George Harrap & Co. London. 1946. DW. Seventh impression of first edition. Full coloured frontis. Pages browned otherwise a lovely, clean and fresh copy in bright wrapper that has slight wear, creasing and nicks to edges and two close tears to front panel. View More...
George G. Harrap & Comapny Ltd. London. 1931. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Blue cloth. Colour frontis + black and white illustrations. Boards are a little soiled and partially faded. Ownership signature to front free endpaper and some light foxing throughout o/w a good sound copy. View More...
Oxford University Press. London. 1986. First edition. DW. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE, "With best wishes Jacqueline Wilson." Pages browned otherwise a lovely fresh and clean copy in a wrapper with slight shelfwear along top edge and a scuff mark to spine. One of Wilson's early books for young people, published fifteen years before Tracy Beaker came into our lives. View More...
Egmont Ltd. London. Reprint paperback. 2006. Illustrated thoughout in colour by three artists: David Roberts, Tony Trimmer and Anne Wilson. SIGNED BY EACH AUTHOR TO CONTENTS PAGE. A lovely fresh copy. View More...
Blandford Press, London. 1959. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Olive green cloth, dark green lettering. Illustrated. Ex-Library copy with remains of labels to endpapers and tape marks to boards. Ownership bookplate to front pastedown o/w contents clean and sound. View More...
First edition. Paperback. Loosely inserted is a postcard that was produced for an exhibition of Tambellini's illustrations, held at Addyman Books during Hay Festival, 2016. Stefano Tambellini signed the back of the postcard. New. View More...
Puffin Books, London. 1978. First edition thus. Paperback. Minor signs of wear to covers. Tape marks to inside covers, ownership signature to half-title o/w a lovely copy. View More...
S.P.C.K. London. No date (circa 1911). Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. 154 pages plus adverts. Two-tone frontis. and 2 out of 3 plates. Boards very bright. Pages foxed to edges, attractive prize inscription. A very clean and fresh copy. View More...
16mo. 12 coloured plates, b/w ills. and decorations. Original grey paper covered bds. with coloured illustration mounted, text in gilt, spine sl. knocked o/w a remarkably clean and sound copy of a children's book from this period. Fine. View More...
Scholastic. London. 1998. First Edition. Slim Paperback. SIGNED by author and illustrator to bookplate on inside cover. Illustrated. Pages browned o/w NR. FINE. View More...
Published for Odhams Books by The Hamlyn Publishing Group. 1974. Hardback. No DW. Coloured laminated boards worn to head and tail of spine and very soiled. Gift inscription to top of front pastedown. Generally a clean and sound copy. View More...
Faber and Faber, London. 1969. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Slim 4to. Boards are worn and rubbed and a little soiled. Small splits at head of spine. Previous owner has handwritten alphabet letters to some of the pages in a faded purple felt-tip pen and in ink o/w the contents overall are clean and sound. View More...
Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow. nd [1960]. Slim 4to hardback in colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, red cloth backstrip, white lettering. 104 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Board extremities rubbed and a little worn, ownership name in feint red ink to top margin of front board and ownership inscription to front free end-paper, crossed out with red ink. View More...
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. First edition. [1888]. 38pp. 12 gorgeous chromo-lithos including frontis. with very lovely b/w vignettes. Slim 8vo. Plain green cloth spine with lovely chromo-litho to upper board. Corners worn and rubbed, contents sl. shaken and endpapers browned. Some occ. light foxing o/w VG. View More...
Second Edition. Green cloth, gilt with gilt vignette of wild pig to upper board. No DW. Presentation copy from the author "Sylvia Hilcox with the author's fond wishes. Nov. 10th 1899". 131pp. Illustrated. Boards are a little worn. Inner hinges visible. Contents are age browned especially to margins with a little annotation o/w a nice copy. VG. View More...
Dennis Dobson, London. 1957. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated + musical scores. Large slim 8vo. Bottom edge of boards quite rubbed and worn. Endpapers browned but overall contents are clean and sound. Wrapper is a little worn and creased around head of spine and has a couple of closed tears to rear cover which is also partially sunned. View More...
Stapled booklet. 63pp. Lacks covers but all present and scout details not filled in. Margins of pages browned. First few pages pulled away from staples o/w sound. VG. View More...
P. B. S. Limited by arrangement with A. P. Films. 1966. Annual size book with laminated boards. Front cover depicts T2 and two smaller rockets taking off from an island. Head of spine pulled, 5cm split in laminate between tail of spine and front cover with slight loss. Top corner worn. Pages browned. Making jet model page complete. Generally a clean and sound copy of a scarce item. View More...
Fisher, Son & Co. The Caxton Press, London. 1846. Hardback. No DW. Recased in matching red cloth with original spine partially laid down in an attractive way, gilt extra. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Illustrated. Some light foxing to contents o/w an attractive volume. View More...
Harris and Son. London. Second edition. No date, circa 1825. Original illustrated paper covered boards, roan backstrip with gilt text. Small 8vo. 191 pages + [2] pages adverts. 24 very attractive copper engravings on 12 plates (2 to each plate). Corners and spine slightly worn and rubbed, pages browned and occasionally foxed, small neat ink ownership signature otherwise a remarkably clean and soud copy of a scarce item of black American history. The hero of these adventures is a young black American, not a slave, but a free servant of an enlightened family living by choice in Philadelphia, "t... View More...
First edition second issue. George Routledge and Sons, London. nd. c1880. Small slim hardback in cream cloth printed with green trellis pattern and dark pink type. 48 pages. Colour ills. throughout. G of title is set upside-down on upper board. Severe discolouration to cloth; lacks front free end-paper. Very delightful illustrations in Greenaway's typical mode. View More...
No Publisher, no date. Circa 1910. An Alphabet of 28 unpaginated pages, full page illustations with title page and each letter of the alphabet decorated and with verse below. Original cream cloth spotted and soiled, extremities sl rubbed, pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy of a scarce publication. View More...
Everyman's Library. J. M. Dent. 1913. Reprint. Original blue cloth gilt, slightly soiled, spine fadeed and worn to edges. Pages browned, small ownership name. Profusely illustrated. Generally clean and sound. Scarce. View More...
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London. 1906. Fourth edition. Hardback, NO DW. Original blue decorated cloth, gilt extra. Boards are soiled and extremities rubbed and and worn. Endpapers are browned, inner hinge is visible o/w contents are clean and sound. View More...
First edition thus. William Heinemann, London. nd [1913]. NO DW. Grey cloth with tapestry-style lettering and illustration in blue, green and red to spine and upper board. 160 pages. Monochrome ills. throughout + 13 colour plates with tissue guards. Extremities a little rubbed, patchy discolouration to cloth, edges foxed. Sl. warped. View More...
First edition. Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal. 1994. Paperback. 185 pages. B/w ills. throughout. Spine sl. sunned creeping round to front and back panels o/w very clean and sound. View More...
