Children's Books
An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., c.1900. AN ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOK. Slim oversized octavo, pp.22. Bound in publisher's decorated paper-covered boards, depicting two men in Georgian attire holding a portrait of a lady in side profile. Front and rear pastedown illustrated with full colour plates. Publisher's advertisement to rear. A...... More
The Horkey.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. [Children's illustrated] ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUICKSHANK (the younger). Slim quarto (25 x 21cm), pp.48. Printed with colour illustrations to every page. Illustrated paper-covered boards, green cloth spine, all edges green. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith Library to flyleaf, some toning and light spotting. Boards rubbed..... More
Dangerous Assignment. An Adventure Story.
London: Hennel Locke, 1950. [Children's Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour-illustrated frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front pastedown: 'For Doreen Stevens | —who typed it— | from, | 'Peter Blythe' | —who wrote it—'. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles..... More
The Third Holiday Book.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1948]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.192. With four double-sided colour plates by Boswell, and frequent in-text illustrations by various artists. Publisher's green quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and also to orange paper over boards. Red..... More
The Rilloby Fair Mystery.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With frequent in-text illustrations by Dunlop. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, top edge blue. With the illustrated dust-jacket, unpriced. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges toned., some marking to cloth. Light wear to jacket, tear to..... More
The Famous Jimmy.
London: Frederick Muller, 1936. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.58 [6]. With colour illustrations by Rabier to every page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and colour-illustrated paper over boards, and illustrated endpapers. Light spotting to endpapers and edges, otherwise quite clean internally. Heavy..... More
Five Get into Trouble.
London: Hodder and 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 go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the fourteenth impression. Small Octavo. pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A little light spotting to edges, otherwise..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1946] 1949. [Children's Classic] First Edition, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness to edges, discreet gift note to first blank, jacket..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder and 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 on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and 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 on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo, (20 x 14cm) pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red leatherette, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the telescope..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1947] 1950. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fourth impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), 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 the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), 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..... More
Five Fall Into Adventure.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, pictorial endpapers, in dust-jacket designed by Eileen A. Soper, priced at 6s. With illustrations throughout by Soper, some of which are printed with colour accents. Export copy, sold in Brisbane..... More
Faerie Wars.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.368. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's paper-covered boards illustrated by Carol Lawson and Ian Butterworth, with the matching dust-jacket priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. The first of five volumes in the..... More
A Knight of St. John. A Tale of the Siege of Malta.
London: Blackie and Son, 1906. [Children's Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.384 [16]. With eight black and white plates by Rainey, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and colour decoration to spine and upper. All edges green; grey endpapers. Blue ink gift inscription to..... More
Rough Riders of the Pampas. A Tale of Ranch Life in South America.
London: Blackie and Son, 1909. [Children's adventure] ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[2] 366 [17]. With six halftone plates, including a frontispiece, by Stanley L. Wood. Catalogue at rear. Grey endpapers. Publisher's green cloth to boards, gilt titles and pictorial designs to cover and spine. All edges green..... More
The T.C. Bridges Adventure Book. Three Complete Stories: The Mystery Message; The Sky Riders; Martin Crusoe.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933. [Children's Science Fiction] FIRST THUS, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 254; 250; 256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Top edge red. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 3/6. Printed prize bookplate for St Giles' Men's Bible..... More
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION. Slim folio (30 x 22cm), pp40. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial glazed boards, patterned endpapers. Birthday greeting in ink to pastedown, foot of spine rubbed; very good. Cult illustrated story book by the award winning author. More
Me and You.
London: Doubleday, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[26]. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine copy. A modern re-telling of..... More
Willy's Stories.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 27cm), pp.24. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper-covered boards, and marbled-illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Light surface scratches..... More
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. With 35 Illustrations by Kate Greenaway, Engraved and Prnted in Colour by Edmund Evans.
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. 4to. Publisher's light brown glazed pictorial boards, dark brown cloth spine, green end papers, all edges tinted green. Corners bumped and frayed, extremities rubbed and slightly scuffed; boards dusty. Inner hinges starting; gathering showing at few places. Very good indeed. As Schuster & Engen..... More
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. A Child's Story by Robert Browning, set forth in a series of designs and decorative borders by Harry Quilter, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, and written in ornamental text by Mary, his wife.
London: Harry Quilter, 1898. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST QUILTER-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (33 x 27cm), pp.[60]. Every page sumptuously engraved with illustrations and wide decorative margins by Harry and Mary Quilter. Each leaf separated with a tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. A clean..... More
Miffy at the Zoo.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST THUS, a revised translation. Square octavo (16 x 16cm), 14 leaves, with text facing full colour illustrations by the author. SIGNED by the translator in black ink to copyright page at rear. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards. A fine, as-new copy..... More