Books & Ephemera Sale

TOVE JANSSON: TALES FROM MOOMINVALLEY, L, 1963, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w

TOVE JANSSON: THE EXPLOITS OF MOOMINPAPPA, L, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty)

MARY TOURTELL: THE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT THE LITTLE LOST BEAR, L, Thomas Nelson [1921], 1st edn, small 4to, orig pict bds soiled

W E JOHNS, 3 ttls: WINGS, [1931], 1st edn, orig cl; SOME MILESTONES OF AVIATION, [1935], 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THRILLING FLIGHTS, [1935], 1st edn...

W E JOHNS, 4 ttls: SINISTER SERVICE, Oxford University Press 1942, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY, L, John Hamilton, nd, early reprin...

W E JOHNS, 6 ttls: BIGGLES SECRET AGENT, Oxford University Press 1940, 1st edn, orig pict cl; BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS, Oxford University Press 1...

W E JOHNS, 6 ttls: BIGGLES GOES ALONE, 1962 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE BOY BIGGLES, [1968], 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + four others (6)

W E JOHNS AND GEORGE E ROCHESTER: AIR STORIES, ed "Flight-Lt" L, The Ace Publishing Company [1938], 1st edn, 4 col'd and 4 black and white plts, o...

FLYING ACES, Springfield Mass, 1936-39, Aviation Pulp vols 24-33, 33 assorted iss, vols 26-29, 31-32 compl, orig wraps

FLYING ACES, Springfield Mass. 1933-36 Aviation Pulp, vols 16-23, 30 assorted iss, vols 16-18, 20, 22-23 compl, orig wraps

FLYING ACES, Springfield Mass, 1931-33 Aviation Pulp, 15 assorted iss, vol 9 Nos 3, 8-9, vol 11, Nos 2,4, vol 12 Nos 1-2, 4, vol 13 Nos 2-3, vol 1...

SKY BIRDS, Springfield Mass, 1932-34 Aviation Pump, 6 iss, vol 9 No 2, vol 10 No 3, vol 11 No 4, vol 12 No 1, vol 16 Nos 1, 4, vol 10 No 3 (lacks ...

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS, 4 ttls: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, 1954 reprint, orig cl, d/w; THE HORSE AND HIS BOY, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl; THE M...

PHILIP PULLMAN, 2 ttls: THE SUBTLE KNIFE, 1977, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; GRIMM TALES, 2012, 1st edn, sigd, orig cl, d/w (2)

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, 3 ttls: THE SILMARILLION, 1977, 4th impress, orig cl, d/w; NARN I CHIN HURIN THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HURIN, 2007, 1...

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, 3 ttls: THE HOBBIT, 1961, 12th impress, orig cl; THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL, 1962, 1st edn, orig pict laminated bds...

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE LORD OF THE RINGS, 1972 2nd impress, India paper edn, orig pict cl gt silver and green, s-c

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, 3 ttls: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL, 1971 4th impress, orig pict laminated bds, d/w; THE HOBBIT, Guild Publishing 19...

MAURICE MAETERLINCK: THE BLUE BIRD, ill F Caley Robinson, 1911, 1st edn, 24 tipped in col'd plts as list, frontis with corner creases, 4to, orig p...

DEAN'S MOVEABLE COCK ROBIN, L, Dean & Son circa 1860, 6 col'd moveable plts only, orig cl bkd pict bds

CLARA DE PONTIGNY DE CHATELAIN: THE CAPTIVE SKY-LARK OR DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY, L, James Hogg, circa 1860, 4 col'd plts, 16 mo, orig cl gt + L...

CICELY MARY BARKER: FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING - TREES - GARDEN - WAYSIDE, Blackie, nd, 4 vols, orig bds, pict paper labels, d/ws + one other sa...

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, 2 ttls: THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE, Trans Mary Howitt, L, G Routledge, L, George Routledge, circa 1850, 12 mo, orig blind ...

FREDRIC BROWN: MITKEY ASTROMOUSE, ill Heinz Edelmann, Harlan Quist 1970, 1st edn, 4to, orig laminated bds, d/w

ANNE ANDERSON (ILL): FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM AND ANDERSEN, The Children's Press, nd, inscr dtd 1935, 4to, orig pict bds worn + L EDNA WALTER (ED): ...

JOHN LEWIS ANGELO "PROFESSOR HOFFMANN": MODERN MAGIC A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE ART OF CONJURING, L, George Routledge, circa 1910, 13th edn, orig...

ELLA C SYKES: THE STORY-BOOK OF THE SHAH OR LEGENDS OF OLD PERSIA, ill Claude Cooper, L, 1901, 1st edn, orig pict cl + A R HOPE MONCRIEFF: CLASSIC...

HELEN CHRISTABEL VAUDREY: THE STORY OF OAK TREE LODGE, Birmingham Cornish Bros, 1912, 1st edn, 28 col'd plts, 16 mo, orig bds soiled, pict paper l...

EDWARD LEAR: A NONSENSE BIRTHDAY BOOK, L, Frederick Warne, [1894], a few ink entries, orig pict cl worn; NONSENSE SONGS SET TO MUSIC BY DUDLEY GLA...

WALTER CRANE (ILL): A MASQUE OF DAYS, 1901, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds soiled + HORACE MANSION: OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS, ill Anne Anderso...

