APOCALYPSE NOW NOW
Century, 2013. 9781780891316. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine, in protective cover). Pp. 295 (no inscriptions). More
Children's Books
WILLIE The Runaway Pig
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
THE FABER BOOK OF NURSERY VERSE
Faber and Faber, 1968. 2nd edn 2nd imp. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (edges lightly torn - in protective cover). Pp. 285, illus b&w drawings by George Adamson (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). More
THE BUNNY BOOK For Babes And Their Betters
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
OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
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
SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS A Tale from the Brothers Grimm.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973. 1st edn 2nd printing. Folio (12¼ x 9¼ ins). Original red lettered black cloth (a little rubbed at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears and creases at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates by Nancy..... More
THE ANIMAL FAMILY
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. 10th printing. 12mo. Original silver decorated blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges and lower cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 179, illus with b&w drawings by Maurice Sendak (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). More
GROS-PATAUD Histoire Allemande Accomodee Pour Les Petits Francais
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
BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Oxford University Press, 1946. 8vo. Original blue lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH
Oxford University Press, 1950. 1st edn 6th imp. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (image from dustwrapper offet on upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and tears at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with b&w drawings by Jack Nicolle (top edge lightly spotted..... More
BIGGLES' CHINESE PUZZLE And Other Biggles' Adventures
Brockhampton Press,1955. 8vo. Original brown lettered patterned green cloth (stain on upper board and faded at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 188, illus with coloured plates by Leslie Stead (no inscriptions). More
GIMLET MOPS UP
Brockhampton Press, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red decorated light brown cloth (stain on spine and upper board), dustwrapper poor - partial loss on spine and covers- in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 160, with b&w illus by Leslie Stead (endpapers tanned; small split at rear inner hinge; no..... More
FAHAD THE BRAVE
Stacey International, 2009. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), duswtrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with coloured drawings by Emily Styles (no inscriptions). More
ANIMALS WE USE
Methuen & Co., 1948. 1st edn. Folio (12¼ x 10¼ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (scuffed and rubbed at edges), dustwrapper (small tears and creases at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Unpaginated, illus throughout with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
DEAD EARTH The Green Dawn
Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2007. 9781905834686. 1st edn signed by authors. 8vo. Original white lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 94 (no other inscriptions). More
LA MÉTAMORPHOSE DE FRANZ KAFKA
Paris: Delcourt, 2009. 9782756013305. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 48, illus throughout with coloured cartoon strip (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE BLACK BOOK AND SCHWAMBRANIA
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1978. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (VG in protective cover). Pp. 253, illus with coloured drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
Jonathan Cape, 1933. New and cheaper edn. 8vo. Original black decorated yellow cloth (casing with slight lean and top and fore-edge spotted - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (spotted and torn with partial loss at head of spine - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 222, illus with b&w drawings (prelims..... More
CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM JAPANESE FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS.
Raphael Tuck & Sons, c. 1918. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9¾ x 7½ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (casing shaken and boards chafed at edges). Pp. 144, illus with 10 coloured plates and b&w plates and drawings in text (inner hinge split at centre and centre pages loosened; no inscriptions)..... More
WHEN THE WORLD WAS OURS
Simon & Schuster, 2021. Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 299 (no inscriptions). More
THE SOUND OF PROPELLERS
Viking Kestrel, 1986. 0670811068. 1st edn. 8vo. Originalyellow lettered dark blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine ends scuffed and chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 204, illus with b&w drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
HEREWARD THE WAKE Last of the English
Collins, c. 1930. Blue Lion edn. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (casing with slight lean and top edge spotted and marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and worn at edges with partial loss - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 458 + [4] catalogue, illus with coloured frontispiece (prelims lightly..... More
WESTWARD HO! Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight of Burrough in the County of Devon...
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1923. Tall 8vo (9½ x 7 ins). Original blind-stamped gilt decorated blue cloth, top edge blue (spine faded - otherwise VG). Pp. xi + 489, illus with 16 coloured plates and drawings in text by E.A. Cox (small abrasions on front endpaper and some light spotting..... More
THE WATER-BABIES A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
Godfrey Cave [&] Macmillan, 1979. Facsimile of 1928 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth, top edge red (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 280, illus with coloured plates by Warwick Goble (no inscriptions). More
JAMES BRAITHWAITE The Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat
Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1913. 8vo. Original gilt lettering and pictorial red cloth boards (spine faded; spine ends and corners bumped; cloth on bottom corner of upper board is frayed). Pp. ix + 266 + advertisements, illus with coloured plates, incl frontispiece by T. C. Dugdale (1913 school prize bookplate..... More