THE STORY OF RAGGED ROBYN
Michael Joseph, 1949. 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (covers lightly marked - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 192 (no inscriptions). More
Children's Books
THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES
Oxford University Press, 1974. 0192115596. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NURSERY RHYMES
Oxford University Press, 1985. 0198691114. 14th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xxvii + 467, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Collins, 1940. 8vo. Original silver lettered orange cloth, top edge orange (bright VG), dustwrapper (chipped at head and tail of spine, not price clipped 3/-). Pp. vi + 314, illus with coloured frontispiece (previous owner's 1940 gift inscription on front endpaper). More
LE ROI ARTHUR
Paris: Editions Corentin, 1993. 2909771202. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered and decorated dark blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped; small tear on top edge of upper cover). Pp. 48, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions) [French text]. More
FANTA SEA
Brockhampton Press, c. 1960. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (boards a little discoloured - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks to edges - in protective wrapper). Pp. 64, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings by John Read (previous owner's 1960 inscription on verso of front endpaper)... More
BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS
Religious Tract Society, c.1906. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorative blue cloth (edges lightly scuffed - otherwise VG). Pp. 191, illus with b&w frontispiece (1906 school prize inscription on front free-endpaper; inner hinges a little loosened). More
BLIND JEM AND HIS FIDDLE
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK, c. 1897. 1st edn. 8vo. Original decorative green cloth (VG). Pp. 80, illus with b&w frontispiece (1897 school prize plate on front paste-down; inner hinges loosened). More
A CHILD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Religious Tract Society, c.1905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorated red cloth (VG). Pp. 213, illus with b&w plates (1905 school prize plate front paste-down; fore-edge and prelims lightly spotted). More
DEB CLAVEL
Religious Tract Society, c.1905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pictorial green cloth (VG). Pp. 352, illus with b&w plates (1920 school prize plate front paste-down). More
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