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...]
Collection of stories, once told to a child at bed-time. With stylish chromolithographic illustrations by Anderson. Toning to covers, crushing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Contents clean and binding sound. Goo [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...]
Splendidly illustrated significant selection of the work of Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Featuring 16 colour plates by Joyce Mercer, plus over 250 b/w drawings within the text. Illustrated end-papers. No date but c. 1935. 4to. Toning to covers. Heav [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...]
Classic Gentleman's magazine, with art, short stories, profiles on Sugar Ray Leonard, a previously unpublished piece Wonder of wonders; Music writing on Elvis and Maria Callas; Ralph Stein on touring cars and more.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...]
Green cloth/cranford style edition of Irving's follow-up to his wildly popular The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Bracebridge Hall employs a similar format, consisting of loosely connected stories from his pseudonym Crayon who has installed himself at an Eng [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...]
Collection of Lewis' essays on literature and his own writing, plus three short stories and part of his unfinished novel. Dust jacket has some toning to spine and mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
The twenty-four monthly issues of The Prize for 1895 and 1896 bound together Each issue comes with a charming colour frontispiece, and numerous b/w illustrations throughout, along with poems and stories for children. Rebound in patterned blue cloth. Mild sh [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...]
Striking Folio Society edition of conrad's 1917 novella and Within the Tides, a collection of four short stories. With illustrations by Francis Mosley. Introduction by Alan Ross. Blue cloth with silver and black design. Complete with slipcase. In crisp fine [more...]
Beautifully produced Folio Society edition of Hawthorne's 1851 retelling of Greek Myths for children. Includes tales of Bellerophon, Perseus and Heracles. With colour illustrations by Walter Crane, plus decorations and decorated initials by Crane with end-pa [more...]
Handsomely illustrated collection of fairy-tales, nursery rhymes and stories from the Netherlands. With numerous colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Heavy rubbing to spine. Marking to rear cover. Tanning to page edges. Occasional light spotting within. [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...]
