Collins, 1969. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (edges a little spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 256 (no inscriptions). More about BIRDS BEASTS AND RELATIVES
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 about CATCH ME A COLOBUS
Collins, 1971. 0002112485. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 191 (no inscriptions). More about FILLETS OF PLAICE
George G. Harrap, 1908. 1st edn. Square 8vo. Original gilt decorated pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt (edges lightly scuffed and corners a little bumped - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 258, illus with 8 coloured plates, b&w plates and in text by Willy Pogany (previous owner's neat 1912 inscription on... More about A TREASURY OF VERSE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
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 about KATHARINE BRIGGS
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 about KHYBERIE The Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier
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 about MIRIAM'S AMBITION
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 about THE SILVER CURLEW
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 about TINTIN The Complete Companion
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 about THE WALLYPUG AT PLAY
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 about THE BRYDONS AT SMUGGLERS' CREEK
Lutterworth Press, 1952. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red decorated green cloth (edges a little scuffed), no dustwrapper. Pp. 144, illus with coloured frontispiece (detached and creased at corner) and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (fore-edge lightly spotted with inscription on bottom edge). More about THE BRYDONS STICK AT NOTHING
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 about SURPRISES FOR THE BRYDONS
White Lion, 1976. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 224, illus with b&w drawings by George Tetlow (top corner of front free endpaper clipped; no inscriptions). More about TWILIGHT PROVINCE
Collins, 1951. 1st edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original red lettered yellow cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (edges lightly chipped - otherwise VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 288, illus with b&w drawings in text by Phyllida Lumsden and endpaper maps (school prize plate on front endpaper). More about THE HOUSE IN THE HILLS
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 about 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 about THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
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 about STEER BY THE STARS
Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original coloured pictorial boards (spine head bumped; biro scibbles on boards), no dustwrapper. Pp. 46, illus with coloured and b&w drawings by John Burningham and pictorial endpapers (previous owner's gift inscription on verso front endpaper). More about CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG The Magical Car Adventure Number 1
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 about TOMMY MURR'S DIARY
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 about FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
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 about SHIFTA!
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 about CRUSOE THE SECOND And Other Stories
Oxford University Press, 1965. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine) dustwrapper (price clipped, otherwise VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 212, illus with b&w drawings by C. Walter Hodges (previous owner's biro inscription and bookplate on front endpaper). More about PAINTED PORTS
Oxford University Press, 1959. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original blue cloth ((VG), dustwrapper (fixed to boards with sticky protective wrapper; some edge wear, not price clipped). Pp. 194, illus with b&w drawings by Neville Dear (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper). More about THE VALIANT SAILOR