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Faber and Faber, 2022. 9780571368761. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine). Pp. 152, illus with b&w cartoon strips throughout (no inscriptions). More
Faber and Faber, 2022. 9780571368761. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine). Pp. 152, illus with b&w cartoon strips throughout (no inscriptions). More
Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1933. 1st edn. 8vo. Original green cloth (boards lightly marked), no dustwrapper. Pp. 154, illus with b&w drawings by Charles Ambrose (endpapers a little spotted; no inscriptions). More
Methuen and Co., 1932. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (rather worn at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 103 (previous owner's ink annotations on many pages). More
S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d. (c. 1907). 8vo. Original decorative red cloth, all edges gilt (casing with slight lean and worn at head and tail of spine). Pp. 292, illus with b&w plates (pages and endpapers partly tanned, final plate has closed tear ; previous owner's 1907 prize label on..... More
Blackie and Son, c. 1907. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth, all edges green (casing with slight lean and lightly scuffed at edges). Pp. iv + 352, illus with 8 b&w plates (some spotting throughout; 1907 Nantwich and Acton Grammar School prize plate on front paste-down). More
John F. Shaw & Co., c. 1941. 8vo. Original black decorated red cloth (top and fore-edge spotted - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (a little rubbed and creased at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 251, illus with b&w frontispiece (some light spotting in prelims; previous owner's 1941 gift..... More
Pickering & Inglis, 1957. 8vo. Original red decorated yellow cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (a little creased along top edge - otherwise VG). Pp. 64 (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper), illus with coloured frontispiece. More
Brockhampton Press, 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered blind-stamped green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small closed tear at top edge of lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped 5/-). Pp. 88, illus with coloured and b&w drawings by Rene Hummerstone, and decorative endpapers (no inscriptions). More
Oxford University Press, 1948. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated blue cloth (faded at edges of spine and boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss at top edge of lower cover and small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 158, illus with 6..... More
Bloomsbury Education, 2020. 4 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (Fine). Pp. various, with b&w illus by Alessia Trunfio (no inscriptions). More
Century, 2013. 9781780891316. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine, in protective cover). Pp. 295 (no inscriptions). More
Vere Hunt Publishing, 2004. 0954822900. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 43, illus throughout with the author's coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
James Nisbet & Co., 1902. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated cream cloth (some light marks to upper board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 52 (no inscriptions), with b&w plates. More
Casterman, 2009. 4to. Original pictorial boards with wraparound band (Fine). Pp. 79, illus throughout with coloured and b&w cartoons (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
Dublin: Little Island Books, 2023. 9781915071460. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine). Pp. vii + 118, illus with coloured drawings by Ashwin Chacko (no inscriptions). More
James Wisbey & Co., c. 1896. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (spine and extrems rubbed and scuffed). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates throughout (pages tanned and spotted; previous owner's 1896 ink gift inscription on reverse of upper cover). More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973. 1st edn 2nd printing. Folio (12¼ x 9¼ ins). Original red lettered black cloth (a little rubbed at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears and creases at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates by Nancy..... More
Paris: Hachette, c. 1861. Tall 8vo. Cloth backed boards (rebound with later endpapers) with coloured engraved plate inset in upper board (VG). Pp. unpaginated (no inscriptions), illus with 16 (incl title) coloured engraved plates (some small repaired tears to pages). More
Oxford University Press, 1946. 8vo. Original blue lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
Oxford University Press, 1950. 1st edn 6th imp. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (image from dustwrapper offet on upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and tears at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with b&w drawings by Jack Nicolle (top edge lightly spotted..... More
Brockhampton Press,1955. 8vo. Original brown lettered patterned green cloth (stain on upper board and faded at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 188, illus with coloured plates by Leslie Stead (no inscriptions). More
Brockhampton Press, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red decorated light brown cloth (stain on spine and upper board), dustwrapper poor - partial loss on spine and covers- in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 160, with b&w illus by Leslie Stead (endpapers tanned; small split at rear inner hinge; no..... More
Stacey International, 2009. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), duswtrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured drawings by Emily Styles (no inscriptions). More
Methuen & Co., 1948. 1st edn. Folio (12¼ x 10¼ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (scuffed and rubbed at edges), dustwrapper (small tears and creases at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Unpaginated, illus throughout with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2007. 9781905834686. 1st edn signed by authors. 8vo. Original white lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 94 (no other inscriptions). More