Pleasant half leather binding of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With reproductions of the original illustratio [more...]
'Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk and The House that Jack Built'. Collection of stories by the prolific victorian children's author. With numerous full page colour illustrations by b/w drawings within the text. 4to. Rubbing and bumping to e [more...]
Splendid edition of 16 classic fairy stories, including Cinderella, Jack and The Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast and more. With stylish full page illustrations plus further colour illustrations within the text. 4to. With rubbing to edges. Tanning to page e [more...]
Collection of short stories by Miller and other authors on edifying, often rural theme. With b/w illustrations and titles. Decorative cloth. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rubbing to joints. Tanning within, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Collection of fairy-tales and nursery rhymes, retold though a framing device. Complete with 8 stylish colour plates by Gladys Peto. Fore-edge rough cut. no date but c. 1920. 4to. Splitting to front and rear joints. Sunning to spine. Rubbing and bumping t [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of Stevenson's collection of six short stories, most on the theme of morality and greed. Gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Slight sunning to spine. Rubbing to [more...]
Compact, Illustrated edition of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With 12 full colour plates by Rackham plus b/w [more...]
Collection of verse, short stories and articles, particularly descriptions of Spain and Gibraltar. With 24 (of 27) finely engraved plates including portraits and landscapes. Handsome leather binding with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. 8vo. Mild rubbing t [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with some colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1900. 4to. Rubbing and wear to edges. Mild spotting and mark to fore-edge. Lacks free end-papers. Binding s [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...]
Generously illustrated edition of the Tales from the Arabian Nights, seemingly adapted from Gilbert's translation. With 48 colour illustrations by A. E. Jackson with illustrated end-papers. No date but c. 1920. Light marking and toning to decorative covers. [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with 8 colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1900. 4to. Rubbing and bumping to edges. mild foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Collection of Children's stories with Peto's iconic, stylish illustrations, with several colour plates plus b/w images within the text. No date but c. 1930. 4to. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Rubbing and bumping to edges. mild foxing to [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Scarce collection of short stories and verse from a variety of contributers, with b/w and colour plates from various illustrators. 4to. Some mild rubbing to covers. Foxing to page edges and occasionally within. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1950. Collection of stories based on traditional pantomimes, performed by animals here. With bright colour and duotone illustrations throughout. Illustrated end-papers. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Mild tanning within, else clean and soun [more...]
Nicely produced volume featuring the complete Sherlock Holmes stories with the original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. Contains A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear and all the collections of sho [more...]
Nicely produced collection of 11 Japanese tales, including Momotaro (Little Peach Boy), The Two Frogs and the Wonderful Tea Kettle. With colour illustrations by Richardson in a japanese style. illustrated end-papers. 8vo. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. [more...]
Collection of short stories and articles, with colour frontispiece and b/w plates plus numerous b/w illustrations within the text. Large 8vo. All edges gilt. In publisher's decorative cloth. Foxing and spotting within. Binding tight. Good+ [more...]
Charming collection of stories including Rose Fyleman's Why Pigs have Curly Tales and the Rhyming Prince, The Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting and others. Illustrated throughout in b/w and colour by Seredy. First edition in a variant binding. Decora [more...]
Classic Gentleman's magazine, with art, short stories, profiles on Sugar Ray Leonard, a previously unpublished piece Wonder of wonders; Music writing on Elvis and Maria Callas; Ralph Stein on touring cars and more. Rakish in the extreme. Some rubbing and she [more...]
