The Black Puppy Book.
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
Children's / Illustrated
The Puppy Book.
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. A very scarce Aldin item, one..... More
The Home Alphabet.
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
Georgie's Money-Box. Designed and Invented by...
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
The Little Book of Animals, or Select and Amusing Anecdotes of various Animals.
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
Shirley Temple's Annual.
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
Josephine Goes Travelling. Related by... Pictured by Honor C. Appleton.
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
Josephine Keeps House. Related by... Pictured by Honor C. Appleton.
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
Josephine's Christmas Party. Related by... Pictured by Honor C. Appleton.
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
Daisy Ashford: Her Book. A collection of the remaining novels by the author of "The Young Visiters" together with "The Jealous Governes," by Angela Ashford.
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
August Adventure. A novel for boys & girls.
(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
Challenge to Adventure. A Novel for Boys and Girls.
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
The Society Portrait. Painting, Prestige and the Pursuit of Elegance. Foreword by Richard Ormond.
(London): Thames and Hudson, (2007). First English edition, folio, 223, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., slight sunning of spine otherwise an excellent copy. More
The Story of Little Black Sambo.
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
Summer Songs, with music. From "Flower Fairies of the Summer". Words and Pictures by... Music by Olive Linnell.
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
Peter Pan & Wendy. Decorated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.
(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
Travellers' Verse. Chosen by... with Original Lithographs by Edward Bawden.
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
Life in an English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by... with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington.
(London): Penguin Books, (1949). First edition. Small 8vo. (32) pp. Publisher's patterned boards. 16 coloured illustrations. Spine tanned and with repairs, else very good. King Penguin series no. 51. More
Clover Magic. Illustrated by Pauline D. Baynes.
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
Brendon Chase. Illustrated by Watkins Pitchford.
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
The Forest of Boland Light Railway. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford.
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
The Political Struwwelpeter. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould.
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
Bewick's Select Fables of Æsop and others. In Three Parts. I. Fables extracted from Dodsley's. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To which are prefixed the Life of Æsop, and an Essay upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully Reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in 1784. With the Original Wood Engravings by... and an Illustrated Preface by Edwin Pearson.
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
Beyond the Page.
(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
The Circus of Adventure. With illustrations by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1952. First edition. 8vo. viii, 316, (2) pp. Publisher's pale cloth, illustrated and lettered in black and blue to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, not price clipped ("8s. 6d."), early pencilled inscription to the front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations. Jacket spine faded..... More