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...]
A charming1930s 'Pictured Encyclopedia for Readers of All Ages.' Complete in eight volumes, packed full of informative, interesting and sometimes politically incorrect images and photos. An encyclopedia that wishes to be enjoyed: 'Hitherto Encyclopedias have [more...]
Charming Folio Society edition of Mary and Charles Lamb's enduring prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, first published in 1807. Though intended for younger readers, the fairy-story style renderings have a timeless appeal. With an introduction by Kather [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...]
Pleasant half leather binding of this retelling of the Legends of and Idylls of King Arthur and his Knights. Complied by James Knowles with colour illustrations by Lancelot Speed. Bound by Bickers. Brown calf with raised bands and decoration to spine. Blue [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...]
Stevenson's edifying essays and observations. Full leather with gilt decoration and armorial crest to cover. Marbled endpapers with matching marbling to page edges. Inner and outer dentelles. Top edge has a small dent that caused small tear to top of titl [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...]
First edition of Paine's popular collection of stories for children. With striking b/w illustrations by J. M. Conde. Quarter Cloth with pictorial boards. Rubbing and bumping to covers. Some prelims leaves loose. Some signatures loose. Page 31 is torn lac [more...]
Pleasant suede leather edition of Ashford's famous novella, written when she was nine years old. With a preface by J. M. Barrie. Bound in brown suede with blind stamped titling and decoration. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean a [more...]
Colour annual featuring short stories, comics, jokes, puzzles and artwork. Tanning to pages. Previous owner's inscription. With ads to rear. Cloth spine. Good condition. [more...]
First UK edition of Mukerji's children's novel set in the himalayas with impressive b/w illustrations and decoration, including endpapers, by Boris Artzybasheff. Previous owner's name to ffep and half title. Marking , rubbing and bumping to covers. But cont [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...]
First edition of Sutcliff's (belatedly) award winning Historical novel, set in Roman Briton, wherein a freed gladiator heads north to impersonate a Gaelic king. With b/w illustrations by Charles Keeping. With DJ in a protective wrapper. Faintest whisper of [more...]
Nice 1950 reprint of Brent-Dyer's story from the popular Chalet Girls series. With Dust-jacket. Some nibbling and small tears to edges of jacket without loss. Volume is bright, crisp and clean. Very good conditon overall. [more...]
Fourth edition of Uttley's charming children's story with colour illustrations by Margaret Tempest. 92pp. Decorated endpapers. No DJ. Spine is rubbed and splitting to edges. Toning and marking to covers. Contents clean. Fair+ overall. [more...]
