Children’s

  1. Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982, 1st. edn. 237pp. Cold. and b/w illus. by Peter Richardson. Translated from the German by Peter Carter. D/w with one small, closed tear in bottom edge of back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8106) £10.00
  1. Misty Annual 1979. London: IPC Magazines, 1978. 1st. edn. 143pp. Pictorial, laminated boards slightly bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7079) £20.00
  1. Misty Annual 1980. London: IPC Magazines, 1979. 1st. edn. 143pp. Laminated, pictorial boards very slightly bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7080) £25.00
  1. Misty Annual 1982. London: IPC Magazines, 1981. 1st. edn. 127pp. “Filled with chills from the midnight world…”. Laminated, pictorial boards a little bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7081) £40.00
  1. Misty Annual 1983. London: IPC Magazines, 1982. 1st. edn. 111pp. “Chilling stories inside…”. Laminated, pictorial boards, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7082) £40.00
  1. Misty Annual 1984. London: IPC Magazines, 1983. 1st. edn. 111pp.”Stories from the midnight world”. Laminated, pictorial boards very slightly bumped on top corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7083) £50.00
  1. Stories of Daring. London: Collins, nd. Unpaginated. Cold. frontis. and line drawings. Ownership signature dated July, 1925 to ffep. Pictorial paper-covered boards a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise an unusually clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4341) £20.00
  1. Rupert Annual 1946 – The New Rupert Book London: Daily Express, 1946 120 pp. Stories include “Rupert on Coon Island” and “Rupert and Rastus” etc. “This Book Belongs To” filled in. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and a 5mm tear in fold between spine head and the top edge of back panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 1933) £75.00
  1. Andersen, Hans.: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. London: The Folio Society, 1995. 1st. edn. thus. xii,288pp. 16 cold. plates and numerous b/w illus. by W. Heath Robinson. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. A fine copy in a very slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7917) £150.00
  1. Augarde, Steve.: Barnaby Shrew, Black Dan and…the Mighty Wedgwood. London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. 1st. edn. unpaginated(32pp). Cold. illus by the author throughout. D/w a little tanned otherwise a fine copy,. (Stock ref 6383) £7.50
  1. Barne, Kitty.: Rosina Copper. London: Evans Brothers, 1955. Reprint. 192pp. B/w illus. by Alfons Purtscher. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges, cornersand spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6981) £10.00
  1. Bawden, Edward.: Hold Fast by Your Teeth. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963. 1st. edn. unpaginated. Numerous cold. illus. by the author. Ex-lib copy with attendant flaws. D/w rather rubbed on edges and corners with small, closed tears at spine head and tail. Otherwise a rsound and reasonably clean copy. (Stock ref 5629) £30.00
  1. Blackman, Malorie.: Checkmate. London: Doubleday, 2005. 1st. edn. 511pp. The concluding volume in the Noughts and Crosses trilogy. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7111) £8.00
  1. Blyton, Enid: Five are Together Again. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. 1st. edn. 182pp. ine drawings by Eileen Soper. Binding slightly cocked. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3227) £50.00
  1. Blyton, Enid: Five on Kirrin Island Again. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. 1st. edn. 192pp. Cold. frontis., two-colour and b/w line drawings by Eileen Soper. Binding slightly cocked. D/w rubbed and worn with some loss to spine and bottom corner of front panel. Internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 3228) £50.00
  1. Blyton, Enid: The Yellow Story Book London: Methuen, 1950 1st. edn. (8)152 pp. B/w illus by Kathleen Gell. Gift inscription to ffep. Corners bumped. D/w somewhat chipped and rubbed with some minor loss. Overall, a good, clean copy. (Stock ref 1937) £50.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five go Adventuring Again. London: HOdder & Stoughton, 1958. 11th. impression. 192pp. Cold. frontis and b/w illus. by Eileen Soper. D/w a little chipped on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7137) £8.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five go to Billycock Hill. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. 1st. edn. 182pp. Illus. by Eileen Soper. D/w rather rubbed on edges and corners with some very minor loss at spine head and tail otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6792) £30.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five go to Demon’s Rocks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. 1st. edn. 184pp. Illus. by Eileen Soper. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners and with two tiny, closed tears in bottom edge of front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7135) £25.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five go to Demon’s Rocks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. 2nd. impression. 