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
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
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
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
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
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
Adam & Charles Black, 1940. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original green lettered cream cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii +196, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (previous owner's obtrusive inscription on front free endpaper and two further annotations). More
Collins, 1947. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered turquoise cloth (lettering at spine dulled, some staining on lower board - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xviii + 393, illus with coloured frontispiece, coloured plate and plans and b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). More
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
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
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
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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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
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
Harvill Secker, 2015. 9781846558610. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 488, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). 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
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
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
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