Children's Books
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
The Crimson Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 371 [1]. With eight colour plates including a frontispiece, and numerous further illustrations, by Ford. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to spine and upper. Pink illustrated endpapers; all edges..... More
The Orange Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xiv; 358 [2]. With eight colour plates, including a frontispiece, and 50 further illustrations by Ford. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt. Black..... More
The Story of Horace.
London: Faber & Faber, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[52]. With colour lithographic illustrations to every page by the author. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Quite heavily toned throughout, with an 8cm tear to final..... More
An Owl and Three Pussycats.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Folio (32 x 24cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Alice and Martin to every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards with blue endpapers. Light rubbing to covers, and bumping to corners. Very good. More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.608. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-jacket. This is the adult cover version. A fine, unread copy. Philip Errington, "J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013" (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), A14(a). More
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The Magicians of Caprona. [Chrestomanci Series].
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1980. [Young Adult Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. Publisher's light brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ionicus, priced at £4.95. Slight wear to board and jacket edges. Near fine. The second in the acclaimed Chrestomanci series..... More
Esio Trot.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.64. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake with printed price of £6.95. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Blake. Contents clean. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition..... More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.
London: Strand Publications, no date [circa 1938]. [Pop-Up Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[62]. With four colour-illustrated pop-up scenes, a colour fronispiece and vignette title page, and several line-drawn illustrations, all by Wickham, and design and arrangement by Giraud. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards, with endpapers illustrated..... More
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes [and] Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete.
London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and..... More
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The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
The Dolly Dressmaker. Original Book of Cutting and Dressing with Original Artwork of 10 Paintings on board.
Printed in England, B.B. (Birn Brothers) Ltd., 1950's. The Book: Folio. No. 509. Soft pictorial covers with 16 pages, 8 of which are printed in colour. The Artwork: 10 hand painted hard board leaves, same size as the book, being the original artwork for the front and back covers as..... More
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[Original Artwork for Biggles]. [Unpublished].
no date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Adventure Artwork] ORIGINAL PAINTING (38 x 57cm). Gouache painted directly onto a Winsor & Newton Fashion-Plate Drawing Board, details printed on reverse. A little rubbed, chipped and bumped to edges, but clean and bright generally. Very good. An original painting produced by Leslie Stead, or..... More
The Runaway Sleigh Ride.
London: Methuen Children's Books, 1984. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small folio (29 x 22cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Wikland to every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, with illustrated endpapers. Some bumping to corners. Near fine. A delightful Scandinavian Christmas story. More
The Lonely Rhinoceros.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (24 x 26cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by Manhes to almost every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £3.95. Light rubbing and bumping. Near fine. More
Mr. Bear, Postman.
London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (25 x 25cm), pp.[26]. Every page fully illustrated in colour by Kakimoto. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket priced at £3.50. Wear and chipping to edges and corners. One tape burn and some other marks..... More
The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne.
London: Methuen and Co., 1950. [Children's classic] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 178. Beautifully illustrated by Mr. Rackham with 12 full colour plates, including frontispiece, plus several line drawings. Elegantly bound in green half morocco, gilt to spine, raised bands and top edge gilt, matching cloth..... More
The World's Worst Teachers.
London: Harper Collins, 2019. [Children's comedy book] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.308. With delightful illustrations by Tony Ross. Publisher's glossy pictorial hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £14.99. A lovely fine/as new copy. More
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Cinderella [together with] The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrappers. A little spotting..... More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.39.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1974. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Illustrations by Bestall and Cubie. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original price of 60p intact. Trivial handling, no marks or scribbles. A near fine copy. More
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Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.32. With Magic Painting.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Robinson, 1967. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's matte card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original price 6s. intact. Owner name and date to 'This Book Belogs To' panel, the eight magic paintings are completed, contents clean, some expected wear..... More
Tusk Tusk.
London: Andersen Press, 1978. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 21cm), pp.[28]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £3.00. Blue ink ownership to title page. Light rubbing and bumping, and a little grubbiness to boards. Very good. The..... 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 Five Pennies. A Read Alone Book.
Tadworth: The World's Work, 1965. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[32]. With fine colour illustrations by Blegard to every page. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with illustrated paper-covered boards. Light toning, spotting, and a few minor marks to leaves. Boards quite heavily rubbed and marked, with bumped..... More
The Edge Chronicles: Vox
London: Doubleday, 2003. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.395; [6], blank. With illustrations. SIGNED by author-illustrator Chris Riddell in black ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Riddell, priced at £12.99. Text block a little dusty..... More