183pp. B/w illus. by Eileen Soper. Price-clipped d/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7642) £10.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five on a Hike Together. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1958. 7th Impression. 192pp. Numerous illus. by Eileen Soper. D/w chipped and worn on edges with minor loss and several small, closed tears. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 6706) £25.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Five on Finniston Farm. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. 1st. edn. 184pp. Illus. by Eileen Soper. D/w chipped and worn with several small, closed tears and some fairly minor loss at spine tail otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7134) £15.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: In the Fifth at Malory Towers. London: Methuen & Co., 1950. 1st. edn. viii,146pp. B/w illus. by Stanley Lloyd. Binding slightly cocked. D/w slighly rubbed on corners and with some minor loss at spine head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 4500) £50.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Last Term at Malory Towers. London: Methuen & Co., 1951. 1st. edn. vii,150pp.B/w illus. by Stanley Lloyd. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners with several tiny, closed tears. A very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7146) £150.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Shadow the Sheepdog. London: Collins, 1960. Reprint. 256pp. B/w illus by G. W. Backhouse. All pp. lightly tanned. D/w slightly rubbed on edges with a little fraying at5 spine head and tail otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6711) £10.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: The Circus of Adventure. London: Macmillan & Co., 1960. Reprint. 316pp. B/w illus. by Stuart Tresilian. D/w slightly rubbed onh corners and a little frayed at spine head and tail with very minor loss at spine head. Otherwise, a very good copy. (Stock ref 7139) £10.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: The Mystery of the Hidden House. London: Methuen & Co., 1959. Reprint. 198pp. B/w illus. by J. Abbey. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7138) £10.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: The Put-em-Rights. London: Lutterworth Press, 1951. 4th. Impression. 168pp. Cold. frontis. and b/w illus. by Elizabeth Wall. D/w chipped and worn with several closed tearsand minor loss at spine tail. A clean, sound copy otherwise. (Stock ref 7144) £7.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: The River of Adventure. London: Macmillan & Co., 1960. Reprint. 277pp. B/w illus. by Stuart Tresilian. D/w rubbed on edges and corners with some fraying at5spine head and tail otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7140) £10.00
  1. Blyton, Enid.: Upper Fourth at Malory Towers. London: Methuen & Co., 1952. Reprint. vii,147pp. B/w illus. by Stanley Lloyd. Binfing slightly cocked. D/w a little rubbed and worn on edges and corners with several, small closed tears. A clean, sound copy ,otherwise. (Stock ref 7145) £15.00
  1. Bond, Michael.: Paddington on Top. London: Collins, 1974. 1st. edn. 124pp. B/w illus. by Peggy Fortnum. Ownership signature to ffep Whole text block very slightly tanned. D/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8057) £40.00
  1. Bond, Michael.: Paddington Takes the Test. London: Collins, 1979. 1st. edn. 126pp. B/w illus by Peggy Fortnum. D/w very slightly tanned otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8056) £100.00
  1. Brazil, Angela: A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl London: Blackie, nd (1919) 1st. edn. 288 pp. Six b/w plates by John Campbell. D/w chipped and worn with some loss to spine head otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 1295) £50.00
  1. Brooks, Edwy Searles.: Expelled! London: Howard Baker, 1972. 1st. edn. thus. Eight full-length stories including The Secret Societies of St. Frank’s and The Death of Walter Church. Nelson Lee Library vol.2. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6068) £8.00
  1. Buckeridge, Anthony: That’s Jennings London: Macmillan, 1994 1st. edn. (6)121 pp. The final “Jennings” title. D/w very slightly creased at top of back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2029) £45.00
  1. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.: The Secret Garden. London: The Folio Society, 2006. 1st. edn. thus. (10)273pp. Cold. frontis. and seven other cold. plates by Charles Robinson. Green cloth gilt boards. A fine copy in a very slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7929) £15.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. London: Macmillan, 1998. 1st. edn. thus. Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, coloured by Harry Theaker and Diz Wallis. A Special Centenary Edition. D/w a little dust marked else a fine copy. (Stock ref 8091) £8.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Ward, Lock & Co., nd. (c1920) 332pp plus 10pp publisher’s list. Frontis. and 43 other cold. plates by Margaret W. Tarrant. Text on front board and on title page calls for 48 plates but contents lists only 44. Presumably, the cold. pictorial epp are included in the 48? Olive green cloth boards with black lettering and decoration with oval cold. illus of Alice and the White Rabbit. Tape stains to pastedowns. Boards very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean sound copy (Stock ref 7652) £90.