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THE FAIRIES UP-TO-DATE.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1925. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 189, grey paper covered boards, burgundy lettering, colour plates, decorative borders to text; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, toning to margins and endpapers, some water damage to rear endpapers, with some light rippling to margins of rear board, toned to edges of text block and to extremities of boards, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, piece missing to front upper margin with some title text missing, circular hole to lower section of spine, rubbed and creased to extremities, with chipping and wear to head and foot of spine and corners.
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THE FAITHFUL BULL.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books, 1980. First edition thus, signed by the artist, 4to., pp.(30), glazed pictorial hardcover, colour-illustrated throughout, including pictorial endpapers and pictorial title; autographed and dated by Michael Foreman to front free endpaper verso, foxing to endpapers, occasional light foxing within, a very good copy.
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THE GOOD TIGER.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition thus, large 8vo., pp.29, pale green hardcover, gilt, 22 dichromatic illustrations in orange and black; slight paper splitting to head and foot of front inner hinge, light foxing to edges, otherwise very good indeed, in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, which has light creasing/rubbing to head and foot of spine, else very good+.
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THE GREAT KHAN'S TREASURE.
A Story of Adventure in Chinese Tartary.
London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1902. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, pictorial green cloth, lettering in gilt and black, b/w frontispiece, 5 further b/w illustrations, coloured endpapers; ownership plate to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, light toning throughout, light foxing to edges, light rubbing to extremities and spine slightly sunned, a very good copy.
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THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS.
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.
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THE LUCIE ATTWELL ANNUAL
[The First Lucie Attwell Annual]
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.
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THE PICTURE ALPHABET.
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.
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THE SEASONS AND THE FARMER.
A Book for Children.
Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition, large 8vo., pp.vii,72, black cloth backed, lettered in blue, with pictorial blue paper-covered boards, pictorial title, b/w map, numerous b/w illustrations, including 4 photographic illustrations; light foxing to top edges, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy indeed, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has 3cm closed tear to front upper LH corner, and small area of loss at headband, small area of loss to rear upper RH corner, a little rubbing and small closed tears to edges, overall very good, and now in a protective cover.
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THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. A Fantasy.
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THE SNOWMAN.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition, 4to., pp.(32)unpaginated, colour-illustrated throughout, glazed pictorial boards; a near fine copy.
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THE TALE OF NAUGHTY KITTY CAT.
Dundee, Valentine & Sons, Ltd. 12mo., unpaginated, pale brown paper-covered boards with inlaid colour plate, colour frontispiece and 13 further colour plates, pictorial title and colophon, pictorial endpapers, monochromatic illustrations accompany the text throughout; very slight wear at head and tail of spine, light rubbing to extremities, slight toning to endpapers, occasional light thumb marks to margins, overall a very good copy indeed of this scarce and fragile volume.
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THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS, OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. First edition thus, first impression with the small advert to front free endpaper verso, 12mo., pp.76, red paper-covered boards with pictorial colour plate laid down, lettering in white, pictorial endpapers (in colour), colour frontispiece, 17 further colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; sunning to spine and slightly to fore-margins and front upper margin, otherwise very good indeed/near-fine.
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THE TEN LITTLE BABIES.
London: S.P.C.K, 1909. First edition, 8vo., unpaginated, glazed pictorial boards backed in red cloth, colour half title, duochrome illustrations throughout; neat repair to front inner hinge, ink ownership autograph, dated 1909, to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to endpapers, thumbing and fosing to fore-margins within, wear to edges of boards, a good+ copy of this scarce volume.
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THE THIRD CLASS AT MISS KAYES.
A School Story.
London: Blackie and Son, 1909. First edition, 8vo., pp.256,17-(16) publisher’s adverts, pictorial red cloth blocked in gilt, white, pale green and black, pictorial spine, b/w frontispiece and 3 further plates; neat ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to half title, with foxing to edges and somewhat to margins throughout, webbing occasionally visible toward rear of volume, especially at pp.171 and 193, loss to lower margin of rear free endpaper where paper has become stuck to rear paste-down endpaper, light rubbing to extremities, with small spots of wear to lower corners, spine dulled, overall a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE THREE ASTRONAUTS.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First edition, 4to., unpaginated, colour pictorial hardcover, colour illustrations throughout; very light toning to prelims, otherwise a near fine copy, in a near fine dust-jacket with some very light rubbing to extremities.
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THE WATER BABIES: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London: Constable & Company, 1915. First edition, with colour plates by W. Heath Robinson, Large 8vo.,pp. x,319, pictorial green cloth, with gilt lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; webbing visible to inner hinge, all content firm, toning and foxing to edges of text block and to margins, rubbing to extremities, with very minor wear to head and foot of spine and corners, gilt to spine slightly dulled, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE WHITE CAT.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition thus, oblong squat 4to., pp.(32), glazed pictorial boards, b/w title with pictorial borders, colour plates throughout; very slight foxing to front endpapers, a very good, clean copy.
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THE WIND CALL.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1958. 8vo., pp.115, green hardcover, gilt, 6 colour plates; light evidence of removed bookplate to front free endpaper, handwritten number to upper margin and sellotape stain to lower margin of front paste-down endpaper, ‘2K’ written to upper margin of front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and edges, stitching visible between front free endpaper and half title, a little light marking to margins, else very good, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has light surface soil, else very good.
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TOPSY-TURVY TALES.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Square 8vo., pictorial blue cloth, 6 colour plates and 35 b/w illustrations; vertical crease to inner margin of colour plate opposite p.60, with repair to the margin, repaired closed tear to upper margin of b/w plate at p.112, two ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and fore-edges, rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to cloth along lower edges, a good+ copy of a scarce title.
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TOPSY-TURVY TALES.
London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition, Scarce, re-cased, 8vo., pp. x,177, pictorial blue cloth, black lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership autograph and small inscription to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to title page, edges of text block, endpapers and occasionally quite significantly foxed to margins with occasional lighter foxing present throughout, plate to p.60 has a crease and neat repair to the margin, plate to p.112 with small marginal repair, very slight cracking to upper inner section of inner hinge, rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners and along lower edges of boards, light toning to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
More details Price: £350.00