"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Children's Books
The NEW Small Person.
London: Puffin, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with a small doodle. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and red cross-hatched endpapers, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Hieroglyphic Bibles their origin and history. A hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Bibliography With Facsimile Illustrations. And A New Hieroglyphic Bible told in stories by Frederick A. Laing.
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. [Bibles] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x cm), pp.xvi; 316; 25 card leaves, two with illustrated title pages for the New and Old Testaments, two blank the rest with four illustrations per page. Publisher's tan buckram, blocked in black and gilt to spine and upper..... More
Mummy Never Told Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author throughout. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99, SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, light grey endpapers. Autograph obtained at an event at Illustration..... More
Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2016. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 130 [6]. Illustrated by the author throughout. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £5.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident.
London: Puffin Books, 2002. [Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 288 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the blue metallic-effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a fine copy of 'The Seventh..... More
Artemis Fowl, The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. [Fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.329. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with rich yellow endpapers and bright red metallic lettering to spine. With the red metallic effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a...... More
Artemis Fowl, The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.329. Publisher's black cloth with rich yellow endpapers and bright red metallic lettering to spine. With the red metallic effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Bumping to spine tail, otherwise as-new. Near fine. Artemis requires the help of the..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic-effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99. A fine/as-new copy. The first in the series of eight novels. Together..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99..... More
The Supernaturalist.
London: Puffin Books, 2004. [Children's fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 291 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and rich yellow endpapers. With the blue metallic-effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy..... More
The Romance of the Echoing Wood.
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. Illustrated by C. Mazzanti.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. [Fairy tale] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6]; 232. Publisher's white cloth with blue floral decoration, blue title to spine and upper. Edges and endpapers repeating the design of the cloth. Illustrated with a tissue protected frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by..... More
Pink Furniture. A Tale for Lovely Children with Noble Natures.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.251 [5]. With 25 line-drawn illustrations by Gurney. Publisher's variegated pink and cream cloth, with blue titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by O.G. Bourne, priced at 7/6. A little toning to edges..... More
Lionboy: The Chase.
London: Puffin, 2004. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 320; [6]. With occasional illustrated maps and diagrams by Fred van Deelen. SIGNED by the author/s in black ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
The Faber Book of Favourite Fairy Tales.
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo ( 25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 244. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket priced at £9.95. Illustrated throughout with full page colour illustrations and decorative head and tailpieces to each story. With the publisher's review slip loosely inserted..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Adventures. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011; 2012; 2013. [Children's Adventure Sequels] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, one volume SIGNED by the author. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 216 [2]; pp.[6] 234; pp.[6] 293 [5]. Frequent in-text illustrations by Joe Berger. Volume I SIGNED by the author with a doodle in black..... More
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
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
The winter of the Birds.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. [Children's fiction]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anthony Maitland. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "For Caroline | with very best | wishes | Helen Cresswell | Old Church Farm | 1978"..... 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
William—In Trouble.
London: George Newnes, no date [1927]. [Children's Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.261. With occasional in-text drawings and a frontispiece by Henry. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Black ink gift inscription to flyleaf. Light toning and very minor spotting to edges and..... More
Moonrise.
London: Bloomsbury, 2018. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 385 [9]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's yellow and blue soft covers, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.40.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1975. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price 80p inked out. Name within 'book belongs to' box, contents otherwise clean, minor shelfwear. An attractive copy. More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.41.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price 90p intact. Child's ownership to front, a few light marks within, contents otherwise clean, minor shelfwear. An attractive copy... More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.42.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership/inscription to 'book belongs to' page, route discreetly completed in pencil p.61, contents otherwise clean, price-clipped, minor shelfwear, lower corner worn. An attractive copy..... More