Children's Books
TRAITS RESISTANTS La Résistance dans la Bande Dessinée de 1944 à Nos Jours
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
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
MORE ABOUT REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
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
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
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
BIRDS BEASTS AND RELATIVES
Collins, 1969. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and tears at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 256 (no inscriptions). More
THE WHISPERING LAND
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered light brown cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at head of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 235, illus with b&w drawings by Ralph Thomson (no inscriptions). More
JOUR J T11 La nuit des tuileries
Delcourt, 2012. 9782756027517. 4to. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 63, illus throughout with coloured cartoon strip (no inscriptions). [French text]. 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
LE MORT DE STALINE
Dargaud, 2010. 1st edn. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Unpaginated, illus with coloured cartoon strip (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE HORSE FROM INDIA
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
ESMERALDA AHOY
William Heinemann, 1958. New edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (a little faded and head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (poor - partial loss at top and bottom edge of upper cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 255, illus with b&w drawings (lacks..... 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
WHO'S WHO IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
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
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
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
JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
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
STEER BY THE STARS.
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
TOMMY MURR'S DIARY
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
SHIFTA!
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
CRUSOE THE SECOND And Other Stories
Robert Culley, 1905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth (near Fine). Pp. 128 (school prize plate on front free endpaper; no inscriptions), illus with b&w frontispiece and vignettes in text. More