Children's Books
HOW DICK FOUND HIS SEA-LEGS A Story of a Seaside Holiday
Religious Tract Society, c.1905. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original decorated green cloth (VG). Pp. 151, illus with coloured frontispiece (previous owner's 1925 inscription on front endpaper). More
UNDER THE BLUE FLAG
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK, c. 1895. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorative green cloth (VG). Pp. 224, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w plates (1895 school prize plate on front paste-down and previous owner's neat inscription on verso of front free endpaper; prelims and fore-edge..... More
TARESH The Tea Planter
Oxford University Press, 1968. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, price clipped). Unpaginated, illus throughout with the author's coloured drawings (small scratch on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
HOPFELLOW MR SQUINT COLONEL GRUNT
World's Work, 1980. 3 vols. Original pictorial boards (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrappers, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured drawings throughout (no inscriptions). More
HILDA AND THE MIDNIGHT GIANT
Nobrow Press, 2011. 9781907704253. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (Fine in publisher's unopened shrinkwrap), no dustwrapper. Pp. 40, illus throughout with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE CAVE TWINS
Jonathan Cape, 1934. Later printing. 8vo. Original black lettered orange cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 187, illus with b&w drawings by the author (some faint spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions). More
TOYTOWN PARTY
Collins, c. 1950. 1st edn. 12mo. Original pictorial paper-laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (top edge a little scuffed, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE FORTUNES OF FELICITY ANNE
Mills & Boon, 1935. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered brown cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 256 (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
RHYMES AND PICTURES FOR CHILDREN Translated From The German
Alex Ambrose Masson, 1850. 1st edn. 12mo. Original printed boards (spine amateurishly rebacked with tape). Pp. 29 (inner hinges weakened; previous owners' inscriptions on endpapers; rear endpaper detached and tear to p.28 repaired with tape), illus with b&w drawings. More
THE POISONED PILOT David Wilshaw Investigates Again
Hutchinson, c. 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original yellow lettered green cloth (page edges spotted; extrems lightly scuffed), dustwrapper (extrems scuffed and chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings in text (front and rear endpapers and prelims spotted; pages foxed; no..... More
HENRY AND HENRIETTA
Chatto & Windus, 1969. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated brown cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 103, illus with b&w line drawings by George Adamson (no inscriptions). More
THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER From the Original Manuscript.
Frederick Warne and Co., 1970. 0723210985. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (edges lightly spotted, upper board lightly marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small closed tear on top edge of lower cover - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 64, illus with coloured plates (previous owners' bookplates on front..... More
THE LITTLE YELLOW DUCKLING
Alf Cooke, c. 1907. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards with illustrated endpapers (pages detached from boards; corners scuffed). Unpaginated, illus with b&w and coloured drawings (previous owner's 1911 ink gift inscription on half title). More
THE PEEK-A-BOOS AND MR PLOPPER
Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1900. 1st edn. Square 8vo. Original black/white lettered paper-laid boards with coloured plate in relief inset on upper board (rather worn at edges of spine and edges of boards scuffed). Unpaginated, illus with 8 coloured plates, pictorial endpapers and b&w drawings in text (endpapers torn at..... More
PURBECK MARBLE
Hutchinson, 1958. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated yellow cloth (discoloured at top edge of upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (edges creased - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 139, illus with b&w drawings by Grace Lodge (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
THAT BOY OF FRASER'S
Religious Tract Society, c. 1918. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (boards rather discoloured). Pp. 383 (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper), illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates by Alfred Pearse. More
THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF BOY'S STORIES
Studio Vista, 1973. 1st edn. 4to. Original silver lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks and closed tears to edges - otherwise VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 160, illus throughout with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
MARY PLAIN'S BIG ADVENTURE
George Routledge & Sons, 1944. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (edges a little scuffed - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 119, with b&w drawings by Irene Williamson (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
THE BIG SIX
Jonathan Cape, 1988. 0224606395. Revised edn later printing (1988). 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped. Pp. 367, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owner's small address sticker on half title; no inscriptions). More
THE PICTS AND MARTYRS Or Not Welcome At All
Jonathan Cape, 1984. 0224606417. Revised edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, price clipped. Pp. 340, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owner's small address sticker on half title; no inscriptions). More
PIGEON POST
Jonathan Cape, 1983. 0224021249. Revised edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small stain at top corner of lower cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped. Pp. 382, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (no inscriptions). More
NIGHTLIGHTS
John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (sunned at spine and part of boards, fore edge spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 99 + advertisements, illus with pictorial endpapers and with b&w line drawings by Cecile Walton in text (no inscriptions). More
THE MASK OF APOLLO
New York: Pantheon Books Random House, 1966. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 371 (previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More