Fire Engine Cut-Out Story Book.
[London]: Sandles, [c.1950]. Oblong 4to, (12) pp. Black and white illustrations, with 6 leaves of coloured cardboard cutouts in the centre. Original pictorial wrappers, an excellent copy. Very scarce. More
[London]: Sandles, [c.1950]. Oblong 4to, (12) pp. Black and white illustrations, with 6 leaves of coloured cardboard cutouts in the centre. Original pictorial wrappers, an excellent copy. Very scarce. More
London: William Heinemann, 1924. First illustrated edition, 4to, (viii), 155, (1) pp. 12 coloured plates tipped in. Original gilt decorated red cloth, spine sunned, light marking to the lower cover. More
London: Collins, (1976). First edition, 4to, (40) pp. Illustrated throughout, signed by Foreman on the title page, the printer's file copy with their bookplate. Pictorial boards, d.w., a lovely copy. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First edition, 4to, (32) pp. Full page colour illustrations throughout, signed by the author on the title page, the printer's file copy with their bookplate. Pictorial boards, original glassine jacket, a fine copy. More
Oldham: Incline Press, 2006. Limited edition, no. 12 of 40 special copies from a total edition of 150. 4to. (4), 55, (3) pp. Publisher's teal cloth backed paper covered boards, matching portfolio and clamshell box, the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Numerous illustrations in colour and black and white, some tipped..... More
London: Constable & Company, (1924). First edition thus, tall 8vo, (x), 127, (1) pp. 16 coloured plates, some light foxing. Original blue cloth, gilt vignette, t.e.g., mild rubbing to spines otherwise an excellent copy. More
London: Macmillan, 1926. First edition, small 8vo, (iv), 62 pp. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout, marbled endpapers, presentation bookplate from the author to paste down. Original patterned cloth, paper spine label, slightly faded with a few spots. Never published in English. More
London: Collins, 1968. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 44 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a couple of minor marks otherwise a fine copy. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1926. First edition. Small 8vo. (xii), 131, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, early ownership inscription on the front pastedown, signed by Fyleman on the title page. 22 silhouette illustrations by L. Hummel. The spine of both..... More
London: J. Jaques & Son, [c.1880]. Twelve cards showing 18 pictures each - a total of 216 pictures, plus 207 tiles with the names of the pictures in both English and French - so lacking 9 and with some handwritten replacements included. Original wooden box with a pictorial sliding lid..... More
London: David Bogue, 1850. Small 8vo, xvi, 80 pp, with a hand coloured second title and a hand coloured extending frontispiece, bound in the original gilt and blind decorated orange cloth, spine and edges darkened, small piece lacking from head of spine. Originally including a card bound in at the..... More
London: Collins, 1965. First edition. 8vo. 159, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, signed and dated by the author, "27 September 1965," on the title page. Loss to the foot of the jacket plus some smaller losses to the upper edge..... More
Berlin: G. Grote'sche, 1888. Folio, (iv), 67, (1) pp. 8 plates, some occasional light foxing, Prize label of Hammersmith High School for Girls. Original dark green cloth, decorative paper title and surround to upper cover, gilt arms to lower cover, outer edges damp stained. More
Florence:, [c.1913]. Single sheet of fine paper, printed on one side with two publisher's manuscript annotations, folded twice and printed with an illustration on what forms the upper cover, two horizontal creases. Lightly soiled, very good. A rare broadside advertising the sale of limited edition artist books: "sketch books, drawing..... More
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 275, (3), 14 advertisement, (2) pp. Foxing to endpapers only. Original decorated yellow buckram, some light soiling, spine a little dull. More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1930). First Shepard edition. 8vo. x, 168, (4) pp. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt lettering and black silhouetted decoration, dust jacket with a elaborated version of the same design, discreet old bookseller's stamp to the rear pastedown. Frontispiece and 29 illustrations, many full page..... More
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [c.1920]. Small 8vo. (iv), 287, (1) pp. Contemporary green quarter vellum, spine with gilt lettered black label and gilt tooling, top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Very good. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Sole edition, thin oblong 8vo, (iv) pp, following by 4 coloured plates. Original coloured wrappers, tied with a maroon silk ribbon, slight wear to the spine ends. Schuster and Engen 166-1a. More
Newtown: The Gregynog Press, 1933. Limited edition, no. 165 of 235 copies from a total edition of 250 copies, large 8vo, xi, (iii), 108, (2) pp. 8 wood engraved illustrations and a small press device. Recent gilt titled yellow morocco in imitation of the original binding, a handsome copy. Harrop..... More
London: John Murray, 1965. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 30 pp. Publisher's pictorial boards, dust jacket replicating the same design. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. A little edge wear to the jacket including a small chip to the foot of the lower panel, a very good bright copy..... More
London: Folding Books, [1951]. Sole edition. 8vo. Publisher's colour illustrated boards with the original blue cloth ties still present. The work expands to form 6 colour illustrated tableaux in a circle Occasional surface wear to the boards, more so to the rear, the contents generally very good. More
London: Edward Lacey, [c.1830]. 12mo, 71, (1), (3)-71, (1), (3)-72, (3)-71, (1) pp. Frontispiece, engraved title and 18 plates, lacking fly leaf, lower part of the Preface leaf laid down with loss to text. Contemporary dark green quarter morocco, top of spine worn, contemporary hand written label to upper cover..... More
London: Darton and Clark, [c.1839]. Small square 8vo. (iv), 310, (6) pp. Publisher's dark green blindstamped full morocco, gilt lettered and decorated to the spine and boards, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and 6 plates, all in colour, plus an additional black and white engraved title. An attractive copy. Darton, H692..... More
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1899. First edition, English issue, 8vo, (vi), 247, (1) pp. 20 plates. Original pictorial green cloth, some light soiling and rubbing, spine slightly browned. Bound from American sheets with a cancel title. More
London: David Bogue, 1881. First English edition, 8vo, xviii, 192, 32 advertisement pp. 3 plates plus illustrations in the text, marginal dampstaining to the lower part of each plate, slight loss to the edges of the free endpapers. Original gilt and black decorated cloth, recently recased with repairs to the..... More