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: John Long, Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo., pp.320, pictorial purple cloth, lettered in gilt and stamped in green and beige, colour frontispiece and fifteen b/w plates by Amelia M. Bowerley; edges and prelims foxed, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, foxed, with tear and small area of loss to head of upper fold over spine, chipping to headband, and toning to spine.

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: 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.

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.

London: George Allen & Company, 1911. First edition with the Detmold illustrations, 8vo.,pp. 196, beige pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, colour plates, colour frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, off setting and foxing to endpapers and light foxing to margins, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: Puffin Books, 2008. First Puffin Edition, Signed by the Illustrator, 4to.,pp. 113, red hardcover, silver lettering, b/w and colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, pictorial title page; illustrators signature to half title page, light foxing to upper edge of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has a small creased closed tear to rear lower margin.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition thus, oblong 8vo., pp.(32), pictorial hardcover, colour plates alternate with black and white illustrations, decorative borders to text leaves adjacent colour plates; ownership gift inscription to corner of front free endpaper, light foxing to edges, a very good copy, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which is foxed to margins, with small closed tear to rear upper edge, and lightly rubbed to edges.

Dean, 1970. Oblong 8vo., pp.(10), glazed pictorial boards, 5 brightly coloured double-page illustrated spreads, 3 of which include pop-ups; light shelfwear to boards and slight bruising to edges, a very good copy.

London, Blackie and Son. First edition, with author’s presentation inscription, 12mo.,pp. unpaginated, decorative paper-covered boards (with cross-hatched design in pale grey), with inlaid colour plate to front board, pictorial endpapers, b/w pictorial title page and b/w vignette, complete with 24 colour plates; autor’s presentation inscription to front free endpaper, slight foxing to edges and light wear to lower corner of front board, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which has some surface soiling to pale paper and slight loss from chipping to extremities, now in a protective cover.

London, Blackie and Son. First edition, with ‘Tiny Tots Series’ on the front cover in red and on the back cover in blue, & without jacket price, 12mo.,pp. unpaginated, decorative paper-covered boards (with cross-hatched design in dark grey), with inlaid colour plate to front board (‘Tiny Tots Series’ printed to front board), pictorial endpapers, b/w pictorial half title and frontispiece (frontispiece is half title verso), complete with 24 colour plates; slight foxing to edges and occasioanlly to margins, overall a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which has some surface soiling to pale paper and slight loss from chipping to extremities, now in a protective cover.

London: Max Parrish, 1953. Square 8vo., pp.36, grey cloth lettered in black, colour illustrations throughout; partial sunning to spine, creasing and small chip to rear free endpaper, in worn unclipped dust-jacket, which has large area of loss to rear upper margin, loss also to front upper margin, with large tear, and creasing, rubbing and small closed tears to extremities.

London: John F. Shaw (1928) and Co. Ltd. 4to., pp.unpaginated, quarter brown cloth, lettered in black, with pictorial paper-covered front board, colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w illustrations accompany text throughout; prize bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to early and closing leaves, light wear to paper covering of boards at extremities, a good++ copy.

Tower Press. Oblong 8vo., pictorial covers, staples to rear cover, b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates with glitter decoration; toning to margins, crease to rear cover, rusting to staples (slightly staining rear wrapper), otherwise very good.

London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1946. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.48, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour illustrations; light foxing to edges, slight undulation to contents at inner margin, overall a very good copy indeed, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear to rear upper edge, small closed tear to front lower edge, and is now in protective cover.

Paris: Delagrave, 1936. First edition, folio., pp.vi,40, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour plates throughout, pictorial title; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, toning to margins of boards, light wear to edges, a little light marking to boards, a very good copy.

London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd, 1920. Small 4to., pp.138,(vi) publisher’s pictorial adverts, glazed pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip, lettering in black, illustrated with colour plates, b/w plates, and numerous in-text illustrations; foxing to fore-edges, a little paper-splitting along front inner hinge, light wear to extremities, including breaks to cloth at the head and the foot of the upper joint, with the joint itself remaining firm, superficial scratches and surface-soil to the boards, overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Jennie Harbour was employed by Raphael Tuck from 1919, producing the illustrations to My Favourite Book of Fairy Tales (1921), and went on to illustrate the Newbery Classics edition of The Yellow Fairy Book (1927), which also contained stories by Hans Andersen.

London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition, small 4to., pp.(xxx), glazed pictorial boards, colour frontispiece and pictorial title, full colour illustrations throughout; a near-fine copy.

London: Collins, 1962. First edition,4to.,red cloth,black lettering,colour illustrations; a very good copy in a clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities, otherwise very good.