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A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON.
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.
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A GOLDEN CASKET OF STORIES.
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.
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ANIMALS ON PARADE.
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.
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ARE ALL THE GIANTS DEAD?
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.
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BAD JELLY THE WITCH.
A Fairy Story.
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.
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BIRDS AND BEASTS.
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.
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: The Magical Car.
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.
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CINDERELLA,
Or The Little Glass Slipper.
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.
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CLANGERS POP-UP BOOK.
Based on the BBC TV Series ‘Clangers’.
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.
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FAIRIES OF THE TREES.
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.
More details Price: £225.00 -
FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SUMMER.
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.
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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SUMMER.
More details Price: £295.00
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GLADYS PETO’S HOLIDAY STORIES.
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.
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GLITTERLAND: Dress-Up Book.
Entirely New 2 Dressing Dolls with Lots of Exciting, Dazzling, Costumes. A Tower Press Glitter Book, No.1093.
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.
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GORDON THE GOAT.
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.
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GOUPIL.
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.
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HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD.
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.
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HORTON HATCHES THE EGG.
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.
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INSIDE THE RAINBOW.
Russian Children’s Literature 1920-1935: Beautiful Books, Terrible Times.
London: Redstone Press, 2013. 4to., pp.312, pictorial hardcover, colour-illustrated throughout; light bruising/bumping to corners of covers, an otherwise fine, fresh copy.
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JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK’S PAINTING BOOK.
From the Original Designs by Beatrix Potter.
London/New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1950. Square 8vo., pictorial paper-covered boards, unpaginated, comprises 15 colour plates with adjacent b/w illustration to colour, plus centrefold with 2 b/w images to colour, colour pictorial title with adjacent b/w pictorial title; the lettering to the b/w title page has been partially coloured, otherwise the images are clean, rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to upper edge of front board, foxing to pale covers, a good++ copy of this scarce volume.
More details Price: £60.00