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J. Harris and Son. London. 1823. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (7 x 4.3 inches). ii, 48, 2pp publishers advert leaf. 12 full page engraved plates with two illustrations on each. Two pages with a few neat notes in black ink otherwise a very good copy in publishers green cloth with printed... More about LE BABILLARD. An amusing introduction to the French Language. By a French Lady
Dickinson and Son. London. 1842. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. Oblong 8vo. (8.8 x 5.6 inches). Title, 2pp text, 12 full page tinted litho satirical plates illustrating "complaints" of the behaviour of children or parents, each with a leaf of humorous text opposite. The Plates with a little foxing but generally... More about INFANTINE COMPLAINTS; or, rather, Complaints of Infants, and hints to Mothers
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle. London. 1874. EARLY EDITION. 4to. (10.2 x 7.4 inches). Originally published in 1868. Illustrated with tinted frontis and fifteen colour lithographic prints, each with a printed tissue guard. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt and black decoration to the front board and gilt lettering... More about THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carobe. With illustrations printed in colours by E....
NP. ND. Fine leather bound baby book. (10.1 x 8 inches). Colour illustrated pages with spaces for new parents to fill in details from the birth, as well as details of family and friends who visited, details of Christening and other important moments in the child's early years as well... More about FINE LEATHER BOUND BABY BOOK
Kaye and Ward Ltd. London. 1971. FIRST EDITION. (4.9 x 4 inches). Illustrated in colour throughout by the Author. Original colour illustrated boards. A little rubbing to the edges but overall a very good copy but without the dustwrapper. More about ANT AND BEE AND THE DOCTOR. Book 11
Blackie & Son. Limited. London. circa 1930's. 72 COLOUR PLATES. (7.4 x 5.6 inches). Collected edition comprising the Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer and Autumn. Original green cloth with gilt Flower Fairy to the front board. Spine and front board lettered in gilt. Cloth a but rubbed and bumped... More about THE BOOK OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES. Poems and pictures
Hodder & Stoughton Limited. London. 1928. FOURTH EDITION. 8vo. Publishers delux leather binding. Bound in publishers delux blue limp leather binding with circular gilt JMB device on front board and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A previous owners neat bookplate on the first blank... More about PETER PAN. Or the boy who would not grow up
Hodder & Stoughton. 1930. REPRINT EDITION. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.9 inches). 844pp. Early full burgundy morocco leather binding. Spine with 3 raised bands, ruled in gilt. Green name label, gilt. Gilt lettering and circular devices. Colour leather onlay illustration of Peter Pan on a tree stump, to front board. Single... More about THE PLAYS
Hodder and Stoughton. London. No Date. 1911. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, (8 x 5.8 inches). Complete with mono illustrated title and twelve full page plates by Bedford. Gilt decorated green cloth boards illustrated with Peter Pan, two Mermaids and the Crocodile, all within a decorative border, on front board. Spine... More about PETER AND WENDY
Hodder & Stoughton Limited.London.,1928. FIRST EDITION.8vo.Previous owners neat name & date (1941) on front free endpaper.Bound in publishers original blue cloth with printed paper labels on front board and spine.Very good copy.This is the first edition of the play,and was issued as a volume in the uniform edition of the..... More about PETER PAN. Or the boy who would not grow up
NP. (Book published by Blackie & Son). Circa 1949. ORIGINAL FULL COLOUR ARTWORK. The watercolour image shows Snowdrop (Snow White) lying asleep at the edge of a forest. Stood over her is a handsome Prince dressed in elaborate multi coloured outfit with a large hat in his hand, complete with... More about WATER COLOUR PAINTING OF SNOWDROP (SNOW WHITE) AND THE SEVEN DWARVES. Original watercolour...
