Two Day Books & Ephemera Auction

LADY ELEANOR FENN "SOLOMON'S LOVECHILD": SKETCHES OF LITTLE BOYS, THE WELL-BEHAVED BOY, THE COVETONS..., London, Dean & Munday, circa 1840, 1st ed...

A NEW HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLE, Liverpool, E Willmer, London, Thorp & Burch, circa 1828, hand coloured vignette title, some text ills, hand coloured, fi...

"JOHN THE GIANT KILLER": FOOD FOR THE MIND OR A NEW RIDDLE-BOOK..., London, Leadenhall Press [1900], facsimile reprint of the 1778 edition, Forgot...

[ELIZABETH TURNER]: THE COWSLIP OR MORE CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE, London, Leadenhall Press [1899], facsimile reprint of the 1811 edition, Forgo...

ANON: THE COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND PIC-NIC DINNER OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN WITH THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN, London for A K Newman,...

ANON: GAFFER GUESS AT'M'S FIRST VOLUME OF PUZZLES..., London, E Wallis, circa 1820, 14 hand coloured text ills, original green paper wraps, printe...

ANON: EMMA'S VISIT [TO THE COUNTRY], Belper printed by J Rosewarne, circa 1830, Chapbook, Rosewarne's New Juvenile Library, wood cut ills, origina...

J M DARTON: DARTON'S CHILD'S FIRST BOOK OR UNIVERSAL PRIMER, [London, Darton & Co, circa 1845], printed on linen, 23pp all leaves, very grubby, di...

SIR HENRY COLE "FELIX SUMMERLY": BIBLE EVENTS FIRST SERIES, ill after Hans Holbein, London, Joseph Cundall, 1843, 1st edition, 8 finely hand colou...

RODERICK GORDON AND BRIAN WILLIAMS: THE HIGHFIELD MOLE, [London], Mathew & Son, 2005, [500], 1st edition, signed by both and dated 17th March 2005...

TED HUGHES: THE IRON MAN, A STORY IN FIVE NIGHTS, ill George Adamson, London, Faber & Faber, 1968, 1st edition, original cloth backed pictorial bo...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: 2 titles: WILLIAM, London, George Newnes, 1930 reprint, original red cloth, 13th impression, dust wrapper (circa 1937); WILLIAM ...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: MORE WILLIAM, London, George Newnes, 1935, 26th impression, original red cloth (some light blotches), prize label of front paste...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: JUST WILLIAM, London, George Newnes, 1935, 26th edition, original red cloth, dust wrapper

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM'S CROWDED HOURS, London, George Newnes, 1937, 7th impression, contemporary inscription on front paste down, original red...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: 2 titles: WILLIAM THE OUTLAW, London, George Newnes, 1937, 13th impression, contemporary inscription on front paste down, later ...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM THE DICTATOR, London, George Newnes, 1939, 3rd impression, original red cloth, dust wrapper

RICHMAL CROMPTON: 3 titles: WILLIAM AND ARP, London, George Newnes, 1939, 3rd impression, original red cloth, dust wrapper; WILLIAM THE GANGSTER, ...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM THE BOLD, London, George Newnes, 1950, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper (minor faults), otherwise vgc

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM'S TREASURE TROVE, London, George Newnes, 1962, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper, vgc

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM AND THE WITCH, London, George Newnes, 1964, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper, vgc

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM AND THE POP SINGERS, London, George Newnes, 1965, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper, contemporary ins...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM AND THE MASKED RANGER, London, George Newnes, 1966, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapper, vgc

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM THE SUPERMAN, London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, George Newnes, 1968, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt, dust wrapp...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: WILLIAM THE LAWLESS, London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, 1970, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (some rubbing to edges) ...

THE HAPPY MAG, 1923-1940, 80 assorted issues, nos 8, 10-11, 16-18, 20-21, 26, 29-30, 33, 39-40, 49-50, 52, 55a (Christmas extra), 61, 66, 75, 77, ...

*BILDER TAFELN, set of 6 German picture boards, circa 1880, hand coloured litho ills on both sides, approx 165 x 165mm, original cloth backed box,...

*Rare Victorian watercolour, intricately cut cobweb card with watercolour of a country cottage, central cotton string when pulled revealing a song...

*Crandall's of Montrose (Pennsylvania) set of vintage "Noah's Dominoes", 28 coloured litho wooden pieces, each approx 50 x 105mm, original wooden ...

