Children's & Illustrated Books, Private Press & Fine Bindings, Modern First Editions

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Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice. A Novel, London: Richard Bentley, 1846, engraved frontispiece (spotted & offset to title), final leaf and blan...

H. (T.). A Guide for the Child and Youth, in Two Parts, the first for children ..., the second for youth ..., by T.H. M.A. Teacher of a private sc...

Humphreys (Henry Noel). A Record of the Black Prince, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849, title in red & black, with early ink pres...

Miniature Bible [English]. The Bible in Miniature, or a concise history of the Old & New Testaments, London: E. Newbery, 1780, [2], 256pp., tipped...

Miniature. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1799, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1799], engraved 4pp. frontispiece 'View of...

Newbery (Elizabeth, publisher). [Hamlain;] or, the Hermit of the Beach, a moral reverie, calculated for the instruction and amusement of youth, Lo...

[Peacock, Thomas Love]. Melincourt, by the author of Headlong Hall, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Hookham, Jun. and Co., and Baldwin, Cradock...

Peacock (Thomas Love). Palmyra, and other Poems, 1st edition, London: by T. Bensley for W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806, engraved frontispiece, some ...

Stella (Jacques). Les Jeux et Plaisris de l'Enfance, Paris: aux Galleries du Louvre chez la ditte Stella, 1657, engraved pictorial title-page, let...

Tabart (Benjamin). [Popular Fairy Tales; or, A Liliputian Library; containing twenty-six choice pieces of Fancy and Fiction, London: Sir Richard P...

Kingsley (Charles). The Water-Babies: 1st edition, 2nd issue, London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863, 2nd issue without the 'l'Envoi' leaf, 2...

Dodgson (Charles Luttwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1876, illustrations by Henry Holid...

[Hughes, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford, new edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1871, inscribed by the author 'Sybil Irene Cutler with t...

Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, some ...

Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Fr...

* Freedman (Barnett). In Winter & In Summer, You Can Be Sure of Shell, designed and drawn on stone by Barnett Freedman and printed and manufacture...

Fuller (John E.). Fuller’s Computing Telegraph [cover title], Telegraphic computer, a most wonderful and extraordinary instrument, by which busine...

* Game. A boxed set of number and letter rods, early 19th century, 16 wooden rods, 3 sides on each with a row of incised and inked arabic numerals...

* Railway game. Spoorweg-reis Binnens Kamers [Railroad Journey Inside Rooms], Amsterdam: Erve Wijsmuller, mid-19th century, hand-coloured lithogra...

* Kirk (John). The Cries of London, circa 1754, 17/52 copper engraved playing cards, depicting tradesmen and women, comprising spades: ace, 2-4, 6...

* Reynolds & Sons. A standard English deck of playing cards, circa 1840, 52 colour woodblock cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen, ...

* Anthropomorphic map cards. Skits, A Game of the Shires, London: Jaques & Son, circa 1900, 80 cards (complete), comprising 40 numbered county map...

* Soviet Union. Literature & Theatre, circa 1910-1930, Soviet Union State Playing Card Monopoly, 1910-1930, 52 chromolithographed playing cards, F...

* Victorian Board Game. Historical Pastime, A New Game of the History of England, published by E. Wallis, No. 42 Skinner Street and J. Harris & So...

* Victorian Map Block Puzzle. A boxed set of map puzzle blocks, Paris: Charles Verneau, late 19th century, six hand-coloured lithographed maps: Ma...

* World Map Board Game. The Crystal Palace Game, a Voyage Round the World, an Entertaining Excursion in Search of Knowledge, whereby Geography is ...

* Newbery (Elizabeth, & John Wallis, publishers). A New Geographical Guide exhibiting a Complete Tour through Scotland and the Western Isles, 1st ...

* Doll. A bisque head doll, Continental, circa 1910, composition character doll with articulated limbs, bisque head with impressed number partiall...

* Jigsaw. Riley's New Epitome of the French History, printed for George Riley, at his Patent Sliding Black Lead and Coloured Crayon Pencil Warehou...

* Schuco. Schuco Varianto 3010, Germany, 1950s, boxed set comprising 3 vehicles, a red car, a green car, and a truck, a tinplate garage (lacking r...

