Brer Rabbit and His Friends
Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1942. 16mo. Wrappers. pp 62. Illustrations. Some crayon marks. Pictorial linen wrappers. 'Old Thatch Series'. Rare. More
Childrens
Hurrah for The Circus! Being the Further Adventures of Mr Galliano and his Famous Circus
London: George Newnes, 1952. DAVIE, E.H. Seventh Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp 191. B&W illustrations. Cream cloth with red titles in protected d/w. D/w has edgewear and sections missing from top and bottom of spine. Unclipped. Inscription to pastedown. More
Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
London: Frederic Warne. 8vo. Original Decorated Cloth. pp. x, 160, frontis. Undated early ed., c. 1890. Good original grey cloth binding, colour pictorial to front boards, gilt spine titles. Complete with all illus. Endpapers age-darkened, else clean. A very nice copy. More
Randolph Caldecott's Sketches ; with an Introduction By Henry Blackburn
London: Sampson Low, 1890. 1st Edition. 4to. Original Pictorial Boards. pp. 96. 92 pp Line drawings, 2 pp introduction. Original pictorial boards, edges scuffed and boards rubbed. Cloth spine. Contents very good. More
Planter Dick
London: Blackie & Son. BATES, Leo. 8vo. Decorated Cloth. pp 319. Undated. Frontis, plates. Green decorated cloth. Pictorial to spine. More
La Fete De Josette
Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1935. APPLETON, Honor C. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp 64. Cloth binding, colour onlay. Numerous illustrations, 8 coloured plates. Text in French, translated by Gisele Vallerey. Inscription to pastedown. A nice copy. More
Selected Stories and Verses
Herts: Penguin Books, Faber & Faber, 1952. 8vo. Paperback. pp.239. A good paperback copy signed by the author on the title page. More
The Battle of Life, a Love Story
London: Collins Clear-Type Press. 7cm x 10 Mm. Suede. c. 1890s.ppl 198. Orig brown suede covers with gilt on cover and spine, Illustrated coloured frontis & title page. Attached ribbon page marker. A Dickens Christmas story. Slight wear to cover but else a very good miniature edition. More
Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. A Country Tale.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. CALDECOTT, Randolph. 8vo. Decorated Boards. pp 52. No date. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. More
A Great Emergency, and Other Tales
London: George Bell, 1906. 8vo. Boards. pp 128. Illustrated. Paper boards with b&w illustration. More
Lob Lie-By-The-Fire; or, The Luck of Lingborough
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. CALDECOTT, Randolph. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. pp 72. No date. "Eightieth thousand" Pictorial boards with cloth spine. Frontispiece has been neatly coloured in with crayon. More
The Peace Egg and A Christmas Mumming Play
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. BROWNE, Gordon. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. pp 58. No date. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. More
The Story of a Short Life
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. BROWNE, Gordon. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. pp 82. No date. "One hundred and ninetieth thousand" Pictorial boards with cloth spine. More
Dead Man's Land. Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and Uncertain Blacks and Whites.
London: S.W. Partridge. 8vo. Pictorial Cloth. pp 410 + adverts. Undated. Plates (coloured). Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial to spine. Some edgewear. Foxing to prelims, else good. More
Honey-bee ; a Translation By Mrs. John Lane
London: John Lane, 1911. LUNDBORG, Florence. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Decorated Cloth. pp. xi, 172, [4]. Frontis plus 11 colour plates.Pictorially stamped red cloth binding, decorated, gilt titles. Illus endpapers. Spine faded, prelims foxed. Previous owner name on fly-leaf. Else very good, collated complete..... More
The Jolly Roger. Pirate Stories for Boys
Springfield: Milton Bradley, 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. [xi] 253 pp, frontispiece, 14 illustrations. endpaper map. Original black cloth. A compilation of pirate stories by Charles Reade,James Fennimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, Basil Ringrose and others. More
The Boy's Own Annual Volume 50, 1927-1928
London: Boy's Own Paper Office, 1928. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. pp 768, 10 of 11 plates, illustrated brown cloth boards, internally v. good. Compilation of stories, articles, drawings, illustrations and advertisements from the issues over 1927-28. More
Furred and Feathered Heroes of World War II
London: Trafalgar Publications, 1946. AMBLER, C. Gifford. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp 63. Illustrations and photographs. Cloth binding in good d/w. Ink inscription on flyleaf. More
Raggedy Andy Stories. Introducing the Little Rag Brother of Raggedy Ann
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1920. 8vo. Boards. Coloured illustrations throughout including endpapers. Pictorial boards, clean and bright. Cloth spine. Ink inscription on flyleaf. More
Helen's Babies
London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. ROOS, Eva. 8vo. Pictorial Cloth. pp vii, 275. Coloured frontis, b&w illustrations. Inscription to ffep. Some slight foxing, else good. More
Movable Books. An Illustrated History By Peter Haining
London: New English Library, 1979. Oblong 4to. Original Boards. pp.141. Full page colour plates. From title page: "Pages & Pictures of Folding,Revolving, Dissolving, Mechanical, Scenic, Panoramic, Dimensional...Books from the Collection of David and Briar Philips."Very good in vg d/w. AD ref 218. More
The Cuckoo; a Story Based on the Film
London: Juvenile Productions, 1948. 21cm x 28cm. Soft cover. pp. [14] full page, full colour illus. Illus covers. David Hand's Animaland cartoons. Good, clean condition. More
Uncle Remus: Old Negro Slave Tales Retold in Easy Words Chiefly of One Syllable
New York/Toronto/London: George Routledge & Sons. GREENAWAY. A. 8vo. Boards, Illustrated. c. 1880s. pp. 96. 41 b&w illustrations throughout. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. More