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: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo, xii, 419, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, with new endpapers subtly inserted. Original gilt decorated red cloth, a.e.g., some rubbing and marks, spine slightly sunned, top of the lower joint slightly worn. 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): 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 slightly sunned, very good. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. First edition, small 4to, 166, (2) pp. 86 wood engravings, 6 full page. Original green cloth, d.w., spine lightly browned with mild rubbing to the ends, very good. More
London: The Folio Society, (2002). Seven volumes, 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Gilt and silver decorated green cloth, card slipcase, an excellent set. 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: 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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition. 8vo. 319, (1) pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, purple lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket with colour illustration mounted to the upper panel, colour pictorial endpapers, early gift inscription to the half title. Colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. Second impression. 8vo. 320 pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, green lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket with colour illustration mounted to the upper panel, colour pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Jacket spine tanned with small losses to the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, black lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket with colour illustration mounted to the upper panel, colour pictorial endpapers, early ownership inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations..... 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition. 4to. (vi), 92 pp. Publisher's blue cloth backed beige boards with a printed title to the upper cover, dust jacket. Black and white illustrated borders designed by Shepard to each of the county songs. Jacket spine browned, a few tears to the..... 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: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. First edition, 8vo, (ii), 288, (4 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates plus a few vignette illustrations, endpapers browned, contemporary bookplate and a small, more recent bookseller's label to the foot of the paste down, W.H. Smith blind stamp to the fly leaf and..... 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: Virgin Publishing Ltd., 1999. First British edition. 4to. 239, (1) pp. Publisher's pictorial boards with a cut-out section to the upper cover, this with a glassine panel with colour illustrations of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Illustrated in colour throughout. An excellent copy. First published in the US the previous year..... 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
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: Stanley Paul & Co., 1925. Sixth edition. 4to. 106 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with darker blue lettering and decoration, a colour illustration mounted to the upper cover. 12 colour plates plus the same illustration as on the upper cover repeated on the title page. Some light spotting to the..... 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
London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First deluxe edition. 8vo. (xii), 103, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt decorated limp blue morocco, illustrated endpapers featuring an early Christmas gift inscription, all edges gilt. Illustrations throughout. Some wear to the head of the spine, else very good. More