Children's Books
First editions of major works of children's literature, including the works of Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, A. A. Milne, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling, and other major writers in these fields.
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(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Up Stairs with Teddy Bear". [1926]
£150,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the final page of Winnie-the-Pooh. Initialled by Shepard and captioned by him in pencil on the reverse. An iconic image, it comes from the last...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (206 × 143 mm.) Mounted, glazed, and framed. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Pooh's Party". [1926]
£125,000
Original artwork illustrating Pooh receiving the gift of a pencil case from Christopher Robin during his party on page 155 of Winnie-the-Pooh. Initialled by Shepard. "Nobody was...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (90 × 155 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. A few faint spots. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original Drawing "Winnie-the-Pooh, Kanga, Roo, Piglet and Rabbit". 1926
£97,500
Original artwork used to illustrate page 98 of the chapter "Kanga and Baby Roo" in Winnie-the-Pooh. A lovely drawing including almost all of the book's characters, it depicts the...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (140 × 190 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Excellent condition. Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [1901]
£69,500
First edition, first impression, an exceptional copy, one of only 250 copies issued privately by Potter, preceding the reprint of February 1902 and the first trade edition of October...
Sextodecimo. Original grey paper boards, decoration and titles to upper board in black. Custom blue cloth slipcase and chemise. Coloured frontispiece and 41 text... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876
£57,500
First American edition, first printing, printed on wove paper, with the half-title and frontispiece printed on separate leaves (verso of half-title and recto of frontispiece blank)....
Square octavo. Original blue vertically-ribbed cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt and blind on front cover and spine, back cover... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£57,500
First trade edition. Shepard's own copy, inscribed by him on the day of publication on the verso of the title page, "Artist's Copy, Ernest H. Shepard, Oct. 14th 1926", and with his...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, map endpapers, top edge gilt. With the dust jacket. In a green quarter... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£50,000
Signed limited edition, large paper issue, one of 20 copies printed on Japanese vellum and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and the illustrator, this an unnumbered...
Small quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Original plain dust jacket. Housed in a custom morocco-backed folding case.... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. (From 'The Little White Bird'). 1906
£50,000
First edition, out-of-series from the deluxe signed limited edition of 500 copies, a special copy for presentation from the artist to the author, with an original watercolour drawing...
Quarto. Bound for presentation in original vellum, titles and decoration to front cover and spine gilt, original yellow silk ties, map to front endpaper, top edge... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Suite of four original drawings "The Tail is Lost". [1926]
£50,000
A set of four original drawings illustrating Eeyore's search for his missing tail on page 44 of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of which is initialled by the artist. "'Let's have a look,' said...
4 pen and ink drawings on artist's board (largest 75 × 80 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed together. Excellent condition. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: "He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens". 1906
£47,500
This is the scene where Peter steers his little nest-ship, built for him by the thrushes, into Kensington Gardens. Signed and dated by Rackham at upper right. The painting, along...
Ink and watercolour on paper (179 × 258 mm), within original buff card mount, outlined in black and grey ink and gold paper, glazed with UV protection glass in... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Pooh Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 62 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". With Shepard's pencilled caption. Pooh and Piglet set out to...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 105 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Piglet Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 65 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". Initialled by Shepard, who has also signed and written his...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 155 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924–28
£37,500
First editions, first impressions. Complete set of limited editions on handmade paper, each numbered and signed by the author and illustrator, from the same settings of type as the...
4 volumes, octavo. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper labels to upper boards. With the dust jackets. In a blue morocco solander case by the Chelsea Bindery.... Read more
ROWLING, J. K.
The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick. [2005]
£37,500
Fair manuscript copy in the author's hand of The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick, originally written for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the spring of 2005 Scottish...
2 page manuscript poem (each page 300 × 210 mm), handwriting to rectos only, the first with the author's gilt owl header, both bordered in blue. Each page... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
The House at Pooh Corner. 1928
£35,000
Signed limited edition, large paper issue, number 1 of 20 copies printed on japon and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and the illustrator—the most luxurious and...
Small quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in an orange morocco slipcase and chemise. Illustrated throughout by E.... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Now We Are Six. 1927
£35,000
Signed limited edition, number 4 of 20 large-paper copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf. The most luxurious and exclusive...
Octavo. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with chemise. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H.... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] 1924–8
£29,500
First trade editions. When We Were Very Young is a first issue with ix missing in the preliminaries. A superb set, the best we have seen. Provenance: from the collection of Pat...
4 volumes, octavo. Original cloth (blue, green, red and pink respectively), titles to spines gilt, rules and illustrations to boards gilt, top edges gilt. With the... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
When We Were Very Young. 1924
£27,500
First edition. Number 12 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf. A beautiful copy retaining the pure blue of the dust jacket with no fading or...
Quarto. Original red cloth backed grey boards, printed paper label to upper board. With the dust jacket. Housed in an orange quarter morocco slipcase and chemise.... Read more
WRIGHT, Cliff [Original Artwork].
Hogwarts School. 1997.
£25,000
This artwork was used on the first and subsequent editions.
Original artwork in pencil, ink and water-colour. Approx. 14 x 9 inches. This is the original illustration depicting Hogwarts School used on the rear cover of Harry... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876
£25,000
First edition, published on 9 June, thus preceding the first American edition that appeared in mid-December by some six months. Twain chose to have the book published first in London...
Octavo. Original red cloth with border and cover design blocked in black and lettering in gilt, cream coated endpapers. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander... Read more
ROWLING, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 1997
£25,000
First edition, first impression, the preferred case-bound issue, with all the requisite points of first printing: Bloomsbury imprint, 10-down-to-1 number line, and the list of...
Octavo. Original matt laminated printed boards. Without dust jacket as issued. Head of spine and lower corners bumped, 'The Pushkin Schools' Prize' bookplate to... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. [1914]
£25,000
First Edition Limited Issue. One of 500 copies, of which this is number 127, signed by Kay Nielsen on the limitation page. Nielsen's masterpiece, of great scarcity in this condition.
Quarto, pp. 206 + [ii]. Original full vellum, decoration and titles to spine gilt, decoration to boards gilt with bright blue trim, yellow silk ties. Housed in a... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924–8
£22,500
First editions, first impressions.
4 works, octavo. Original cloth (blue, green, red and pink respectively), titles to spines gilt, rules and illustrations to boards gilt, top edges gilt. With the dust... Read more
ROWLING, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 1997
£20,000
Uncorrected proof copy inscribed by the author on the dedication leaf, "and for Norma, my chauffeur and all round helper, J. K. Rowling".
Perfect bound. Original white wrappers printed in black and yellow. With the original trial dust jacket. Very lightly rubbed. An excellent copy. Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866
£20,000
First published edition, in the earliest state with pale blue endpapers (rather than the more usual dark green), with inverted "S" in the last line of contents page. Famously, the...
Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, edges gilt, Burn & Co binder's ticket on rear endpaper. Custom quarter red morocco solander box.... Read more
