"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln
Children's Books
Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer.
London: Puffin Books, 2015. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.495 [7]. Signed by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, orange endpapers, metallic-effect illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £14.99. Waterstones 'signed' sticker to jacket. A fine as-new..... More
The Crimson Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 371; [1], blank. With eight full-page colour plates and numerous engraved illustrations by Ford. Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, pink and blue endpapers illustrated with line..... More
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Alice in Wonderland [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland].
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press c.1910. COLLINS' PENNY LIBRARY Edition, with illustrations by T. H. Robinson and Charles Pears. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.62; [2], advertisements. Colour printed wraps, with adverts to inside covers and rear panel, front cover with illustration by Charles Pears, black and white illustrations within..... More
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The Shadow in the Plate [The Shadow in the North].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. 236. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Barrie Thorpe. Large water stain to upper board and front cover of jacket, not immediately visible. Very good overall. Sequel to 'The Ruby in the Smoke' (1985), and later..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan, 1899. [School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii, 272 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt elephant motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated bookplate of Steven R. Lomax to front paste-down. Light sunning to spine, otherwise very good. Kipling's famous tales about adolescent..... More
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The Shadow in the Plate [The Shadow in the North].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. 236. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver, in pictorial dustjacket designed by Barrie Thorpe. A fine copy. Sequel to 'The Ruby in the Smoke' (1985), and later titled 'The Shadow in the North', this is the second book in the 'Sally..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Kestrel Books, 1983. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST BURNINGHAM-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.240. With frequent in-text illustrations, and six double-sided colour plates. Publisher's yellow / green cloth with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £7.95. Also with the illustrated slipcase. A bit..... More
Seven Little Australians.
London: Ward, Lock, & Co., no date [circa 1909]. [Australian Children's Literature] VINTAGE COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.236 [20]. With three black and white plates, including a frontispiece, by Johnson, and frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Arms of West..... More
Not Now, Bernard.
London: Andersen Classics, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. One of just 300 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate on the fly-leaf. Publisher's colour-illustrated cloth with purple endpapers..... More
The Ship That Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy.
London: George G. Harrap, no date [1923]. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm). 48 pages of text, and 48 colour plates illustrated by the author, all mounted on thick grey leaves. Publisher's quarter vellum with elaborate gilt titles and decoration to spine, and grey paper-covered boards titled to..... More
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
London: David Fickling, 2017. [Young Adult Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, Special Waterstones Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.546. Publisher's gilt and silver decorated blue cloth, Oxford skyline endpapers. Publisher's price sticker to rear board. One light scratch to upper, and a bump and scratch to spine, otherwise crisp, clean and unread..... 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.xii; 13-291; [1], blank. Eighteen colour plates and other illustrations. Handsomely bound in green half morocco, over original green cloth covers elaborately blocked in gilt. Some spotting to the thick paper stock, exterior is..... More
Cinderella. Together with The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919 and 1920. FIRST EDITIONS thus. 2 volumes, large octavos. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines, in red and grey illustrated dust-wrappers. Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-toned illustrations. Owner name to 'Cinderella', some edge spotting to..... More
The Cabinet; Containing Lessons of Instruction, for the Use of Young Persons.
Huddersfield: Printed by Brook and Lancashire, 1801. [Children's Fables] RARE CHAPBOOK. An amalgamation of duodecimo and octavo half-sheets (9 x 9cm), pp.72. With occasional in-text wood engravings. Original sheets re-cased in recent blue card, matching the original blue paper cover pasted to upper. Browned and stained in places; edges chipped..... More
Come Lasses and Lads.
London: George Routledge & Sons, no date [1884]. [Children's Illustrated] EARLY EDITION. Square octavo booklet (21 x 24cm), pp.24. Illustrated by Caldecott to every page, including several colour plates. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, sewn. Rear adverts suggest the first year of publication 1884, but perhaps not the first issue..... More
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Rupert [and the Young Knight, and Rupert and the Whirlpool]. Adventure Book No. 49.
London: Oldbourne Book Co., January 1963. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Rubbing and thumbing to covers; nearly detached. Good. More
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Rupert [and the Little Soldiers, and Rupert and the Weeping Willow]. Adventure Book No. 50.
London: Oldbourne Book Co., June 1963. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
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Rupert and the Bottled Moonbeams [and Rupert and the Frosties]. Adventure Series No. 28.
London: Oldbourne Book Co., no date [April 1956]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
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Rupert and the Snow Sports [and Rupert and the Vanishing Pet]. Adventure Series No. 23.
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, no date [February 1955]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
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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
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Rupert and the French Poodles [and Rupert and the New Jersey]. Adventure Series No. 25.
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, no date [June 1955]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. A few minor marks and spots internally. Spine and edges rubbed with some thumbing to edges. Very good. More
Rupert and Dickory Dock.
London: Oldbourne Book Co., no date [1960]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto magazine (31 x 23cm), six leaves printed in red and black to both sides. Paper covers with two staples, priced at 6d. An exceptional, fine copy. More
Worzel Gummidge.
London: Evans Brothers, 1964. [Children's Fantasy] UNCORRECTED PROOF of a reissue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.167 [1]. With occasional illustrations by Crockford, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green paper covers with titles printed to spine and upper. Light handling to covers, which are largely toned to grey. Near fine. A classic..... More
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective [and] The Horror of the Heights [and] How it Happened [and] The Poison Belt, Chapter 6 [and] To the South Pole: Captain Scott's Own Story [and] Back to Back [and] Keeping Watch [and] The Weaker Vessel [and] Bits of Life [and] The Journal of Aura Lovel [and] Keeping it from Harold [and] The Torch [and] Wet Magic [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 46, complete.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1913. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Ink library stamps of..... More
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Round the Fire Stories [and] The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings [and] Miss Cayley's Adventures [and] Glimpses of Nature [and] Safety Match [and] Smoked Skipper [and] Clochette [and] The Gray Parrot [and] The Madness of Mr. Lister [and] Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation [and] The Stolen Body [and] Underground Passages and Trap-Doors [and] Where the Air Quivered [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 15 and 16, complete.
London: George Newnes, January to December 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate..... More