THE TYGER VOYAGE
Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial laminated boards (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 30, illus throughout with coloured drawings by Nicola Bayley (faint spotting on prelims; no inscriptions). More
Children's Books
CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE
Macmillan Children's Books, 2019. 9781529034431. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original bronze decorated black paper-laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 404, illus with pictorial endpapers and a few b&w line drawings representing the major clans (no inscriptions). More
A PAIR OF SINNERS
Granada Publishing, 1980. 0246113251. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 41, illus with coloured and b&w etchings by John Lawrence (no inscriptions). More
JOYEUX AMIS Maitre Coin-Coin.
Paris: Hachette, 1925. 1st edn. 8vo (7¾ x 7 ins). Original paper-laid boards with coloured plate on upper board (poor - backstrip perished and boards almost detached - in protective cover). Unpaginated, illus with 5 coloured plates, pictorial endpapers and b&w drawings in text by Cecil Aldin (previous owner's neat..... More
THE HAPPY ANNUAL
William Heinemann, 1907. Folio (14 x 10 ins). Lacks boards and prelims, pp. 3-46 present, illus with full page coloured plates (pp. 3 and 46 torn at edges). More
ADVENTURE ROYAL
Blackie & Son, c. 1954. 1st edn signed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original red lettered blue cloth, top edge red (spine and boards lightly faded at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 205, illus with 3 b&w plates by C.W. Bacon (endpapers tanned and front free endpaper..... More
CHRISTMAS AT SPINDLE BOTTOM
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1970. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 90, with b&w illus by Lynette Hemmant (small mark on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
FIRST TERM AT ASH GROVE
Blackie & Son, 1988. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 126, with b&w illus by Liz Riberts (bookseller's sticker on front free endaper; no inscriptions). More
THE PINE STREET PAGEANT
Abelard-Schuman, 1978. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge a little spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small mark on upper cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 90, illus with b&w drawings by Rosemary Chanter (no inscriptions). More
SCHOOL UNDER SNOWDON
Hutchinson, c. 1950. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (rather torn at edges with partial loss at head and tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 216 (pages rather tanned; no inscriptions). More
THE WOOD STREET SECRET
Methuen, 1979. Reprint. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 141, with b&w drawings by Shirley Hughes (no inscriptions). More
THE ART OF FLYING
Jonathan Cape, 2015. 9780224099370. 1st edn. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 207, with b&w cartoon strips throughout (no inscriptions). More
THE SNOW QUEEN
Wells Gardner & Co., c. 1883. 1st edn thus. 8vo (8¼ x 7¼ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards, all edges red, floral patterned endpapers (edges of boards and corners chafed - in protective cover). Pp. 49, illus with coloured plates and throughout in text by T. Pym (small tears..... More
THE COMPLETE FAIRY TALES AND STORIES OF HANS ANDERSEN Translated from the Danish by Erik Haugaard.
Victor Gollancz, 1977. 1st edn 4th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (small mark on bottom edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 1101 (no inscriptions). More
WHITE SHELL HORSE
Holiday House, 1971. 0823401871. 1st edn. 8vo. Original white lettered pictorial brown cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 188, illus with b&w frontipiece drawing (no inscriptions). More
AN A.B.C. OF BIRDS
Thomas Nelson and Sons, c. 1931. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (small stain on upper board), no dustwrapper. Pp. 95, illus with coloured plates and coloured pictorial endpapers (previous owner's neat 1931 inscription on front prelim). More
JUNGLE RESCUE And Other Stories for Boys.
Juvenile Productions, c. 1936. 1st edn. 4to (10½ x 8 ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (light wear at corners - otherwise VG). Unpaginted, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings (previous owner's 1936 pencil inscription on front paste-down). More
CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM LONGFELLOW
Raphael Tuck & Sons, c. 1914. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9¾ x 7½ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (corners lightly rubbed - otherwise VG). Pp. 143, illus with 10 coloured plates and b&w plates and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
CASTAWAY CAMP
The Children's Book Club, 1952. Book club edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (sunned at head of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rather worn and creased with small of partial loss - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. 208, illus with b&w drawings by Charlotte Hough (small perforation at..... More
HUNTER'S MOON.
Children's Book Club, 1953. Book club edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (spine and extrems sunned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine sunned; minor loss at spine ends - in protective wrapper). Pp. 222, illus with b&w drawings by Charlotte Hough (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions). More
CHILDREN AND THEIR BOOKS A Celebration of the Work of Iona and Peter Opie.
Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1989. 9780198129912. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 424, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
KENT STATE Four Dead in Ohio.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2020. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 279, illus with b&w cartoon strips (no inscriptions). More
NATIONAL VELVET
William Heinemann, 1937. Cheap edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (faded at spine and lower board rather marked), no dustwrapper. Pp. 268, illus with b&w drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
LADY ARABELLA'S BIRTHDAY
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1940. 1st edn with handwritten letter from author (Margaret Baker). 8vo. Original black decorated orange cloth, with pictorial endpapers (a little worn with small marks on boards), no dustwrapper. Unpaginated, with black sihouette illus (rear inner hinges loosened; no inscriptions). More
UNGAVA A Tale of Esquimau Land
T. Nelson and Son, 1906. New edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pictorial green cloth (bright VG). Pp. viii + 393 + [6] catalogue, illus with 5 coloured plates (previous owner's neat 1914 inscription on front free endpaper). More