London: J.M. Dent & Co. First edition, with translator’s ink presentation inscription to head of front free endpaper, tall 8vo., pp.xvii,379, uncut, pictorial pale blue cloth lettered in black, with gilt accents to front board, t.e.g., frontispiece and pictorial title, title in red and black, 22 further b/w plates with decorative borders in red, as well as numerous decorative head and tailpieces; foxing to endpapers and adjacent leaves, light toning to margins, clean within, rubbing to extremities, with some light general surface soil to the pale cloth, spine a little dulled, a near-very good copy of this scarce volume.

London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. Fiftieth anniversary edition, first printing, 8vo.,pp. xvi,256, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, maps to endpapers; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning and foxing to edges of text block, small stain to margin of p.254, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, with light wear to rear corner of head of spine and to upper corners.

Melbourne/London/Toronto: Heinemann. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iii),191, blue cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to inner margins of endpapers and prelims, occasional light foxing to inner margins throughout, slight foxing and surface soil to edges, a very good copy, in very good pictorial unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly toned to spine, lightly foxed, and with very slight wear to extremities.

London: Cassell And Company, 1907. First Edition, 4to.,pp. 144, pictorial green cloth, gilt, monochrome illustrations and frontispiece; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper partially removed leaving stain, toned and foxing to endpapers and toning to leaves, rubbing to extremities, with wear to head and foot of spine and corners of boards, light toning to spine, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928. First edition thus, with Edward Bawden illustrations, 4to.,pp. xxvii,338, blue cloth with decorative gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine, colour and b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial front and rear paste down endpapers; toned to margins with light creasing to upper corners, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: The Folio Society, 2004. Limited edition, no. 431 of 1010 copies, two volumes, 8vo., Facsimile volume: pp.119r,119v, bound in publisher’s cream morocco binding with three raised bands and inlaid red morocco panel to front board, stamped in blue, black, and gilt, a.e.g., ribbon bookmark, gilt detailing within, accompanying Commentary volume: pp. xxii,119r,119v, green cloth, gilt. A fine set, in near-fine green cloth solander case, with inlaid red leather title panel to spine.

London: Marcus Ward and Co, 1873. First edition, square 8vo., pp.126, pictorial red bevelled cloth, lettered in gilt to front board, and pictured in black, with black lettering to spine, illustrated with 12 very attractive tipped-in chromolithographic plates, including frontispiece, one b/w illustration; contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a little light foxing to prelims, rubbing to extremities, with light wear to cloth at lower corners and at foot of upper joint, small spot of wear at headband, light marking to cloth, a very good, clean copy.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1946. First edition, tall 8vo., pp.52, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour illustrations; a very good copy, in lightly worn pictorial dust-jacket, which has closed tears and light loss to extremities.

London: Griffith and Farran, 1874. First edition, pp.16, printed to rectos only, each with hand-coloured illustrations and accompanying rhyme (15 colour illustrations), pictorial paper-covered boards backed in red cloth; contemporary ink inscription, dated 1874, to front free endpaper, toning to title and to margins of endpapers, a little toning to margins throughout, paper worn to edges of boards, with toning and surface soil to boards, a very good copy.

London: The Folio Society, 2013. First Folio Society edition, 8vo.,pp.xiv,221, pictorial purple cloth blocked in silver and white, 7 colour plates; a fine copy, in a matching silver slip-case, which has a couple of light scratches to rear edge.

London: Partridge, 1922. 4to., pp.unpaginated, pictorial boards and spine, colour plates and b/w illustrations; ‘This book belongs to’ section to front free endpaper neatly completed in ink, dated 1922, toning to free endpapers, a little light marking to pale rear board, small knock to lower edge of front board, pale foxing to prelims, ultimate leaves, and fore-edges, a very good copy.

London: D. Bogue, 1847. 12mo., pp.112, pictorial paper wrappers, b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w illustrations; partial loss to paper covering of spine (light loss at head of spine, and 3cms loss at tail), surface soil to wrappers, with light creasing/curling to lower corners, a good copy, which is internally very good.

London: Arthur Barker. 8vo.,pp. 77, purple cloth, white title label to front board and spine, purple lettering, b/w illustrations; foxing to margins throughout, ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, lightly rubbed to boards, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned with slight loss to head and foot of spine and corners, with light chipping along edges.

London/Paris/New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1932. Fifth edition, 12mo., pp.225,4(adverts), pictorial green bevelled cloth, gilt, a.e.g., colour frontispiece and 6 further colour plates, wood-engraved illustrations throughout; owner’s ink inscription, dated 1932, to front free endpaper verso, occasional spotting or marking to fore-margins, contents very slightly shaken but still very good and tight, light rubbing to extremities, with a few (just lightly visible) water-marks to cloth, including ring-mark to front board, overall a very good, fairly bright copy.

London: David Nutt, at the sign of the Phoenix, 1903. First edition, 8vo., pp.216,12 (publisher’s illustrated advertisements), uncut, pictorial ochre cloth blocked in black and red, b/w frontispiece, b/w pictorial title, lettered in red, with tissue guard between, five further b/w plates; contemporary ink gift inscription to half title, light toning to endpapers, p.25 and adjacent plate slightly cropped at lower corner, stain to lower corner of p.3, foxing to fore-edges, foxing and soiling/light marking to cloth, with rubbing to extremities, light roll to spine, a good+ copy of a scarce title.

London: William Darton, Jun, 1815. 12mo., pp.191,(xvii)adverts, quarter red roan, gilt, plain paper-covered boards, engraved frontispiece; neat ink ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper (dated 1830), rubbing to extremities, with wear to paper covering of boards along edges and at corners, a very good copy. [OSBORNE p.267 for this edition].

London: Thomas Nelson And Sons. 8vo.,pp. 95, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership bookplate to front free endpaper, light toning to margins, with occasional light foxing to margins and edges of text block, lightly rubbed to extremities, with foxing to margins of boards, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.

Peking: The Foreign Language Press. Oblong 12mo., pp.(ii),60, paperback (pictorial wrappers), colour illustrations throughout; small closed tear to head of spine of wrappers, else very good.

London: Duckworth, 1929. First edition with the Keith Henderson illustrations, 8vo.,pp. 368, patterned paper covered boards, purple cloth spine, gilt lettering, b/w illustrations and frontispiece; lightly toned to margins, sunned to spine, lightly rubbing to extremities, otherwise very good, in a good+ unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, sunned to spine with a small rectangular hole cut out of the just above the publishers emblem to the spine of the jacket.