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Blacket Books
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Illustrated by Rose Harries.
Hardback. A fine copy. No.40 of 160 copies. The text is Blake's poem, "Auguries of Innocence" which is illustrated with line drawings by Rose Harries who walked the streets of Cambridge with a sketchbook, fitting her impressions of the poem with modern scenes of street life.
Published : Incline Press, Oldham,
£30.00

Hardback. 4to. [1958]. A near very good copy. Blue cloth spine. Illustrated boards and endpapers. Board tips a little worn. 60 pages. Profusely illustrated. Gift inscription on half-title otherwise a very nice clean and tight copy internally.
Published : Latimer House, London,
£14.00

Illustrated by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill.
Hardback. A good copy in a full leather binding. Title piece and five raised bands on spine. Only some scuffing to front board prevents this book from being very good. Marbled end-papers and edges. Bookplate. Ownership inscription. Pp.v,256. Humourous illustrations throughout.
Published : William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh 1857,
£15.00

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. A nice clean copy, not foxed and with no ownership inscription. Pp.v,256 + 4pp adverts. Black and white illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1874,
£8.00

Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Numerous black and white full page illustrations. 608 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is slightly faded on spine and is protected in a removable cover
Published : Wordsworth Editions, London 1989,
£12.00

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

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

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

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

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

Softback. Nd. c. 1900? A fair copy. A little chipping to the covers. Neat internal repairs to tears with clear tape. 24 pages. Illustrated throughout including colour. An R. Caldecott picture book. Early issue.
Published : Frederick Warne & Co, London,
£6.00

Softback. Nd. late 19th century. A fair to good copy. Some tears to the spine paper. Small gift inscription on title page. 30 pages. Illustrated throughout including full-page colour illustrations. One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London,
£8.00

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

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

Illustrated by Donald McGill.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's yellow cloth with title in red on spine. No inscriptions.50 colour illustrations including frontis. Good plus illustrated dustwrapper missing a smallish piece along the top of the rear panel. Not price-clipped. Donald McGill was the greatest practitioner of the comic postcard, and especially of the seaside postcard.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1966, First Edition
£15.00

A good copy in red cloth which is darkened on the spine and upper board and showing wear at the spine ends and board tips. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Pp.viii,95. 35 illustrations by Birket Foster et al engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. A typewritten note tipped-in to the front-endpaper narrates the provenance of the book for its first 100 years.
Published : George Routledge & Co, London 1857,
£12.00

Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
A good copy in dark red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xxvi,416 + 4pp adverts. 40 full-page black and white illustrations by H.M. Brock.
Published : Macmillan, London 1895,
£15.00

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

Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Softback. Nd. c.1910. Four 4to volumes all in good condition with some rubbing and minor surface chipping to the edges of the card covers.. All with colour illustration on front cover, two full-page colour illustrations and many smaller line illustrations all by W. Heath Robinson. Browning to pages as usual.
Published : Alf Cooke Ltd., Leeds and London,
£50.00

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

Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss.
. A very good copy in paper covered boards with red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Lower board tips slightly bumped. Previous owner's ex libris plate on front free end-paper. Top edge spotted otherwise clean throughout. 197 pages. Illustrations, some in colour, by Douglas Percy Bliss. Note loosely inserted containing gift inscription from Isabel Bliss (presumably a relative of the illustrator).
Published : Oxford University Press 1928,
£14.00

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

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

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

Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Profusely illustrated in colour. Unpaginated. Very good dustwrapper which is not price-lipped and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Victor Gollancz, London 1991, First Edition
£8.00

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

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

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

Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Hardback. Oblong folio. A good plus copy in publisher's green cloth lettered and dated in gilt on spine. Patterned end-papers.24 sepia coloured plates. Closed edge tear at plate 22 not affecting the plate itself. Unpaginated. Some pages are browned but overall a nice copy.
Published : Marcus Ward, London 1885,
£75.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 243 pages. Numerous illustrations. "Originally published in 1896, this survey of book illustration is both a comprehensive guide to many facets of early work in the field and important evidence of Victorian taste and the influences which shaped it."
Published : George Bell and Sons, London 1972,
£8.00

Illustrated by R. Cruickshank.
Nd. c.1840? A near very good copy in a green half-leather binding with lighter green pebbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt on a red title-piece and with five raised bands. Some rubbing to spine and board tips. Marbled edges and end-papers. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. A little end-paper foxing but otherwise clean. 251 pages. Eighty-five engraved plates by R. Cruickshank.
Published : Black And Armstrong, London,
£45.00

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

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

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

Folio. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. 127pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Fortune Press, London 1981, First Edition
£12.00

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

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

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

Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Just about good in red cloth which is a little creased, worn and marked. One gathering loose. Some end-paper and fore-edge foxing. 254pp + 2pp adverts. Frontispiece. 23 illustrations by Harry Furniss. A fantasy set in Scotland.
Published : Ward and Downey, London 1890, First Edition
£18.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Hardback. A near very good copy with illustrated boards which are slightly bumped at corners and rubbed at top and foot of spine. Previous owner's name on reverse of front free endpaper. Illustrated endpapers. Some foxing to page edges. Profusely illustrated in colour and in black and white. 48 pages. Good dustwrapper showing very minor edge chipping and now protected in a removable cover.
Published : Hachette, Paris 1938, First Edition
£28.00

Illustrated by John Austen.
4to. A very good copy. Gilt lettered quarter vellum. Top edge gilt. A lovely clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Number 365 of 850 copies. 85pp followed by a Hand-list of books illustrated by John Austen. 5 colour and 8 black and white illustrations + 4 head-pieces.
Published : William Jackson (Books) Ltd, London 1929,
£30.00

Illustrated by George Morrow.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth which is lettered and illustrated on front board and spine. Coloured frontispiece and 11 black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's name on half title page. 136 pages. Protected in a removable cover.
Published : Oxford University Press, London 1927, First Edition
£10.00

Illustrated by Emily Gravett.
4to. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. First impression. Not paginated. Colour illustrations throughout. "A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape---."
Published : Macmillan's Children's Books, London 2010, First Edition
£22.00