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Brine Mary D. - Daisy Dear

Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Hardback. Nd. Perhaps c.1900. A very good copy. Attractive colour illustration of a little girl on upper board. Neat ownership inscription on title page. 40 pages. Black and white illustrations.
Published : Ernest Nister, London,
£25.00

Brooke L.Leslie - Johnny Crow's Party: Another Picture Book

Illustrated by L.Leslie Brooke.
Hardback.N.d. Possibly 1920s/1930s. A very good copy in publisher's green cloth with bevelled edges. Title in white and pictorial onlay to upper board. White cloth spine lettered in green. No inscriptions. Front and rear endpapers showing plan of the maze in Johnny Crow's Garden. Profusely illustrated in black and white and with 8 full page colour illustrations including frontispiece. Unpaginated. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co., London,
£20.00

Brown Dr.John - The Little Book of Children

Illustrated by Macgoun H.C. Preston.
Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher's dark cream boards with gilt title and gilt and black illustration on front board. 8 charming coloured illustrations from water-colour drawings by H.C.Preston Macgoun and many black and white drawings. 57 pages. A nice tight copy
Published : T.N. Foulis, London 1923,
£8.00

Brown Pamela - To Be A Ballerina and Other Stories

Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's green cloth with title in gilt on spine and gilt decoration on front board. Some uneven fading on boards. Coloured frontis and 9 black and white illustrations as listed. No inscriptions. Some foxing to endpapers and a little edge foxing. 210 pages + 1 page catalogue and 4 full page illustrations from other Pamela Brown books. A good plus dustwrapper, (not price-clipped), which has minor chipping and edgewear and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London 1950, First Edition
£15.00

Brown Pamela - Louisa

Illustrated by Sax.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's red cloth with gilt outline portrait on front board and title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Frontispiece in colour and 6 black and white illustrations. Top edge in green. 172 pages. 6 pages of advertisements + 3 full page black and white illustrations.Good dustwrapper which is chipped and creased along edges and slightly grubby on the rear panel. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. A nice clean copy internally.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh 1955, First Edition
£9.00

Brown Roy - The Children's Pinocchio

Illustrated by Sheila Ross.
A very good copy in publisher's orange cloth with title in black on front board and on spine. No inscriptions. Coloured frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout. 64 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd., London 1960, First Edition
£15.00

Brown, George MacKay - Six Lives of Fankle The Cat

Illustrated by Ian MacInnes.
Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 121 pages. Line drawings by Ian MacInnes. A tale set in Orkney in which a cat tells a liitle girl about his previous lives.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1980, First Edition
£40.00

Brown, Margaret Wise - Night and Day

Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.
Hardback. 4to. 1942? Stated first edition. A near very good copy in yellow and black cloth to front cover showing two cats. Some soiling to the bottom right of the front cover. In a near very good dustwrapper which lacks a very small piece at the top of the spine. The wrapper bears a price of $1.50 and is now protected in a clear, removavle sleeve. A nice copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Illustrated throughout in black and yellow. Photographs available on request.
Published : Harper & Brothers, New York,
£120.00

Browne Frances - Granny's Wonderful Chair and the Tales it Told

Illustrated by Kenny Meadows.
Hardback. 16mo. A good copy in brown boards. Decorated upper board. All edges gilt. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 186 pages + 16pp adverts dated 7/88. Four black and white illustrations.
Published : Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, London 1887,
£35.00

Browning Robert - The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Illustrated by Van Dyck.
Folio. Nd but prize inscription is dated 1911. A good plus copy with a little wear to board edges. Illustrated front board. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Unpaginated - c.48 pages. Colour illustrations throughout.
Published : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London,
£50.00

Bruce Dorita Fairlie - Nancy Calls the Tune

Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
A very good copy in grey cloth lettered and decorated in red. No ownership inscription. 192 pages. Coloured frontispiece. Black and white illustrations.
Published : Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1944,
£24.00

