London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Second edition, 8vo, (xiv), 366, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations, some mild damp staining to the top margin of a few leaves, and to the lower corner of several early leaves, bookseller's small label to foot of paste down. Original gilt decorated green..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1939). 8vo, (xvi), 336 pp. 8 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled green cloth, blind stamped decoration to upper cover, spine and edges sunned, d.w. soiled with some loss to the spine ends..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. Third edition, 8vo, (xvi), 337, (1, 1 advertisement, 1) pp. Black and white illustrations, signature to frontispiece recto, lower corner torn from the contents leaf without loss to text. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine faded, ends a little worn, a.e.g. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. First edition, 8vo, xi, (i), 371, (1) pp. 8 coloured and 35 black and white plates plus 10 illustrations in the text, tissue guard to the frontispiece foxed with some offsetting to the title page. Recent crimson half morocco, marbled sides, a.e.g., a handsome..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1926. First edition thus. Large 8vo. x, 242, (2) pp. Publisher's light green cloth, dark green lettering and decoration to the spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates and 55 black and white illustrations in the text. A few mild..... 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: 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: Victor Gollancz, 1936. Small 4to, 166, (2) pp. 86 wood engravings, 6 full page. Original green cloth, d.w. browned and spotted with some chipping and minor loss to the top edge. First published the year before. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, (1950). First edition, 8vo, 172, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text. Recent green quarter morocco, green cloth sides, very good. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, (1964). 8vo, 217, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers. Signed by Pauline Baynes on the title page. Cloth, edges of upper cover a little sunned, d.w., price clipped, with some light foxing and sunning to spine, a couple of small chips to edges. First published..... More
London: Sylvan Press, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. Second edition, 4to, 28 pp 10 full page coloured illustrations plus others in the text. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, some soiling and wear to extremities. First published in 1939. More
Henry Goulden, (1975). First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 42, (2) pp. Woodcut illustrations. Cloth, d.w., light wear to extremities otherwise very good. More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1884. 12mo, (12) pp including the covers. Alphabet letters printed in red, covers coloured. Some fraying to the edges, lower corners bumped, stapled as issued. More
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1915. First edition, 8vo, (118) pp. Black and white illustrations, some light foxing, two pages browned, signature and blind stamp to the fly leaf. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, a little rubbed with slight wear to the top of the spine. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. First edition. 8vo. 319, (1) pp. Publisher's fawn cloth, purple lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket, colour pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Slight soiling to the jacket with just a little light wear at extremities, very good overall..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928-62. Twelve volumes, including a first edition of "Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary" and a second impression of "Doctor Dolittle's Garden", otherwise later impressions, 8vo. Coloured frontispieces and black and white illustrations in the text, one booklabel to a fly leaf, a few ownership inscriptions. Cloth..... More
London: Librarie Hachette, (1930). First edition thus, 4to, 72 pp. Coloured pictorial title page and 31 full page coloured illustrations, a few leaves with very short tears to same edg, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, edges a little worn, some minor marks. More
[London]: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1912]. First edition, 8vo, 96 pp. Coloured frontipiece plus black and white illustrations, a few marginal marks, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of Parktown Preparatory School, Johannesburg. Contemporary dark blue calf, gilt border and spine, red label, slight wear to spine. More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, (1939). First edition, 8vo, 261, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, a few spots at the beginning and end. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some marking from old sellotape strengthening to spine ends and corners, now mostly removed, light edge wear with minor loss to the..... More
London: Dennis Dobson, (1964). First edition, 4to, (32) pp. Illustrations throughout, half in colour, inscribed from Binder on the half title. Pictorial boards, d.w. with light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a lovely copy. More
London: Grant Richards, (1902). Second edition, 32mo, (viii), 94, (2) pp with the majority of the leaves printed on one side only. 24 coloured illustrations. Original cloth, some light soiling, recently recased. 24 verses and illustrations on national themes (omitting X and Y), from "A for Arab" and "B for..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1994). First edition, 8vo, 95, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., slight sunning of spine otherwise very good. More
Brighton College of Arts & Crafts, 1964. 4to, (xii), 170, (4) pp. Neatly handwritten throughout in variously coloured inks, with 20 hand-painted plates and decoration and devices in the text. Contemporary cloth, pictorial painted dustwrapper with contemporary lamination, slightly worn and frayed at the edges. A unique and beautifully designed..... More
London: Stanley Paul & Co., (1925). First edition, 4to, 106 pp. 12 colour plates plus an illustration to the title, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth with a coloured illustration to the upper cover, d.w. soiled with loss and some creasing to extremities. More
London: Methuen & Co., (1927). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 103, (1) pp. Illustrations throughout, pictorial front endpapers, signature to fly leaf. Recent red full morocco, t.e.g., a handsome copy. More