Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898
Limited Editions Club, 1932, Near Fine, in the original red morocco, decorative gilt panelling to boards, spine with pictorial motifs after Tenniel & gilt titles, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine. Internally, half title, frontis, title…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898
Centenary edition in the publishers red cloth, gilt titles & image within silver lined borders. Spine, bright gilt titles & borders, edges bumped. Dustjacket faded at spine, black ink titles, 15/- priced. Internally, illustrated endpapers, half…
Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a Facsimile of the original MS. book afterwards developed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898
First edition, 1886, in the original publishers red cloth boards, gilt tooling & titles, lower board with the gilt mock turtle. Skillful red cloth re-spine, no titles. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [2], [2], [4], 95 pp, [1] Xmas Greeting,…
Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a Facsimile of the original MS. book afterwards developed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898
Inscribed by the Author, First edition, First issue (black endpapers), 1886. In the original publishers red cloth, gilt triple ruled borders & titles, lower board with the gilt mock turtle within gilt circle, board corners rubbed. Skilfully…
THE STORY OF A PUPPET or The Adventures of Pinocchio.
COLLODI C. [pseud of LORENZIN Carlo] 1826-1890. (MURRAY MA - translator)
16 mo, VG, 2nd impression. Rare. In its original decorative red & cream cloth covers, title in red, edges rubbed & soiled very slightly. Decorative spine, titles in red, edges very lightly bumped & rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis (tissue…
Frank Redcliffe. A Story of Travel and Adventure in the Forests of Venezuela.
DAUNT Achilles fl 1882-1909
In decorative red cloth, title in gilt, corners a little bumped. Spine has title in gilt, edges bumped, tooling in black ink. Internally, B&W frontis, [5], (vi-x), [1], 12-426 pp, 26 pls (B&W), [6] adverts, decorative endpapers, small bookseller…
In Fairyland A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World With A Poem
DOYLE Richard 1824-1883. ALLINGHAM William 1824-1889
With thirty six coloured images on twenty six plates VG, 1875, Second edition, in the publishers green cloth, decorative gilt tooling & title. Spine, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, half title, frontis, [8], [1], 2-31 pp, 26 coloured…
Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations
DULAC Edmund 1882-1953
[1916], First Edition, in the publishers illustrated & printed cloth, corners bumped, edges brushed. Spine, faded slightly, edges bumped, black ink titles. Internally, complete with frontis, illustrated title within borders, [10, 169 pp, [1], [2],…
Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book For The French Red Cross
DULAC Edmund 1882-1953
Not dated, first edition, in the publishers printed & illustrated cloth, corners bumped. Spine, faded very slightly, green titles, edges bumped. Internally complete with, tissue guarded frontis, illustrated title page within double ruled borders,…
Cape Town Dicky or Colonel Jack's Boy.
GIFT Theo 1847-1923
VG, 1st ed, c1887. In decorative card covers, corners and edges bumped and worn. Spine in brown cloth, no title. Internally, joint cracked but holding, pencil name to fep, 64 pp, 16 full page colour chromo's, not dated but c1887. A lovely…
Tanglewood Tales
HAWTHORNE Nathaniel 1804-1864. DULAC Edmund 1882-1953
[1918, first edition], in the publisher illustrated & printed tan cloth, corners bumped, few tiny marks. Spine, illustrated & gilt titles. Internally, complete with half title, frontis, [10], 244 pp, [1], 6 fairy tales illustrated by 14 unnumbered,…
The Life of Napoleon, as it should be handed down to posterity
M------D J. [ie MUDFORD J]
Rare, 2 copies in US only. In modern quarter calf (to style), over contemporary worn marbled boards, spine with gilt tooling & titles. Internally, (vi), [1], 2-150 pp, printed by H. Bryer, Bridge-street, ink name to fep (Molly Harrison 1934,…
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme
RANSOME Arthur 884-1967
With the very rare black illustrated dustjacket, not dated but 1919, one of 250 copies signed by the illustrator of the de Luxe edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece & 11 plates, illustrations & pictorial endpapers, all by Thomas Mackenzie,…
Redcar Lee
SEARLE Mrs Walter 1846-1925
1st ed, VG, 1896, 1 pl. In pale blue cloth with decorative floral tooling in black ink, titles in gilt, edges a little grubby. Spine has title and tooling in gilt and blue ink, edges a little bumped and lightly worn. Internally, half title,…
Early Impressions:
STIRLING Walter
Or, Moral & Instructive Entertainment for Children. With many engravings. In slightly soiled yellow printed thick paper covers, lower cover decorative advert, no title to spine. Internally, owners paper label to fep, lacking ffep & frontis,…