London: Duckworth & Co., [1915]. First edition thus, 4to, xvi, 239, (1) pp. 12 coloured plates with captioned tissues plus numerous further illustrations in the text. Original red cloth, spine faded with a small abrasion to the middle, faint marking to the upper cover. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. Limited edition, no. 272 of 500 copies signed by Robinson, 4to, (xvi, 114) pp. 30 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus further black and white illustrations in the text. Original publisher's gilt decorated vellum, t.e.g., lacking the ties and with some light soiling..... More
London: The Medici Society, (1930). First edition. 8vo. (124) pp. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, not price clipped and with a later reduced price label to the spine. Colour frontispiece. Loss to the head of the jacket spine and some light general..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1914. First edition thus, 8vo, (x), 47, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original cloth backed boards, browned with an old tape stain to the edge of the upper cover. More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Deluxe edition, second impression. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered red cloth, colour illustration to the upper cover, all edges gilt. A few faint spots to the first and last leaves, an attractive copy. More
(Haydock): Ted Smart, (1998). Second printing thus, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. Slight cracking to the hinge towards the end. Pictorial boards, d.w. with minor creasing. More
London: Gramol Publications, 1945. Second edition, small 8vo, 143, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, pictorial endpapers, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., spine a little browned with minor loss to ends. More
London: Collins, (1969). 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends and corners. Originally published in 1945. More
London: George Newnes Limited, (1960). Eleventh impression, 8vo, 248 pp. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers, pages evenly browned throughout. Cloth, slight fading to the lower edge, d.w. price clipped with loss and some creasing to extremities. More
London: WilliaM Heinemann, [1911]. First edition thus, small 4to, 128 pp. 18 coloured plates tipped in plus numerous other illustrations in the text, largely in colour, pictorial endpapers. Original gilt decorated vellum, t.e.g., spine slightly browned, a few marks, upper cover a little bowed but overall a very good copy..... More
[London]: Collins, 1967. First edition. 4to. (40) pp. Publisher's red cloth backed boards, black lettered to the spine, pictorial endpapers, dust jacket replicating the same designs as on the boards, not price clipped. Colour illustrated throughout. Slight tanning to the jacket spine, a little light edge wear, very good. More
London: The Primrose Academy Ltd, 1998. Limited edition, no. 47 of 225 copies signed by Skargon. Square 8vo. (84) pp. Publisher's grey cloth backed patterned boards, gilt lettered to the spine, slipcase. Wood engraved illustrations of the illustrator's cats throughout matched with aphorisms from the works of Oscar's namesake (Wilde)..... More
London: Heinemann, 1967. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 144, (2) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, illustrated endpapers, dust jacket, not price clipped. Black and white illustrations throughout. Fading to the jacket spine which also shows some wear with loss to the head and a vertical stain to..... More
(London: Chatto & Windus, 1970). First edition, 4to, (32) pp. Coloured illustrations. Coloured pictorial boards, d.w., slight sunning to spine with some very light rubbing, a very good copy. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. 4to. (124) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt to the spine, dust jacket supplied from the all but identical US edition, price clipped, signed and dated by Steadman on the half title. Colour illustrated throughout. Cloth slightly worn at the lower left corner of the..... More
London & Glasgow: Collins, 1942. First edition. 4to. (48) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, white lettered to the spine and upper cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Some general edge wear to the jacket with a few small losses, very good. More
Collins, (1949). First edition, 4to, (48) pp. Illustrations throughout, a handful in colour. Cloth, d.w., marked, top edge stained with some loss. A story of children and a Yorkshire terrier. More
London: J. Harris and Son, 1822. Second edition, 12mo, viii, 120, (iv advertisement) pp. Hand coloured folding frontispiece map of north and south America, title vignette, and 84 hand coloured engravings, three to a leaf, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original printed boards, corners a little worn, recently rebacked in..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, [N.d.]. 4to. 128 pp. Publisher's yellow cloth backed colour illustrated boards, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket replicating the same design, price clipped, early ownership ink stamp to the front free endpaper. 16 colour plates. Very good. Undated, but an early to mid..... More
London: Charles Tilt; [Tilt & Bogue], [c.1840]. Twelve volumes bound in six, 16mo. Each volume with a hand coloured second title plus numerous black and white engravings, bookseller's small label ("Grant & Griffith, successors to John Harris") to the paste down in four of the volumes. Original gilt titled publisher's..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., (1915). 8vo. (22) pp. Original green paper boards with an upholstered illustration of two goats to the upper cover, red cloth spine, a presentation inscription to fly leaf dated "Xmas, 1915". Colour frontispiece, an illustration to the front pastedown and other illustrations set into..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [c.1884]. 4to, (8) pp. Coloured illustrations, inscription dated 1884 to inside of upper cover. Original coloured wrappers, a little rubbed and marked. "The Afternoon Tea Toy Books" More
[n.p.], (1978). Limited edition, no. 12 of 80 copies signed by the author, 12mo, 13 bifoliate leaves. 10 hand coloured copper etchings with tissue guards. Original cloth, some very mild rubbing to spine, near fine. More
London: Collins, (1946). 4to, 72 pp, with 8 full page coloured illustrations and other black and white drawings, brief inscription to front blank, original gilt titled cloth, the gilt now rather dull, pictorial d.w. creased with minor loss to spine and lower wrapper. More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. First printing thus. 8vo. xx, 397, (1) pp. Publisher's illustrated boards, slipcase colour illustrated to one side. Black and white illustrations throughout. Mild scuffs to the plain black areas of the case, an excellent copy overall. More