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: William Heinemann, nd (1907). 1st. edn. thus. (2) v-xi(1)161(3)pp. 13 tissue-guarded plates and many line drawings by Arthur Rackham and a poem by Austin Dobson. Lacks half-title. Rear end-papers and last page of text slightly stained.Some light foxing throughout.Green cloth binding with dark green lettering and a gilt motif of a gryphon and a mock turtle to front board. Boards sunned, particularly on spine, and slightly stained on front with some fraying to spine tail. (Stock ref 3812) £150.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. 1st. printing of the People’s Edition. (12)179pp. 42 b/w illus. by John Tenniel. Dated ownership signature to half-title and another name in capitals on front pastedown. A little light foxing throughout. Pictorial green cloth a little dull and a trifle bumped and rubbed on corners otherwise a clean sound copy. (Stock ref 5212) £150.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground: being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan & Co., 1886. 1st. edn. thus. viii(8)95 plus 4pp publisher’s list. 37 b/w illus. by the author. Red cloth gilt rather rubbed on corners and rebacked with original backstrip laid on. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5303) £175.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: The Complete Alice and The Hunting of the Snark. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 1st edn. thus. 336pp. Illustrated in colour and b/w by Ralph Steadman. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8090) £65.00
  1. Coolidge, Susan.: What Katy Did. London: The Folio Society, 2011. 1st. edn. thus. xvi,153pp. Illustrated by Deanna Straffo with an introduction by Amanda Craig. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in a like slipcase. (Stock ref 8025) £10.00
  1. Cooper, Susan.: Over Sea, Under Stone. London: The Folio Society, 2011. 1st. edn. thus. x,206pp. Illustrated by Laura Carlin with a new preface by the author. Quarter cloth over pictorial paper covered boards. A fine copy in a like slipcase. (Stock ref 8028) £25.00
  1. Crossley-Holland, Kevin.: Norse Myths. Hemel Hempstead: Simon & Schuster Young Books, 1993. 1st. edn. 128pp. Many cold. illus. by Gillian McClure. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7101) £9.00
  1. Crowther, Charles: Steamboat Bill London: Collins, nd (1949?) Presumed 1st. edn. No pagination. Cold. illus. by the author throughout. Ownership inscription to front inner flap of d/w. D/w a little rubbed on edges with one or two very smill tears and stained on inner surface. Internally, clean and bright. (Stock ref 1753) £30.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: Boy: tales of childhood London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. 1st. edn. 160pp. B/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6375) £15.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: James and the Giant Peach. London: Viking, 1995. 1st. edn. thus. 156pp. Numerous b/w illus. by Quentin Blake. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8071) £20.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: Matilda. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. Reprint. 240pp. B/w illus. by Quentin Blake. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8074) £15.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: Rhyme Stew. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. 1st. edn. 80pp. B/w illus. by Quentin Blake. Gift inscription to front pastedown. D/w, a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8073) £10.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: The BFG. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 1st. edn. 224pp. B/w illus. by Quentin Blake. All pp lightly tanned. Price-clipped d/w very slightly scratched on back panel otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8076) £150.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: The Minpins. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 1st. edn. 48pp. Cold. illus. throughout bu Patrick Benson. D/w with small, closed tear in top edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8072) £10.00
  1. Dahl, Roald.: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more. London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. 1st. edn. 249pp. Price-clipped d/w very slightly tanned along top edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8075) £25.00
  1. Defoe, Daniel.: Robinson Crusoe. London: Oxford University Press,nd(1934). New edn. 144pp. Eight cold. plates. One of trhe Great Books series. Pictorial paper-covered boards bumped on corners, slightly frayed at spine head and tail and very slightly faded on spine. A very clean, sound copy otrherwise. (Stock ref 7848) £15.00
  1. Foss, Michael (ed.): A Treasury of Fairy Tales with Classic Illustrations. London: Michael O’Mara Books, 1986. 1st. edn. 160pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. by Arthur Rackham, Kai Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Warwick Goble et al. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8114) £10.00
