London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. First edition. 8vo. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped. Black and white illustrations. Some light edge wear to the jacket, else very good. More
Leicester: The Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1951. First edition. 8vo. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 4 black and white plates. Jacket lightly worn at the extremities, slight tanning to the spine - cloth and jacket, very good overall. More
London: University of London Press Ltd., 1952. Third impression. 8vo. 192 pp. Publisher's red cloth, blue lettered to the spine with a matching star logo to the upper cover, dust jacket. Colour frontispiece plus 10 black and white illustrations. Some wear to the extremities, more so to the upper edge..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. First edition. 8vo. 190 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering and illustration, dust jacket. 6 colour plates Splits to the jacket with neat tissue repairs on the verso, some light edge wear with loss to the foot of the spine, else very good. More
Oxford University Press, London: Humphrey Milford, [N.d., c.1939]. Early printing. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, black lettering and decoration to the spine and upper board, the latter featuring an illustration of Biggles' biplane swooping in front of the Pyramids and some palm trees, early ownership inscription to the front..... More
London: Latimer House Limited, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. 174 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Some fading to the spine - cloth and jacket, tear without loss to the head of the jacket spine with a subtle tissue repair on the verso, a little wear at..... More
London: Latimer House Limited, 1950. First edition. 8vo. 202 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket. The lower third of the jacket spine missing, some other light edge wear, else very good. More
London: Houlston and Wright, 1866. Small 8vo, 112 pp, with a coloured lithographic frontispiece, a few spots, original gilt and blind decorated plum cloth, spine sunned, some rubbing. More
London: Grant and Griffith, [c.1820]. 12mo, (16) leaves including covers, printed on one side only (covers excepted) and backed onto linen. 16 hand coloured illustrations with verse below, some foxing and light damp staining. Original printed yellow wrappers, later inscription to upper cover, spine and extremities worn. Only one copy..... More
London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy [et al]. 1815. First edition, 12mo, 70 pp, minor tear to title - repaired, modern quarter calf, marbled boards. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First British edition. 8vo. 183, (1) pp. Publisher's bright yellow cloth, black lettered to the spine, colour illustrated dust jacket, price clipped. Black and white illustrations throughout, including the endpapers. An excellent copy. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. 8vo, (xxiv), 255, (1) pp. Contemporary inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary red morocco, a.e.g., gilt device of Summerfield school to upper cover, spine slightly darkened and rubbed. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1921]. 4to. x, 240 pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth, Christmas gift inscription dated 1921 to the front free endpaper. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissues, further illustrations and decorations in the text Contents slightly shaken but sound, sunning to the spine..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1909. Limited "Edition de Luxe", one of 260 copies. 4to. x, 273, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated vellum, lacking the silk ties. Frontispiece and 31 colour plates, all tipped in with captioned tissue guards. Neatly recased in the original binding which is quite soiled..... More
London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1864. Second edition, 8vo, (iv), 378 pp. Frontispiece and one plate, some foxing to early leaves, endpapers with some wear, signatures to fly leaf verso. Original gilt decorated dark green cloth, recently rebacked retaining the original spine. First published the year before... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. First edition thus. 8vo. (xvi), 447, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated red soft leather, top edge gilt, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 16 plates. Slight wear to the spine ends of the jacket and the book, very good overall. Published by the Canadian Branch..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. First edition, large 8vo, (vi), 249, (3) pp. 22 full page illustrations plus others in the text. Recent red full morocco, a.e.g., a lovely copy. The only book that Kipling illustrated himself. Martindell 99. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1951. Reprint. Large 8vo. (vi), 249, (1) pp. Publisher's red cloth with black and white decorations and lettering, dust jacket replicating the same design. Numerous full page black and white illustrations plus others in the text. Wear to the edges of the jacket plus some mild..... More
London & Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1905. First edition thus, 8vo, xii, 323, (1) pp. Frontispiece portrait of the Lambs plus 20 coloured plates, light damp stain to the lower edge of the first few leaves, signature and ink date stamp to front blank. Original gilt and blind decorated..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1897. 8vo, xviii, (11)-144 pp. Black and white illustrations, first and last page browned, contemporary bookplate and later booklabel to paste down, contemporary inscription to fly leaf, offset through onto the half title, slight chipping to the outer edge of the fly leaf. Original gilt..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. First edition, small 4to, (xii), 159, (1) pp. 72 wood engravings, 5 full page. Cloth, d.w., browned and a little foxed, some loss to the top edge. More
London: Collins, 1934. Second impression, oblong folio, (vi), 54, (2) pp. 12 full page wood engravings and 7 vignettes plus initial letters, patterned endpapers, contemporary inscription to front blank. Original gilt titled green cloth, top and bottom edges faded, d.w. with some tears and fairly minor loss to the top..... More
(London): The Sumach Press, (1992). Oblong folio, (vi), 54, (2) pp. 12 full page wood engravings and 7 vignettes plus initial letters, patterned endpapers. Cloth, d.w., spine and edges of the lower wrapper small dink to the top of the upper wrapper, overall very good. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. First edition, small 4to, 166, (2) pp. 86 wood engravings, 6 full page, monogrammed bookplate. Original green cloth, d.w. browned with a few minor marks, some loss to the spine ends. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, (1951). First edition, 8vo, 194, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text, map to front endpapers. Cloth, spine faded. More