George G. Harrap, 1933. Tall 8vo. Original black and orange decorated blue cloth (faded at spine and on part of boards, top edge dust stained, fore edge lightly spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 320, illus with coloured frontispiece and plates by Elenore Plaisted Abbott (pages lightly spotted; previous owner's neat pencil..... More
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
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
Lyon: Editions Libel [&] Musée de la Résistance Nationale, 2011. 9782917659144. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 183, illus extensively with coloured and b&w comic strip cartoon drawings (no inscriptions0. More
Thomas Nelson, c. 1923. 8vo. Original blue decorated grey cloth (spine ends worn; page edges)), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 216, illus with coloured plates (endpapers tanned; some pages spotted; 1923 school prize plate on front free endpaper). More
Adam & Charles Black, 1958. 1st edn 9th printing. 8vo. Original brown lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at head of spine and at corners - in protective cover, not price clipped). More
Country Life, 1933. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original yellow lettered red cloth (bright VG). Pp. xi + 174 (no inscriptions), with b&w illus. More
New York: Random House, 1957. 1st edn third state. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial laminated boards (worn at head and tail of spine), dustwrapper (chipped at head and tail of spine and at corners - in protective cover, not price clipped 195/195). Pp. 61, illus throughout with coloured drawings in text..... More
Frederick Warne, 1946. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (spine and part of boards faded and some light marks to upper board), no dustwrapper. Pp. 256, illus with coloured frontispiece (front free endpaper slightly creased with large pencil inscription; half title spotted with crease to top corner). More
Faber and Faber, 1953. 1st edn 2nd impression. 8vo. Original blue lettered green cloth (spine a little tanned; fore-edge spotted), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 238, illus with b&w drawings by Sabine Baur (endpapers spotted; label mark on front endpaper; no..... More
Delcourt, 2012. 9782756027517. 4to. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 63, illus throughout with coloured cartoon strip (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
A. & C. Black, 1943. 8vo. Original green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 178, illus with pen & ink plates and drawings in text by K.F. Barker (endpapers spotted; no inscriptions). More
Blackie & Son, c. 1925. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (edges a little creased and with small closed tear at edge of spine on lower cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 224, illus with 3 b&w plates by Norman Sutcliffe (previous owner's neat inscription..... More
Frederick Muller, 1944. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blue lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at top edge of upper cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 187, with b&w illus by Stanley Lloyd (no inscriptions). More
Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. c. 1901. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (poor - spine rubbed at head and tail and boards chipped at corners and rubbed at edges). Unpaginated, illus with full page coloured plates and coloured drawings in text (most pages loose and some with nicks..... More
Lutterworth Press, 1952. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original blue lettered light brown cloth (spine tanned and mottled; page edges spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 191, illus with coloured frontispiece (pages lightly foxed; faded ink inscripton on front endpaper). More
Lutterworth Press, 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blue lettered blue cloth (some light discolouring on spine and bottom edge of upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (poor - creased and torn with partial loss at bottom of spine and covers, in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 188, illus with coloured..... More
BCA [&] Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975. Book club edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decrated red cloth (minor marks on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small abrasion at tail of spine - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. 399, illus with b&w and coloured plates and b&w drawings in text..... More
Collins, 1974. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue faux morocco, all edges gilt (Fine), in chipped glassine wrapper and slighty battered slipcase. Pp. 224, illus with coloured plates by Robert Sherriffs (small mark at edge of rear free endpaper; previous owner's neat gift inscription on front free endpaper). More
Collins, 1963. Khorasan edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (small marks on upper board - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 224, illus with coloured plates by Robert Sherriffs (no inscriptions). More
Longmans Green and Co., 1929. 1st edn 14th imp. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (some light wear at head and tail of spine and marks on boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xvi + 474, illus with coloured frontispiece with tissue guard, b&w plates and drawings in..... More
Collins, 1944. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (corners a little bumped - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and creases at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 288, illus with b&w drawings in text and endpaper maps (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper)... More
Meissner & Buch, c. 1885. 1st edn. 4to (11 x 8.3 ins). Orginal cloth-backed pictorial boards (spine perished and edges of boards slightly scuffed). Pp. unpagnated, illus with 10 full page chromolithograph plates with tissue-guards, decorated title and numerous coloured illus in text (some pages loose and some tissue-guards torn..... More
Nancy: Berger-Levrault, c. 1920. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (rebacked with new tan cloth spine; some light scuffs to edges - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 63, with Helle's bright coloured illus in text (Yehudi Menuhin School stamp on top edge of half title and Children's Bookshop bookplate on..... More
Oxford University Press, 1958. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original brown lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine scuffed and faded; waterstain on lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 185, illuswith b&w drawings by Joan Kiddell-Munroe (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper). More