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Nd. c. 1930? A very good copy although a little faded on spine. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. 96pp. Colour illustration of each of the birds included.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons, London,
£10.00

Hardback. Nd. Small 4to. A good copy. Upper board decorated in colour. Some wear to boards. Blue spine lettered in black. Unpaginated. Colour frontispiece. Many black and white illustrations.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co, London,
£20.00

Oblong 8vo. Nd. Late 19th century. A good copy in thick card covers. Illustrated upper board. Gift inscription. 8 thick card pages of fine colour illustrations depicting nursery rhymes with uncoloured end-paper illustrations.
Published : Ernest Nister, London,
£18.00

A fine copy of the first-ever Biggles Annual. Not price-clipped. 63pp.
Published : World International Publishing Ltd. 1980,
£7.00

Illustrated by Joyce L. Brisley, Nina K. Brisley, Cicely Mary Barker and Others.
Hardback. A good copy in publisher's cream cloth with illustration on front board showing boy and girl sitting. Many colour and other illustrations. Stories by Nina K. Brisley, S.R. Praegar, Ethel Talbot and Others. Boards showing signs of edgewear. 200 pages
Published : Blackie & Son, London, First Edition
£25.00

Illustrated by M.B. De Monvel.
Hardback. Oblong 4to. A near very good copy in publisher's red cloth with white daisies on front and rear boards and blind- stamped gilt flowers and title in black on front board. 24 French children's songs with colour illustrations on each page. 47 pages.
Published : Librairie Plon, Paris 1928, First Edition
£30.00

A very good hardback copy in a very good dustwrapper which has 1 or 2 minor closed tears. This is a title in a series called the "Fairy Shops" books. No date but priced at 1/- on dustwrapper. Perhaps c.1950. Unpaginated with black and white illustrations. One illustration is signed "Hassall". Stories about elves and fairies, witches and gnomes etc. An uncommon title.
Published : Collins, London, First Edition
£18.00

Softback. Oblong 4to. A good plus copy with illustrated covers showing Nipper wearing a metal army helmet and saluting. 3 closed tears on spine which have been stuck down. pp.xii 96. Consists of cartoon strips for young children. Adverts front and back.
Published : Associated Newspapers, London 1940, First Edition
£12.00

4to. A near fine copy. Price-clipped. No ownership inscription or other marking. 64pp.
Published : World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd,
£5.00

Nd. but gift inscription is dated 1872. A good copy in mauve cloth which is faded on the spine. Lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and black. All edges gilt. 174 pages. 12 coloured illustrations. Includes eleven favourite fairy tales.
Published : Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh,
£20.00

Illustrated by Mary Gehr.
Hardback. N.d. circa 1950. A good plus copy with illustrated front board. Unpaginated. Ownership inscription. Colour illustrations throughout. Words have been selected from standard vocabulary lists and the small child will delight in finding pictures of things he recognises while the older child beginning to read will associate the printed word with the pictures.
Published : Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., London, First Edition
£10.00

Softback. A good plus copy with illustrated covers. Spine complete but with some tearing to edges. Small crease in rear cover which is just a little loose. Small closed tear at top of front cover. No inscriptions. Unpaginated and not price-clipped.
Published : Daily Express Publications, London 1948, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in publisher's laminated boards with illustration on front board and title in white on front board and on spine. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Many coloured cartoon illustrations with relevant translations.English section has 214 pages and 10 pages of Spanish Grammar. Spanish section has 213 pages and 7 pages of English grammar
Published : Harrap in Co-operation with Methuen Children's Books, Edinburgh 1991, First Edition
£15.00

A very good hardback copy in a very good dustwrapper which has minor closed tears. This is one in a series called "Fairy Shops" books. No date but priced at 1/- on dustwrapper. Perhaps c.1950. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations one of which is signed as being by Anne Anderson. Stories about elves and fairies, witches and gnomes etc. An uncommon title.
Published : Collins, London,
£18.00

A very good copy in black cloth covers. Pictorial front cover shows Mickey and Pluto playing musical instruments. 124pp. A nice, clean, copy without ownership inscription.
Published : Dean & Son, London,
£18.00

A very good copy in green cloth covers. Pictorial front cover shows Mickey with a fishing rod over his shoulder and a fish on the end of his line. A nice, clean copy with no ownership inscriptions.
Published : Dean & Son, London,
£22.00

Illustrated by Madeline Hall.
Nd. c.1900. Square glazed pictorial boards. Just about good. Boards rather worn at tips and spine ends. Previous owner's name and date on title page. A little damage to two illustrations. Unpaginated but 20pp. Attractive chromolithographic illustrations. Scan on request.
Published : Ernest Nister, London, First Edition
£28.00