Eveliegh Nash. London. No date. 1907. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 8.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with 86 line drawings by Blackwood. Publishers grey paper covered boards with red lettering and black illustration to the front board. New plain grey paper spine to match. Some minor offsetting to the blank... More about CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN. Verses by H. Belloc. Pictures by B. T. B
Eveleigh Nash. London. (No date). 1907. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 8.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with 86 line drawings by Blackwood. Publishers grey paper covered boards with red lettering and black illustration to the front board. A few small ink spots to the spine but, importantly the spine is... More about CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN. Verses by H. Belloc. Pictures by B. T. B
1983. Watercolour painting of Mole walking towards the Wild Wood, painted for the Purnell 1983, abridged for younger readers, edition of Grahame's classic tale. This image was not used in the published book. Image size 3.8 x 3.5 inches. Professionally mounted, framed and glazed, with hardboard backing and strung, ready... More about ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR ARTWORK FOR TALES FROM WIND IN THE WILLOWS. By Kenneth Grahame
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press. Boston. U. S. A. 1898 + 1906. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.8 inches). The second work is the dedication copy. The printed dedication leaf reads: " To C. N. R. Thy acceptance Maketh blest". Both volumes are inscribed by the... More about THE STORY OF LITTLE JANE AND ME. By M. E. --- & --- POLLY AND THE AUNT. By The Aunt. The...
W. & R. Chambers, Limited. London. 1964. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publishers original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling to the spine. In the original, first issue, colour illustrated dustwrapper with the price (8s. 6d net) still intact on the front inner flap. A couple of small closed tears... More about JANE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
Nister & Co.Ltd.,Circa 1906. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS. Oblong Large 12mo.(10.8 x 8.3 inches). 12 fine colour plates. A lovely copy in publishers glazed boards. The front board in full colour. Green cloth spine. In the rare original dustwrapper which is split along the spine and in two pieces... More about THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Macmillan & Co. London. 1876. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5 inches). Illustrated with nine full page illustrations by Henry Holiday, each protected with a plain tissue paper guard. One of 100 copies bound, at the request of the author, for presentation, in full red cloth with gilt illustrations to... More about THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK. an Agony of Eight Fits
CATALPA PRESS, LONDON.,1974. LIMITED EDITION.Illustrated by BYRON SEWELL.One of only 250 copiess numbered and signed by Sewell. Large 4to. Contains a sixteen foot pullout illustration and nine other mono illustrations, two fold out,one with red overlay to make "baker" disappear. Pocket at rear holds set of interchangeable cards with sections..... More about THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Macmillan and Co. London. 1867. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches). Illustrated with forty-two line illustrations by John Tenniel. Early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with decorative gilt design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated in blind. Red title label, gilt. marbled paper... More about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Ninth thousand
Privately printed. Oxford. 1876. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Single sheet, folded to make four, sixteenmo pages. Neat repair to a split to the entire length of the hinge. Small hole to the top margin of the front panel. A couple of small rust marks, probably from a paper clip, to... More about AN EASTER GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES ALICE
Macmillan and Co. London. 1872. EARLY EDITION. (Twenty-fifth thousand). 8vo. (7.4 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with fifty line illustrations by John Tenniel. Previous owners neat 3 line name and date (Juy 1872) on the half title page. A Very good clean copy in recent binding of full red Morocco leather... More about THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. And what Alice found there
Macmillan. London. 1977. FIRST U. K. EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). Fine copy in red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In the original dustwrapper. Published in the same year in a limited edition by the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. The missing episode from Through the... More about THE WASP IN A WIG. A suppressed episode of Through the looking glass and what Alice found there....
Macmillan & Co. London. 1866 and 1872. TWO VOLUMES. BOTH FIRST EDITIONS. 8vo, (Alice 7.6 x 5.2 inches, : Looking Glass 7.2 x 5.1 inches. ---- Alice in Wonderland, when originally issued, was a taller book. Later editions were reduced in size to the same dimensions as Through the Looking... More about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. --- & ---THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
Nonesuch Library. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5 inches). 1165pp. Finely bound in mid twentieth century half red calf. Spine with five raised bands, each decorated with gilt floral line design. Navy blue morocco label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine compartments ruled and with decorative borders surrounding... More about THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LEWIS CARROLL. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott and the...