Blyton (Enid). Five go Adventuring Again, 1943; Five Run Away Together, 1944; Five go to Smuggler's Top, 1945; Five go off in a Caravan, 1946; Fiv...

Blyton (Enid). Malory Towers, a near complete set, 1st editions, 1946-1950, all present except Last Term at Malory Towers, all inscribed by the au...

Blyton (Enid). Sunny Stories Library books 1-7, comprising: Naughty Amelia Jane, reprint 1941; Mister Meddle's Mischief, reprint 1942; The Adventu...

Blyton (Enid). The Adventurous Four, 4th edition, 1945; The Adventurous Four Again!, 1st edition, 1947, London: George Newnes, inscribed by author...

Blyton (Enid). The Blue Story Book, 1945; The Red Story Book, 1946; The Green Story Book, 1947, all 1st editions, London: Methuen, each front free...

Blyton (Enid). The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, 5th impression, 1942; The Children of Willow Farm, 3rd impression, 1942; More Adventures on Willo...

Blyton (Enid). The Enchanted Wood, reprint, 1942; The Magic Faraway Tree, 1st edition, 1943; The Folk of the Faraway Tree, 1st edition, 1946, all ...

Blyton (Enid). The Island of Adventure, 1944; The Castle of Adventure, 1946; The Valley of Adventure, 1947; The Sea of Adventure, 1948; The Mounta...

Blyton (Enid). The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, 1944; The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat, 1944; The Mystery of the Secret Room, 1945; The Myster...

Blyton (Enid). The Rockingdown Mystery, 1949; The Rilloby Fair Mystery, 1950, 1st editions, London: Collins, each inscribed by the author 'Joy, lo...

Blyton (Enid). The Twins at St. Clare's, 5th edition, 1943; The O'Sullivan Twins, 4th edition, 1943; Summer Term at St. Clare's, 2nd edition, 1943...

* Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed 'Enid Blyton (Mrs Darrell Waters)', Green Hedges letterhead, 22 October 1948, to Mrs Stevens, ...

* Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed, 'Enid Darrell Waters', Green Hedges letterhead, 10 February 1947, to Mrs Clarke [sic], 'I kno...

Baumer (Lewis, illustrator). Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], 20 tipped-in colour plates, a little...

Buckeridge (Anthony). Jennings Goes to School, 1950; Jennings Follows a Clue, 1953; Jennings' Little Hut, 1951; Jennings and Darbishire, 1953; Jen...

Potter (Beatrix). Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, 1st edition, Warne & Co Ltd, 1922, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, original red bo...

Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, with a poem by William Allingham, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, Re...

Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales. From the old French retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, London: Hodder & S...

Fairy Books. The Diamond Fairy Book, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1897], illustrations by H.R. Millar, occasional light spotting and so...

Milne (A.A.). Now We Are Six, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1927, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, a little minor spotting and toning, top edge gilt...

* Nash (Paul, 1889-1946). A group of seven original photographs of the artist Paul Nash in Gloucestershire, and the Exhibition of Modern Art at Gl...

Potter (Beatrix). The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, first issue with "London & New York" on the rear cover, 14 colour il...

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne, 1905, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, pictoria...

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne, 1907, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpa...

Serge. Panorama du Cirque, Paris: Editions Arc en Ciel, [1945], stencil-coloured decorative title and illustrations to text (comprising two unsewn...

Banbury Cross Series. The Banbury Cross Series, prepared for children by Grace Rhys, 9 volumes (of 12), 1st editions, London: J.M. Dent, 1894-95, ...

Yorke ( Malcolm). The Inward Laugh. Edward Bawden and his Circle, Fleece Press, Upper Denby, 2005, numerous colour plates and illustrations, inclu...

* Ardizzone (Edward, 1900-1979). Original figurative border illustration, Radio Times Christmas issue, 1951, pencil on heavy stock paper, with cal...

* Barrett (Peter, 1935). American Woodland Glade, pen, ink and watercolour, illustration depicting a summer woodland scene with stream, birds, ani...

* Barrett (Peter, 1935). American Desert Landscape, pen, ink and watercolour, illustration depicting a desert scene with cacti, birds, insects and...

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