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The Grey Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 387 [1]. With 32 engraved plates including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations, by Ford. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to spine and upper. Black endpapers; all edges..... More
The Edge Chronicles: Vox
London: Doubleday, 2003. [Children's fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.395; [6], blank. With illustrations. SIGNED by author-illustrator Chris Riddell in black ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Riddell, priced at £12.99. Text block slightly tanned otherwise..... More
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 2004. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION thus, with strike-line 10 thru 1. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.608. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated dust-jacket with Michael Wildsmith photography, priced at £11.99. This is the adult cover version. Slight edge-spotting, minor wear; near fine. Published in..... More
London Toy Books: Aunt Louisa's Sea Side.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1867]. [Children's Illustrated] FINE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS. Quarto (27 x 23cm), six leaves of text printed to recto only, with six very fine chromolithographic plates. Publisher's brightly illustrated pink card covers, with titles to front cover and advertisements to back cover. Some light browning and..... More
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
London: David Fickling, 2017. [Young Adult Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, Special Waterstones Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.546. Publisher's gilt and silver decorated blue cloth, Oxford skyline endpapers. Publisher's price sticker to rear board. Fine. Pullman returns to the world of the His Dark Materials trilogy and the turbulent life of..... More
My Uncle Oswald.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1979. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark blue cloth in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Dave Senior, priced at £5.50. Neat ink ownership else a lovely fine copy. Slightly risque, adult romp from the regular 'Playboy' contributor. Roald Dahl received the World..... More
Alice in Wonderland.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date [circa 1920]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY ATTWELL-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.148. With 12 colour plates, including a frontispiece, as well as frequent in-text illustrations by Attwell. Recently re-bound with a robust red cloth spine, plain paper title label, and original boards..... More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date [1914]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST THUS. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.140 [4]. With 12 colour plates by Attwell, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown quarter cloth with black titles to spine and colour-illustrated paper over boards. Heavy browning to endpapers and half-title. Black..... More
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog.
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine, as-new copy. More
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog.
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). Some minor..... More
The Conquerors.
London: Andersen Press, 2004. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 29cm), pp.[26]. With naive colour illustrations by the author to every page. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to copyright page: '& for John - my dealer, | David McKee 2004.' Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards..... More
Ahmed and the Feather Girl.
London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With bright colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards, and magenta endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced..... More
The Story of Dulcibella and the Fairies.
London: C.W. Faulkner & Co., no date [1919]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.55 [1]. With 13 colour-illustrated plates, each with a caption leaf, by Miller. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with grey paper over boards, as well as brown titles and a colour plate to upper. Upper..... More
Twelve Nights.
London: Puffin, 2018. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 436 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and light blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Manuel Sumberac, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Mister Cleghorn's Seal.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] DELUXE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.94 [2]. With a wrapped print loose to preliminaries. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and navy endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, and the paper-covered slipcase, priced at £25. A fine, as-new copy, still..... More
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