Art & Educational, 1948. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (spine ends worn; minor marks on boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 215, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings in text by Gilbert Dunlop (rear endpaper tanned; previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). More
Evans, 1951. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (some light fading at edges of boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine and top corner of upper cover chipped with partial loss; some creasing at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 210, illus with b&w drawings by..... More
Evans, 1962. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth, top edge green (bright VG), dustwrapper (covers lightly spotted and rubbed at head and tail of spine - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 149, illus with coloured and b&w plates and pictorial endpapers by Esme Verity..... More
Evans, 1954. 1st edn. 8vo. Original beige cloth, top edge green (bright VG), dustwrapper (partial loss at head and tail of spine and covers lightly spotted - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. iv + 219, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and endpaper maps by Esme Verity (fore-edge..... More
Evans, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (some faint fading at edges of boards - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 192, illus with b&w drawings and pictorial endpapers by Esme Verity (light spotting throughout and on fore-edge; no inscriptions). More
Puffin Classics, 2010. Limited numbered 1st edn 1st printing (280 of 1000). 8vo. Original softback with elaborately cut tree design upper cover with silk page marker with key (Fine), in perspex slipcase (Fine in publisher's cardboard box). Pp. 335, with pictorial endpapers (no inscriptions). Designed by Lauren Child to mark..... More
Neptune City, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, 1985. 0866223258. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), dustwrapper (some light spots on upper cover - otherwise VG). Pp. 112, illus with coloured drawings by Patricia Seminara (no inscriptions). More
H. Grevel & Co., c. 1896. 1st edn. 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (edges lightly rubbed and some small scratches to boards - otherwise VG). Pp. unpaginated printed on rectos only, illus with 16 full page coloured plates and b&w vignette on title (lacks front free endpaper; small closed..... More
Thomas Nelson, c. 1910. Gold Medal edn. 8vo. Original pictorial brown cloth (boards discoloured), dustwrapper (edges lightly nicked and creased - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. iv + 246, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by J. Phillips Paterson (front free endpaper removed and paper torn on..... 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
Blackie & Son, 1892. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pictorial green cloth (spine ends and corners bumped and scuffed; lettering on spine has faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 352 + 32 [publisher's catalogue]. More
Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1949. 1st edn 5th imp. 8vo. Original white lettered blue cloth (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 158, illus with b&w drawings by Cecil Aldin and R.G. Mathews (no inscriptions). 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
Faber and Faber, 1995. 057117566X. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 150 (no inscriptions). More
Faber and Faber, 1986. 0571138411. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 96, illus with b&w drawings by Chris Riddell (no inscriptions). More
Vere Hunt Publishing, 2004. 0954822900. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 43, illus throughout with the author's coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
Editions Corentin,1996. 2909771253. Tall 8vo. Original white cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 77, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
Macmillan, 1946. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (edges a little worn - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 219 (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). More
James Nisbet & Co., 1902. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated cream cloth (some light marks to upper board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 52 (no inscriptions), with b&w plates. More
Schofield & Sims, 1962. 4 vols: Book One (4th edn 1962); Book Two (4th edn 1962); Book Three (5th edn 1962); Book Four (5th edn 1962). Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (VG). Pp. various, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings by Howard Mell (pages a little musty; no inscriptions)..... More
Frederick Muller, 1938. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 282, with b&w illus by Mary Gardiner (previous owners' neat inscriptions on front endpapers). More
Frederick Muller, 1954. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (creases and nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 269, illus with b&w drawings by Mary Gardiner (no inscriptions). More
James Wisbey & Co., c. 1896. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (spine and extrems rubbed and scuffed). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates throughout (pages tanned and spotted; previous owner's 1896 ink gift inscription on reverse of upper cover). More
Paris: Hachette, c. 1861. Tall 8vo. Cloth backed boards (rebound with later endpapers) with coloured engraved plate inset in upper board (VG). Pp. unpaginated (no inscriptions), illus with 16 (incl title) coloured engraved plates (some small repaired tears to pages). More
Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (top edge lightly spotted and paper from obverse of dustwrapper stuck onto top edge of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (poor - rather chipped and worn with partial loss at tail of spine - in protective wrapper, price..... More