Fantastic limited special Folio Society edition to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, in 1908. Illustrated, designed and overseen by acclaimed artist Charles Van Sandwyk. Limited to 1000 copies of which t [more...]
Fantastic special limited edition facsimile edition of Lewis Carroll's handwritten manuscript Alice's Adventures Underground, the progenitor of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Conceived of during a boat trip with Alice Liddell, the daughter of his College's [more...]
Handsome early edition of Barrie's classic children's tale featuring Peter Pan and the Darling Children. Third printing (in the same year and in the same format as the first edition) of the 1911 novelization of Barrie's stage play Peter Pan that debuted in 19 [more...]
First edition of The Peek-A-Boo Circus with Preston's iconic illustrations. With b/w illustrations throughout plus five colour full page plates (and one tipped in to cover). Covers a triffle bumped at edges. Some offsetting to ffep. Occasional little marks w [more...]
No date but presumed first (special) edition of Sharp's fairy story. With copious b/w illustrations by Charles Robinson plus 16 colour plates. A prolific author and journalist, Sharp was best known for her involvement with the suffragist movement. 8vo. 2 [more...]
Pleasant edition of Kinglsey's great children's novel with 8 colour illustrations by Katherine Cameron. Spine is slightly toned, mild foxing to page edges with very infrequent spotting within. Binding tight and square, generally clean. A nice tidy copy of a [more...]
First edition of Ferguson's seventh novel in the 'Jill' Series. With b/w illustrations by Caney. Top edge coloured purple. DJ has some shelf-wear, bumping to edges, with some small chips. Green cloth boards are very slightly sunned to spine. Very faint f [more...]
eighth impression of Blyton's first story in the Famous Five series. With illustrations by Eileen Soper. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has tape inexpertly added to protect edges. Creasing. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Foxing to page edge and [more...]
Collected editions of Sunday Chimes, a christian magazine intended for Sunday School pupils. With News articles, poems and short stories. With b/w images and artwork. No date but c.1908. Some interesting pieces on the Boer War and the famine in India. Spi [more...]
Charming rare volume of verse on the animals of a Zoo. With b/w illustrations throughout by L. R. Brightwell. No dust jacket. Title page a trifle loose. Some light shelfwear but otherwise bright and clean. Binding sound. Good condition [more...]
Seventh edition of Milne's collection of Christopher Robin Stories and poems that appeared in When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. With b/w illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Decorated endpapers. (Rare) Dust-ja [more...]
The Disney adaptation of Leaf's classic children's story, The Story of Ferdinand, a peaceful Bull who only wants to smell the flowers. Stapled card covers somewhat grubby and bumped but contents clean and sound. 14pp. Illustrated in b/w and colour. Good con [more...]
Pleasing tenth edition of Potter's children story with numerous b/w plus colour illustrations. DJ has some infinitesimal shelfwear. Otherwise immaculate. Near Fine condition. [more...]
First edition of Blyton's fifteenth story in the Famous Five series. With illustrations by Eileen Soper. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has some bumping and shelf-wear with small tear and loss to top of spine. Light Foxing to fore edge. Marking to endpape [more...]
Quarter leather binding EX-LIBRARY copy of the Lambs' great renderings of the stories of Shakespeare. With an introduction by Andrew Lang and b/w illustrations by Robert Anning Bell. Tags removed but stamps and such to ffep and front pastedown. Spine cocked [more...]
Seventh edition of Wilde's second collection of fairy stories, including: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul and The Star-Child. Green cloth. Top edge gilt (though somewhat faded) other edges rough/uncut. Covers are mark [more...]
Ninth impression of Blyton's sixth story in the Famous Five series. With illustrations by Eileen Soper. decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has some bumping and shelf-wear. Otherwise bright and clean. Very light foxing to page edge but contents prim and tigh [more...]
Second impression of Blyton's twelfth story in the Famous Five series. With illustrations by Eileen Soper. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has some light bumping and shelf-wear with very small tears to extremities. Foxing to page edge but contents prim a [more...]
Fourth impression of Blyton's eleventh story in the Famous Five series. With illustrations by Eileen Soper. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket has some bumping and shelf-wear. Extremely limited Light Foxing to fore edge. Endpapers have some residual tape mark [more...]
Stories from Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'arthur retold by Macleod. With a host of b/w sketches by A. G. Walker. Nice pictorial and gilt boards. Gilt to top edge. Some sunning to spine and bumping/rubbing to extremities. Owner's inscription to ffep. Conte [more...]
