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...]
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 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...]
The Collected issues of The Girl's Own Paper from October 1893 to September 1894, including the special summer issue for 1894. With frontispiece and numeorus b/w plates and illustrations. Hefty 4to in red cloth. Nick/tear to spine. Marking to edges. Some t [more...]
First edition. From the Iris series. With b /w illustrations by Newcombe. Gilt decoration to covers. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Some toning and marking to covers. Tanning and light spotting within, binding sound. Good overall. [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. 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...]
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...]
Issues no. 304 to 329 plus christmas issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather with portion missing from top of spine. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Jaunty collection of children's stories, illustrated with stylish, colourful drawings by Elizabeth Cadie. Illustrated end-papers. Quarter cloth. 8vo. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Containing four stories: Babes in the Wood, the three little pigs, Old Dame Trot and the Piper's Son, featuring b/w and colour illustrations by Frank Adams. No DJ. Previous owner's note and pen marks to end-papers. Mild foxing thoughou [more...]
Collection of fairytales, retold for children, with colour and b/w illustrations. 4to. Some rubbing and slight bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Short stories and articles, with colour plates and b/w illustrations. Advertisements to end-papers and rear cover. Quarter cloth. Wear and marking to covers. Previous owner's name to ffep. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
collection of Short stories and poems describing the lives of children in various countries, featuring b/w and striking colour illustrations throughout. Rubbing to edges with small tear/nick to top edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents sound [more...]
With stylish colour illustrations by Anne Harriet Fish. Collection of verse and short stories. Mild staining to covers. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Half-title loosening. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Scarce pamphlet of this childrens' story, told in verse with chromolithographic illustrations throughout. Some rubbing and tears to edges of cover, with loss. Toning within, else sound. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Jaunty edition of Tales from the Arabian Nights, derived from Galland's translation. Featuring 8 colour illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe plus further b/w illustrations. Decorative endpapers and similar decorative cloth to boards. DJ has some ru [more...]
