Two Day Books & Ephemera Auction

RUPERT ANNUAL, [1985-95], facsimile editions of the 1936-43 annuals, 1936-38 with wrap-around bands (8)

CLAUDE HOUGHTON: THE BEAST, ill Alfred E Kerr, Belfast, Quota Press, 1936 (250), 1st edition, numbered but not signed (signature page not present)...

ANNA ALICE CHAPIN: THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK, ill Jessie Willcox Smith, London, George Harrap, 1925 reprint, 6 coloured plates, 4to, original clot...

JULES VERNE: LE TOUR DU MONDE EN QUATRE-VINGT JOURS, illustrated Alphonse de Neuville and Leon Benet, Paris, Collection Hetzel circa 1873, origina...

CHARLES DICKENS: THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, illustrated Cecil Aldin, London, 1910, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 24 coloured plates as ...

JOHN FINNEMORE: ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN, ill Allan Stewart, London, Selfridge, 1929, 1st edition, 8 coloured plates as list, 4to, original pi...

BOOTS CHEMISTS: SEE HOW THEY WON, THE GAME OF GOOD HEALTH, Vintage complimentary board game, 390 x 370mm complete with four counters and one dice ...

CONSTANCE WICKHAM: THE TEDDY BEAR BOOK, ill A E Kennedy, London and Glasgow, Collins [1937], 1st edition, coloured frontis, 15 full page coloured ...

THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1920-30, 11 vols, 1920 annual title "The Holiday Annual", original cloth backed pictorial boards (11)

PHYLLIS M RIDE (TRANS): PIERRE CANNE, ND, manuscript translation into French of Arthur Ransome's "Peter Duck", very well executed, 70+ manuscript ...

ALICE-BOYD PROUDFOOT: THE ANIMALS GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, ill Marilyn Grasdorf, New York, Crane Russat, 1977, 1st edition, original pictorial board...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE TEMPEST, ill Helen Stratton, London, The De La More Press [1904], 1st edition, The Lamb Shakespeare for Young People seri...

FRANK VER BECK: THE LITTLE LOST BEAR, London, Humphrey Milford [1915], 1st edition, 16 coloured plates as called for, original pictorial boards, 3...

BEATRIX POTTER: THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET [1906] 1st edition, 1st printing, leaves reinforced at folds, original cloth wallet, pictorial paper labe...

G E STUDDY: A BOX OF TRICKS, London and New York, circa 1923, 10 full page coloured illustrations + WILLIAM J LOCKE: THE GOLDEN JOURNEY OF MR PARA...

SCHNICK SCHNACK TRIFLES FOR THE LITTLE ONES, illustrated Oscar Pletsch, London, George Routledge [1867], coloured title, 31 coloured plates by Lei...

CATHERINE CROWE: PIPPIE'S WARNING OR MIND YOUR TEMPER, London, Arthur Hall, 1848, 1st edition, 3 engraved plates, 2pp adverts at end, 16mo, origin...

TELESCOPIC VIEW OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851, London, printed by C Moody [1851], Peepshow, 10 hand coloured litho panels including cover with lens...

DANIEL DEFOE: THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE..., ill Walter Paget, London, Paris and Melbourne, Cassell & Co, 1891,...

RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK, [1940] annual, 4to, original pictorial boards worn

CHARLES KINGSLEY: THE WATER-BABIES, ill Harry G Theaker, London and Melbourne, Ward Lock, ND, inscription dated 1936, "Prince Charming" Series, 48...

BEATRIX POTTER: 7 titles: GINGER AND PICKLES, London, 1909, 1st edition, 10 plates, contents loose, some clear adhesive tape residue on some edges...

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE: NOW WE ARE SIX, ill E H Shepard, London, Methuen 1927, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, spine dulled, top edges gilt

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE HOBBIT, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1937, 2nd impression, 4 coloured plates, 1 black and white plate as called fo...

THE SKIPPER BOOK FOR BOYS, D C Thomson [1933, 1936, 1939], 3 vols, coloured frontis pieces, original pictorial boards worn + THE CHAMPION ANNUAL F...

FRANK TASHLIN: THE POSSUM THAT DIDN'T, London, John Murray, 1951, 1st edition, original pictorial boards

CHRISTMAS PICTURES BY CHILDREN, intro Edmund Dulac, London and Vienna 1922, 6th edition, 14 coloured plates as called for, title page part excised...

HEINRICH HOFFMANN: THE ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER..., Leipzig circa 1850, 5th edition, original cloth backed printed boards worn and soiled, a few leav...

CHARLES LUDWIGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, ill Edward A Wilson, New Rochelle, The Peter Pauper Press, [1940] (275), origin...