Hardback. A just about good copy in red cloth attractively illustrated on upper board. Boards a little marked and rubbed at bottom edge. 807 pages. Trace of damp stain at edge of last few pages. A well-illustrated children's magazine from a century ago.
Published : Hachette, Paris 1910, First Edition
£25.00

Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Hardback. Nd. [1881]. A good copy of the second issue of the first edition (Schuster & Engen, 140(1b)). The lattice work design boards are darkened to green rather than white and are a little rubbed. "G" of "Goose" is upside-down on both front and rear boards. Olive green end-papers. Darkened pink spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 48pp. Attractive colour illustrations throughout.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London, First Edition
£35.00

Illustrated by S.B. Pearse and Winifred M. Ackroyd.
Hardback. n.d. c.1930? A very good copy with pictorial front board. 4 charming colour illustrations by S.B. Pearse and black and white line drawings on each page by Winifred Ackroyd. One colour illustration has a small closed tear at foot of page. Gift inscription. Unpaginated. A tight and internally clean copy
Published : J.Coker & Co. Ltd., London,
£15.00

Hardback. 4to. Nd. 1920's. A fair copy only as the boards are loose (and sellotaped at the front end-paper). 31 pages. 5 full-page colour plates and black and white illustrations. A story for children on the theme of motor transport by land, sea and air.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London,
£6.00

Hardback Small 4to. Nd. c. 1935? A good copy with pictorial front board which is just a little scribbled on. Some wear to board edges. Ownership inscription. Consists of five jigsaw puzzles with verses telling the stories of the puzzles. The first puzzle lacks one piece.
Published : John Leng & Co, London,
£15.00

Hardback. n.d. but early 1920's. A good plus copy in publisher's patterned cloth and endpapers. A little spine wear. Stories and poems by various authors including Walter de la Mare, G.K. Chesterton, Laurence Housman and others. 8 tipped-in colour plates by Vera Hibbert, Doris Pailthorpe, Hugh Chesterman, A.H. Watson, Harry Rountree, and W.G. Raffe. 218 pages. A nice clean copy inside.
Published : Basil Blackwell, Oxford, First Edition
£10.00

Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Boardbook for young children. N.d. A good copy with illustrated boards and green spine. 14 illustrations by Anne Anderson. Corner of boards rubbed. Small split at top of one of the pages. Unpaginated.
Published : Nelson, London, First Edition
£7.00

Hardback. Oblong folio. Pages starting to come lose internally and from binding although otherwise a clean and attractive copy. Unpaginated. The four "fill-in" colour pages have been neatly completed. A child's guide to an American city of the 1920's.
Published : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, New York 1928, First Edition
£35.00

A good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in black on upper board and decorated in gilt on spine. Spine a little rubbed and some wear to spine ends. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Small neat gift inscription on front end-paper dated 1877. 120 pages. Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Colour title-page vignette. Many black and white illustrations. Described as "A story illustrative of the Lord's Prayer for the young."
Published : T. Nelson & Sons, London 1877,
£18.00

Nd. 1878? A good plus copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. A little wear to board tips and spine ends. All edges gilt. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 184 pages + 8 pages publisher's adverts. Numerous black and white illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Published : Cassell Petter & Galpin, London,
£20.00

Illustrated by H.J.A. Mils.
Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth which is illustrated on the upper board and spine. Prize label. 259 pages + adverts. Frontispiece. Illustrations in text. A book for children.
Published : Wells Gardner Darton & Co, London 1907,
£10.00

Hardback. A very good copy in mottled maroon cloth. Bevelled edges. Lettered in gilt on spine and upper board and with a gilt decoration of a dog and boy on upper board. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 48 pages. 18 full-page chromolithographs. Black and white illustrations. A Victorian child's book telling of the lion, tiger, leopard, zebra etc and also domestic animals such as goat, sheep and hen.
Published : Nelson and Sons, London 1869,
£45.00

Hardback. A good copy in a full leather binding. Re-backed with new end-papers. Lettered in gilt on a maroon title-piece. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Pp.viii,147 + one page publisher's adverts. 15 woodcuts. Some soiling to pages.
Published : T. N. Longman and O. Rees; and E. Newbery, London 1801,
£30.00

A very good hardback copy in a very good dustwrapper which has 1 or 2 minor closed tears. This is a title in a series called the "Fairy Shops" books. No date but priced at 1/- on dustwrapper. Perhaps c.1950. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations signed variously by Grace L.C.Shelton. Ruth Cobb, H.G.C. Marsh Lambert and Winifred. Stories about elves and fairies, witches and gnomes etc. An uncommon title.
Published : Collins, London, First Edition
£18.00

Illustrated by Emily A Overnell.
A good copy of this small children's book. Undated, perhaps about 1930. Unpaginated, c. 48 pages. Attractive coloured illustrations. Not foxed and no ownership inscription. An uncommon book for young children.
Published : Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton, London,
£15.00

