New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1962. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial cloth (upper board lightly marked and pen mark on top edge), no dustwrapper. Pp. 42, illus with coloured and b&w plates by author (ex school library with usual stamps and markings and black pen crossings-out on endpapers; small closed tear..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly worn at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 243, illus with b&w drawings by the author (no inscriptions). More
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
Dargaud, 2010. 1st edn. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Unpaginated, illus with coloured cartoon strip (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
Oxford University Press, 1951. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on half title. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and a little rubbed at edges), dustwrapper (spine torn with partial loss and tears at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 194, illus..... More
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
New York: Other Press, 2022. 9781635422504. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. 100, illus throughout with coloured comic strip drawings (no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1963. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (some light rubbing at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 167, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (previous owners' inscriptions on front endpaper, one heavily crossed-out). More
Lutterworth Press, 1946. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (upper board lightly marked and edges a little rubbed and bumped), no dustwrapper. Pp. 191, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by H. Tilden Reeves (previous owner's neat inscriptions on front and rear endpapers). More
Lutterworth Press, 1951. New edn. 8vo. Original green lettered grey cloth (casing with slight lean and page edges spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 176, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1951. 1st edn. 8vo. Original green lettered grey cloth (top edge lightly spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 200, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (front free endpaper removed; inner hinges loosened). More
Lutterworth Press, 1949. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 192, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by A.H. Watson (bottom half of frontis loose at gutter; no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (some light rubbing at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 200, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (pencil circles faintly drawn on half title, no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original green lettered grey cloth (boards discoloured with pen marks and page edges spotted; extensive pen marks on front endpapers), no dustwrapper. Pp. 191, illus with b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (library sticker on front endpaper). More
Lutterworth Press, 1952. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered green cloth (page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped. Pp. 144, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by T.R. Freeman (endpapers and prelims lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1954-1960. 1st edn. 6 vols. 8vo. Original black lettered cloth (all with spotting on page edges and Solve a Mystery rather worn and chafed at edges of spine and boards), no dustwrappers. Pp. various, illus with b&w drawings by Reg Forster (some vols with lightly spotted endpapers and..... More
Lutterworth Press, 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped. Pp. 152, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Reg Forster (previous owner's inscriptions on front endpaper and preims)..... More
Lutterworth Press, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (boards discoloured), dustwrapper (very chipped and torn - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 159, illus with b&w drawings by Victor J. Bertoglio ( no inscriptions). More
Lutterworth Press, 1958. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (top edge of spine faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and torn - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 204, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w drawings by Leo Davy (school prize plate on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
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
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
Longmans Green and Co., 1927. 1st edn 13th imp. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (some light scratches and marks on boards - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xvi + 474, illus with coloured frontispiece with tissue guard, b&w plates and drawings in text by E. Caldwell (endpapers..... More
Fidra Books, 2007. 9781906123000. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (upper cover corners a little curled - otherwise VG). Pp. 326, illus with b&w drawings by Anne Bullen (no inscriptions). More
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
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