London: Collins, 1958. First edition in a later dust-jacket, small 8vo., pp.128, pink cloth lettered in silver, b/w illustrations; light surface soil to cloth, small pin-hole to cloth over spine, creasing to head and foot of spine, very slight curling to corners of boards, a good++ copy of the scarce first edition, in later price-clipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed with slight wear to edges, with small closed to rear upper edge, else very good and now in a protective cover.

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. Oblong 4to., pp.(iv),14,16,16,16, cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, plates and vignettes hand-coloured by Busch; foxing to margins throughout, wear to extremities, with loss to paper covering of front board at lower margin, a good(+) copy of this scarce hand-coloured edition. The second title Cat and Mouse appears to be lacking page 13 although there is no sign it has ever been there.

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. Limited edition, no. 28 of 375 copies, tall 8vo., pp.32, quarter orange buckram, gilt, orange paper-covered boards, coloured frontispiece and 4 further hand-coloured plates; toning and some foxing to endpapers, light foxing within, spine just lightly sunned, with light surface soil to boards and wear to paper covering at lower corners of boards, overall a very good copy, in good(+) unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, partially toned, with closed tears and light loss to upper margin.

Paris: H. Piazza, 1919. First French edition, limited to 1,500 copies, of which this is no.181, 4to., pp.123, half dark green morocco, five raised bands, gilt, contrasting green cloth boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, original pictorial wrappers bound in, 24 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, pictorial title in black and white, with lettering in red, b/w illustrations and decorations within, with illuminated capitals in red and black; toning to margins, slight mustiness, some creasing to corners of tissue guards, light wear to leather along lower edges of boards and at corners (retouched), some light rubbing along joints, a very good copy indeed.

New York: Viking, 1985. First edition,signed by author and illustrator,8vo.,pp.160,hardback,gilt,colour illustration to title page,black and white illustrations throughout; slight soiling to top-edge, neat dedication to previous owner and very light soiling to extremities on front free endpaper, otherwise very good in very good, clipped dust jacket.

London: Frederick Warne, 1994. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, black hardcover, gilt, 16pp. colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations; a very good copy indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

London: Lovat Dickson and Thompson Limited, 1934. First edition, 8vo., pp.51, pictorial white paper-covered boards illustrated and lettered in black, b/w in-text illustrations; light wear and discolouration to edges of boards, light foxing to endpapers, a very good copy, with remant of original glassine dust-jacket (the front of jacket intact, the rear of jacket missing, and all now covered with a plastic wrapper).

London: Elkin Matthews, 1896. First edition, scarce, 8vo., 20pp. of advertisements to rear of volume, text and pictures unpaginated, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece, pictorial title page; pictorial blue cloth, image to front board blocked in cream and black with black lettering, lettered in black to spine; ownership autograph written within the Gaskin illustrated pictorial ex-libris printed onto paste-down endpaper, webbing visible to inner hinge of front and rear where endpapers have slightly come away, fragile but all contents firm, rubbing to extremities of boards, cloth slightly faded and toned, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1939. First edition, small 4to., pp.60, pictorial paper-covered boards, b/w frontispiece, plates and in-text illustrations; ink ownership inscription (dated 1940) to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims, torn flap to spine (apx. 1.5 x 1.5cms, and without loss), wear to headband (chipping and rubbing, again without loss) and rubbing to other extremities, water-marking to lower margins of boards, as well as general light surface soil to boards, internally clean, a good+ copy.

London: Nisbet & Co, 1919. First edition, pictorial dun green cloth blocked in red and blue, tipped-in colour frontispiece with caption sheet, tipped-in colour plates with caption sheets, pictorial endpapers in black and white, black and white illustrations and devices throughout; light toning to endpapers, slight rubbing to cloth, a very good copy indeed.

London: The Medici Society Ltd, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.58, viii, pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, frontispiece, further monochromatic plates and illustrations accompany the text throughout; lightly sunned to lower and upper margins, toning to free endpapers, otherwise a very good+ clean copy in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with minor area of loss to head of spine and small area of discolouration to tail, chipping with some loss to extremities, additionally some light marks and smudges to front and rear.

London: Conrad Press, 1948. First edition, scarce, 4to., unpaginated, pictorial beige cloth, black lettering to spine, colour illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to endpapers, stitching of spine slightly visible at hinge of endpapers, all contents firm, a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light creasing along front upper margin, with two closed tears to front upper margin and another to front lower margin, slight chipping along extremities, light chipping to head and foot of spine, light surface soiling to rear, otherwise very good.

London: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. Oblong 4to., pp.unpaginated, pictorial paper-covered boards, 13 full-page colour plates, further b/w illustrations; owner’s inscription and ink-sketch to front paste-down endpaper, light wear to edges, 3cm surface loss to paper-covering at tailband, exposing card beneath, contents bright and clean, a very good copy.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1975. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.119, maroon hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates and illustrations; colour pictorial bookplate (in same design as rear panel of dust-jacket) to front free endpaper, signed by author, a very good+ copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has two 3cm closed tears to rear lower margin, with creasing between, chipping to extremities, good+, and now in a protective cover.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1913. 12mo., pp.v,185, vellum-backed with paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt, with pictorial insignia to spine in red, untrimmed edges, top edges red, ribbon bookmark, 5 b/w illustrations to beginning of volume, headpieces and vignettes to text, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to margins, light toning to spine, a very good+ copy.

London, Groombridge & Sons. 12mo.,pp. unpaginated, pictorial card wrapper, b/w and sepia illustrations and frontispeice; toning to margins and light off setting, creasing to lower corners to front and rear near hinge, with partial tearing to hinge and slight loss to head and foot, rubbing to extremities with toning and light soiling to margins of card, a good copy.

Walton-on-Thames: M & J Hobbs, 1973. First edition, 4to., black pictorial cloth,black and white illustrations throughout; previous owner’s inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper, otherwise contents very good in unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy and now in protective covering.