Illustrated & Plate Books
Runaway Robot.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2019. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 272 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink, with robot sketch, to preliminary leaf. With frequent in-text illustrations by Lenton. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine and black illustration to upper, and..... More
Half in Shadow.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1978. [Weird fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.ix [3] 212 [4]. With a monochrome frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tim Kirk priced at $8.95 to front flap. Grey endpapers. Fine, as-new. A collection of short..... More
The Century Book of Gardening. A Comprehensive Work for Every Lover of the Garden.
London: Country Life, n.d. (c.1930). 4to. Publisher's beige cloth beautifully decorated and titled in black, green and red to spine and upper, speckled edges. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white photogravures. Binding very little rubbed to extremities. A lovely copy. More
The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopgate, London.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876. [Church Architecture and History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 454 [2]. With 15 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Re-backed in burgundy cloth to match publisher's blind-decorated boards, with gilt titles to spine and yellow-coated endpapers. Blue ink ownership relating to the Pitt-Rivers Museum in..... More
Mad Morgan's Murder Sanctum [and] Danger! Dead Men! Detour! [in] Detective Story Magazine. Vol. IX, No. 5.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., May 1954. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only more appealing by its..... 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
The Birds of the Western Palearctic: Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978-1985. FOUR VOLUMES, volume one a reprint. Quarto, pp.[10], 722; pp.[8], 695; pp.[8], 913 [2]; pp.[10], 960. With a wealth of colour illustrations. In publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spines. With original colour illustrated dust-jackets. Jackets lightly sunned to spines. Very good indeed. The..... More
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. A Story of New York by Stephen Crane.
Mount Vernon, NY: printed for The Limited Editions Club by A. Colish, 1974. [American Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 20cm), pp.[2] 105 [5]. With six photogravures from etchings by Abeles, including a frontispiece. Number 1642 of 2000 copies thus, SIGNED in black ink by the illustrator to..... More
The Baby's Opera [and] The Baby's Bouquet. A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses, the Music by the Earliest Masters [and] A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes: A Companion to the "Baby's Opera" The Tunes Collected & Arranged by L.C.
London: George Routledge and Sons [and] Frederick Warne and Co., no dates [circa 1878 and 1900]. [Nursery Rhymes] FINE COLOUR PRINTING, early printings. Two volumes. Small quarto (19 x 19cm), pp.56; pp.56. Both volumes with fine colour illustrations designed by Crane and printed by Evans, accompanying printed music and words..... More
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers.
London: Cassell & Company, 1889. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.40 [10]. With fine colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's catalogue dated August 1889. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards with green cloth to spine and endpapers patterned in orange. Light repair to split upper..... More
Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. [Book Illustration] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xiv; 341 [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations, including frequent head and tail pieces, as well as 11 facsimile plates on glossy paper at rear. Publisher's green cloth with white titles and decoration to spine and..... More
Robin Hood.
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, Publisher, 1917. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST WYETH EDITION. Large Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.362. With eight colour plates and a colour-illustrated title page, all by N.C. Wyeth. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, as well as a handsome coloured plate also to..... More
A Pageant of the Spice Islands.
London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, 1936. First Edition. Octavo, pp. i, 131. With 5 b/w plates including frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with yellow titles to spine. With original cream dust jacket, featuring black titles to spine and upper board. Corners slightly bumped, and some light wear to boards..... More
William The Superman. Illustrated By Henry Ford.
London: George Newnes, 1968. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. With occasional in-text illustrations by Ford. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the red dust-jacket, also illustrated by Ford, priced at 10/6. A lovely bright, crisp copy with just a...... More
William and the Moon Rocket.
London: George Newnes Limited, 1954. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248. With occasional in-text illustrations by Henry. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the red dust-jacket also illustrated by Henry, priced at 8/6. Moderate spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise..... More
Excursions in the County of Sussex: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [etc.], 1822. [Topography] FINE HAND-COLOURED PLATES, first edition. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.iv; 201 [3]. With 46 engraved plates, including folding maps of the county, and of Chichester. Some plates hand-coloured. Contemporary or lightly later tan half calf with gilt titles..... More
Excusions in the County of Surrey: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [etc.], 1821. [Topography] FINE HAND-COLOURED PLATES, first edition. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.iv; 214. With 45 engraved plates including a frontispiece and vignette title page, most hand-coloured, as well as a folding map of the county. Contemporary or lightly later tan..... More
Harris of Japan. The Story of Townsend Harris and his Amazing Adventures in Establishing Relations with the Far East.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. [Asian History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 310; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with green titles to spine, blind ruling to front and rear boards, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price 12s 6d to flap. Frontispiece of Townsend Harris. Illustration plates in black and white throughout..... More
Mistura Curiosa.
Edinburgh. Maclachlan and Stewart. 1896. First edition. 4to. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth covered bevelled boards, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Light edgewear, some slight frayiong to head of spine; bright, clean and handsome. All edges gilt. Internally clean. A bizarre and unusual collection..... More
A Spliced Yarn. Some Strands From the Life Cable of Bill Bullen.
London: Gibbings and Company, 1899. [Maritime fiction] ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 300. With five tissue-guarded halftone plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Red pictorial decoration to upper and spine. Top edge gilt. Toning to margins, foxing..... More
Blake: General-at-Sea.
Taunton: Barnicott and Pearce, the Wessex Press, 1934. [Naval History] FIRST EDITION WITH JACKET. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 200. With 20 lithographic maps, plans and illustrations, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With rare original light blue dust-jacket featuring an engraving..... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's..... More
Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1973. [Childrens classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.150; [2], endmatter. Publisher's laminated pictorial card covers. Detailed illustrations throughout by Faith Jaques, including covers. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Minor wear, some rubbing to spine tips, laminate is decent with one small bubble to..... More
The Magic Finger.
London: Viking, 1995. [Children's Adventure] FIRST BLAKE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.64. With frequent in-text illustrations by Blake; large print. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Moderate toning to paper, as usual, jacket with a few small nicks, spine gently..... More
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With in-text illustrations by Blake throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated jacket, also by Blake, priced at £8.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket has a few very faint marks/spots..... More