Blackie & Son, c. 1946. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (corners bumped; fore-edge a little spotted), dustwrapper (extrems worn with tape repairs - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 239, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955. Reprint. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (faded at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper ( partial loss on spine an upper cover; worn - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 184, illus with b&w frontispiece (previous owner's gift inscription on front..... More
Fantagraphics, 2009. 9781560979852. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 207, illus with coloured and b&w drawings and cartoon strips (no inscriptions). More
Grenoble: Editions Glénat, 2009. 1st edn. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 97, illus with coloured cartoon strip throughout (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
Oxford University Press, 1949. 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered black cloth (casing with slight lean and edges spotted), dustwrapper (substantial loss at head and tail of spine and on lower cover - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 186, illus with b&w drawings by Norman Howard (no inscriptions). More
Oxford University Press, 2015. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xiii + 663 (no inscriptions). More
Abelard-Schuman, 1960. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 82, illus with b&w drawings by Ake Runnstrom (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
Duckworth & Co., 1908. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (8¾ x 7 ins). Original white lettered green cloth with coloured inset on upper board, top edge gilt (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 77, illus with 12 coloured plates and b&w drawings in text by John Hassall and T. Butler-Stoney (no inscriptions). More
Fitzhouse Books, 1990. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxiv + 339, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
Morgan & Scott, 1912. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt/black lettered maroon cloth with coloured plate inset on upper board (spine split at bottom edge and some wear at edges - in protective glassine cover). Pp. 190, illus with coloured frontispiece and tinted plates (inner hinges loosened; previous owner's neat 1912..... More
Methuen & Co., 1971. 5th printing. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nick at top edge of upper cover - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 217, illus with endpaper maps and b&w drawings by author (no inscriptions). More
New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1927. 1st edn. 8vo. Original decorative brown cloth, top edge orange (top edge a little spotted and some light wear at edges), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 335, illus with coloured frontispiece by Boris Artzybasheff and endpaper maps (no inscriptions). More
Frederick Warne, c.1890. 8vo. Original pictorial boards rebacked with green cloth spine and new endpapers (edges of boards a little worn otherwise VG). Pp. 96, illus with coloured chromlithographs by Constance Haslewood (no inscriptions). More
Doubleday, 2016. Signed by Stephen Hawking with his thumbprint on front prelim authenticated with ink annotation by K. Thurkettle. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (small indentations on upper cover - otherwise VG). Pp. 321, illustrated with b&w drawings (title page removed; no other inscriptions). More
Faber and Faber, 2022. 9780571368761. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine). Pp. 152, illus with b&w cartoon strips throughout (no inscriptions). More
Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1933. 1st edn. 8vo. Original green cloth (boards lightly marked), no dustwrapper. Pp. 154, illus with b&w drawings by Charles Ambrose (endpapers a little spotted; no inscriptions). More
Methuen and Co., 1932. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (rather worn at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 103 (previous owner's ink annotations on many pages). More
S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d. (c. 1907). 8vo. Original decorative red cloth, all edges gilt (casing with slight lean and worn at head and tail of spine). Pp. 292, illus with b&w plates (pages and endpapers partly tanned, final plate has closed tear ; previous owner's 1907 prize label on..... More
Blackie and Son, c. 1907. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth, all edges green (casing with slight lean and lightly scuffed at edges). Pp. iv + 352, illus with 8 b&w plates (some spotting throughout; 1907 Nantwich and Acton Grammar School prize plate on front paste-down). More
John F. Shaw & Co., c. 1941. 8vo. Original black decorated red cloth (top and fore-edge spotted - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (a little rubbed and creased at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 251, illus with b&w frontispiece (some light spotting in prelims; previous owner's 1941 gift..... More
Evans Brothers, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine ends sunned; fore-edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss on spine and lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 192, with b&w illus by Esme Verity (some pages spotted; no inscriptions). More
Pickering & Inglis, 1957. 8vo. Original red decorated yellow cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (a little creased along top edge - otherwise VG). Pp. 64 (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper), illus with coloured frontispiece. More
Brockhampton Press, 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered blind-stamped green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small closed tear at top edge of lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped 5/-). Pp. 88, illus with coloured and b&w drawings by Rene Hummerstone, and decorative endpapers (no inscriptions). More
Oxford University Press, 1948. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated blue cloth (faded at edges of spine and boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss at top edge of lower cover and small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 158, illus with 6..... More
Bloomsbury Education, 2020. 4 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (Fine). Pp. various, with b&w illus by Alessia Trunfio (no inscriptions). More