Harmondsworth: Penguin Books and Kestrel Books, 1976. First illustrated edition. 8vo. (iv), 550, (6) pp. Publisher's brown cloth backed boards, gilt and black to the spine, illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped, slipcase on the same design. Frontispiece and illustrations in the text, some in colour, folding map to the..... More
Halifax: Printed and Published by William Milner, 1844. 16mo, x, 437, (1) pp. Frontispiece and engraved second title, a few spots. Original gilt titled dark green cloth, spine ends and corners bumped. An enormously popular series of articles and stories first published in the 1790s. OCLC lists a number of..... More
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. First edition, small 4to, (52) pp. 12 full page coloured illustrations. Original pictorial cloth, recased, slight browning of spine, very good. More
London: Frederick Warne, [1915]. First edition, 4to, title leaf and 16 plates, being 8 images repeated with and without the colour portions, original stiff card covers, coloured illustration to upper cover, spine and corners worn but binding sound, protected by a recent cloth folder. One of several "Cecil Aldin's Painting..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [c.1880]. 4to, (16) pp including covers. Coloured illustrations, some marks and browning. Original limp coloured covers, sewn as issued, loose and a little worn, spine sound but lacking its paper. "Playtime Toy Books... Mounted on linen. Untearable" More
London: F. Warne & Co., [1882]. Sole edition, small square 8vo, 32 pp. Illustrations throughout, half in colour, contemporary inscription to fly leaf in both English and Japanese. Original pictorial boards, corners worn with some other mild rubbing, neatly rebacked. More
London: Darton and Clark, [c.1840]. 32mo, 144 pp. 4 plates, printed throughout on light green paper. Contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco, slight wear to extremities, a.e.g. Lawrence Darton H964. Only 2 copies located on Copac. More
London: The Daily Herald, 1929. 4to, 156 pp, 3 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text, several carefully coloured in, decorative endpapers, original pictorial boards, some wear to extremities, else a very well preserved and bright copy. More
London: Blackie and Son, [N.d.]. Small 4to. 64 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards, lettered to the spine and upper cover, the latter also featuring a mounted colour illustration, dust jacket. 8 coloured plates and 12 black and white illustrations. Some spotting, losses to the spine ends and corners of the..... More
London: Blackie and Son, [N.d.]. Small 4to. 64 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards, lettered to the spine and upper cover, the latter also featuring a mounted colour illustration, dust jacket. 8 coloured plates and 24 black and white illustrations. A few small chips to the jacket, very good. There is..... More
London: Blackie and Son, [N.d.]. Small 4to. 64 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards, lettered to the spine and upper cover, the latter also featuring a mounted colour illustration, dust jacket. 8 coloured plates and 16 black and white illustrations. Very good. First published in 1920. There is no date printed..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1920. First edition, 8vo, (x), 287, (1) pp. Spare paper spine label tipped in at the end. Cloth, spine label spotted, d.w. soiled with some loss to extremities. More
(London: Jonathan Cape, 1936). First edition, 8vo, 336 pp. Black and white illustrations and coloured map endpapers by Harold Jones. Cloth, with some mild spotting, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned with some mild soiling and some small chips, one small tear to the top edge of the lower wrapper..... More
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, (1942). First edition, 8vo, 288 pp. Black and white illustrations, coloured pictorial endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with a couple of tears and some minor loss to the lower wrapper. More
London: Grant Richards, 1901. Sixth edition, 32mo, (xiv), 113, (3) pp with the majority of the leaves printed on one side only. 27 coloured illustrations, brief contemporary inscription, small blind stamp and a small closed tear to the fly leaf. Original cloth, spine browned, some slight wear to top. No..... More
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son, [1927]. First edition, small 4to, (52) pp. 12 coloured plates tipped in, some light foxing, inscribed from the publishers on the fly leaf "With best wishes for Christmas 1940 from Blackie." Original cloth backed boards, some mild rubbing, very good. More
(Published by Hodder and Stoughton... for Boots Pure Drug Co... Nottingham), [1931]. 4to, 272 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations, many full page, lacking the rear free endpaper. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine sunned. More
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1926]. Small 8vo, 189, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations. Original maroon cloth, pictorial panel to the upper cover with minor loss to the outer edge, spine ends slightly worn. More
London: Frederick Muller, (1946). First edition, 8vo, viii, 120 pp. 16 coloured plates. Original pictorial boards by Bawden, d.w. replicating this with slight loss to the foot of the spine and light wear to the top. "New Excursions into English Poetry" series. More
London: Country Life Ltd., 1944. First edition. Large 8vo. 88 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth, dark blue lettering to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper with (presumably) the recipient's plain book label adjacent. 10 black and white plates. Wear and tear..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First US edition. 8vo. (xii), 235, (1) pp. Later dark blue half calf over matching cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot, gilt devices repeated to the other compartments, top edge gilt, the original..... More
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, (1970). Second impression thus, 8vo, 126 pp. Black and white illustrations, owner's name and address to title page, "BB" circled in red pen on the title page. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, with some creasing and light wear. First published 1955. More
London: Grant Richards, 1899. Third edition, 4to, (25) leaves printed on rectos only, all but one in colour. Contemporary signature to fly leaf. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, browned and with light rubbing. More
London: Bickers & Son, 1886. 8vo, xl, 312 pp. Frontispiece and numerous wood engraved illustrations, some light foxing to the text, heavier foxing to front and rear blanks, marbled endpapers and sides, attractive bookplate of Herbert S. Squance. Bound in early 20th century half vellum, t.e.g., gilt decorated spine with..... More
(London): Tate Publishing, (2012). Limited edition, no. 37 of 200 copies signed by the author, 4to, (ii), 256 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations. Original gilt decorated red cloth, green cloth slipcase, a fine copy. More