"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Children's Books
The Story of Mr Korah.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), unpaginated, with three fine chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece tipped in and 16 further sketch illustrations by Whistler. Publisher's red quarter cloth over grey cloth boards, gilt titles to spine gilt figure to upper, light blue endpapers, dust-jacket..... More
The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables.
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.142 [2]. With colour plates by Gilbert and in-text drawings by Campbell. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To R.W. Smith | Yours with best wishes | Richard..... 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
Watership Down.
Harmondsworth, Middx., UK: Penguin Books / Kestrel Books, 1976. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.550, plus folding map. With full colour plates by John Lawrence, and numerous marginal sketches in black and white. Publisher's brown cloth over cream paper-covered boards, mustard-coloured endpapers, illustrated jacket and cloth-trimmed..... More
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London: Walker Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 28cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Ingman to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator, with a doodle, in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued)..... More
Previously.
London: Walker Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 28cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Ingman to every page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket as issued). A fine, as-new copy. A fresh look at some classic fairy tales, told..... More
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf.
London: Walker Books, 2013. [Children's illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.80. Publishers pictorial paper boards, dust-jacket with printed price of £9.99. Signed by both the author and the illustrator to the half title. A fine/as new copy. Lavishly illustrated by the world-renowned artist Dave McKean. David Almond..... More
The Savage.
London: Walker Books, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.79 [1]. Generously illustrated by McKean throughout. SIGNED by both author and illustrator in black marker to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £5.99. Light handling with some rubbing and marks to rear cover. Near..... 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 Potion Diaries: Royal Tour.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 368 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel..... More
Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. [Illustrated children's classic] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.viii; 250; [2]. With twenty eight tipped in colour plates. Smartly bound in green half calf over original gilt-stamped green cloth sides, gilt-lettered twin red title labels, spine in six compartments with raised bands..... More
Stories from Hans Andersen. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1911]. [Illustrated children's classic] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.viii; 250; [2]. With twenty eight tipped in colour plates. Publisher's light brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine and upper board. Internally clean, a couple of light corner creases to..... 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 frontispiece 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
Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED deluxe issue. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.288. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's gilt-stamped parchment over boards, top edge gilt, others..... More
Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.288. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's russet cloth blocked in gilt, illustrated dust-wrapper in original card gift box..... 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
Sam Sheridan: The Secret Service Special, or, the jamboree at "Early Bird" bar. The Aldine "Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library." No. 178.
London: Aldine Publishing Company, n.d. [1893]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo, pp.32. In original colour illustrated paper covers. text heavily browned and extremely brittle. Some chips to leaf edges. Covers much less brittle, also chipped in places. Spine reinforced with archival tape. Good considering paper stock. 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 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
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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 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 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
Problem Party.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.214; [2]. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, decorated front endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Tresilian with printed price of 8s. 6d. net. In-text illustrations by Tresilian. Spotting and toning to edges, cloth bumped..... More
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More