  1. Garfield, Leon.: The Cloak. London: William Heinemann, 1976. 1st. edn. 48pp. Many b/w illus. by Faith Jaques. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with some minor loss at spine head. A very good copy. (Stock ref 5402) £5.00
  1. Geras, Adele.: The Orchard Book of Opera Stories. London: Orchard Books, 1997. 1st. edn. 127pp. Numerous cold. illus. by Ian Beck, Emma Chichester Clark et al. D/e a trifle rubbed along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8113) £15.00
  1. Grahame, Kenneth:: The Golden Age. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928. 1st. edn. thus. x, 166 pp. plus 4 pp adverts. B/w illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. Corners slightly bumped, d/w chipped and worn with some loss but generally a very clean and sound copy. (Stock ref 6098) £45.00
  1. Greenwood, James.: The Hatchet Throwers. London: John Camden Hotten, 1866. 1st. edn. 164pp. 36 cold. wood engravings by Ernest Griset. Rebacked dark blue cloth boards with gilt decoration somewhat rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6481) £100.00
  1. Hawthorne, Nathaniel.: Tanglewood Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. New edn. 222pp. 11 cold. plates by Edmund Dulac. Gift inscription to ffep dated “Xmas 1939”. Grey cloth boards with red lettering and decoration generally dust marked with fox-spotting to spine corners bumped. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 7578) £20.00
  1. Henty, G. A.: To Herat and Cabul: a story of the first Afghan War. London: Blackie & Son, 1902. 1st. edn. 352pp plus 32pp publisher’s list. Eight b/w illus. by Charles M. Sheldon, map. School proze plate to front pastedown. Dark blue decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6058) £40.00
  1. Housman, Laurence.: Stories from the Arabian Nights. London: Hodder & Stpoughton, 1911. 1st. edn. thus. Unpaginated(144). 21 of 24 cold. plates by Edmund Dulac. Dated gift inscription to ffep. Decorated green cloth gilt boards rather rubbed on edges and corners else an clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8110) £25.00
  1. Hughes, Ted.: Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth. London: Faber & Faber, 1986. 1st. edn. 96pp. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8034) £10.00
  1. Johns, Capt. W. E.: Biggles Air Detective Omnibus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 2nd. impression. 640pp. B/w illus. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7420) £20.00
  1. Johns, Capt. W. E.: The First Biggles Omnibus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. Reprint. 640pp. B/w illus. D/w rubbed and worn on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7419) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles – Air Detective. London: Latimer House,1953. 4th. impression.142pp. B/w illus. D/w rubbed and worn with several small, closed tears otrherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6677) £15.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles – Charter Pilot. London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Reprint. 157pp. B/w illus. by Mendoza. D/w a little chipped and rubbed otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6679) £15.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1960. 1st. edn. 184pp. Six cold. plates by Leslie Stead. D/w a little rubbed along top edge with three tiny, closed tears otherwisea very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7128) £25.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1964. 1st. edn. 184pp. Cold. frontis. and b/w illus. by Leslie Stead. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7159) £45.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles and the Missing Millionaire. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961. 1st. edn. 170pp. Cold. frontis. by Leslie Stead. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7129) £30.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles at World’s End. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1959. 1st. edn. 182pp. Six cold. plates by Leslie Stead. Binding slightly cocked. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with two tiny, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7127) £25.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Buries a Hatchet. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1958. 1st. edn. 184pp. Six cold. plates by Leslie Stead. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very cleamn, sound copy. (Stock ref 7125) £30.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Defies the Swastika. London: Armada, 1962. 1st. P/B edn. 159pp. B/w illus. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed and creased otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6698) £7.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Flies East. London: Armada, 1963. 1st. P/B edn. 192pp. Pictorial card covers slightly creased on spine and bottom corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6697) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Flies North. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963. New edn. 184pp. All pp. tanned. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners with two tiny, closed tears in bottom edge of front panel otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6682) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Flies South. