Children's Books
The Water-Babies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION THUS. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.x; 212 [2]. With 12 fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and frequent in-text illustrations by Smith. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles and decoration to spine and upper. Matching grey endpapers with red decoration..... More
Count Karlstein, or, the Ride of the Demon Huntsman. Illustrations By Diana Bryan.
London: Doubleday, 2002. [Gothic Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST PRINTING thus; originally published in 1982, this edition is newly illustrated. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's cloth, fine, in very near fine wrapper. By the prize-winning author of 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Author's signature to the title page in blue ink. Pullman's first..... 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. A near fine copy showing just a touch of light handling. The final Harry Potter adventure. Philip Errington; J.K. Rowling..... More
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards, with matching dust-jacket illustrated by Jason Cockroft, priced at £16.99. A near fine copy showing some light wear to boards, and some light toning and a few marks to edges..... More
Poems of Childhood.
London: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1912]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.[8]; 46; [2]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by Millicent Sowerby. In publisher's quarter cream cloth with textured cream red and green cloth over boards. Gilt titles to spine and..... More
Shadowmancer
London: Faber and Faber 2003. [Fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION thus, with additional chapter and foreword. Fine in jacket. SIGNED by the author. British hardcover printing of the highly acclaimed debut. 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
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
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
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
Leave it to Jennings.
London: Collins, 1963. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 8s 6d to front flap. Four full page illustrations, top edge red. Spotting to flyleaf and edges of textblock, blue pen to back flyleaf..... More
The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch. With a Foreword by Florence Milner.
London: Cassell and Company, 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 19cm), pp.[xvi]; 193; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, decoration to upper, top edge tinted black. Illustrations throughout. Occasional spotting to textblock edge, a neat ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink..... 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
My Uncle Oswald.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1979. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark blue cloth in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Dave Senior, priced at £5.50. Neat ink ownership else a lovely fine copy. Slightly risque, adult romp from the regular 'Playboy' contributor. Roald Dahl received the World..... More
Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1954. [Sci-fi] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 202. With six full-page illustrations by Cornwell and a colour halftone frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, titles and pictorial motifs blocked in navy to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Light spotting throughout interior and to..... More
Perkin the Pedlar.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1932. [Educational] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 206. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations, including a frontispiece, by Clare Leighton. Blue pictorial cloth over boards. Light toning throughout leaves, with minor foxing to preliminaries and edges. Spotting to cloth boards, mostly lower. Rubbing to..... More
Dear 007.
New York:Simon & Schuster, 1966. [Fan letters] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (29 x 22cm), unpaginated. Hardback in glazed boards, 'Annual' format, illustrated with drawings by Paul Bacon. Cheap paper toned as expected, covers rubbed. Very good. Rather scarce. A curious collection of fanmail to 'James Bond 007'. The illustrator Paul..... More
The Valley of Song.
London: University of London Press, 1951. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and occasional line-drawn illustrations throughout the text by Spurrier. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt ship device to upper. Top edge red, and illustrated endpapers..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Methuen & Co., 1922. [Children's classic] VINTAGE COPY, the 12th edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 302 [10]. Frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and in blind to upper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Largely clean, with a few minor spots..... More
Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1920]. [Children's Illustrated] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.56. With fine colour illustrations by the author, printed from the original wood blocks by Edmund Evans, to every page. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards with black titles to grey cloth spine..... More
Our Little Manchurian Cousin.
Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Company, 1933. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 106 [6]. With six half-tone illustrations, including a colour frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author rather lavishly in green ink to fly-leaf: 'Miss Mabelle Aubrey | a very princessly [?] | lovely soul. |..... More
The Iron Woman.
London: Faber and Faber, 1993. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. REVIEW COPY with illustrated press release and review slip loosely inserted. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.87. Publisher's black cloth in black pictorial dust-jacket priced £9.99. A fine copy in slightly nicked and rubbed jacket. Ted Hughes' classic of environmental children's fiction..... More
Comrades in Arms. Stories of 'Biggles' of the R.A.F., 'Worrals' of the W.A.A.F. and 'King' (Gimlet) of the Commandos.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's adventure story collectionl] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.227; [1], blank. With six green-tinted double spread illustrations by Stead, colour frontispiece and title page on pale green coated paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket. Lacks free endpaper..... More
Nicobobinus.
London: Pavilion Books, in association with Michael Joseph, 1985. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.175 [1]. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations as well as nine full-page colour illustrations by Foreman. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated..... More
Nail Soup.
London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 29cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by Hess to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in gold with some doodle to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced..... More