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Children's Books
The Magic World.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. [Fantasy stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[x]; 280; [4], advertisements. Illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Contents clean, shaken within case, dink/scratch to top edge of text block, cloth moderately used. A very good copy which shows..... More
New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Illustrations throughout. Elegantly bound in full crimson morocco by Baytun-Riviere, with gilt titles, all edges gilt, combed marble endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, publisher's cloth bound in at rear. A fine copy, inside and out. The third..... More
The Phoenix and the Carpet.
London: George Newnes, no date [1904]. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 236. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in colours, top edge gilt. Illustrations throughout including frontispiece in colour. Light and occasional marks within, binding slightly rubbed with a few small marks to rear panel. Very good..... More
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, earliest state of the cloth issue, now finely rebound in full green morocco, with the original cloth covers preserved at rear. Large octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.366. Illustrated throughout. Binding features gilt titles, and raised bands to spine..... More
Tom Brown's Schooldays. By an Old Boy.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1858. [School Story] EARLY EDITION, the seventh-thousand. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 420 [2]. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to red label on spine, and further gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper over boards. All edges marbled, and light orange endpapers, possibly from..... More
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION, third Printing, SIGNED. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.548; [2], acknowledgements. Black cloth in illustrated wrapper. Signed and Inscribed by the author 'To Luke', in blue ink to title page. Book has been read showing a few marks to covers; jacket is fine..... More
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Magician's Nephew; The Last Battle. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
London, Geoffrey Bles, Bodley Head, 1950-1956. [Children's fantasy series] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, ASSOCIATION COPIES. Seven volumes, octavo (21 x 15 x 16cm). With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Publisher's coloured cloths lettered in silver to spine, last three titles in dust-jackets. A used set, the first four without jackets and subsequently..... More
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1967. [Children's classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[4]; 128. Publisher's illustrated boards, illustrated throughout the text with black and white line drawings. Textblock somewhat toned with some spotting to edges. Binding a little worn to tip and tail of spine, with..... More
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] First Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. Lightly used and a trifle bumped; near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by..... More
Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen, 1927. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Illustrated throughout. Octavo (30 x 14cm), pp.103; xii; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, illustrated salmon pink endpapers. Contents clean, ink inscription to flyleaf, bookplate to half-title, light acceptable wear to binding..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £17.99. A clean, fine copy in similar jacket. The final Harry Potter adventure. Philip Errington; J.K. Rowling. A Bibliography (London, Bloomsbury, 2017), A14(a). More
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites With New Illustrations. Includes Cinderella, Rip Van Winkle, The Three Bears, Beauty and the Beast, Sinbad and Aladdin, etc.
London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1933. [Fairy tales] First Edition. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.287; [1], blank. With numerous in-text illustrations and eight full page colour plates. Handsomely bound in mid-blue half calf over pale blue cloth sides, gilt titles, raised bands and decoration to spine, top edge gilt..... More
More Celtic Fairy Tales.
London: David Nutt, 1894. [Folklore] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Number 27 of 125 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the publisher, eight full page plates, each appearing in two states, each with a tissue guard, plus numerous in-text illustrations. Recent green half calf over marbled boards, gilt titles on..... More
Creeper's Jeep.
Tadworth: World's Work, the Windmill Press, 1973. [Children's Illustrated] REISSUE. Small quarto (24 x 20cm), unpaginated, with colour illustrations printed by offset to every page. Illustrated endpapers. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with black cloth to spine. With the matching dust-jacket. Black ink gift inscription to verso of flyleaf. Price-clipped jacket..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of just 50 sets, accompanied by two prints, measuring 297 x 210mm, SIGNED and numbered by John Burningham. Three volumes plus portfolio, housed in a grey cloth slipcase (34 x 24 x 6cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48..... More
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, all edges gilt, gilt titles to spine and upper with cover art by Jason Cockroft. A fine, as-new copy, with the original shrink-wrap, priced at £30. The fifth Harry Potter adventure which was..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half red oasis morocco leather over original cloth sides gilt with elephant medalion to upper, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A few light marks within; externally..... 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 red cloth variant (a brown buckram binding was also produced), with titles and trim in black. A 4cm repaired tear to pp.111 / 112..... More
Harry Potter Series. Complete Set. Being: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; The Deathly Hallows; [together with] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; Quidditch Through the Ages.
London: Ted Smart, Bloomsbury and Comic Relief. 1997-2008. [Harry Potter] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER. Seven hardcovers and two softcovers, octavos (21 x 15 x 31cm). The first three titles are early editions by Ted Smart, the remaining four hardbacks and two paperbacks being FIRST EDITIONS. Original pictorial paper-covered boards, with..... More
Fantastic Mr. Fox. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Viking, 1996. [Children's classic] FIRST QUENTIN BLAKE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.81; [7], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket unpriced for export. Textblock a touch toned as often found, minor sunning to spine. A clean, near fine copy. More
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke.
London: Century, 1991. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.24. Quentin Blake illustrations throughout, some in colour. Publisher's dark blue cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £6.99. Mildly handled. A few small marks to jacket. Near fine. A short novel: Reverend Lee doesn't realise that his dyslexia is..... More
The Children at Green Meadows.
London: Lutterworth Press. 1954. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. With colour frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Grace Lodge. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black, pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 6s. 6d. Neat ink inscription, jacket with a few chips and tears, creased at crown, reinforced to reverse..... More
La Corona and the Tin Frog.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Slim quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[32] unpaginated. Publisher's glossy illustrated boards with printed price of £3.50 to rear board, dark blue endpapers. Signed by Nicola Bayley to the title page. Illustrated throughout. One tiny scuff to rear panel..... More
There's Going to be a Baby.
London: Walker Books Ltd., 2010. [Children's illustrated] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (27 x 26cm), pp.[48] unpaginated. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, decorative endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £12.99. Signed by both Oxenbury and Burningham to the half title page. With a Hatchards 'signed' promotional wraparound band. Illustrated..... More
Northern Lights. Twentieth Anniversary Edition.
London: Scholastic Children's Books, 2014. [Children's classic] SIGNED by the illustrator. Twentieth anniversary edition, second printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.1016. Publisher's white cloth hardcovers, pale blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket showing the Alethiometer. With autograph of John Lawrence in black ink to the half-title. A fine, unread copy... More