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 about ANNE'S CALL
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 about THE WIGWAM AND THE WAR-PATH
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 about THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE
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 about SMUGGLER'S GALLOWS
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 about HIGHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
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 about THE DREAMFIGHTER And Other Creation Tales
Paul P.B. Minet, 1972. Limited numbered edn (312 of 500). 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (a little scuffed at edges of spine). Pp. xv + 2446, illus with b&w frontispiece and drawings in text by Richard Doyle (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More about THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE Or the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk and What Came of it...
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 about THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE Or the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk and What Came of it...
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 about WILLIE The Runaway Pig
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 about THE BOY'S OWN PAPER Christmas 1884 Christmas 1888 Summer 1889 Christmas 1889 Summer 1888...
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 about THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS Or Mirth and Marvels
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 about RIP VAN WINKLE
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 about THE GASCON A Story of the French Revolution
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 about THE BUNNY BOOK For Babes And Their Betters
Scolar Press, 1989. 0859678369. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. xiv + 304, with b&w illus in text (no inscriptions). More about ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to...
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 about NATURAL SCIENCE Book One - Four
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 about JOHN AND MARY DETECTIVES
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 about JOHN AND MARY IN ROME
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 about OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
Ernest Benn, 1959. 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean and small mark on upper board - otherwise VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. 192, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More about COMET IN MOOMINLAND
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 about GROS-PATAUD Histoire Allemande Accomodee Pour Les Petits Francais
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 about BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
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 about FAHAD THE BRAVE
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 about ANIMALS OF INDIA Puffin Picture Book 18
New York: Hyperion, 1997. 078686365X. 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original pictorial laminated boards (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 127, illus with coloured photos (no inscriptions). More about FROM MYST TO RIVEN The Creations and Inspirations