RIP VAN WINKLE
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
Children's Books
THE GASCON A Story of the French Revolution
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
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
NATURAL SCIENCE Book One - Four
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
JOHN AND MARY DETECTIVES
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
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
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 BREAKS THE SILENCE
Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (boards faded at edges), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 190, with coloured plates by Stead (some faint spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions). More
BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (boards lightly marked), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 210, with coloured plates by Stead (some faint spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions). 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 OF INDIA Puffin Picture Book 18
Penguin, c. 1946. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial paper covers (softback) (small nick at top edge of upper cover and some light creasing; staples rusty). Unpaginated, with coloured and b&w illus (price alteration sticker dated 1946 inside front cover; 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
MIMFF TAKES OVER
Oxford University Press, 1960. 3rd printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 183, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w drawings by Edward Ardizzone (no inscriptions). More
THE RIVAL KINGS
Victor Gollancz, 1970. Gollancz Revivals edn. 8vo. Original blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 176, illus with b&w drawings (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
THE ZOO MYSTERY
Frederick Muller, 1948. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (edges nicked with partial loss to tail of spine - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 136, illus with b&w drawings by William Stobbs (previous owner's neat inscription on half title). More
THE WATER BABIES.
Hodder and Stoughton for Boots, n.d. [c.1920s]. 4to. Original gilt decorated pictorial green cloth (lower board with some small marks and fore-edge and endpapers lightly spotted - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. ix + 240, illus with 12 tipped-in coloured plates with captioned tissue-guards (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
THE RIVAL CRUSOES
Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1913. 8vo. Original gilt lettering and pictorial red cloth boards (spine faded; spine ends bumped; page edges spotted, otherwise VG). Pp. 378 + advertisements, illus with coloured plates, incl frontispiece by Archibald Webb (previous owner's 1913 inscription on front free endpaper; front prelims lightly spotted). More
JUST SO STORIES
Folio Society, 2012. Reissue in new binding 6th printing. 8vo. Original decorated red cloth (Fine), slipcase (near Fine). Pp. 189, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
JUST SO STORIES
Folio Society, 1991. Tall 8vo. Original decorated tan cloth (VG), slipcase (VG). Pp. 189, illus with b&w drawings in text by Kipling (no inscriptions). More
JUST SO STORIES For Little Children
Macmillan and Co., 1926. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial red cloth (lightly scuffed at head and tail pf spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 249, illus with b&w plates by author (previous owner's bookplates on front paste-down and free endpaper; endpapers and prelims a little spotted; no inscriptions). More
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
Macmillan and Co., 1918. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth with gilt medallion on upper board, top edge gilt (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 299, illus with b&w drawings in text by J. Lockwood Kipling (no inscriptions). More
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
Macmillan and Co.,1924. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 299 + advts, illus with b&w drawings in text (previous owner's neat 1927 inscription on front free endpaper). More