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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.
London: Strand Publications, no date [circa 1938]. [Pop-Up Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[62]. With four colour-illustrated pop-up scenes, a colour frontispiece and vignette title page, and several line-drawn illustrations, all by Wickham, and design and arrangement by Giraud. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards, with endpapers illustrated..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.636; [4], blank. Publisher's purple cloth, all edges gilt, gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid down, autographed by Greenfield. This copy autographed by J.K.Rowling at the 2004 Edinburgh International Book..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. SIGNED in black ink by J.K. Rowling to the title page, with author's authentication hologram from the book signing event applied to top right corner of same page. Publisher's paper over boards, with the matching..... More
Fabulous Histories. Designed for the Instruction of Children, Respecting their Treatment of Animals.
London: T. Longman, 1791. [Natural History] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6] 215 [5]. Recently rebound in dark brown full calf, with gilt titles on red label to spine, gilt embossed bands to spine, and gilt ruling to turn-ins. Placard marbled endpapers. Bound by Alan Winstanley of Salisbury, with..... More
Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy. Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.182 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with green titles to spine. With a chromolithographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Leslie Stead. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Internally clean. Minor bump to upper board. Moderate rubbing to..... More
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. A Story for Children. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.194 [2]. With a colour frontispiece and other illustrations throughout by Pauline Baynes. SIGNED by Baynes in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth, with silver titles to spine, and illustrated map front endpapers..... More
Five on a Treasure Island.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo. pp.191 [1]. With thirty-two full page illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. Lacking the rare jacket. Contents clean, covers gently handled, some light rubbing to extremities. A very good copy. The..... More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1911. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST WALTON-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.viii; 431 [1]. With 24 chromolithographic plates after Walton, including a frontispiece. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Black and gold illustrated..... More
The Cat and the Devil.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1964. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST ERDOES-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), unpaginated. With in-text colour illustrations by Erdoes to every page. Publisher's tan cloth with black titles to spine, purple vignette to upper board, and colour-illustrated endpapers. With the Publisher's colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Cloth a...... More
Peggy's Twins.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date [1920]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.63 [1]. With 10 illustrations by Appleton, including four colour plates. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and decoration in black, white and pink to upper. Line-drawn illustrations..... More
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