London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d. [1874]. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. [iv], 187pp, and a frontis with a tanned guard. Some light foxing, and two early gift inscriptions (one, a prize, and underlined in pencil, is dated January 1875) to front endpaper. All edges gilt. 15.5x10.5cms, in the original binding..... More
London: Dean & Son (plates by Emrick & Binger, Haarlem), [c.1879]. Presumed first edition thus. Hardcover. [ii], 16pp + 6 plates, 16pp + 6 plates, 16pp + 4 plates, 16pp + 5 plates: three short of the six plates per story called for. Contents very clean and bright, with neat..... More
London: Remington & Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 146pp: with H. Petherick's illustrations in line, enhanced throughout with watercolour by the original young owner: not meticulously, but enlivening the tale: forget clean pages, here there are smudges and soilings. Her grandfather's 1881 gift inscription is on the verso of..... More
London: Blackie, [1893]. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. viii, 436pp +(4), 8 adverts: illustrations in the text: lacks title page. Contents clean and fresh, with minor soiling to a few pages. In original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Firm and bright, some marks to lower board. A comprehensive, if rather..... More
London: SPCK/ S.P.C.K./ Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. [1897?]. First or early edition. Hardcover. 92, 4; with a frontis. Contents in good order, with light signs of use. Some tanning to free endpapers, and 1897 prize inscription in ink. In the original binding of black pictorial cloth, rubbed, and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. (viii), 168pp, plus 8 plates in monochrome. Upper corners creased at p.5 & p.7. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original pictorial ochre cloth, strikingly blocked in white, blue, black and red: front bright, with one minor mark, spine rather..... More
London: Routledge, 1904. New Edition. Hardcover. vi, 378pp + 23 plates including the guarded frontis (=all called for). Occasional minor foxing in text, heavier to first and last few pages, and some light foxing to closed edges. 1917 gift inscription to front free endpaper. In the original decorative binding of..... More
London: T.C & E.C. Jack, n.d. (1906). Presumed first edition. Hardcover. viii, 120pp, with a map and 8 colour plates. Front free endpaper missing. Some browning to half title, final page, and some edges. Contents otherwise very good, plates fresh. 5.9 x 4.7 ins, in the original binding of blue..... More
![The Story of Miss Moppet. [original foldout format]. Beatrix Potter](/pictures/thumb/19066030.jpg?v=1542314761)
New York & London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1906 [December]. Second printing. Hardcover. Grey wallet from which story folds out in a continuous strip. Story complete, folds good. Faint soiling to some openings, and minor damp adhesion damage to the white and green edge at the first opening. Former ownership..... More
London: Arnold, 1909. Second impression. Hardcover. (vi), 258pp, plus 4 monochrome plates. Contents clean, with occasional foxing. Christmas 1908 gift inscription and bookplate to front pastedown: lacks front free endpaper, and some webbing is exposed at foot of gutter. Slight splitting of back endpaper. Firm, in the original green cloth..... More
London: Lawrence & Jellicoe, n.d. (c.1912). First edition. Hardcover. [32]pp, including the 16 colour plates, and with line drawings on all the text pages. Contents unmarked and notably fresh and bright. Very minor soiling to a few pages, staples visible inside covers are rusted but firm. This is the full..... More
London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [c.1917]. First edition. Hardcover. 40pp, plus a colour frontis, with handwritten text printed in black and red, and illustrations in black & white at every opening. Little book, landscape format, 91 x 123mm. Front pastedown bears a 1917 gift inscription, has a little..... More
[Bourneville]: [Cadbury Ltd], n.d. [1920s]. First edition. Paperback. 24pp (including covers), illustrated in colour throughout. Stapled booklet 147x109mm. Staples rusted but firm. Clean and well-kept copy, with foxing to covers and the immediately adjacent pages. Sequel to Elsie and the Bunny, with the Bunny showing her all the improvements to..... More
London: W. & R. Chambers, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 336pp, with the four monochrome plates. Surface mark to edge of front endpaper. Contents clean and firm with negligible soiling to a few pages. In the original tan pictorial cloth titled in brown and blocked in green and black: slightly rubbed..... More
C. Arthur Pearson, 1921, 1922. Original edition. Hardcover. 4 (index), 1104pp. Packed with articles, stories, illustrations and advertisements. Pages in good order and unmarked, with some toning and occasional minor soiling or offsetting. Quarto, 11.5 x 8.5ins, recased in the original binding of red pictorial cloth. In very clean, firm..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 61, [3] adverts. Contents clean and unmarked. Slight toning to endpapers. In the original binding of smooth blue cloth with pictorial onlay to the front, and with a paper spine label, which is chipped and tanned. The front illustration, by D.M. Wheeler, is..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First printing with Robinson illustrations. Hardcover. 269pp, with text illustrations in line, a colour frontis, and pictorial endpapers. Extremely bright and fresh throughout. The original owner's home-made bookmark was found at p256-7, where it has left a thin line down the gutter, and a faint..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1925]. First Rackham Edition. Hardcover. x, 227pp, with pictorial endpapers, 4 colour plates, and 16 drawings in line. Contents clean and unmarked, with some tanning to endpapers. Quarto, in the original binding of blue cloth, decorated and titled in gilt; boards clean, bright and firm, with..... More
London: John F. Shaw, n.d. [c.1932]. Presumed first edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto edition, 10 x 7.5ins. [192]pp, with line illustrations and 12 very good colour plates. 1932 adult gift inscription to back of frontis: contents otherwise very clean and fresh, with some foxing to the title page and a few..... More
![Little Embroidery Book [cover title: Little Book of Embroidery]. Gladys M. Spratt](/pictures/thumb/19323090.jpg?v=1542314828)
London: Girl's Own Paper Offices, n.d. [1930s]. Presumed first and only edition. Hardcover. 48pp, illustrated. Contents very clean with new matching endpapers. 167x121mm, in the original paper-covered boards, with plain back and attractive pictorial front, and a new cloth spine. A few minor marks to upper board, and slight wear..... More
London: Harrap, 1932. First edition with Rackham illustrations. Softcover. 48pp, with decorative endpapers, illustrations in the text, and the four colour plates: all clean and fresh, with faint foxing to the title page and the upper margin of a few pages, and the faint impression of a pencilled price to..... More
London: John Murray, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. (viii), 112pp, + (4) adverts: illustrated throughout by the author, including some plates in colour (pink and blue). Very fresh copy in a slightly worn dust jacket. Ownership name to front free endpaper. Pages very bright, although a slanting light reveals faint puckering..... More
London: Issued from the Offices of 'The Playbox', Fleetway House / The Amalgamated Press Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. 104pp, busy with things happening, richly illustrated, mostly in monochrome, with frontis and a few other pages in colour. Most pages rather card-like and browning at edges. 'Belongs to' window on front free..... More
London: Dent, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 227pp, illustrated. Page block firm, 1940 ownership name to front endpaper. Small mild corner stain to some pages and soiling to a few others. In the original binding of russet cloth, with tennis shoes motif on spine: boards clean, spine a little darkened and..... More
London: Universal Text Book Ltd, n.d. [late 1930s?]. First or early edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated: c.60pp, illustrated at almost every opening, and with pictorial endpapers. Small tear with 1cm loss to margin of final page, and minor damage to hinge of rear endpaper. Gift inscription to front pastedown and 'belongs to'..... More
