New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905. First American edition. 4to. xii, 61, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated green cloth, top edge gilt. 51 colour plates with captioned tissues. Latimore & Haskell, p. 26. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. in London, evidently using the same sheets as the..... More
London: George Harrap, (1932). First trade edition, 8vo, 48 pp. 4 coloured plates, decorative endpapers. Pictorial card covers, pictorial wrappers with some mild bumping and marking. Latimore & Haskell p67. More
London: William Heinemann, (1926). Limited edition, no. 289 of 520 copies signed by the illustrator. 4to. x, 185, (1) pp. Recent black quarter morocco over matching cloth sides, gilt lettered to the spine with gilt rules to the sides, top edge gilt. 21 tipped in colour plates. An attractive copy..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1924. 8vo, x, 318 pp. 16 coloured plates with captioned tissues. Original gilt decorated red cloth, some light rubbing. More
London: George G. Harrap, (1931). First edition, 4to, 224 pp. 12 coloured plates with captioned tissues plus black and white illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers, bookplate designed by Barnett Freedman to fly leaf verso. Original gilt decorated black cloth, d.w. a little soiled with some minor edge wear, spine..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Company, (1929). First trade edition, 4to, 232 pp. 12 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers. Original gilt titled cloth, pictorial d.w. lightly soiled with loss to the top of the spine. More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., (1936). First trade edition, 4to, 256 pp. 12 coloured plates tipped in, each with a captioned tissue, plus illustrations in the text, decorative endpapers, inscription on half title. Gilt decorated light brown cloth, slight slight fading of spine, the remains of the wrapper in..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1910. First edition, 4to, x, 160 pp. 34 coloured plates, tipped in onto stiff paper with captioned tissues, pictorial endpapers, light foxing to early leaves. Original gilt decorated brown buckram, slightly rubbed, light damp staining to the outer edge of the upper cover. Latimore & Haskell p37..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., (1948). 8vo, 286, (2) pp. 8 colour plates, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original pictorial red cloth, spine a little faded with some marks, otherwise very good. More
London: William Heinemann, (1913). First trade edition, 4to, (44) pp. 44 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues, brief presentation inscription to paste down. Original gilt titled cloth, mild wear to spine ends otherwise very good. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. Second edition, 4to, (iii)-xii, (ii), 125, (1) pp. 50 coloured plates tipped in on art paper with captioned tissues, map to fly leaf, edges of the fly title with some old repairs. Recently bound in red half calf, original upper cover bound in at the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1945). Seventh impression, 8vo, 399, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, coloured map endpapers, signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned with loss to the top and some mild edge wear. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1942). Second impression. 8vo. 335, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations, throughout, map endpapers. The jacket spine dulled and with some wear to the ends and corners, else a decent copy. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1944). Second impression. 8vo. 302, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, illustrated dust jacket printed on the back of the typographic dust jacket of another Cape book "The Case of Ivar Kreuger" (published 1933). Black and white illustrations, throughout, map endpapers. The jacket..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1947). Fifteenth impression. 8vo. 383, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, signed by the author on the title page, an unrelated contemporary gift inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations, coloured map..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1936). Fifth reprint, 8vo, 453, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, coloured map endpapers with some light foxing. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine lightly browned with some loss to ends and corners. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1933). First edition, 8vo, 359, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers. Original cloth, some mild rubbing. More
Paris: F. Juven, [1898]. First edition, folio, (iv), 75, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations in both colour and black and white, hinges cracking but sound. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, with some loss of paper to the bevelled edges. Scarce. A major influence on Hergé and his creation of the Tintin..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 182, (2) pp, 4 plates plus illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription on front blank, original gilt titled cream boards, gilt vignettes to covers, spine and edges browned, some light rubbing, a.e.g. More
London: William Heinemann, [1930]. Limited edition, no. 175 of 365 copies, signed by both Author and Illustrator, 4to, (vi), 24, (2) pp, 4 coloured plates, a very good copy in the original full parchment, a little marked and browned, small gilt motif on upper cover. More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1913]. First edition, 8vo, 128 pp. 8 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text, later inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, further coloured illustration to the upper cover, spine a little dull otherwise very good. More
(London: Amalgamated Press). Small 4to, 360 pp, with 4 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations, marginal browning throughout, cloth backed boards, coloured illustration to upper cover, complete with the original printed tissue wrapper, some tears and edgewear to this else a very good copy. More
London: Printed for C. Stocking, 1823. 12mo, lxxiv, 240 pp, uncut in the original printed boards, spine rather worn, corners bumped. Originally published in 1795. This edition was intended for younger readers with many of Ritson's notes removed. More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. First edition. 4to. 152, (8, advertisements) pp. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, dust jacket replicating the design on the upper cover. 12 full page colour illustrations. Chips and tears to the edges of the jacket and with loss at the foot of the spine..... More
London: Ernest Benn, (1928). First edition, 8vo, 208 pp. Original cloth, d.w. with some minor bumping and soiling to the edges, a very good copy. A cheerful children's story weaving in many simple recipes. An American actress, Robins became famous for her portrayal of Hedda Gabler as well as other..... More