SISTER MARY EMMANUEL: MY WONDER-WORLD A NATURE LOVERS PARADISE, ill A C D, Cambridge, W Heffer 1925, 1st edn, orig pict cl, d/w

EUGENE FIELD: POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, ill Maxfield Parrish, NY, Charles Scribner, 1904, 1st edn, col'd ttl, 4 col'd plts as list, orig cl pict paper l...

LOUIS WAIN (ILL): HOLIDAY STORIES AND RHYMES, L, E Nister, [1909], 1st edn, mntd col'd frontis, orig cl bkd pict bds

HAL GARROTT: SNYTHERGEN, ill Dugald Walker, NY Robert M McBride 1923, 1st edn, sigd and inscr by author, 4 col'd plts as list, contents leaf torn ...

J L C & W C GRIMM: SNOWDROP AND OTHER TALES, ill A Rackham, NY, Doubleday Page 1923, 20 tipped in col'd plts as list, orig pict cl soiled

ARTHUR RANSOME: SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS, L, Toronto & NY, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl gt, spine and other areas faded

G A HENTY, 4 ttls: THROUGH THE SIKH WAR, L, Blackie 1894, 1st edn, 32 pp advts at end, lacks frontis, orig pict cl worn; TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG, L, ...

JEAN DE BRUNHOFF, 2 ttls: HISTOIRE DE BABAR, Paris 1931, 1st edn, fo, orig cl bkd pict bds; LES VACANCES DE ZEPHYR, Paris 1947, fo, orig cl bkd pi...

THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE GALLERY, L, E Nister, [1901], 32 col'd ills on 22 leaves, 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds + THROUGH PICTURE BOOK TOWN, L, e Niste...

WALT DISNEY: MICKEY JOCKEY, Paris Hachette [1935], 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds

H C CRADOCK: PEGGY AND JOAN, ill Honor C Appleton, [1922], 1st edn, 8 col'd plts as list, new EPs, orig cl bkd pict bds

SARAH S BAKER: THE CHILDREN ON THE PLAINS, L, T Nelson, 1876, added col'd ttl and frontis, 16mo, orig cl gt + HELEN ROWLAND: THE RUBAIYAT OF A BAC...

ERROL LE CAIN: THE CABBAGE PRINCESS, 1969, 1st edn, orig pict bds, d/w + J L C AND W C GRIMM: THORN ROSE, ill Errol Le Cain, 1971, 1st edn, obl, o...

JOHN F MACPHERSON, 3 ttls: CHILDREN FOR EVER, ill Tony Sarg, L, John Long 1908 1st edn, orig cl gt + another edn ill H R Millar, Oxford [1939], 1s...

ANGELA BRAZIL, 2 ttls: THE NEW GIRL AT ST CHAD'S, Blackie, nd, inscr dtd 1949, orig cl; THE SCHOOL IN THE FOREST, Blackie, nd, inscr dtd 1951, ori...

HENRY MAYER: THE ADVENTURES OF A JAPANESE DOLL, L, 1901, 1st edn, 30 col'd plts, as list, obl, 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds worn + SARA W M FALLON: A...

TINY TOT'S PICTURE BOOK, L, F Warne, [1905], 1st edn, 24 col'd plts, orig decor cl, pict paper label + WILLIAM CANTON (ED): THE TRUE ANNALS OF FAI...

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE, 2 ttls: WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, ill E H Shepard, 1926, 13th edn, orig pict cl gt; WINNIE-THE-POOH, 1926, 2nd edn, orig pict...

ROALD DAHL: MATILDA, ill Quentin Blake, 1988, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w

TED HUGHES: THE IRON MAN A STORY IN FIVE NIGHTS, ill George Adamson, L, Faber & Faber, 1968, 1st edn, orig pict bds, d/w, ex lib

WALTER EMANUEL: THE SNOB, ill Cecil Aldin, 1904, 1st edn, 18 plts acf, 4to, orig pict bds rebkd, new EPs + CECIL ALDIN: FARM BABIES, [1909], 1st e...

KATHLEEN HALE, 2 ttls: ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT A CAMPING HOLIDAY, [1938], 1st edn, fo, orig cl bkd pict bds; ORLANDO THE JUDGE, 1950, st edn, ob...

WALTER CRANE (ILL): FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN, L, Cassell 1906, 1st edn, orig cl bkd pict bds + [CHLOE PRESTON]: CUDDLY KIDDIES, Raphael T...

HOWARD BAKER (PUB): THE MAGNET, 1975-77, vols 30-31, 33-39, 55, 10 vols, orig cl, d/ws (10)

EDWARD LEAR: NONSENSE BOTANY AND NONSENSE ALPHABETS ETC ETC, L, 1896, 6th edn, orig pict cl gt + FREDERIC B SAYWELL: THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR S...

GEORGE EDWARD FARROW, 3 ttls: THE WALLYPUG OF WHY, ill Harry Furniss, L [1895], 1st edn, 6pp advts at end, orig pict cl gt, inner jnts weak; THE W...

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES, [1957, 1962], Nos 31, 47 (2 copies), orig pict wraps + ENID BLYTON: NEW BIG NODDY BOOK, [1955-56, 1958], orig cl bkd pict...

THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE-BOOK OF COUNTRY SCENES, L, Sampson Low, 1860, 55 hand col'd ills, sigd and inscr by Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfe...

BEVERLEY NICHOLS: THE TREE THAT SAT DOWN AND THE STREAM THAT STOOD STILL, ill Isobel and John Morton-Sale, L, 1960 1st 1 vol abridged edn, orig cl...

SMALL BOX: THE MODERN BOY, 1928-29, compl run from Nos 1-99, orig wraps