Children's Books
Five on a Treasure Island.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1942] 1948. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fifth impression. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. With thirty-two full page illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness/spotting to..... 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
Treasure Island.
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. [Illustrated classic] FIRST DULAC EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xiv; 15-256. Contains 12 full page colour illustrations by Dulac, including frontispiece. Publisher's brown buckram binding with leather title label to spine lettered in gilt, boards trimmed in gilt. Contents clean, neat gift inscription to f.e.p., label..... 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 Go Adventuring Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1943] 1948. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, Third Impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With colour frontispiece and full page b & w illustrations by Soper. Publisher's pale blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Large..... 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 Go To Smuggler's Top.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1945] 1949. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. A particularly fine early copy, in the original style jacket with the slanted..... 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
Oswald Bastable and Others. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock and H. R. Millar.
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1905. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; [vii-viii], seemingly misbound; 1-369; [1], blank; [9], ads; [1], blank. Text in first state. Publisher's burgundy cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper board, t.e.g. Illustrated with plates (all present) and one drawing..... More
The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [2]; 296; [2]; [2 of advertisements]; [8 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's blue-green cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper board, all edges gilt. Illustrated with seventeen plates. Contents clean, owner's stamp to flyleaf, binding shows..... More
Oiling The Wheels.
London: A. White and Co., 1957. [Oil Industry Advertisements] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 29cm), pp.[26]. A full page colour illustration by Kneebone to face every page of text. Publisher's pink illustrated paper over boards, showing a mustachioed gentleman with an oil can against a pink background to upper; rear..... 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
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
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
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
The Minpins.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. [Children's story] FIRST EDITION. Large format hardcover (28 x 22cm), pp.48, colour illustrations throughout. Publisher's illustrated covers, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Binding moderately handled; a very good copy with a little sunning/toning to spine. "Beware, Beware, the Forest of Sin! None come..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression, SIGNED by the artist. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards, with the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Cockcroft, priced at £17.99, SIGNED to the upper panel in black marker by the artist Jason Cockcroft. Edges gently toned..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards, with the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Cockcroft, priced at £17.99. Minor water stain to pp.458-65, otherwise a crisp, clean near fine copy. The final Harry Potter adventure. Philip Errington; J.K...... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.118. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's hardcover, top edge coloured black, in pictorial jacket. This is the Book Club issue (often mistaken as the first US edition). Exhibits some minor toning and handling; price-clipped as..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
New York, NY: Random House / Columbus, OH: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, 1964 [1965]. [Childrens classic] Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.116. Dated 1964 but issued in 1965. Publisher's illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers in black and white, no jacket was issued. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Covers show some use with..... More
Harry Potter and the The Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression, SIGNED by the artist to the front panel of the dust-jacket. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Jason Cockroft, priced at £16.99. A fine, as-new copy, dark-stored by ourselves since publication..... More
Black Beauty. The Autobiography of a Horse. Illustrated by Eighteen Plates in Colour Specially Drawn For This Edition by Cecil Aldin.
London: Jarrold Publishers, no date [1912]. [Children's classic] FIRST ALDIN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.[2] xviii; 291 [5]. With 18 colour plates including a frontispiece, and other in-text illustrations, by Aldin. Recenty re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the..... 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
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