New York: Valentine & Sons Ltd., 1915. Softcover. [240 x 300mm]. No date, c. 1915. Multicolour illustrative cover printed on stiff card. Stapled spine. Light chipping to spine; rusted staples. Top right corner of front cover has been chipped off completely. Creases to covers. Two pages with small stains. Otherwise..... More
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
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, 1895. Softcover. No date, c. 1895. [220 x 110mm] 12p. Die-cut book with stapled spine. Illustrated on every page, with two full-page illustrations in colour and a two-page illustration in colour in the middle. Pages age-toned and the illustrations with a couple of light smudges..... 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
New York: Valentine & Sons Ltd., 1915. Softcover. Oblong 4to. [240 x 300mm]. No date, c. 1915. Multicolour illustrative cover printed on card. Stapled spine. Chipping to spine, rusted staples. Slight discolouration to covers. Small tears to the edges of two pages, but otherwise a very good, clean copy. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Leicester : Winks and Son, Leicester. 1865. Softcover. 120 x 175 mm. No date, c. 1865. Yellow wraps, sewn spine, with illustrations to inside covers and an illustration for each letter except for 'X'. A fine copy. 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
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
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
New York: Books of Wonder/ William Morrow & Company, 1993. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. One in green cloth, the other in blue, in dust jackets, housed in an illustrated slipcase. One jacket flap is creased from a fold, some of the gilt at the edges is scuffed and in one..... More
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1912. Hardcover. 12mo. Publisher's red cloth with gilt device to the front board and gilt spine lettering. No dust jacket. Board corners and spine ends rubbed and worn, spine sunned and rubbed, ink name to the front endpaper, with some light spotting to the text..... More
Toronto: The Musson Book Co., 1926. Hardcover. 12mo. 132pp. [1]. Publisher's green cloth with coloured illustration mounted to the front board, and black lettering to the spine. Very light rubbing to the board tips, spine sunned and bumped at the ends, inner hinges starting, but the binding is tight and..... 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
Toronto: The Musson Book Co., 1911. Frank Reynolds R. J. First Edition. Hardcover. No date, [1911]. First Canadian edition from the sheets of the first British trade edition. 4to. Publisher's original decorated red cloth with bright gilt lettering. As new and without wear, fresh and clean throughout, housed in 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
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London: The Girl's Own Paper Office, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. No date [1936]. 8vo. 224p., with frontis illustration in colour. Green cloth boards with blue lettering to the front board and spine. Sunning around the board edges and spine, with light foxing to the first and last few pages, with..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1925. Kay Nielsen. Hardcover. [1925]. Second trade edition. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering and large illustration mounted to the front board. No dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. 12 tipped-in illustrations in colour and 10 in black and white. The binding is tight and square..... 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
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
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
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1927. Hardcover. Small 4to. Publisher's green cloth with mounted illustration to the front board within two red borders and gilt lettering with red lettered spine. Very light rubbing to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, half of the front endpaper neatly excised and..... 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