Nd. c. 1955. A very good copy in paper covers. This is No. 19 in the Rupert Adventure Series.
Published : The London Express Newspaper Ltd.,
£15.00

Nd. but inscription is dated 1879. Probably first edition. A good copy in green cloth decorated in gilt and black. Inscription on front end-paper states "Sunday lending library". Some ink markings on end-papers. 64 pages. Coloured frontispiece.
Published : The Religious Tract Society, London,
£10.00

Hardback. 4to. Nd. but small gift label is dated 1936. A very good copy in illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations. A large thick volume of 1930's boys' stories.
Published : Juvenile Productions, London, First Edition
£14.00

Hardback. A good copy showing Biffo nailing pictures of "Beano" characters to cover. Some rubbing and wear at join of spine and boards, spine ends and board tips. The Book belongs to box is neatly filled in and one of the illustrations at page 43 has been partly coloured in. There is a six centimetres long tear at the foot of page 5/6 but no loss. The book is now protected in a removable cover.
Published : D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1951, First Edition
£65.00

Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Hardback. A good copy with pictorial front board and red spine. Front board creased down the centre. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated January 1961. 16 full page colour illustrations. 128 pages.
Published : Ward Lock & Co.Ltd., London,
£10.00

Hardcover. 4to. A very good copy. Four years (48 issues) of "The Children's Paper" bound in green boards without the original covers. Title in gilt on spine. Previous owner's nameplate on front fixed end-paper. Front free endpaper and first 3 pages have a crease down centre and 2 or 3 pages have small pencil writing at top of page. 384 pages in total.
Published : T. Nelson & Sons, London,
£25.00

Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in publisher's white cloth with black title. Illustrated endpapers and illustrated on each page. Unpaginated. Some browning to page ends. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : British Broadcasting Corporation, London 1968, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A very good copy in light beige blind-decorated cloth which is lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated and lettered in gilt on the upper board. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. Hinges sound. Light yellow end-papers. 96 pages. "With twenty illustrations drawn from the stuffed animals contributed by Herrmann Ploucquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition" (including a folding frontispiece described as a "double plate.") The illustrations are uncoloured. With the exception of " Reynard the Fox" the sketches in the book were written to illustrate the drawings as the stuffed animals were, according to the preface, "one of the cleverest and most popular displays in the Great Exhibition." The book is now protected in a clear, removable, cover.
Published : David Bogue, London 1851,
£130.00

A very good copy. Crossword completed in ink and Pick The Planets questions at p.68 answered in ink.
Published : World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd,
£5.00

4to. A very good copy. Crossword completed in pencil. 63pp.
Published : World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd,
£5.00

Hardback. 16mo. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Spine a little wrinkled. Corner clipped from half-title. No ownership inscription. Hinges sound. Pp.xii,308 + 2pp adverts. Illustrations. Music samples. An interesting little book covering natural history, bible lessons, anecdotes and stories etc.
Published : Darton & Co, London 1849,
£24.00

A near very good copy with illustrated front board. Twelve coloured plates. (Frontispiece and one other plate by Louis Wain). Many black and white illustrations. A little neat colouring in. Several pages of adverts at front and back. 190 pages.
Published : Partridge & Co, London, First Edition
£20.00

Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's cream cloth with colour illustration pasted on front board.12 full page beautiful colour illustrations and black and white drawings by Anne Anderson. Unpaginated. While the boards are slightly grubby, internally the book is very clean indeed.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. 1920, First Edition
£50.00

Nd. c. 1890? A fair to good copy in dark green cloth decorated in black and gilt. May have been glued at front hinges. Rear hinges tender. Ownership inscription. Unpaginated. Coloured or tinted illustrations on every page.
Published : F. Warne & Co., London,
£20.00

Illustrated by Jack Orr.
Hardback. 4to. Nd. c. 1920? A good copy in decorated paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Wear to board edges and browning to spine. Unpaginated. A book of 16 thick card pages with a nursery rhyme and attractive colour illustration on each intended for younger children.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons,
£15.00

Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
Nd. but previous owner's inscription is dated 1932. 4to. A good copy. Unpaginated but c.100pp. Popular nursery rhymes with colour illustrations on each page.
Published : J. Coker & Co, London,
£20.00

Illustrated by Frank Adams Etc..
Hardback. 4to. Nd. but prize label on front end-paper is dated 1931. A good plus copy with illustration on front board. Corners rubbed. Full page colour illustrations by various illustrators including Frank Adams, Ernest Stark,Harry Woolley etc. Unpaginated. A nice clean copy.
Published : Blackie & Son Ltd., London, First Edition
£30.00

Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's buff coloured boards with illustration and title in black. Black and white illustrated endpapers. 4 colour and many black and white illustrations. No inscriptions. 146 pages. A nice tight clean copy.
Published : The Grant Educational Co., Ltd., London 1945, First Edition
£10.00