Bruce Dorita Fairlie - Nancy to the Rescue

Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher' decorated fawn and green boards with title in green on front board and on spine. Spine darkened. Coloured frontispiece and 12 black and white illustrations. Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper which is clipped at top right hand corner. Small piece at edge of page 15 and 16 missing without loss of text. Some edge foxing. 159 pages. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London 1927, First Edition
£25.00

Brunhoff, Laurent De - Babar's Battle

Folio. A very good copy. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations throughout.
Published : Methuen Children's Books, London 1992, First Edition
£10.00

Bullivant Cecil H. - Every Boy's Book of Hobbies

Nd. 1920's? A very good copy. Pp.vii,553. Many illustrations in text.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons, London,
£7.00

Burn J.H. (editor) - The Mother's Book of Song

Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Hardback. First or early edition. A near very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in black on spine. A little wear to spine ends and edges. Many black and white illustrations. A little endpaper and edge foxing. No inscriptions. 216 pages.
Published : Wells Gardner Darton & Co, London,
£35.00

Burnett Francis Hodgson - Little Lord Fauntleroy

Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch.
A good plus copy in publisher's illustrated blue cloth. A little rubbing to board tips and spine ends. Gift inscription on half title. Numnerous illustrations in black and white. A little edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.xi,269 + 6 page publisher's catalogue at rear.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co., London 1900,
£7.00

Burroughs Edgar Rice - Jungle Girl

A good copy in a good dustwrapper with one small chip on upper panel and some repaired tearing/fraying at top of spine. Some foxing to spine of dustwrapper which is not too noticeable externally. Some uneven fading to the boards. A tale by the author of the Tarzan stories. Image available on request.
Published : Odhams Press, London 1933, First Edition
£14.00

Caldecott Randolph - R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No.1)

Nd. c.1900? A very good copy in beige boards decorated in black and red. A little wear at spine ends. Square format. 123pp. Full page colour illustrations. Many black and white illustrations. Contains "The Diverting History of John Gilpin", "The House That Jack Built", "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" and "The Babes in the Wood".
Published : Frederick Warne, London,
£25.00

Caldecott Randolph - The Panjandrum Picture Book

Nd. c.1900? Oblong 8vo. A good copy with illustrated upper board. Some soiling to boards but a clean copy internally. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Contains "Come Lasses and Lads", Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross", "A Farmer went Trotting Upon his Grey Mare", "Mrs. Mary Blaize" and "The Great Panjandrum Himself".
Published : Frederick Warne, London,
£20.00

Captain Marryat - The Settlers in Canada

Nd. c. 1903? A good copy in blue ribbed cloth decorated in gilt and red. Two prize labels! Pp.xi,371. Illustrated.
Published : Frederick Warne, London,
£10.00

Carroll Lewis - The Hunting of the Snark

Illustrated by Byron Sewell.
Hardback. Large 4to. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Number 89 of 250 copies signed by the artist. Three large fold-out illustrations. Other black and white illustrations. One red and black illustration with red acetate filter. Rear pocket containing a set of cards with interchangeable faces. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking.
Published : Catalpa Press, London 1974,
£135.00

Carter, Peter - Madatan

Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's light green cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Many black and white illustrations. 207 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. Set at the end of the 8th century, Nothumbria once the mightiest of the English kingdoms, is on the brink of civil war.
Published : Oxford University Press, London 1974, First Edition
£7.00

Cervantes, Miguel De - Don Quixote

Illustrated by Felix Lorioux.
Hardback. 12.5" by 9.5". A good copy. Green cloth spine Decorated upper board. No ownership inscription and little foxing. A little wear to board tips. 72 pages. Many full-page colour illustrations.
Published : Librairie Hachette, London 1930,
£30.00

Chaundler Christine - The Odd Ones

Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which is a little torn at the top of the spine. No ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.vii,107. 12 full-page illustrations. The story of a little boy and a Cairn Terrier.
Published : Country Life, London 1941, First Edition
£18.00

