London: Chatto & Windus, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 32pp, illustrated - with some panache - at every opening, in colour or monochrome. Told as by a child, and probably illustrated by the author. Pages clean, no creases, faint thumb soiling to edge of a couple of pages. Landscape format, 19x25cms..... More

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1913. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 246, [2] ads. With a colour frontis and many illustrations in the text. Pages clean, a few have some very light spotting. Tanning to free endpapers, and modern bookplate to front pastedown. Top edge gilt. In the original binding..... More

London: The Bodley Head, 1975. New Edition (first printing thereof). Hardcover. [40]pp, unpaginated, illustrated in colour throughout. Contents very clean and fresh and unmarked, with some faint marks to the back of the front free endpaper. In the original pictorial paper-covered boards, fresh and bright, with a little foxing to..... More

London: G. Morrish, n.d. [1920s?]. Presumed first and only edition. Hardcover. Biblical stories, engagingly written for children, and interwoven with history: attractively produced, well printed on good paper. 56pp, with three plates, and 'copies can be had' from the author, giving a Teignmouth address. Contents very clean, free endpapers tanned..... More

London: Ward Lock Educational, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 96pp, illustrated variously in line, tone, and colour. As new, unread copy from storage, although about an inch down the leading edge of the front board is sunned. Fresh, bright, clean, firm, and corners sharp. An exceptional copy of a book now..... More

England: A Tower Press Product [No. 820], n.d. [c.1950?]. Presumed first and only edition. Card book. Tall stapled booklet, 7.2 x 3.9 ins: [10]pp, (4 coloured) in coloured card covers, with transfers laid in. The story, 'Mickey's Painting' - illustrated in line, and a sendup of modern art - runs..... 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

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

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: 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

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: 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