Children's Books
Rupert Winter Adventures [Rupert and the Angry Dolls, and Rupert and Will o' the Wisp]. Adventure Series No. 35.
London: The Oldbourne Book Co., no date [circa 1959]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. A section of the margin lost from the first second leaf, about 1 x 3cm. Covers lightly rubbed and detached..... More
Problem Party.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.214; [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, decorated front endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Tresilian with printed price of 8s. 6d. net. In-text illustrations by Tresilian. Spotting and toning to edges, cloth bumped..... More
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
Head Kid.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Humour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 384. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary signature leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Blue patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Lenton, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
The Girls of St. Gabriel's, or, Life at a French School.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1905. [Girls' School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 296 [32]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Tarrant. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, and black, white and pink decoration, to spine and upper. Dark brown..... More
Flower Fairies Of The Autumn. With the Nuts and Berries they Bring.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd, no date. Duodecimo (15 x 12 cm). Publisher's light brown patterned cloth with a coloured plate of 'The Hawthorn Fairy' to the front in a warmly illustrated dust jacket, priced 2/6. Slightly bumped to the lower spine and corners with a hint of a lean..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
The Lonely Rhinoceros.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (24 x 26cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by Manhes to almost every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £3.95. Light rubbing and bumping. Near fine. More
The Cruise of The Breadwinner.
London: Michael Joseph, 1946. [Maritime Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.63 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and a silver device to upper. Endpapers illustrated by Broom Lynne. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, also by Broom Lynne, priced at 5s. Some rubbing and light chipping to..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Centenary Edition.
London: Pavilion, 1999. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST FOREMAN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.160. With colour illustrations by Foreman throughout. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by..... More
Nicola Bayley's Book of Nursery Rhymes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Illustrated Nursery Rhymes] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Bayley to every page. Publisher's blue illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £1.95. A water stain to top edge, with some minor marks to endpapers. Spine head pulled, with bumping to corners..... More
The Boy's Own Volume of Fact, Fiction, History, and Adventure.
London: S.O. Beeton, 1863. [Anthology] FINE ILLUSTRATED COPY. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 552 [4]. With 24 engraved plates including a frontispiece, and numerous other in-text illustrations. Green publisher's cloth, lavishly stamped in both gilt and blind. Titles to upper and spine. Yellow coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Interior lightly..... More
The Tired Train, and other stories.
London: Max Parrish, No date [circa 1952]. [Children's Illustrated] COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. Octavo (22 x 19cm), pp.36. Colour illustrations throughout. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine and gilt motif to upper. Light spotting and toning to preliminaries. Sunning to spine and board top edges, tearing to spine head. Very..... More
More Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.18.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd., no date [1953]. [Children's Annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.118 [2]. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's matt illustrated card covers, with pictorial endpapers. Title page priced at 4s. 'The Book Belongs To' section filled out in pencil. Colouring section..... More
The New Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.19.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd., no date [1954]. [Children's Annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.123. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy illustrated card covers, with pictorial endpapers. Title page priced at 4/6. 'The Book Belongs To' section filled out in blue ink and pencil..... More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.20.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd., no date [1955]. [Children's Annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.107. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy illustrated card covers, with pictorial endpapers. Title page priced at 4/6. 'The Book Belongs To' section filled out in blue ink. Colouring section..... More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.22.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Oldbourne, no date [1957]. [Children's Annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.107. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy illustrated card covers, with pictorial endpapers. Title page price-clipped. 'The Book Belongs To' section filled out in black ink. Colouring sections at front and rear..... More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.38.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1973. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Trivial handling, no marks or scribbles. Price-clipped, else a lovely fine example. More
Rupert's Adventure Book [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual No.5, 1940].
London: Annual Concepts [Express Newspapers], 1992. Facsimile Edition of the 1940 Rupert Annual. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.126. Stories pictured in colour throughout. Publisher's colour Illustrated boards. Sunned to spine else a lovely fine copy. More
Rupert. The Daily Express Annual 1978.
London: Express Newspapers, 1978. [Children's Annual] ORIGINAL ANNUAL. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.116. With colour illustrations by Bestall to every page. Cover art and endpapers by Harrold. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and colour-illustrated endpapers. Light browning to edges. Near fine. The first Rupert Annual to feature cover art by..... More
Rupert. The Daily Express Annual 1972.
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1972. [Children's Annual] ORIGINAL ANNUAL. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.116. With colour illustrations by Bestall to every page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards. Colour-illustrated endpapers. Internally clean and unmarked. Some light wear to covers; spine very slightly toned. Near fine. The penultimate Rupert Annual with cover art..... More
The Blackbird's Nest. A Tale for Youth.
Philadelphia, PA: Johnson and Warner, 1812. [Children's Antiquarian]. EARLY EDITION. Vigesimo-quarto (13 x 9cm), pp.36. With occasional vignette wood engravings. Recently re-backed in matching grey card with original grey illustrated paper covers laid over. Remarkably crisp and clean, with some wear to original cover edges. Very good. A fine wholesome..... More
Minou.
Santa Barbara, CA: Advocacy Press, 1987. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.64. With colour illustrations by Maeno to every page, including endpapers. INSCRIBED by the illustrator in black ink to verso of the fly-leaf: 'to Mr. Paris | Best wishes | thank you! | Itoko' with..... More
Double Cross.
London: Doubleday, 2008. [Young Adult Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10] 434 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Slightly toned to edges, lightly handled. Near..... More