"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
New Arrivals
Results 1 - 9 (of 9)
Wet Magic.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1958. [Children's Fantasy] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 274 [2]. With wood engraved plates by Millar. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Charming gift note to flyleaf, jacket a little edge worn and slightly sunned. A very..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.607; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth, all edges gilt, purple endpapers, gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid down. Signed by the artist Jason Cockroft to the upper board. A fine..... More
Eragon. Inheritance, Book One.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[14]; 509; [5]. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Publishers blue cloth hardback, with pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Jude Palencar. With the original 'Eragon' bookmark loosely inserted. Gentle toning of paper to some sections..... More
Lyra's Oxford.
London: David Fickling Books, 2003. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.55. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth boards, titles in black to spine, paper title label to upper board. Grey endpapers, with fold-out map. Bought on publication and carefully..... More
The Art of Darkness: Staging The Philip Pullman Trilogy.
London: National Theatre, 2003. [Theatre] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.120. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. SIGNED by both Butler and Pullman in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black soft covers, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. All about how the 'His Dark Materials'..... More
Lyra's Oxford.
London: David Fickling Books, 2003. [Fantasy] FIRst Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.55. Publisher's red cloth boards, titles in black to spine, paper title label to upper board. Grey endpapers, with fold-out map. An as-new, unread copy. 'Lyra's Oxford' is the accompanying volume to the award-winning 'His Dark Materials' trilogy..... More
Tom's Midnight Garden. Illustrated by Susan Einzig.
London: Oxford University Press, 1958. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 229; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half green oasis morocco, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration, red title label, marbled sides, all edges gilt. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in..... More
Mary Poppins Comes Back.
London: Lovat Dickson and Thompson Ltd., 1935. [Classic Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.303; [1], imprint; [1], blank. With black and white illustrations. Publisher's cream cloth blocked in green, illustrated endpapers, top edge green, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 5s. Some marginal soiling to pp.80-81 else contents clean..... More
Mary Poppins.
London: Gerald Howe Ltd., 1934. [Classic Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 206; [1], imprint; [1], blank. With black and white illustrations. Publisher's sunflower yellow cloth blocked in blue, illustrated endpapers, top edge blue, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 5s. A few thumb marks and smudges to prelim..... More
Results 1 - 9 (of 9)