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Whaler 'Round the Horn.
London: Museum Press, 1953. [Children's Adventure Novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 244. With a colour frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, by Shenton. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Shenton, priced at 7/6. A touch of spotting..... More
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass.
London: The Folio Society, 2008. [Children's Fantasy Epic] FIRST EDITION THUS. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (25 x 17 x 12cm), pp.xiv; 362; pp.x; 299 [3]; pp.x; 466 [2]. Each volume with 11 colour illustrations by Bailey, including frontispieces. Publisher's black cloth heavily decorated and titled in gilt. Complete with..... More
William—In Trouble.
London: George Newnes, no date [1927]. [Children's Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.261. With occasional in-text drawings and a frontispiece by Henry. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Black ink gift inscription to flyleaf. Light toning and very minor spotting to edges and..... More
Five Have Plenty of Fun.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo. pp.183 [1]. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in blue, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A black..... More
Five Go to Demon's Rocks.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo. pp.183 [1]. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red or blue, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] FOURTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 6s. A crisp, clean copy, very..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. [Children's Adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.208. With a colour-illustrated frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red or blue, by Soper. Publisher's blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. [Children's Adventure] EIGHTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.191 [1]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced..... More
Five Get into Trouble.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.190 [2]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and yellow pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.192. With a colour frontispiece (same image as jacket), and numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's light blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. [Gulliver's Travels].
London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet Street, 1726. [Classic Literature / Satire] FIRST EDITION, Teerink's AA issue. Four parts complete in two volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] xii; 148, pp. [6] 164 [2]; pp.[8] 154 [8] 199 [3]. Complete with six engraved plates, and..... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Centenary Edition.
London: Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, for Boots Pure Drug Co., no date [circa 1932]. [Children's Illustrated] RARE JACKET, the Centenary Edition. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10] 180 [2]. With 12 colour plates by Hudson, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
Biggles Sorts it Out.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1967. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 10/6. A lovely, bright, crisp copy. Fine. The trail of a jewel thief takes Biggles from Regent Street to..... More
Biggles And The Lost Sovereigns.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1964. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. With a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's yellow cloth with green titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 8/6. A lovely bright, crisp copy, with just a touch of rubbing to..... More
Biggles' Special Case.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.170. With a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's light blue cloth with green titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 8/6. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with just a hint of spotting..... More
Biggles and the Gun Runners.
London: Brockhampton Press, 1966. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182; [2]. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Leslie Stead with printed price of 10/6 net in U.K. Small (ink?) mark to the margin of the front endpapers that has bleed through the first..... More
Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea.
London: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead with printed price of 10/6 net in UK. A couple of faint marks to edges, wrapper very lightly handled with some very slight bruising to the..... More
Orchids for Biggles.
London: Brockhampton Press, 1962. [Boy's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.168; [1], advertisement. With colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. Publisher's green cloth with titles and publisher's imprint in yellow to spine. Pictorial jacket priced 8s 6d. Simply a lovely fine copy. Biggles travels to Peru in pursuit..... More
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
London: David Fickling Books, 2017. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, third printing thus. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.546. Publisher's gilt and silver decorated black cloth, with wave-decorated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. A fine copy. Pullman returns to the world of the His Dark Materials..... More
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His Dark Materials. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001. [Classic Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION of the complete award-winning trilogy in one volume. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.1016. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, yellow ribbon marker and original pictorial dust jacket. Orange..... More
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. [Fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, in first state jacket (lacking commas after child's names). Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.251; [blank]; [3 of reviews]; [advertisement]. Autographed in black ballpoint to the flyleaf. Printed boards and matching pictorial dust-jacket drawn by Cliff Wright, priced at £10.99. Some expected toning..... More
Shut In: A Tale of the Wonderful Siege of Antwerp in the Year 1585.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1894. [Children's Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.491 [5]. With a double-page sketch-map and a vignette title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt, black and blind titles and decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt, and floral-patterned endpapers. Illustrated bookplate of..... More
Nicobobinus.
London: Pavilion Books, in association with Michael Joseph, 1985. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.175 [1]. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations as well as nine full-page colour illustrations by Foreman. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated..... More
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