. Fine. A further collection of off-beat recipes taken from Dahl's various..... More
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. A couple of tiny spots to edges, binding and wrapper very lightly handled..... More
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His Dark Materials [Tenth Anniversary SIGNED set]. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2005. [Fantasy Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SET. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 17cm). Each volume one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author. Hardbacks with dust-jackets, housed in matching slipcases. As-new copies, each volume unopened in the original shrink-wrap. A special edition celebrating the 10th..... More
Semolina Silkpaws Comes to Catstown.
London: Methuen, 1962. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.56. With numerous in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Ferns. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With the orange illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a touch of..... More
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