THE RUPERT BOOK, [1941] annual, ownership panel with pencil inscription, pages 65-66 creased, 4to, original pictorial boards + THE NEW ADVENTURES ...

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RUPERT, [1936] annual, ownership panel with pencil inscription, picture pages coloured/part coloured in, text block weak in ...

KATE GREENAWAY: A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE, London, George Routledge [1881], 1st edition, 1st issue, original cloth backed boards, Schuster 66a + WIL...

OLD TIME RHYMES, ill Frank Adams, London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie, 1915, 1st edition, 36 tipped in coloured plates as called for, pictorial en...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Ill A Rackham, London and New York, 1908, 1st edition, 40 tipped in coloured plates as called for,...

THE RUPERT BOOK, [1941] annual, 4to, original pictorial boards worn

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES, [1948, 1949, 1953, 1955], Nos 1, 2, 17, 24, original wraps worn, (4)

RUPERT ANNUAL, facsimile editions of the 1937-44 annuals [1986-96], 8 vols, (8)

RUPERT, facsimile editions of 1953, 1955, 1957-58 annuals, all in slip-cases with certificates (4)

RUPERT, facsimile editions of 1959, 1963, 1965-66, 1970 annuals, all unopened with original shrink wrap (5)

FRIEDRICH DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE: UNDINE, ill A Rackham, London and New York, 1909, 1st trade edition, 15 tipped in coloured plates as list, 4to, orig...

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE HOBBIT, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1946, reprint, coloured frontis, map end papers, original cloth very soiled, ...

MARY NORTON: BONFIRES AND BROOMSTICKS, ill Mary Adshead, London, J M Dent, 1947, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (part losses)

SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE: THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902, 1st edition, frontis, original cloth gilt ...[more]

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT: THE SECRET GARDEN, ill Charles Robinson, London, William Heinemann, 1911, 1st edition, 8 coloured plates as list, 6pp adv...

LEIGH KIDMAN (ILL): ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CATCHEM, Marks & Spencer circa 1920 "Maisben" Series No 12, 4 coloured full page ills, shaped book, orig...

KENNETH GRAHAME: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, ill Graham Robertson (frontis), London, Methuen, 1922, 12th edition, original blind stamped cloth, spine...

ARTHUR RANSOME: 12 titles: RACUNDRA'S FIRST CRUISE, ed Brian Hammett, 2003, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; RACUNDRA'S THIRD CRUISE, ed...

CHARLES LUDWIDGE DODGSON: 3 titles: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND - THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, ill John Tenniel, London, The Folio Society, 200...

W E JOHNS "WILLIAM EARLE": MOSSYFACE, A ROMANCE OF THE AIR, Hertfordshire, John Trendler & Norman Wright, 1994 (300), de luxe edition, original cl...

W E JOHNS: 2 titles: BIGGLES DOES SOME HOMEWORK, THE FINAL UNFINISHED NOVEL, Hertfordshire, Norman Wright & Jennifer Schofield, 1997, (300), 1st e...

W E JOHNS: BIGGLES IN FRANCE, Amalgamated Press, November, 1935, "Boys Friend Library", 1st edition, No 501, original pictorial wraps, part loss t...

W E JOHNS: BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY, Amalgamated Press, March 1935, "Boys Friend Library", 1st edition, No 469, original pictorial wraps, part loss t...

W E JOHNS: THE CAMELS ARE COMING, Amalgamated Press, March 1938, 1st edition, No 614, original pictorial wraps

WILLIAM JOHN LOCKE "MARCUS": MORALS FOR THE YOUNG, ill George Morrow, London and New York, John Lane, 1915, 1st edition, original cloth backed pic...

J K ROWLING: 5 titles: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, Bloomsbury, 2000, 1st edition, original pictorial boards, dust wrapper; HARRY POTTER A...

RICHMAL CROMPTON: 8 titles: JUST WILLIAM, London, George Newnes [1922], 1st edition, 4 numbered pp adverts at end, original cloth; MORE WILLIAM, L...

EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN: 8 titles; SMOULDERING FIRES, ill E H Shepard, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York, Thomas Nelson [1905], 1st edition, 6 c...

W E JOHNS AND OTHERS: 7 titles: THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL, 1937-41, 5 vols; THE MODERN BOY'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT, [1931]; THE MODERN BOY'S BOOK OF ADVE...

EDMUND DULAC: EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY-BOOK, London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1919], 16 tipped in coloured plates as list, original cloth worn and soiled...

MARA KAY: LOLO, London, MacMillan, 1981, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper ...[more]