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963. New edn. 184pp. All pp. tanned. D/w rubbed on edges and corners and slightly frayed at spine head otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6683) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Flies to Work: some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police. London: Dean & Son, nd (1963). 1st. edn. 184pp. All pp. tanned. D/w slightly rubbed on corners and edges with some fraying at spine head otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6689) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Follows on. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 2nd. impression. 158pp. Eight b/w plates by Stead. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6691) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Gets His Men. London: Armada, 1963. 1st. P/B edn.143pp. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners with two light creases in back panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6702) £5.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Goes Home. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. 1st. edn. 160pp. Cold. frontis. and b/w illus. by Stead. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w slightly dust marked and very lightly rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy./ (Stock ref 7157) £25.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Goes to War. London: Armada, 1962. 1st. P/B edn. 159pp. Pictorial card covers a trifle creased on spine and rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6700) £4.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Hits the Trail. London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Reprint. 250pp. B/w illus. by Alfred Sindall. D/w rubbed on edges and corners with several small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6678) £15.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Hunts Big Game. London: Armada, 1963. 1st. P/B edn. 159pp. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed and creased otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6699) £7.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in Australia. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. 4th. impression. 188pp. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6692) £7.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in Borneo. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1960. New edn. 184pp. Cold. frontis. D/w somewhat rubbed on edges and corners with some frying at spine head otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6685) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in the Cruise of the Condor. London: Dean & Son, nd. Reprint. 184pp. All pp rather tanned. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6688) £6.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in the Jungle. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963 New edn. 184pp. All pp. somewhat tanned. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with a small, closed tear in rear fold-in otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6681) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in the South Seas. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1962. New edn. 184pp. All pp rather tanned. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7166) £15.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles in the Terai London: Brockhampton Press, 1966 1st edn. 176 pp. D/w just showing a little rubbing to spine head otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6703) £200.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Makes Ends Meet. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. 1st. edn. 192pp. Cold. frontis and five other plates by Stead. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7161) £40.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles on Mystery Island London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1958. 1st. edn. 192pp. Cold. frontis and five otherplates by Stead. Ownership stamp to ffep. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with several small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7156) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Sets a Trap. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. 1st. edn. 159pp. B/w illus. by Stead. D/w slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7160) £45.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Takes a Hand. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. 1st. edn. 160pp. B/w illus. by Leslie Stead. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7131) £30.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Takes a Hand. London: Knight Books, 1975. 1st. P/B edn. 159pp. Pictorial card covers rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6701) £8.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles takes a Holiday. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. 5th. impression. 191pp. eight cold. plates by Stead. Price-clipped d/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with a closed tear in top edge of front panel otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6690) £9.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles Takes Charge. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1961. 2nd impression. 192pp. Cold. frontis by Leslie Stead. Binding very slightly cocked. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6684) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles’ Combined Operation. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 1st. edn. 158pp. Six cold. plates by Stead. D/w a little rubbed on corners with two small, closed tears in top edge of front panel otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6694) £25.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Gimlet Lends a Hand. London: Armada, 1964. 1st. P/B edn. 158pp. B/w ills. by Leslie Stead. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6696) £10.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: Orchids for Biggles. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1962. 1st. edn. 168pp. Cold. frontis. by Leslie Stead. Binding cocked. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 6695) £20.00
  1. Johns, Captain W. E.: The Rescue Flight: a Biggles story. London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Reprint. 248pp. B/w illus. by Alfred Sindall. D/w chipped and worn on corners with some fairly monor loss to spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6680) £15.00
  1. Johns, Captain W.E.: Biggles in Mexico. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1959. 1st. edn. 183pp. Six cold. plates by Leslie Stead. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners and a trifle frayed at spine head otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7126) £40.00
  1. Jones, Diana Wynne.: Castle in the Air. London: The Folio Society, 2021. 1st. Folio edn. xii,240pp. Illustrations by Marie-Alice Harel. Pictorial paper-covered boards. A fine copy in a slightly stained slipcase. (Stock ref 8020) £20.00
  1. Keeping, Charles.: Wasteground Circus. London: Oxford University Press, 1975. 1st. edn. 32pp. Cold. illus. throughout. Bottom edges of boards rubbed. D/w also slightly rubbed on bottom edge and with a small, closed tear at bottom of fromt fold-in. Internally, very clean and sound. (Stock ref 6357) £20.00
  1. Kerr, Judith.: Mog the Forgetful Cat. London: Collins, 1970. 1st. edn. unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. 2pp spoilt by childish scribbling. Pictorial paper covered boards rather grubby and bumped on corners otherwise a sound copy of this scarce title. (Stock ref 8036) £20.00
  1. Kipling, Rudyard.: All the Mowgli Stories. London: Macmillan & Co., 1943. Reprint. 271pp. Eight cold. plates and numerous b/w illus. by Stuart Tresilian. Binding very slightly cocked and boards slightly bumped on corners. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners with several closed tears but,otherwise, a very good, clean copy. (Stock ref 7849) £20.00
  1. Lanes, Selma G.: The Art of Maurice Sendak. London: The Bodley Head, 1981. 1st. UK edn. 278pp. Numerous cold. plates (some fold-out) and line drawings by Sendak , cold. and b/w photos. Printed glassine d/w, a fine copy.50.00 (Stock ref 7102) £50.00
  1. Lang, Andrew (ed).: The Yellow Fairy Book. London: The Folio Society, 2008. 1st. edn. thus. xxvi, 358pp. 13 cold. plates and numerous b/w drawings by Danuta Mayer. Introduction by Maria Tatar. Pictorial yellow cloth boards, a fine copy in slightly stained slipcase. (Stock ref 7299) £100.00
  1. Lang, Andrew, (ed).: The Red Fairy Book. London: The Folio Society, 2008. 1st. edn thus. xxii, 380pp. 16 cold. plates and numerous b/w drawings by Niroot Puttapipat. Introduction by Marina Warner. Pictorial red cloth boards, a fine copy in in a slightly rubbed slipcase. (Stock ref 7300) £150.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1969. 1st. Penguin edn. 329pp. b/w illus. by the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers very slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5367) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle in the Moon. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1968. 1st. Penguin edn. 169pp. B/w illus. by the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5365) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 19868. 1st. Penguin edn. 235pp. B/w illus. by the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5364) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle’s Garden. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1968. 1st. Penguin edn. 221pp. B/e illus. by the author. Pictorial card covers slightly faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5366) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1967 1st. Penguin edn. 265pp. B/w illus. by author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and creased on both panels otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5362) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle’s Return. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1969. 1st. Penguin edn. 166pp. B/w illus. by the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers a trifle faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5368) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 229pp. B/w illus. by the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and faded on the spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5363) £5.00