Child Mrs. - The Girl's Own Book

Hardback. 24mo. A good copy in publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration and title on front and rear boards and on spine. Some wear and tear at spine ends and edges. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated June 20th 1848. Profusely illustrated in black and white woodcuts. All edges gilt. 364 pages + a page listing Mary Howitt's Juvenile books. Protected in a removable cover. Sections on games, needlework, ornaments, exercises, baskets, charades etc
Published : Thomas Tegg, London 1844,
£35.00

Cloke Rene - Paul Piglet Keeps Shop

Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Hardback. A good plus copy with illustrated boards. No inscriptions. Illustrated endpapers. Top and foot of spine rubbed. One small closed tear at foot of page 19/20. Profusely illustrated in colour. 29 pages. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Blackie, London 1960, First Edition
£10.00

Collier Madeleine - The Noddles

Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a few smallish chips and tears. Gift inscription. 120 pages. Many illustrations. A story for youngish children of Mr. and Mrs. Noddles and their seven children.
Published : George Newnes, London 1944, First Edition
£7.00

Corkran Alice - Down the Snow Stairs: Or, from Good-night to Good-morning

Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Nd. but probably 1887 first edition. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt and black on upper board. A little wear at foot of spine.All edges gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xi,257 + 2pp. adverts. 60 black and white illustrations by Gordon Browne. This, the author's best known work, is a fantasy partly inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll.
Published : Blackie & Son, London,
£25.00

Cradock Mrs. H.C. - Josephine Keeps School

Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Hardback. Reprint. A near very good copy in small format with coloured pictorial front board. Pictorial endpapers with top half-inch of front endpaper having been cut away. 8 full page colour illustrations. Minor foxing to page ends. 63 pages. Near very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper showing minor chipping to spine ends and which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Blackie & Son Ltd., London,
£15.00

Cradock, Mrs. H.C. - Peggy and Joan

Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Nd but probably the 1922 first edition. A very good copy in light blue boards with cream cloth spine lettered in dark blue. Pictorial upper board. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. 96 pages. 8 full-page coloured illustrations. 16 black and white illustrations. A few of these show some neat colouring in.
Published : Blackie & Son, London,
£28.00

Croce Benedetto: Penzer N.M. (editor) - The Pentamerone of Giambattista Basile 2 Vols.

Hardback. Very good in publisher's black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Volume I has a tiny white mark top corner of front board. Frontispiece is tissue-guarded. Pp.lxxv,309. Volume 2 has 14 black and white illustrations. Pp.vi, 333. No ownership inscription in either volume. Both volumes are now protected in removable covers.
Published : John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London 1932,
£35.00

Crompton Francis E. - The Gentle Heritage

Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Hardback. A good plus copy. Pictorial onlay to upper board. A little foxing. 180 pages + adverts. Eight colour plates by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Published : Ward Lock, London 1920,
£12.00

Crosland, T.W.H. - Little People: An Alphabet

Illustrated by Henry Mayer.
Hardback. A near very good copy. This is no. XI in the Dumpy Books for Children series. Light green cloth with vertical lines and lettering in dark green. Pp.[viii],94. Colour illustrations of children in national costumes. Photographs available on request.
Published : Grant Richards, London 1902,
£45.00

Crow Elmay - Speck the Brownie Here and There

Illustrated by Elmay Crow.
Hardback. A very good copy with illustration and title on front board and with title on spine. SIGNED "Brownie Joy - Elmay" at foot of title page. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. Unpaginated. Protected in a removable cover. This is a lovely tight clean copy.
Published : Crow Publishing, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1971,
£12.00

Cunningham Julia - Burnish Me Bright

Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 74pp. Black and white illustrations.
Published : Heinemann, London 1971, First Edition
£12.00

Dahl Roald (Compiled By Wendy Cooling) - D is For Dahl A Glorious A-Z Guide of the World of Roald Dahl

Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's dark blue cloth with title in silver on spine. No inscriptions. Profusely illustrated in black and white. 200 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is price-clipped.
Published : Penguin Books Ltd., London 2004, First Edition
£9.00

Darling, F. Fraser - The Seasons and the Farmer

Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Hardback. A very good copy in dark cream paper-covered boards with illustration of lapwings and starlings on upper board and dark blue cloth spine lettered in yellow. In a good plus dustwrapper with minor chipping and closed edge tears. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. The book lacks end-papers but appears to have been published without them. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.[viii],72. Woodcuts by Tunnicliffe and photographic illustrations.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1939, First Edition
£18.00

