" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Children's Books
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. [Children's Classic] FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.766; [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, upper cover with art panel by Jason Cockroft, all edges gilt. A fine, as new copy, sealed in the original shrinkwrap with 'First Edition' text on price label..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.636; [4] blank. Publisher's purple cloth, all edges gilt, gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid on to upper. A fine, unused copy, sealed in the original shrinkwrap with 'First Edition' text on price label..... More
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow.
London: Orion Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST LIMITED EDITION IN ASSOCIATION WITH GOLDSBORO BOOKS. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [6]. With occasional marginal illustrations by Beatriz Castro. Number 121 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to 'Goldsboro Books Ltd. special edition' preliminary..... More
Dubious Deeds. Book One of The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Roberts. SIGNED by the author rather minimally in blue ink to flyleaf, with publisher's stamp of authenticity. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. With the..... More
Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2014. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] 605 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Limited Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Percival..... More
Broken Heart Club.
London: Puffin Books, 2016. [Teen Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[6] 307 [7]. SIGNED by the author in gold to title page. With occasional illustrations by Erin Keen. Publisher's blue and white heart-illustrated paper-covered boards (no titles), with blue endpapers and promotional bookmark loosely inserted. With the..... More
Alice Through the Looking-Glass and What She Found There.
London: Walker Books, 2005. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.226 [2]. Sumptuously illustrated in colour by Oxenbury. Number 528 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to limitation bookplate on flyleaf. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with white titles to spine, illustrated paper-covered boards..... More
The Emperor's Nightingale and Other Feathery Tales.
London: Boxer Books, 2013. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.173. With colour scraperboard illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's purple glossy illustrated paper covered boards, with red illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. An anthology of classic..... More
Toad of Toad Hall. A Play form Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows."
London: Methuen and Co., 1929. [Children's Play] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 167 [9]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper. With the plain dust-jacket, priced at 5s to spine. Black ink gift inscription to flyleaf. Offsetting to endpapers, and heavy spotting..... More
Coraline.
London: Bloomsbury, 2012. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 192. Number 842 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author. With illustrations by Chris Riddell. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and yellow endpapers, dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Riddell. Also with the purple..... More
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
Manda.
London: John Murray, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.[2] 30. With a mixture of colour and black and white lithographic illustrations by the author. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Some heavily browned glue spots to front and pastedowns. One..... More
Lyra's Oxford.
London: David Fickling Books, 2003. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.55. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth boards, titles in black to spine, paper title label to upper board. Grey endpapers, with fold-out map. Bought on publication and carefully..... More
Winnie the Pooh, together with The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
London: Methuen, 1926, 1928. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes; octavo (21 x 14 x 6cm). Handsomely bound in half green and pink morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, cloth sides, original pictorial covers and illustrated endpapers bound in. Housed in a custom made..... More
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2000. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.548; [2], acknowledgements. Black cloth in illustrated wrapper. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. A fine / as new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. The final volume in the highly acclaimed..... More
Tales of the Peculiar. By Millard Nullings.
London: Penguin Books, 2016. [Short Strange Tales] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[20] 160 [12]. With frequent engraved illustrations by Davidson. SIGNED by the author in black ink to bookplate on half-title. Publisher's green cloth with white titles and gilt illustration stamped to spine and upper. Facsimile..... More
The Girl with the Lost Smile.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2017. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 362. SIGNED by the author in black marker to half-title. With frequent illustrations by Hindley. Publisher's yellow cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Hindley, priced..... More
Watership Down.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972. [Children's Fantasy] US ADVANCE COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 430 [6]. Publisher's yellow soft covers with red and black titles to spine and upper. Illustration also to upper. Spine lightly sunned. Some spotting and handling to edges. Very good. A tragic fantasy..... More
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Parts One and Two. Special Rehearsal Edition Script.
London: Little, Brown, 2016. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 343 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper. Gold illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. A couple of small chips to jacket rear flap fold. Near fine... More
The Colour of the Sun.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 231 [3]. Publisher's navy cloth with bronze titles to spine and upper, and orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Litchfield, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
The Green Goblin Book.
London: George Newnes, no date [1935]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.120. With in-text illustrations and a colour frontispiece by Robinson. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With both rare jackets; one illustrated in colour by Ian Hassall and priced at..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends. Or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. [Short stories] FINELY BOUND. The Edinburgh Edition. Octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 546; [2]. Finely bound by Bumpus in red polished calf, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt. With fifty illustrations by Cruickshank, Leech, Tenniel, Barham, du Maurier, etc. Gift..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636; [2]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards and matching dust-jacket illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £14.99. Absolutely fine/as new. The fourth Harry Potter adventure, which was the winner of the 2001 'Hugo' Award [Fantasy Achievement Award -Best Novel]... More
The House With Chicken Legs.
London: Usborne, 2018. [Children's fiction] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.337; [15]. Publisher's softcovers. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. Uncommon signed. A fine/as new copy. More
The Light Jar.
London: Scholastic, 2018. [Children's fiction] SIGNED PAPERBACK, third printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 293; [3]. Publisher's softcovers. Signed by the author to the half title page. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. Uncommon signed. A fine/as new copy. More