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QuickviewThe Last Battle
C. S. Lewis, Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Last Battle By C. S. Lewis First edition, first impression (The Bodley Head, 1956). Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Small area of sunning to spine head with an owner name and date to endpaper verso and some spotting to front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise contents clean throughout. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with some chipping to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Foxing to lower panel, flaps and verso. A very good example.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Magic Finger
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlThe Magic Finger By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Original pictorial boards. Light soiling to boards in places with a little spotting to text-block edges and some toning to spine, otherwise very good.£250.00 -
QuickviewThe Mystery of the Disappearing Cat
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Mystery of the Disappearing Cat By Enid Blyton First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'Bryan, Love from Enid Blyton'. A rare inscribed example of the second book in the Five Find Outers series of children's mystery novels. Original green cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. Very good indeed with some fading to spine and top edges of boards and spotting to endpapers. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little rubbing in places with a few tears and shallow chips to edges.£1,500.00 -
QuickviewThe Second Jungle Book
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Second Jungle Book By Rudyard Kipling First edition, first impression. Illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. Blue cloth with motifs and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. All edges gilt. Some occasional spotting to first 32 or so pages, primarily to preliminaries, otherwise clean and free from any names or inscriptions. A few light marks to cloth and a touch of the usual rubbing to spine ends. Gilt lettering and snake and spine motifs still beautifully preserved. A beautiful copy.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Secret Seven: Complete Set
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseThe Secret Seven By Enid Blyton A complete set of first editions, first impressions.'Puzzle for the Secret Seven' has been signed by the author to an adhesive label bearing her photograph affixed to the reverse of the front endpaper. All books and dust jackets are very good, or better than very good in some cases. 'The Secret Seven' has some spotting and dust jacket is price-clipped, as is the dust jacket of 'Good Work Secret Seven'. 'Well Done Secret Seven' and 'Fun for the Secret Seven' have gift inscriptions to the front paste-down and front endpaper verso respectively. The 'This Book Belongs to' label present on the half-title pages has been filled in in the cases of 'Secret Seven Mystery', 'Fun for the Secret Seven', and 'Puzzle for the Secret Seven'. 'Go Ahead Secret Seven' has an owner label to front endpaper and some brown tape reinforcement to edges of dust jacket verso. A very good set indeed. Rare in such good condition as a complete set with the additional appeal of the author's signature to one of the volumes.£2,000.00 -
QuickviewThe Sheep-Pig
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Sheep-Pig By Dick King-Smith First edition, first impression published by Gollancz in 1983. Illustrations and dust jacket art by Mary Rayner. Famously adapted to cinema in 1995 under the title 'Babe'. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a very good or better dust jacket with a couple of small tears to bottom edge and one very small nick to spine head. A lovely, bright example.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Starlight Barking
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First EditionsThe Starlight Barking By Dodie Smith First edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1967). Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: 'To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith "Dear Octopus", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967'. The inscription refers to Smith's play 'Dear Octopus', which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Dodie Smith's married name, 'Mrs Beesley', Dodie Smith's married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: 'Dearest Cis, Here is "The Starlight Barking" as a tiny first night present. It's also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle - I trust you'll be able to use Bill's line and say "The dog liked it". Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as "Dora". Much love as ever, Dodie". 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial decorative endpapers. fine with just a little pushing to spine ends in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge-wear in places and a couple of spots to upper panel. A near fine example of the sequel to 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians'.£1,750.00 -
QuickviewThe Tale of Mr Tod
Beatrix Potter, Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Tale of Mr Tod By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date on title and copyright (Frederick Warne & Co, 1912). Some rubbing in places - mainly to corners - with a chip to spine head and abrasion to foot. A few instances of faint soiling to boards, and a few spots to edges and opening few pages, but otherwise very nice and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions. A very good copy.£325.00 -
QuickviewThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter, Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin By Beatrix Potter First edition, later printing with 'Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to title page (Frederick Warne & Co, 1903). 16mo, original dark grey boards with circular squirrel motif to upper cover, rebacked with later spine in black paper, hinges repaired and endpapers relaid, a little internal soiling and external rubbing, in black custom-made clamshell box.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Twits
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlThe Twits By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a gift inscription to front endpaper, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel.£325.00 -
QuickviewThe Water-Babies
Antiquarian, Children's Fiction, First EditionThe Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley First edition, first issue (Macmillan & Co, 1863) with l'envoi leaf present, of which there were only believed to be around 200 copies. Housed in an attractive morocco drop-back box with raised bands, blue compartments, gilt lettering and marbled boards. Original green cloth. Spine re-backed using most of the original, only lacking the tips and a small square hole just below the centre. Occasional light foxing and a little rubbing to covers. Hinges neatly reinforced. Free from names and inscriptions. A very good example of a very rare book.£500.00 -
QuickviewToad of Toad Hall
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsToad of Toad Hall By A. A. Milne First edition, first impression. The first dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows', and the subject of a number of theatrical adaptations. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine and toad motif to upper board in gilt. A little spotting to edges and to preliminaries with some browning to front and rear endpapers and small label to bottom corner of front paste-down, otherwise very good or better. The original dust jacket, bearing the correct 5/- price to the spine panel, has a few very small nicks to edges and a shallow chip to spine head with light edge wear, otherwise very good or better.£300.00
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