Children's Books
Rip Van Winkle. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, February 1907. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, the trade issue, second impression. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.viii; 62. With 51 mounted colour plates by Rackham, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Elegantly rebound in half dark green oasis morocco, tooled in gilt to..... More
Rip Van Winkle. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, the trade issue. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.viii; 62. With 51 mounted colour plates by Rackham, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges blue;..... More
Poesia, en Prosa y Verso (1902-1932), escojida para los ninos por Zenobia Camprubi Aymar.
Madrid: Signo, 1932. [Spanish Poetry] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.133 [3]. All text in Spanish. Publisher's red quarter cloth, with red titles to plain grey pasteboards. Heavy browning to edges and margins. A small numbered sticker and stamp to front pastedown. Pencil ownerships to page facing title page..... More
Biggles Goes To War.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1952. [Aviation adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With illustrations within the text by Martin Tyas. Publisher's light green cloth with black titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper priced at 6/-. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some expected spotting to edges..... More
Spitfire Parade [Biggles at War].
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1949. [Aviation adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With illustrations within the text by Radcliffe Wilson. Publisher's light green cloth with gilt titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper priced at 5/-. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some expected spotting to edges..... More
Biggles and the Black Raider. Another Adventure of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and his Air Police.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth, original pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions, a little soiling to rear e.p., jacket lightly used with shallow loss at crown, some dustiness, a...... More
Biggles in the South Seas.
London: Oxford University Press, 1940 [circa 1942]. [Children's Adventure] EARLY REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and six other black and white illustrations by Howard. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles to spine and upper, and brown decoration matching the First to upper only. With..... More
Biggles Sees It Through.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1947. [Children's Adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. With a colour frontispiece and six full-page black and white illustrations by Alfred Sindall. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper on economy paper (another jacket..... More
Biggles and the Plane that Disappeared. A Story of the Air Police.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.159; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead with printed price of 8s 6d net. With six black and white illustrations by Stead. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A bright..... More
Biggles Delivers the Goods. A 'Biggles Squadron' Story.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946 [October 1949]. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182. With 10 illustrations including colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. In publisher's pale blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board. Carlographic endpapers to front. With original colour illustrated dust-jacket..... More
Biggles Forms a Syndicate.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and a black design to upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour, also by Stead, priced at..... More
Biggles Forms a Syndicate.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and a black design to upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour, also by Stead, priced at..... More
Biggles Investigates.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1964. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. With a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's grey cloth with orange titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Stead, priced at 8/6. A touch of spotting to edges, with some light wear to jacket extremities..... More
Biggles Takes A Hand.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A lovely bright, crisp..... More
Biggles and the Black Peril.
London: Dean and Son Ltd., by arrangement with Thames Publishing Co., no date [circa 1960]. [Children's adventure] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.184. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth, titles in black to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. Neat gift inscription to flyleaf. Minimal bumping to spine and corners with very slight..... More
Biggles and the Missing Millionaire.
London: Brockhampton Press. 1961. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.170; [6]. Colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. Publisher's yellow cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Some marking to edges. Binding and jacket lightly rubbed to extremities, a little toned to spine. Very good..... More
Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy. Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182; [2]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher's brown cloth with green titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Stead, price obscured. Very light spotting to edges. Bruising and very..... More
Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy. Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961. [Boy's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182; [2]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher's brown cloth with green titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Stead, priced at 8/6. A child's blue ink ownership to..... More
Biggles Goes to School. The Story of Biggles' Early Life and School Days
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.193; [1], blank. With sepia illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black, dust-jacket also illustrated by Stead, priced at 6s. Very good in similar jacket with a few small chips and tears, sunned..... More
Biggles Investigates. And Other Stories of the Air Police.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1964. [Children's Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. Publisher's grey cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6. Wrapper very lightly handled to extremities, else a pristine copy. Fine. A collection of eight short Biggles stories..... More
Biggles of the Special Air Police. The Kingston Library.
London: The Thames Publishing Co., no date [circa 1956]. [Children's Adventures] EARLY REPRINT. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.247 1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Browning to low grade paper, with a little spotting also to edges and endpapers. Price-clipped jacket rubbed to edges..... 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 Raid (including Biggles in 'Ace of Spades').
London: John Hamilton, n.d. [1937]. [Boys' adventure stories] FIRST EDITION, early printing (undated, ca.1937), with first edition wrapper. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1], blank, no rear flyleaf (as issued). Publisher's Khaki cloth blocked in black, illustrated dust-jacket, correctly priced at 3/6 to spine. This is effectively the first cheap..... More
Biggles Flies South.
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece by Leigh, and a sketch-map and six black and white illustrations by Nicolle. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles and decoration to spine and upper. Top edge brown. School prize inscription..... More
Biggles And The Blue Moon.
London: Brockhampton Press, 1965. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.181; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Leslie Stead with printed price of 10/6 net. Tiny pen mark to top edge. Dust-jacket lightly handled to extremities, but completely bright and unfaded. Fine. The title..... More