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 HUBBLES AND THE ROBOT
Chatto and Windus, 1968. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 175, illus with b&w drawings by John Sergeant (no inscriptions). More
THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Jonathan Cape, 1943. 1st edn 8th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and light wear at head of spine - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 350, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owners' neat inscriptions front paste-down and front prelims)..... More
TALES OF TOYTOWN
Oxford University Press, 1948. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original red decorated blue cloth (faded at edges of spine and boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss at top edge of lower cover and small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 158, illus with 6..... More
APOCALYPSE NOW NOW
Century, 2013. 9781780891316. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine, in protective cover). Pp. 295 (no inscriptions). 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 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
LA RELIGION 1. Tannhauser.
Casterman, 2009. 4to. Original pictorial boards with wraparound band (Fine). Pp. 79, illus throughout with coloured and b&w cartoons (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
Macmillan and Co., 1979. Facsimile of 1923 edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (VG), dustwrapper (small tears and creases at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. viii + 231, illus with coloured plates by Warwick Goble (previous owner's neat inscription on half title)... More
THE LORDS OF LOONE
Cassell, 1972. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (boards faded at edges - otherwisee VG), dustwrapper (torn at top corner of upper cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 267 (no inscriptions). 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
EL INCREIBLE NINO COMELIBROS
Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2006. 9789681682521. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial boards (softback) (Fine). Pp. 36, with coloured illus throughout (no inscriptions). [Spanish text]. 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 IN AFRICA
Oxford University Press, 1948. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w plates by Alfred Sindall (no inscriptions). 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
THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Oxford University Press, 1950. 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w plates by Alfred Sindall (no inscriptions). More
THE SPY FLYERS
John Hamilton, 1933. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered blue cloth (spine lightly faded and some faint spotting on page edges - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. x + 256, illus with coloured frontispiece and 4 b&w plates by Howard Leigh (no inscriptions). More
ANIMALS WE USE
Methuen & Co., 1948. 1st edn. Folio (12? x 10? 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
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
THE HEROES OF ASGARD Tales from Scandinavian Mythology.
Macmillan & Co., 1930. Children's edn. Tall 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth (spine a little faded and light discolouring on upper board - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 222, illus with pictorial endpapers, 16 coloured plates and b&w drawings by C.E. Brock (previous owner's neat 1949 inscription on..... 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
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 (9? 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