THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON.
Warne & Co. Ltd. circa 1960's. 1960. Reprint. Fully illustrated with Potter's charming colour plates. Bound in recent half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Very good. More
Warne & Co. Ltd. circa 1960's. 1960. Reprint. Fully illustrated with Potter's charming colour plates. Bound in recent half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Very good. More
Harrap and Co. London. 1936, 1936. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large 8vo. (10 x 7.6 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and 40 smaller line drawings and silhouettes throughout the text. Finely bound, for Asprey, in full mid brown morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping..... More
J. M. Dent and Co.. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (11.5 x 8.8 inches). LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. One of only 750 numbered copies. Beautifully illustrated with 13 mounted colour plates, the frontis with a tissue guard, two full page black and white plates, and 31 line..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1906, 1906. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.2 x 7.7 inches). Illustrated with a colour frontis and forty nine full colour plates, all mounted onto thick art paper pages at back of book, each one with a printed tissue guard. Decorative endpapers with map of Kensington Gardens. A...... More
J. M. Dent & Sons Limited. London. No date. Circa 1919, 1919. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5.3 inches). 128pp. Illustrated with 8 fine colour plates, plus 7 line drawings (chapter headpieces), and decorative title page by Cole and Anning Bell. A very good bright copy in the publishers green..... More
Blackie and Son, Limited. London. - No date. Circa 1910, 1910. REPRINT of 1903 edition, with 5 extra full colour plates. Large 8vo. (10 x 7.7 inches). Illustrated with 16 full page colour plates, 6 full colour and 10 printed in orange, black and grey, plus several hundred fine line..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. No date. (1924), 1924. NEW EDITION. Small 4to. (9.6 x 6.7 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 16 tipped in colour plates, pictorial title page, plus 25 full page and 100 smaller line drawings. A hint of browning to the blank endpapers but generally a very clean..... More
Privately Printed for the Navarre Society. London. No Date. 1921, 1921. NEW EDITION of this work which was first published by Grant Richards in 1904. Two Volumes. 8vo. (9.1 x 6.2 inches). With original pen and ink artwork from the First Edition and reproduced in this edition, on stiff white..... More
Boots the Chemist. ND.,(1927). 1927. NEW EDITION. 4to (10.1 x 8.1 inches). Sixteen full colour plates, mounted within a black ruled border. Each plate with the title printed below the border. 95 line illustrations throughout, some full page. Previous owners neat name on front blank endpaper otherwise a fine copy..... More
Constable and Company Limited. London. 1915, 1915. FIRST HEATH ROBINSON EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.7 x 7.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 full colour plates and 95 listed line drawings in the text, many full page, plus a few small vignettes, not in the list of illustrations. Finely bound in recent..... More
Walker Books. London. 2019, 2019. LIMITED EDITION. 30th anniversary edition. 1st printing with number sequence 10 down to 1. 4to. (11.5 x 10.3 inches). One of 1000 copies, with a full colour print, numbered and signed by both Rosen and Oxenberry, in a transparent envelope mounted onto the rear inner..... More
Collins. London.,1949, 1949. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. PUBLISHERS DELUX LEATHER BINDING. Full green calf with gilt Boy Scout emblem on front board. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Some very minor rubbing to edges but overall a very good bright copy in this scarce delux binding. More
David Paradine Developments Limited. London. 1977, 1977. FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(6.8 x 4.2 inches). Limited edition, one of only 100 copies, this number 17, numbered and signed by Champion British Equestrian Lucinda Prior-Palmer, later Green, to mark the centenary of the book's first publication. Finely bound in publishers delux..... More
Heinemann. London. 1929, 1929. REPRINT RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (9.7 x 7.2 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard. Thirty black and white illustrations, some full page, throughout the text. A lovely clean copy. Small crease to the bottom corner of the..... More
Collins. London. 1959, 1959. PROOF COPY OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated throughout with charming line drawings by Judith Brook, including both sets of endpapers. A very good clean copy in publishers blue marbled paper wraps. In the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper, designed by Selma Nankivell..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1926, 1926. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full colour plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful full tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each..... More
Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1885, 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.5 inches). One small area of loss (finger nail sized) to the bottom inner margin of one page, well away from the printed text, and a few finger marks but otherwise a very good copy. Finely bound..... More
Longmans, Green, And Co. London. 1885, 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.4 x 4.5 inches). A bright and clean copy throughout with just a little browning to both free endpapers. Armorial bookplate on front paste down. Publishers original blue cloth binding. Boards with bevelled edges. Small gilt stamped publishers device..... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1896, 1896. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Dated 1896 but actually published in 1895. WBeautifully illustrated with nearly 100 line drawings by Robinson. 16pp publishers catalogue at end, dated 1895. Finely bound in recent full dark green morocco, spine with five..... More
Basil Blackwell. Oxford. 1931, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.4 x 6.7 inches). Illustrated with six line drawings and one colour plate (mounted onto the front board) by Ruth Cobb. Inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper "From another admirer of the original, one and only OLD ARGO..... More
Printed and Published by G. Ross. Edinburgh. - (No date). Circa 1814. 1814. Small 8vo. (3.9 x 2.5 inches). 48pp, including the first and last blanks which are pasted directly onto the inside leaves of the printed wrappers. Sewn text pages. Illustrated with a full page wood-engraved frontispiece of Captain..... More
Taylor & Hessey... and Josiah Conder. London. 1816, 1816. Sixth edition. 12mo. (6.6 x 4 inches). Engraved frontis, Title page, 160pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full red straight grained morocco. Spine ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Both boards with a double..... More
J. Ottmann Litho. Co. New York. No date. Circa 1907, 1907. Die-cut Chromolithographic Bear and clothing in original printed envelope. (Bear is 10.5 inches tall, envelope is 11.5 x 8.5 inches). The Bear has a (recently replaced) plain card back stand to keep him upright and the 5 outfits have..... More
Hodder and Stoughton. London. -- No date. 1913, 1913. FIRST THOMSON EDITION. 4to.(10.5 x 8.4 inches). 22 mounted colour plates, each with a printed paper guard. A fine and clean copy in an early fine binding of half green morocco. The spine has two raised bands, each with decorative gilt..... More
W.Swan. Sonnenschein & Co. London.,circa 1890. 1890. EARLY EDITION. Large 8vo. A selection of verse beautifully illustrated thoughout in full colour by Chitty. A very good copy in publishers colour illustrated paper boards and patterned end papers. Only very minor rubbing to top and tail of spine and fore-edges. An..... More