London: Dean & Son, 1860. Softcover. No date. c. 1860. In 48 volumes. 8 p. : ill. ; appx. 12 x 8 cm. Sewn spines. Volume 1 cover almost off otherwise in fine condition. Booklets are remarkably clean and tight, with just about no foxing or any signs of wear..... More
Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske and Company, 1882. Henry Justice Ford and others. Hardcover. No date, c. 1882. 4to. (250 x 200 mm). [52p.] Pictorial paper boards and a green cloth spine. Heavy wear to the board edges, with scratched and soiled boards, rear board a bit discoloured, with creases and..... More
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1882. First English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, ix, 205 p.p. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on cover and spine. Illustrations throughout by W.J. Linton. Rubbing to the head and tail of spine and edges. All edges gilt. Small tear to front pastedown endpaper along..... More
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. Pictorial small hardcover. Children's pop-up rhyme book. Written by Lewis Carroll, retold and illustrated by Nick Bantock. Inscribed by Bantock with locale. Great provenance, inscribed for the author and acclaimed literary impresario Greg Gatenby. Greg's name in ink top center of front end paper. Avery..... More
New York: Viking, 1992. same as author. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. Pictorial small hardcover. Children's pop-up rhyme book. Retold and illustrated by Nick Bantock. Inscribed by Bantock with locale. Great provenance, inscribed for the author and acclaimed literary impresario Greg Gatenby. Greg's name in ink..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. The Study Books series. Brown illustrated boards with black lettering, in the pictorial dust jacket. Near fine copy in a price clipped dust jacket with a few small nicks and some darkened spots. Illustrated history of money with pictures in black, white..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp. Light taupe coloured cloth with green lettering to the front board and spine, and a mounted colour illustration to the front board. Light bump to lower rear board corner, and light rubbing to the cloth at the spine ends..... More
New York & London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Rosa C. Petherick. Hardcover. No date, c. 1910. Oblong 8vo. (190 x 124mm) Pictorial paper boards with a green cloth spine strip. Board edges rubbed, corners with heavy wear, hinges split but binding still sturdy, endpapers a little edge-worn, with one tear..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911. Rachel Ainslie Grant Duff. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. li, 172p. Publisher's green decorated cloth with gilt stamped borders and lettering to the front board and spine, and a colour image mounted to the front cover. Offsetting to the endpapers with the previous owner's name to the..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1893. Walter Crane. Hardcover. 4to. (290 x 220 mm). Publisher's pale blue decorated cloth. Light wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, with a few small and light splashes to the upper front board. Clean throughout and the binding is tight and..... More
New York: Fernandus Hazan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in Latin. 8vo. Cloth with blue lettering to the front board and spine. Boards are unevenly yellowed around the edges and the rear board, but the copy is fresh and clean, the binding tight and square and unmarked throughout. The..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1935. Edna Cooke. Hardcover. 4to. Navy coloured cloth with gilt lettering and illustration mounted to the front cover. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down endpaper and a very small crack in the paper over the front hinge, but overall a nice, near fine copy in a...... More
The Chicken House, 2002. First English Translation. hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettered spine in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine jacket, not price clipped. Unread. Small in-text illustrations throughout. Signed by Cornelia Funke on half title. First edition, first printing. Fine. More
London: John Lane, 1902. Maxfield Parrish. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorated cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, illustrated endpapers. Neat Christmas gift inscription to half title. Captioned tissue guarded black and white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. First edition with Parrish illustrations. Light..... More
Great Britain: The Madriax Press, 2005. Matthe S. Armstrong. First Edition. hardcover. 2 volumes. Illustrated boards. Front board corners of volume 2 very lightly bumped otherwise like new, clean and tight copies. Both signed and dated with author's finger print in matching green ink. A loose print titled, "The Table..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. Henry Justice Ford. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, xii, 419p. Publisher's red cloth with gilt front board and spine. All edges gilt. Boards a little darkened, spine darkened, with a few stains and wear at the head and heel. There is also a small hole..... More
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. No date, c. 1890. Not paginated. 4to. [260 x 190 mm]. Lithographed paper boards with an illustration to the front board and a publisher's list to the rear board. Green cloth spine strip. Boards edge-worn, with light stains..... More
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1900. Arthur Hughes; Laurence Housman. Hardcover. No date, c. 1900. Publisher's blue decorated cloth with a front board design by Laurence Housman, who also did the frontis, entangled floral pattern in gilt to the spine around the title and author's name. Very light rubbing to..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. Gertrude A. Kay. Hardcover. c. 1920. 8vo. Green cloth with mounted coloured illustration to the front board and gilt spine lettering, in the matching dust jacket. A few little bumps around the edges, ex libris ink stamped name of previous owner and purple pencil note to..... More
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1900. Arthur Hughes; Laurence Housman. Hardcover. No date, c. 1900. Publisher's blue decorated cloth with a front board design by Laurence Housman, who also did the frontis, entangled floral pattern in gilt to the spine around the title and author's name. Very light rubbing to..... More
Leningrad: OGIZ, 1934. Softcover. 15x20cm. Not paginated, [18pp.] Illustrated wraps with stitched spine, stitching renewed. Corner of rear cover and hinges repaired with archival document tape. Chip to top edge of front cover near the spine and large but faint stain throughout. Illustrated cover shows a poodle and the title..... More
London: Published by W.C. Bysh, 56 & 58, Albany Road, Old Kent Road, n.d. [ca. 1800], 1850. Soft Cover. 12 mo. c. 1850. 18 cm x 10.7 cm. Pp. 10, woodcut illustrations throughout, original illustrated green wrappers with "The English Alphabet" on rear cover, sewn binding. Spine worn, minor soiling..... More
London: Augener Ltd., 1911. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 63pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and mounted illustration to the front board. Corners lightly bumped, faint stain to the front cover and light foxing to the endpapers. Clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Fully illustrated in colour by H. Willebeek..... More
New York: New York Herald/Grand Union Tea Company, 1902. First Edition. Oblong 4to. [380 x 270 mm], [37] leaves, comprising the plain title page and 36 full page illustrations in colour. Original illustrated card covers, cloth backed spine and contents list printed on the rear board. Cloth spine heavily worn..... More
Melbourne & Sydney: Lothian, 1916. First Edition. Folio. 118p. [10] - list of subscribers, with the tipped-in addenda. Original gilt lettered and illustrated boards with gilt dulled on the spine, as is often seen, with light wear to the cloth of two corners. Illustrated endpapers and the top edge gilt..... More