  1. Lofting, Hugh.: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 269pp. B/w illus. b y the author. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5361) £5.00
  1. Lurie, Alison (ed.): The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st. edn. xx,455pp. Includes stories by Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Joan Aiken, Tanith Lee, Angela Carter et al. D.w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8105) £8.00
  1. Macdonald, George.: At the Back of the North Wind. London: The Folio Society, 2008. 1st. Folio edn. xvi,269pp. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk with an introduction by Carol Ann Duffy. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in a very slightly dust marked slipcase. (Stock ref 8024) £20.00
  1. Masefield, John.: The Midnight Folk. London: The Folio Society, 2011. 1st. Folio edn. xii,198pp. Introduction by Alison Lurie and illustrated by Sara Ogilvie. Decorated cloth boards. A fine copy in a very slightly dust marked slipcase (Stock ref 8019) £25.00
  1. McCaughrean, Geraldine.: The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet. London: Orchard Books, 1994. 1st edn. 112pp. Numerous cold. illus. by Angela Barrett. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8112) £15.00
  1. Morpurgo, Michael.: Alone on a Wide Sea. London: HarperCollins, 2006. 1st. edn. 314pp. Signed by the author on half-title.. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8069) £25.00
  1. Morpurgo, Michael.: Lucky Button. London: Walker Books, 2017. 1st. edn. 168(4)pp. Many cold. and b/w illus. by Michael Foreman. D/w very slightly rubbed at spine tail otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8068) £10.00
  1. Morpurgo, Michael.: Private Peaceful. London: Collins, 2003. 1st. edn. 185pp. Signed by the author on half-title. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8070) £25.00
  1. Morpurgo. Michael.: Miss Wirtles Revenge Tadworth: Kaye & Ward, 1981. 1st. edn. unpaginated (32pp). Illus. by Graham Clarke. Signed by the author on half-title. Laminated pictorial boards slightly faded in top left hand corner of front board otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6382) £20.00
  1. Muchamore, Robert.: Shadow Wave. London: Hodder Children’s Books, 2010. 1st. edn. 343pp. Inscribed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 5404) £10.00
  1. Nye, Robert.: Poor Pumpkin. London: Macmillan, 1971. 1st. edn. 127pp. B/w illus, by Derek Collard. D/w with two small ,closed tears in top edge of back panel otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6815) £9.00
  1. Papas.: Elias the Fisherman. London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st. edn. unpaginated (32pp). Cold. illus by the author throughout. D/ w a little creased along top edge, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6358) £8.00
  1. Paver, Michelle.: Soul Eater. London: Orion Children’s Books, 2006. 1st. edn. 264pp. B/w illus. by Geoff Taylor. No. 3 in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7105) £8.00
  1. Paver, Michelle.: The Outcast. London: Orion Children’s Books, 2007. 1st. edn. 263pp. B/w illus. by Geoff Taylor. No.4 in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. Signed by the author on title page. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7104) £20.00
  1. Pepper, Dennis (ed.).: The Young Oxford Book od Ghost Stories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. 1st. edn. (6)313pp. B/w illus. Includes stories by E. F. Benson, Jane Gardam, M. R. James, Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Westall, Philippa Pearce et al. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8107) £15.00
  1. Perrault, Charles.: Perrault’s Fairy Tales. London: The Folio Society, 1998. 1st. edn. thus. (10)185pp. 30 cold. plates by Edmund Dulac, Red pictorial cloth gilt. A fine copy in a ver slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7919) £120.00
  1. Potter, Beatrix.: The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1930. Early reprint. 96pp. Six cold. plates and numerous b/w drawings by the author. Neat ownership signature dated Christmas 1931 to ffep (Stock ref 6179) £25.00
  1. Potter, Peatrix.: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: the 23 original Peter Rabbit books. London: Frederick Warne, 1989. 1st. edn. 383pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. by the author. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8111) £15.00
  1. Pullman, Philip.: The Adventures of the New Cut Gang. London: David Fickling Books, 2011. 1st. edn. 344pp. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8087) £10.00
