"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Children's Books
Household Tales With Other Traditional Remains. Collected in the counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham.
London: David Nutt, 1895. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.vii, 163. Bound in publisher's green cloth, blind rules to boards, gilt rules and gilt titles to spine, top edge untrimmed, geometric patterned endpapers. Internally clean, browning to endpapers. Binding is tight and presentable, with spine ends rolled, minor bumping and rubbing to... More
Reaching for the Moon.
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2005. SIGNED. Slim quarto, unpaginated. Publisher's pictorial boards and dust-jacket, blue endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wendell Minor. Signed by Buzz Aldrin to the title page. Slight shelf wear, near fine. More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.
London: Boots the Chemists, n.d. [c.1927]. HEATH ROBINSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto, pp. 320. 16 handsome mounted colour plates, alongside numerous black and white illustrations. Red cloth with gilt titles and embellishment to spine and upper. In red dustjacket with mounted plate and black titles. Some negligible spotting to prelims and... More
Three Tales of Hans Andersen. With Twenty-Two Illustrations by Linley Sambourne.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1910. FIRST EDITION THUS. Tall slim octavo, pp.vii; 79. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Front board features a fantastically weird illustration of a lady being carried away by a giant winged insect, blocked in gilt. Blank endpapers. All edges... More
Fairy Tales, Stories, and Legends.
London: Odhams Press Limited, c.1910. UNCOMMON IN DUSTJACKET. Octavo, pp.548. Bound in publisher's 'leather-look' cloth with imitation raised bands and tooling to spine, gilt titles, and motif impressed on upper. Brown endpapers. In a stylish pictorial ductjacket featuring ship design. Cloth in excellent condition with no visible signs of wear... 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
The Three Bears.
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd., London. n.d. (1900's). Childrens classic. Slim quarto in publisher's soft covers. Colour illustrated. Small neat gift inscription, upper corner worn, a little creasing; very good indeed. More
The Child's Reward Book, Containing Several Narratives, Peculiarly Interesting to Young Persons.
London: for the Religious Tract Society, n.d. (c.1830). 8 volumes (H: 4.25 x L: 4.25 inches). Contemporary binding of full dark brown calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines, marbled boards and edges. Containing numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in text. Spines slightly rubbed. An attractive little set containing... 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
Four Footed Friends. A Volume of Animal Stories for Children.
London: Ernest Nister, [inscription dated] 1896. SCARCE BOOK. Bound in pictorial paper-covered boards with a dark green cloth spine. Boards show markings and dustiness, spine a little rubbed with a loss of colour in those places, board edges show general wear, illustrated in classic children's book style from the period... More
The Little Child's Gift; Illustrated by Emblematic Figures.
Boston, Munroe and Francis n.d. 112 x 138 mm. Publisher's yellow paper boards, pp. 64. Containing drawings and descriptions of numerous animals, insects and birds, plus several short stories and word games. Lacks lower board, upper corners rubbed, crack along hinge. Internally very good. Not in Osborne. More
The Champion Annual: 1926.
London: The Fleetway House, 1926. 4to. A superb copy of this publication for boys in bright publisher's colour pictorial boards, russet cloth spine slightly faded; in its original glassine wrapper printed in black to spine and upper. Contains 4 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Small tear and... More
The Wonderful Life & Adventures of Tom Thumb: An English Fairy Story.
Stockholm: Svenska Tryckeriaktiebolaget. 1954. First and Only Edition Thus. In two volumes. Small Pott Octavo (14 x 9.5cm). pp. 126; 134. With numerous illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Complete with 'Ordlista' for Swedes seeking to improve their English. Published by the Swedish Radio Service. In publisher's cream card covers with black... More
The Badgers of Bearshanks.
London: Ernest Benn, 1961. FIRST EDITION. Square Octavo, pp.96. With frequent woodcut illustrations including full-page plates by the author. In publisher's grey cloth with silver titles to spine. With original green pictorial dust-jacket. Black ink ex libris stamp to front pastedown. A large chip from the top left of the... More
Droll Stories. Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Translated into English, Complete and Unabridged. Illustrated with 425 Designs by Gustave Doré.
London: John Camden Hotten, c.1890. DORÉ ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo, pp.xxxii; 650. Bound in publisher's brightly decorated red boards, with black and gold illustrations stamped to upper and spine. Bevelled boards. Top edge gilt, fore edge and tail edge deckled. Cloth in excellent condition with a few negligible marks. Cloth... More
Autumn Songs. With Music from 'Flower Fairies of the Autumn'.
London, Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. Quarto. With 12 mounted colour plates. Publisher's cloth over illustrated card boards. Some light foxing. A very fine copy. FIRST EDITION. More
The Book Of The Flower Fairies. Poems and Pictures by Cecily M. Barker.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., n.d. [c.1930s]. Octavo, pp.92. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, gilt device to centre of upper, top edge tinted green. In its original pictorial dust jacket. Containing 72 beautiful coloured plates plus several smaller line drawings. Book sound and near fine;... More
Spring Songs. With Music from 'Flower Fairies of the Spring'.
London, Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. Quarto. With 12 mounted colour plates. Publisher's cloth over illustrated card boards. Some light foxing. A very fine copy. FIRST EDITION. More
Summer Songs. With Music from 'Flower Fairies of the Summer'.
London, Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. Quarto. With 12 mounted colour plates. Publisher's cloth over illustrated card boards. Some light foxing. A very fine copy. FIRST EDITION. More
Groundsel and Necklaces.
London and Glasgow: Black and Son Limited, (n.d.). Small octavo, pp. 48. Bound in paper-covered boards with central illustration, titles in black, in an illustrated dustjacket designed by the author. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with colour plates accompanying a whimsical story about a girl named Jenny. Boards in excellent condition... More
The Little Picture Hymn Book.
London and Glasgow: Black and Son Limited, (n.d.). Small octavo, pp. 48. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt title to front board, in an illustrated dustjacket designed by the author. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with colour plates depicting biblical scenes. A charming religious collection from the artist behind the... More
Flower Fairies Of The Autumn. With the Nuts and Berries they Bring.
London, Blackie and Son Ltd. n.d. Publisher's light brown patterned cloth with a coloured plate of 'The Hawthorn Fairy' to the front in a warmly illustrated dust jacket. 12mo. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author in rich colours. Slightly bumped to the lower spine and corners with a hint of... More
Flower Fairies of the Wayside.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd n.d. 6mo. Publisher's light brown cloth with coloured plate of 'The White Bindweed Fairy' pasted down to upper; blue pictorial end papers; yellow dust jacket with 'The Chicory fairy' illustration to upper. With 24 wonderful colour illustrations by the author. Top edge dusty and flecked... More
Flower Fairies Of The Spring.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., n.d. Publisher's light brown patterned cloth with titles in brown, plate showing 'The Wood Sorrel Fairy' pasted down to the front cover, pictorial end papers. In pictorial yellow dust jacket with 'The Larch Fairy' illustration to upper. Illustrated with 1 black and white line drawing... More
Flower Fairies Of The Spring.
London: Blackie and Son, [n.d.]. Bound in publisher's light brown patterned cloth with titles in brown, plate showing 'The Wood Sorrel Fairy' pasted down to the front cover, pictorial end papers. In a pictorial yellow dustjacket with illustration of the 'Larch Fairy' to upper. Illustrated throughout, with one black-and-white line... More