*METAMORPHOSIS WITH JUVENILE PICTURES, early Victorian transformation game, 42 (of 48) hand coloured litho wooden pieces, the missing pieces compr...

ARTHUR BURNABY: DAYS IN CATLAND WITH LOUIS WAIN PANORAMA, London, Raphael Tuck, circa 1903, folding concertina formed panorama, 4 coloured plates,...

THE SPEAKING PICTURE BOOK, A NEW PICTURE BOOK WITH CHARACTERISTIC VOICES, Germany, Theodore Brand, circa 1880, 8 chromolitho plates as called for,...

KEVIN EASTMAN AND PETER LAIRD: 5 titles: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES BOOK IV, Chicago, 1988, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps; THE COLL...

LAWSON WOOD: 2 titles: GRAN'POP'S BOOK OF FUN, London, Birn Bros [1943], 1st edition, folio, original pictorial wraps; A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK, Lon...

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1915, 17 issues, nos 1-16, 18, vgc, (17)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1916, 42 issues, nos 38-39, 41-45, 47-60, 62-82, vgc (42)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1917, 47 issues, nos 83-92, 94-106, 109-111, 113-124, 126-134, vgc (47)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1918, 44 issues, nos 135-157, 166-186, vgc (44)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1919, 33 issues, nos 187-219, vgc (33)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1920, 31 issues, nos 242-263, 275-283, vgc (31)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1921, 50 issues, nos 294-343, no 316 year misprinted "1924", vgc

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1922, 46 issues, nos 344-374, 381-395, vgc (46)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1923, 51 issues, nos 396-442, 444-447, vgc (51)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1924, 37 issues, nos 455-476, 485-499, no 457 with small part losses to top wrap, otherwise vgc (37)

THE NELSON LEE LIBRARY, 1925-26, 69 issues, nos 500-568, 1925, a full year, some issues with lib stamps on top wraps (69)

WAR THRILLER, The Amalgamated Press, 1940, 8 issues, nos 580, 582-587, 589, the latter the final issue, no 586 includes W E JOHNS: BIGGLES serial ...

CHILD EDUCATION, 1930, AUTUMN EXTRA NUMBER, SUBJECT - PETER PAN, contains large folding coloured plate "Peter Pan in the Nursery", 4to, original p...

CHILD EDUCATION, 1934 SUMMER EXTRA NUMBER, large folding coloured plate by Winifred Marks, "The Sleeping Beauty", + 1930 WINTER EXTRA NUMBER, cont...

CHILD EDUCATION, 1933 AUTUMN EXTRA NUMBER, contains large folding coloured plate by Winifred Marks, "A farmyard in Sussex" + 1934 AUTUMN EXTRA NUM...

BERNARD CORNWELL: 7 titles: THE LORDS OF THE NORTH, London, 2008, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; AZINCOURT, London, 2008, 1st edition,...

WILLIAM GOLDING: THE SCORPION GOD, London, Faber & Faber, 1971, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped) + NICK HORNBY: FEVER PIT...

JEANETTE WINTERSON: ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT, Pandora Press, 1985, 1st soft back edition, signed, original pictorial wraps

FRANCIS SPUFFORD: GOLDEN HILL, London, Faber & Faber, 2016, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + ROBERT NYE: DOUBTFIRE, London, Calder & Bo...

RAYMOND WILLIAMS: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, London, Chatto & Windus, 1989-90, 1st edition, 2 vols, original cloth, dust wrappers (2) ...[mor...

LOUIS DE BERNIERES: CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, London, Secker & Warburg, 1994, 1st edition, original cream cloth, dust wrapper ...[more]

HENNING MANKELL: 4 titles: FACELESS KILLERS, London, Harville Press, 2000, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; SIDETRACKED, London, Harvill...

ALAN SILLITOE: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER, London, W H Allen, 1959, 1st edition, signed, contemporary inscription on ffep, origina...

STAN BARSTOW: 2 titles: A KIND OF LOVING, London, Michael Joseph, 1960, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, dust wrapper; ASK ME TOMORROW, London...

LYNNE REID BANKS: THE L-SHAPED ROOM, London, Chatto & Windus, 1960, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + JOHN BOYNE: THE BOY IN THE STRIPED...

TERRY PRATCHETT: 5 titles: HOGFATHER, London, Victor Gollancz, 1996, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; JINGO, London, Victor Gollancz, 19...