  1. Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur.: The Sleeping Beauty annd Other Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, nd (c1935). New edn. 165pp. 15 captioned, tissue-guarded cold. plates by Edmund Dulac. D/w a little rubbed on edges with four small, closed tears and some fraying at spine head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 7579) £150.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Billy Bunter Gets the Boot! London: Howard Baker, 1978. 1st. edn. 232(2)pp. Howard Baker Greyfriars Library, book 1. All pp lightly tanned. Very light tape stains to fepp. D/ very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6069) £8.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Billy Bunter Gets the Boot. London: Howard Baker, 1978. 1st. edn. thus. 233 pp. Greyfriars Library no.1. Some very light staining to f.e.p.’s otherwise a fine copy in d/w. (Stock ref 3211) £12.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Billy Bunter of Bunter Court. London: Howard Baker, 1969. 1st. edn. thus. Magnet Library vol. 3. Stories include Billy Bunter’s Brainwave, Bunter of Bunter Court and The Bunter Court Eleven. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7169) £10.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School. London: Charles Skilton, 1947. 1st. edn. vi,232pp. Cold. frontis. and b/w illus. by R. J. Macdonald. Ownership signature on half-title. D/w dust marked and rubbed on edges with minor loss at spine head and corners and a closed tear at spine tail. Internally, clean and sound, a very good copy. (Stock ref 6999) £75.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Billy Bunter’s Christmas Party. London: Cassell and Co., 1952. 2nd. edn. 245pp plus 5pp publisher’s list. Cold. frontis and other b/w illus. by R. J. Macdonald. D/w rubbed and worn on corners and edges with minor loss at spine tail otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7011) £10.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Bunter the Bad Lad! London: Howard Baker, 1979. 1st. edn. 224pp. Greyfriars Library, book 2. Tape stains to fepp. D/w very slightly rubbed along top edge otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 6070) £8.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: Bunter the Bad Lad. London: Howard Baker, 1979. 1st. edn. thus. 225 pp. Greyfriars Library no.2. Some staining to f.e.p.’s and very light foxing to edges otherwise a fine copy in d/w. (Stock ref 3210) £10.00
  1. Richards, Frank.: The Rebellion of Harry Wharton. London: Howard Baker, 1969. 1st. edn. thus. The Magnet Library vol. 2. Stories include The Worst Boy in the Form, The rebel of the Remove and The Way of the Rebel. Price-clipped d/w rather worn on edges with two small, closed tears otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7168) £6.00
  1. Rowling, J. K.: The Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999. 1st. P/B edn. 317pp. Gift inscription on p5. Pictorial card covers very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7384) £100.00
  1. Rynd, Evelyne E.: Otherland London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1907 1st. edn. xv, 181 pp. Numerous illus. by Dorthy Furniss. Ownership inscription to ffep. Pictorial green cloth bumped on corners and sightly rubbed at spine head and tail. Internally, clean and sound and, overall a very good copy. (Stock ref 1570) £35.00
  1. Saville, Malcolm.: The Purple Valley. London: Heinemann, 1964. 1st. edn. 215pp. d/w very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7665) £20.00
  1. Sharratt, Nick & Tucker, Stephen.: Tom and the Tinful of Trouble. London: Scholastic, 2007. New edn., 2nd impression. Unpaginated. Cold. illus. Inscribed by one of the authors. Laminated pictorial card covers a trifle rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6762) £6.00
  1. Stong, Phil.: Honk the Moose. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1936. 1st. UK edn. 80pp. Cold. and b/w illus. by Kurt Wiese. Gift inscription on half-title. Pictorial paper-covered boards rather rubbed and worn on edges and corners but clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 7046) £10.00
  1. Stong, Phil.: No-Sitch: the hound. London: George Harrap & Co., 1937. 1st. UK edn. 80pp. Many cold. and b/w illus. by Kurt Wiese. D/w chipped and worn on edges and corners with several small, closed tears and some fairly minor loss at spine head. A clean, sound copy internally. (Stock ref 7001) £15.00
  1. Tesnohlidek, Rudolf.: The Cunning Little Vixen. London: The Bodley Head, 1986. 1st. UK edn. 186pp. Numerous cold. illus. by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza Morgan and Robert T. Jones. Afterword by Robert T. Jones. D/w slightly faded on spine and with two small, closed tears in top edge otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 7099) £15.00
  1. Travers, P. L.: Mary Poppins. London: Collins, 1964. 3rd. edn. 222pp. Illustrations by Mary Shepard. D/w rather chipped and worn with several small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8035) £15.00
  1. Uttley, Alison.: A Traveller in Time. London: The Folio Society, 2012. 1st. edn. thus. xviii,214pp. Illustrated by Omar Rayyan with an introduction by Joanna Briscoe. Pictorial cloth covered boards. A fine copy in a similar slipcase. (Stock ref 8027) £25.00
  1. Walliams, David.: Mr. Stink. London: HarperCollins, 2009. 1st. edn. 267pp. B/w illus. by Quentin Blake. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7819) £200.00
  1. Walliams, David.: The Boy in the Dress. London: Harper Collins, 2008. 1st. edn. 232pp. B/w illustrations by Quentin Blake. The author’s first novel. Price-clipped d/w slightly creased along top edge otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 7818) £50.00
  1. Williams, Marcia.: Oliver Twist and Other Great Dickens Stories. London: Walker Books, 2007. 3rd. impression. 47pp. Retold and illustrated by Marcia Williams. Inscribed by her on title page. laminated pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6763) £8.00