THE STATIONARY ARK
Collins, 1976. 0002167425. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 156, with b&w illus (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
Children's Books
THREE SINGLES TO ADVENTURE
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 1st edn 2nd printing signed by author with his biro sketch on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original silver lettered maroon cloth, top edge red (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (chipped at head and tail of spine and light wear at edges -..... More
TWO IN THE BUSH
Collins, 1966. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean and pages edges and endpapers spotted), dustwrapper (tears at top edges of covers - in protective wrapper). Pp. 255, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
THE WHISPERING LAND
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red (near Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 235, illus with b&w drawings by Ralph Thomson (endpapers toned at gutters; no inscriptions). More
PRISONER OF ROME
Dennis Dobson, 1975. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 160, illus with b&w drawings by Frances Phillips (no inscriptions). More
OPERATION SEABIRD
Girls Gone By, 2007. 9781847450111. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 271, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
THE CURIE SOCIETY
MIT Press, 2021. Uncorrected proof. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 163, illus with b&w cartoon strip throughout (no inscriptions). More
THE CURIE SOCIETY
MIT Press, 2021. Uncorrected page proof. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 163, illus throughout with b&w strip drawings (no inscriptions). More
GERTRUDE THE GREEDY GOOSE
Frederick Muller, 1939. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (chipped and bumped at corners - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (poor- loss of top third of lower cover and diagonal tear upper cover and generally rather chipped and creased - in protective wrapper). Pp. 58, illus with coloured plates and..... More
THE SECRET OF THE SINGING TOWER
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly worn at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 243, illus with b&w drawings by the author (no inscriptions). More
THE CHILDREN'S BELLS A Selection of Poems.
Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (page edges stained at top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper fused to covers, not price clipped). Pp. 277, illus with b&w drawings in text by Peggy Fortnum (no inscriptions). More
ONE DAY
Grant Richards, 1903. 1st edn. 4to (11¼ x 8¾ ins). Original gilt lettered cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid bevelled-edged boards (lightly chipped and rubbed at head and tail of spine and edges of boards). Pp. 99, illus with 24 full-page coloured plates by the author (front free endpaper torn and creased; plates..... More
ALL THE WORLD OVER
Grant Richards, 1898. 1st edn. Oblong 4to (9¼ x 11½ ins). Original gilt lettered cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (light wear at edges of boards - otherwise VG). Pp. 30, illus with 30 full-page coloured plates by the author (front inner hinge loosened; plates bright and unmarked; no inscriptions). More
THE WALLYPUG AT PLAY
Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. c. 1901. 1st edn. 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (poor - spine rubbed at head and tail and boards chipped at corners and rubbed at edges). Unpaginated, illus with full page coloured plates and coloured drawings in text (most pages loose and some with nicks..... More
SCHNIPSEL DER ELEFANTENFÄNGER IN AFRIKA Eine Zwergengeschichte Münchner Bilderbogenbücher Reihe B Band 1.
Munich: Braun & Schneider, 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (light wear at corners of boards - otherwise VG). Pp. 44, with coloured illus by Wolfgang Felten (no inscriptions). [German text]. More
WILD ANIMAL STORIES A Panorama Picture Book.
Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton & Co., c. 1890. 1st edn. Oblong 4to (10½ x 14 ins). Recently recased with original upper cover neatly relaid and new endpapers (small marks at edge of spine - otherwise VG). Unpaginated, illus with 6 full page chromolithograph pop-up plates and b&w drawings in..... More
SHIFTA!
Oxford University Press, 1958. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original brown lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine scuffed and faded; waterstain on lower cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 185, illuswith b&w drawings by Joan Kiddell-Munroe (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper). More
CRUSOE THE SECOND And Other Stories
Robert Culley, 1905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth (near Fine). Pp. 128 (school prize plate on front free endpaper; no inscriptions), illus with b&w frontispiece and vignettes in text. More
PAINTED PORTS
Oxford University Press, 1965. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine) dustwrapper (price clipped, otherwise VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 212, illus with b&w drawings by C. Walter Hodges (previous owner's biro inscription and bookplate on front endpaper). More
THE VALIANT SAILOR
Oxford University Press, 1959. Oxford Children's Library. 8vo. Original blue cloth ((VG), dustwrapper (fixed to boards with sticky protective wrapper; some edge wear, not price clipped). Pp. 194, illus with b&w drawings by Neville Dear (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper). More
GONE IS GONE Or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework.
Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st edn 5th imp. 12mo. Original pictorial boards (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus with b&w drawings by author (no inscriptions). More
THE DAY I SWAPPED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH
Bloomsbury, 2004. 9780747575184. 1st edn. Square 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 64 [unpaginated], coloured illus throughout (no inscriptions). More
SIGNAL TO NOISE
Bloomsbury, 2007. 9780747588436. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 96 [unpaginated], cartoon illus throughout (no inscriptions). More
FIVE TIGERS AND A MOUSE
Lutterworth Press, 1949. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blue lettered blue cloth (edges and endpapers spotted), no dustwrappe. Pp. 234, illus with coloured frontispiece (no inscriptions). More