Darrell Margery (Introduction) - Once Upon a Time the Fairy-Tale World of Arthur Rackham

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A smallish piece of paper has been pasted onto the front end-paper to cover up an ownership or gift inscription. 248 pages. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Includes a number of the works illustrated by Rackham in full and an Appreciation by Margery Darrell.
Published : Heinemann, London 1972,
£15.00

Davidson Helen B. - Jane the Determined

Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey.
Hardback. N.d. A very good copy in publisher's brown cloth with title in black and illustration on front board and on spine. School Prize label on front free endpaper dated 1932. Many black and white illustrations in text. Light foxing to page ends. 260 pages with 3 page catalogue. Good dustwrapper with closed tears, not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover. This is a volume in the New Era Series.
Published : Thoma Nelson & Sons Ltd., London, First Edition
£9.00

De Fonblanque, Edward Barrington (Editor) - Cluck-Cluck A Christmas Story Told By Grandpapa Potmouse

Illustrated by T.W.Y..
Hardback., A bright, very good, copy in publisher's green cloth which is illustrated and titled in gilt on front board. A little wear to spine ends. The boards are protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Pp.[xii],44. Ten black and white illustrations and title page vignette.No ownership inscription. A children's fairy story.
Published : Basil Montagu Pickering, London 1877, First Edition
£70.00

de Lambert, Madame J. - The Story of Elise Marcel

Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth. Decorated spine and upper board. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. All edges gilt. Prize label. Some foxing to end-papers. Pp.vii,199 + 4pp publisher's adverts. Illustrated. This is a tale for girls translated from the French. Uncommon in an early edition (This may be the first edition in English).
Published : William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh 1883,
£20.00

De Leeuw, Ad�le - Horseshoe Harry and the Whale

Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Hardback. A near fine copy in illustrated boards. Colour illustrations on each page. Unpaginated. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription.
Published : Dennis Dobson, London 1979, First Edition
£15.00

De Rougemont, Peggy - Sweet and Tart : The Adventures of Two Little Apples

Hardback. A very good, bright, copy with pictorial front board. In a slip-case which is split along the top edge.but is otherwise quite decent. No ownership inscription .Some foxing to half-title and a little elswhere but generally quite clean. 59 pages. Numerous attractive coloured illustrations by the author throughout. An attractive period piece.
Published : Methuen, London 1937, First Edition
£180.00

Defoe Daniel - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Illustrated by Kauffmann.
Nd. c. 1910? A good copy in light blue cloth decorated on the spine and upper board. School prize label on front pastedown. Pp. xv,289. Frontispiece and 18 black and white illustrations.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London,
£10.00

Defoe Daniel - The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner

Nd. c. 1880? A good copy in decorated olive green cloth. Page edges stained red. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 328pp. 6 colour chromolithographs. Upwards of 80 black and white drawings.
Published : Ernest Nister, London,
£15.00

Defoe Daniel - The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner as Related By Himself

Hardback. Nd. but gift inscription is dated 1902. A near very good copy. Decorated upper board. All edges red. 328 pages. 6 full-page colour illustrations. More than 80 black and white drawings. An attractive edition.
Published : Ernest Nister, London,
£15.00

Defoe Daniel - The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner as Related By Himself

Illustrated by Noel Pocock.
Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with illustrated front board and spine and with title in gilt on spine. A little wear at spine ends Top edge gilt. No inscriptions. Illustrated endpapers. 352 pages.24 colour illustrations on thick grey paper. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Humphrey Milford, London 1924,
£25.00

Defoe Daniel - The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, as Related By Himself

Illustrated by Walter Paget.
Hardback. A very good copy in decorated brown boards lettered in gilt. Bevelled edges. Light yellow end-papers. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.viii,416. 120 original black and white illustrations by Walter Paget.
Published : Cassell, London 1891,
£20.00