ANNE'S CALL
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
Children's Books
THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH
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
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE
World Distributors, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated brown cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped 5/-). Pp. 183, illus with b&w drawings and decorative endpapers (school prize plate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
SMUGGLER'S GALLOWS
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
HIGHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
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
PRINCESS BADOURA A Tale from the Arabian Nights
Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. 1st edn. 4to. Original elaborately gilt decorated cream cloth, top edge green (some light marks on upper board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 113, illus with 10 tipped-in coloured plates with captioned guards (front free endpaper removed and inner hinges weakened; no inscriptions). More
THE DREAMFIGHTER And Other Creation Tales
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
THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE Or the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk and What Came of it and THE ASHEN FAGGOT A Tale for Christmas
Macmillan & Co., 1889. 8vo. Original gilt decorated dark green cloth (corners bumped; small white mark on spine; fore-edge spotted). Pp. 156, illus with b&w frontispiece and drawings in text by Richard Doyle (endpapers and prelims tanned/spotted; previous owners' ink and pencil inscriptions on front pastedown). More
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 BOY'S OWN PAPER Christmas 1884 Christmas 1888 Summer 1889 Christmas 1889 Summer 1888 Christmas 1890 Summer 1891
Boy's Own Paper, 1884 - 1891. 7 issues (Christmas 1884, Christmas 1888, Summer 1889, Christmas 1889, Summer 1888, Christmas 1890 and Summer 1891) bound as 1. 4to. Rebound in recent gilt lettered green cloth with new endpapers (Fine). Pp. 64 per issue, illus throughout with b&w engraved plates and in text (no inscriptions). More
MIS AVENTURAS FAVORITAS DE MORTADELO Y FILEMON Contra el "gang" del Chicharrón
Barcelona: B (Ediciones B) Edició B De Comic, 2018. 9788466662048. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Unpaginated, illus throughout with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS Or Mirth and Marvels.
Macmillan and Co., 1911. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, all edge blue (boards lightly marked and scuffed). Pp. xiii + 546, illus with coloured plates and in text by H.G. Theaker (endpapers tanned; inner hinges weakened; previous owner's neat 1920 inscription on front endpaper). More
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
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
FIGHTING SKYBIRDS
Sampson Low Marston & Co., c. 1937. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated orange cloth (casing with slight lean and spine edges slightly scuffed), no dustwrapper. Pp. 248, illus with b&w frontispiece (endpapers tanned; prelims a little spotted; 1937 school prize plate on font pastedown). 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
MOOMIN
Alan Wingate, 1957. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial boards (poor - backstrip lost and some light wear at edges; small burn mark on upper board - in protective glassine wrapper). Pp. 87, illus throughout with b&w cartoon strips (previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). 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 IN AUSTRALIA
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
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
REBEL FOR GOOD
Bodley Head, 1980. 0370303261. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (top edge a little spotted - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 189, illus with b&w map (no inscriptions). More
SCARF JACK
Bodley Head, 1978. 0370300793. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (top edge a little spotted - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 159 (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). 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