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
Children's Books
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
BABAR'S TRAVELS
Methuen, 1936. 2nd English Edition. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (edges a little chipped and scuffed, corners bumped), no dustwrapper. Pp. 48, illus with coloured drawings throughout (previous owner's neat inscription on verso of front free endpaper). More
![COME HITHER A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of all Ages Volume I [&] Volume II [2...](/pictures/thumb/135283.jpg?v=1573640770)
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
LES MALHEURS DE SOPHIE
Hachette Jeunesse, 2006 2010185498. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (lightly marked boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 70, illus with coloured and b&w drawings by Andre Pecoud (previous owner's neat inscription on lower board; text in French). More
ROBINSON CRUSOE
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
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
WITH STANLEY ON THE CONGO.
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
THE STORY OF ALICE Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
Harvard University Press, 2015. 9780674967793. 1st edn. 8vo. Original tan cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 488, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
SAM AND THE OTHERS
Country Life, 1933. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original yellow lettered red cloth (bright VG). Pp. xi + 174 (no inscriptions), with b&w illus. More
IN FAIRY-LAND A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World
Holp Shuppan, 1989. Facsimile of Longmans Green 1870 edn. Folio (15 x 11 ins). Original gilt decorated green cloth, all edges gilt (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 31, illus with 16 coloured plates (previous owner's name stamp on rear free endpaper; no inscriptions). More
THE CAT IN THE HAT
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
SOUTH OF PATAGONIA
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
A BOOK OF SHIPS Puffin Picture Book 11
Penguin, c. 1942. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial paper covers (softback) (previous owner's pencil inscription on upper cover and covers creased at corners). Unpaginated, with coloured and b&w illus (no other inscriptions). More
BEASTS IN MY BELFRY
Collins, 1973. 0002111780. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 191, with b&w illus by Edward Mortelmans (no inscriptions). More
CATCH ME A COLOBUS
Collins, 1972. 0002111489. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 221, with b&w illus by Edward Mortelmans (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
A ZOO IN MY LUGGAGE
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (spine sunned - otherwise VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. 205, illus with b&w drawings by Ralph Thomson (endpapers lightly tanned; no inscriptions). More
KATHARINE BRIGGS
Lutterworth Press, 1986. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 209, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
KHYBERIE The Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier
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
MIRIAM'S AMBITION
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
THE SILVER CURLEW
Oxford University Press, 1960. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original cream and red lettered cream cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 182, illus with pictorial endpapers and with b&w drawings in text by Ernest Shepard (no inscriptions). More
TINTIN The Complete Companion
John Murray, 2001. 0719555221. 1st edn 6th printing. 4to. Original cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 205, illus throughout in colour and b&w (no inscriptions). More
THE WALLYPUG AT PLAY
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
THE BRYDONS AT SMUGGLERS' CREEK
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