NERVAL L'INCONSOLE
Casterman, 2017. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Unpaginated, illus with b&w cartoon strip and photos at rear (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
Children's Books
CASTAWAY FROM RHODES
Bodley Head, 1969. 0370010337. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG,not price clipped). Pp. 147 (no inscriptions), with b&w map. More
THE CRICKET IN THE CAGE
A. & C. Black, 1933. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark red cloth (fore-edge very lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustrwapper (tanned and spotted - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 78, illus with b&w drawings in text (endpapers lightly tanned and spotted; previous owners' gift inscription..... More
CAT WITH NO FIDDLE
The Children's Press, c. 1950. 8vo. Original silver decorated turquoise cloth (VG), dustwrapper (extrems worn - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 188, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
TALLY HO The Story Of An Irish Hunter
Putnam, 1930. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (boards discoloured), no dustwrapper. Pp. 82, illus with coloured frontispiece and and 6 full page b&w plates (2 of the b&w plates hand-coloured by previous owner; front prelims very spotted; no inscriptions). More
RHYMES ABOUT THE COUNTRY
New York: Macmillan, 1949. 1st edn 5th printing. Tall 8vo. Original black lettered decorated green cloth (faded at bottom corners of boards), dustwrapper (discoloured at bottom of upper cover, some discolouration on lower cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 74, illus with b&w drawings in text by..... More
JOE CARPENTER & SON An English Nativity
Phaidon, 1990. 0714826766. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on half title. Oblong 8vo. Original gilt lettered mauve cloth (top edge very lightly spotted in part - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 54, illus with coloured plates and with coloured and b&w drawings in..... More
THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER Or the Story of Franziska Feldheim a Book for Girls
Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1883. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated green cloth (VG). Pp. 219, illus with b&w plates (endpapers lightly tanned; school prize plate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
THE LOG OF A PRIVATEERSMAN
Blackie & Son, c. 1930. 8vo. Original black decorated green cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (torn at top edge of upper cover and spine with partial loss - in protective wrapper, not price clipped 2/6). Pp. 384, illus with b&w plates by W. Rainey (1930 school prize plate on front endpaper;..... More
WHAT KATY DID
Folio Society, 2011. 8vo. Original decorated pink cloth (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. xvi + 153, illus with coloured plates by Deanna Staffo (no inscriptions). More
LE GEANT DE LE NUIT
France: Corazza-Hill, 2008. 9782953222005. 1st edn signed and inscribed by authors, with illustration, on front endpaper. Square 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (corners bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Unpaginated, illus with coloured drawings by Helen Hill (some light marks on rear endpapers; no other inscriptions) [French text]. More
CUTLASS ISLAND
New York: Little Brown & Co., 1962. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered and decorated yellow cloth (bumped at head and tail of spine and corners), dustwrapper (in protective wrapper, not price clipped; scuffed and nicked at extrems, esp head and tail of spine). Pp. 151, illus with b&w drawings..... More
A RANSOME BOOK-CASE
Amazon Publications, 2000. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on verso of front prelim. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (very light edge wear - near Fine). Pp. 111, with coloured and b&w illus (no other inscriptions). More
LITTLE SONGS A Book Of Poems For The Nursery
Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (spine rather rubbed and edges scuffed). Pp. unpaginated (previous owner's 1913 inscription on front paste-down), illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and in text. More
THE MAN WHO DREW TOMORROW How Frank Hampson Created "Dan Dare" the World's Best Comic Strip
Who Dares Publishing, 1985. 0948487011. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (top edge slightly dust stained - otherwise VG). Pp. 216, illus with coloured and b&w drawings and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
ENTER PATRICIA
George Newnes, 1927. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (spine a little faded and boards marked), no dustwrapper. Pp. 190, illus with b&w drawings (previous owner's 1927 gift inscription on half title). More
JUST WILLIAM The Story of the Film
George Newnes, 1939. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (spine faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 248 (some light spotting on fore-edge; no inscriptions). More
SILVER EAGLE CARRIES ON
Adam & Charles Black, 1949. 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original green lettered cream cloth (spine a little tanned; extrems rubbed; minor marks), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii +196, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (a few spots on endpapers; no inscriptions). More
ROYAL ROAD READERS Book Five
Chatto and Windus, 1956. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 48, illus with coloured drawings in text by Clarke Hutton (no inscriptions). More
ROYAL ROAD READERS Book Three
Chatto and Windus, 1955. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 48, illus with coloured drawings in text by Biro (no inscriptions). More
ROYAL ROAD READERS Book Three A
Chatto and Windus, 1956. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 48, illus with coloured drawings in text by Clarke Hutton (no inscriptions). More
AZTEC GOLD
Oxford University Press, 1958. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original blue lettered yellow cloth (minor marks on page edges, otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly scratched; extrems a little worn, otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w frontispiece by P. A. Jobson (some page margins very lightly..... More
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COME HITHER A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of all Ages Volume I [&] Volume II [2 Volume set]
Kestrel Books, 1978. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered light brown cloth (Fine), dustwrappers (spines lightly sunned - otherwise VG in protective wrappers, price clipped). Pp. xxxv + 391 [&] 396-799, with b&w illus in text (no inscriptions). More
PSAMMYFORSHORT Rex Imp
Methuen, 1929. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (spine slightly faded with small mark - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 103, illus coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w plates and drawings by Frank Adams (top third of front free endpaper removed; rear endpapers spotted; no inscriptions). More
WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Harold Hill & Son, 1955. 8vo. Original black decorated orange cloth (casing with slight lean and and top corner of upper cover frayed), no duswrapper.. Pp. 223, illus with coloured pictorial endpapers and b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More