Wopsy Again. The Further Adventures of a Guardian Angel
London: Samuel Walker Ltd, 1967. Reprint. Paperback with original paper wraps. G : in Good condition with dust jacket. Some yellowing to jacket. 542pp :: 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5") (Book ref. h2056) £50.00
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The Roaming Doll
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [1966]. Reprint. Orange hardback cloth cover. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. [80pp] :: B/w illustrations throughout :: 210mm x 170mm (8" x 7") (Book ref. bcb005c) £15.60
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Gnomeland: Teatime Tales for Tiny Tots
London: P R Gawthorne, [1944]. [First Edition]. Blue pictorial boards. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Front cover rubbed. One of rear end papers missing. 61pp :: 240mm x 180mm (9" x 7") (Book ref. h2057) £28.00
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Pond Life. Puffin Picture Book No. 93
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd/Puffin, 1964. Reprint. Illustrated colour paper covers. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers worn. 30pp :: Illustrated in colour and b/w :: 180mm x 220mm (7" x 9") (Book ref. pufp093a) £4.60
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Tintin and the Blue Oranges
London: Methuen & Co, 1967. First Edition. Illustrated laminated board cover with yellow cloth spine. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Covers rubbed and lightly marked. 47pp :: Colour illustrations based on the film :: 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9") (Book ref. ttn01a) £36.00
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Cigars of the Pharaoh. The Adventures of Tintin
London: Methuen/Magnet, 1971. Reprint. Illustrated card cover. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Wear to spine ends with some tearing. 62pp :: 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9") (Book ref. ttn08) £24.00
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The Castafiore Emerald. The Adventures of Tintin
London: Methuen, 1963. First UK Edition. Illustrated card cover. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed with bumping and wear to spine ends and corners. 62pp :: Colour illustrations :: 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9") (Book ref. ttn07) £36.00
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The Arabian Nights Their Best Known Tales
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Reprint. Black hardback cloth cover with pasted illustration to front. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Sm. nick to edge of front cover. Spine faded. 337pp :: Illustrated with full page colour plates :: 240mm x 190mm (9" x 7") (Book ref. ara24) £36.00
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Westward Ho! or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burburgh in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Harrap edition
London: George Harrap & Co Ltd, 1935. Reprint. Burgundy illustrated hardback cloth cover. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned. Previous owner's inscription to fep. 634pp :: 16 colour plates by Ellis Silas :: 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8") (Book ref. ck44l) £24.00
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The Book of Animals. An Album of Natural History
London: Andrew Melrose, 1906. First Edition. Blue illustrated hardback cloth cover. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Frontis plate edge-torn and with edge-marking. Previous owner's inscription and date to fep. 284pp + ads :: Eight colour plates (some mispaginated) and numerous b/w plates within :: 250mm x 200mm (10" x 8") (Book ref. j7077) £24.00
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The Juvenile Plutarch, containing accounts of the lives of celebrated children, and of the infancy of persons who have been illustrious for their virtues or talents [volume 2].
London: printed by William Darton, 1820. Fourth edition, volume 2 (of 2) only (hardback). 16mo, [iii], 204pp. Frontispiece and 4 plates. Dark green morocco spine, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rubbed, corners of boards worn, some light spotting of the contents. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition. (Book ref. 18580) £10.00
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Footlight fairytales; a selection of children's plays and pantomimes told in story form with illustrations.
London: Halcyon book company, nd [1935]. No edition stated (presumed first). 8vo, 216pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original grey cloth with red titling to spine. Some minor spotting else a very good copy. (Book ref. 8476) £10.00
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Early Children's Books and their illustration.
Oxford University Press (& the Pierpont Morgan Library), 1975. First UK edition (hardback). 4to, xxx, 263pp. Text illustrations throughout, mainly in b&w but a few in colour. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. This copy was formerly in a reference library, with occasional stamps, and a neat shelfmark to the foot of the spine of the dustwrapper, but the book and the dustwrapper are nonetheless in good to very good condition overall. ISBN 0192115650 (Book ref. 23034) £15.00
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TOPSY-TURVY TALES. Told by Elsie Smeaton Munro.
John Lane 1923. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xii] + 179pp. Cold. frontis., vignette t.p., 5 cold. plates, numerous b/w. ills. Ex.-libris Simon Heneage, e.ps. and occasionally text spotted, fore-edge of plate @p.22 sl. chipped and with sl. glue? stain to fore-edge of p.23, lower leading corner of frontis. sl. chipped, vignette to t.p and contents leaf rubbed with some very sl. surface loss to paper, contemporary inscription, lightly rubbed original dec. blue cloth sl. bumped to corners, lower board sl. spotted, lower joint splitting. US$56 (Book ref. 215021) £35.00
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HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES.
Hodder and Stoughton 1980. Facsimile Reprint of 1923 Hodder Ed. Sm. 4to. xii + 289pp. Cold. frontis., illus. t.p., 15 cold. plates, numerous other ills., decorations etc. Ex.-libris Simon Heneage, original dec. gilt lettered brown coloured boards faded to spine. US$76 (Book ref. 215020) £48.00
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THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE De La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd/New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1953. 1st Ed. thus. [x] + 371pp. 8 cold. plates and drawings in the text. Ex.-libris Simon Heneage, good in sl. torn and chipped d/w. lightly faded to spine. Children’s Illustrated Classics. US$32 (Book ref. 215022) £20.00
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THE CHILD WORLD. By Gabriel Setoun.
John Lane 1896 [?but 1897]. 4th Ed. Crown 8vo. 174pp. + 12pp. publ. adverts. Frontis., illus. t.p., numerous head and tail pieces, decorations, initial letters etc. E.ps. spotted, good in original dec. gilt lettered illus. maroon cloth faded to spine. US$95 (Book ref. 215008) £60.00
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FAIRY TALES. Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas.
J.M. Dent & Co. 1899. Royal 8vo. xiv + 539pp. Cold. frontis., cold. illus. t.p., numerous b/w. ills. by Thomas, Chas. and William Robinson. Very lightly spotted dec. e.ps. with sm. contemporary inscription, lightly soiled and rubbed cold. pictorial cloth with some sl. wear to extremities, rebacked with remains of original spine laid down, t.e.g. US$286 (Book ref. 215005) £180.00
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The unprecedented discovery of the Dragon Islands: April-June 1819, HMS Argonaut, Lord Nathaniel Parker
Reed Books, 1997. 0600589668 First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean large format hardback tightly bound in glossy pictorial boards (issued without a dustjacket), no inscriptions, appears little used. Unpaginated (48 pages), colour illustrations, glossary (Book ref. 37006) £10.00
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GREAT LITTLE ENGINES the Railway Series No 29
London: KAYE & WARD, 1985. Illustrated by SPONG , Clive. Hard Back. Fine. 110x140mm Approx 0718210522 Red Laminated sm H/b, FINE , book as nrew , 62pp , no dust jacket as issued by publisher. Colour illustrated alternate - full-page by Clive Spong. , col illus railway station scenes to feps , no inscsp / annotations , tight binding , clean throughout ,[Thomas the Tank books]Sir Handel had been helping out on the Talyllyn Railway - Sir handel was very conceted ... [ Peter Sam , Gordon , Duke , Rusty] , no inscsp. PLS see our image (Book ref. 10977) £9.95
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