Children's
Rare first editions, signed and inscribed copies, deluxe and collectible editions of books, pamphlets, and ephemera relating to books written for children or juveniles.
First editions of children's classics, including Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, J. K. Rowling, A. A. Milne and J. M. Barrie.From the blog: 'Dear Boys and Girls': Enid Blyton's personal brand
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ROWLING, J. K. [Harry Potter collector's deluxe editions, signed or inscribed:] Philosopher's Stone; Chamber of Secrets; Prisoner of Azkaban; Goblet of Fire.London : 1999-2000
First deluxe editions of the first four Harry Potter books, inscribed on the half-title of Philosopher's Stone by the author, "To Alex, enjoy reading these with Mummy and Daddy! J K Rowling", and signed by Rowling on the half-titles of the other volumes. Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets are fifth impressions; Prisoner of Azkaban, sixth; Goblet... Learn More£5,500.00Stock Code: 146754
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DAHL, Roald. Esio Trot.London
First edition, first impression. Esio Trot was the last book to be published in Dahl's lifetime. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 146645
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ROWLING, J. K. Original miniature manuscript.[2004]
A unique miniature Harry Potter manuscript handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling, signed by her on the title page, and inscribed on the final page by her: "From Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by me." The manuscript relates to pp. 52-3 in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where Harry and Hagrid go to London to purchase his school... Learn More£125,000.00Stock Code: 144022
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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.London : 1998
First edition, first impression, of the second Harry Potter book. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142644
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SEUSS, Dr., as LESIEG, Theo. Come Over to My House.New York : 1966
First edition, first printing, of the 44th book in the Beginner Books series. Theo LeSieg was an occasional pen name of Theodor Geisel, who most often wrote using his now famous pseudonym, Dr. Seuss. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 128621
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POTTER, Beatrix. Sister Anne.Philadelphia : 1932
First edition, first issue. With the frontispiece incorrectly published opposite p. 7, rather than than title page. A Fairy Caravan offshoot, this is Potter's version of the tale of Bluebeard. It was withdrawn from The Fairy Caravan due to its length, and Potter now offered it to McKay as a story on its own. Due to her age and poor eyesight, Potter... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 109193
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BRIGGS, Raymond. Gentleman Jim.London : 1980
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Griff With Best Wishes, from Raymond Briggs 24 April 1980". Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 146579
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DAHL, Roald. Even More Revolting Recipes.London : 2001
First edition, first impression. This book follows Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes (1996) with thirty more recipes for meals featured in Dahl's books, including "Boiled Slobbages" from James and the Giant Peach, "Glumptious Globgobblers" from The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, and "Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemellow Delight" from Charlie and the... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 146576
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GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illus.) The Wind in the Willows.London : 1931
First Shepard edition, signed limited issue, number 164 of 200 large paper copies signed by both author and artist. This edition - also issued unsigned in a cloth binding - was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today.
Wind... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 146527
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HEARN, Lafcadio. Japanese Fairy Tales.Tokyo : [1931]
First edition thus of the illustrated 5-volume set of Japanese folklore stories. These five tales were first published on plain paper between 1898 and 1922 in a larger format than this one. They were also issued separately in small crêpe-paper editions (the crêpeing process was applied after printing) sometimes simultaneously as the first plain paper... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 146072
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THURBER, James. The Great Quillow.New York : 1944
First edition, first printing. Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 141043
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); DANA, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast.London and Glasgow : [1904]
First edition, the December 1904 printing. The first printing was in September. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 113087
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POTTER, Beatrix. Wag-by-Wall.London & New York : 1944
First UK edition, limited issue. Number 78 from a limited edition of 100 copies only, the only British publication. Potter originally conceived the story "as a pendant to The Tailor of Gloucester - the lonely old man and the lonely old woman, but I could never finish it." It was first written in 1909 under the title "The Little Black Kettle". Potter... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 109499
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BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. The Coral Island:London : 1858
First edition, first issue (with frontispiece contiguous with title page, gilt illustrated roundel on front cover and shark-attack plate at p. 76), in the less common rose-pink cloth (copies are more commonly encountered in blue cloth). Ballantyne wrote children's stories based on his experiences in Canada as a young man in the service of the Hudson's... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 105863
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DIXON, Franklin W. The Hardy BoysNew York : 1927-37
Early printings and states of the first 12 Hardy Boys titles. Many copies "A printing" variants. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 97996
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MILNE, A. A., & E. H. Shepard. Catalogue of The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection of Pat McInally.London : 2011
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items gathered together over twenty years by American football legend Pat McInally, the catalogue describes and illustrates fine examples of all the Pooh books, important inscribed copies,... Learn More£10.00Stock Code: 72112
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ROWLING, J. K. [Complete set of the Harry Potter collector's deluxe editions:] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; the Chamber of Secrets; the Prisoner of Azkaban; the Goblet of Fire; the Order of the Phoenix; the Half-Blood Prince; the Deathly Hallows.London : 1999-2007
First deluxe editions, first impressions, of the complete Harry Potter series. Recognizing the surging collector's and gift market for the series, Bloomsbury published a deluxe edition alongside the trade edition for Prisoner of Azkaban in July 1999, with retrospective deluxe editions of the first two books following that September, thereafter publishing... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 142198
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GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1908
First edition, first impression, of Grahame's children's classic. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 133871
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JUVENILIA. Little Story Books.New York : 1916-17
An attractive and remarkably well-preserved set of 16 popular tales and verses from various sources, including, "Aladdin", "Cinderella", "Robin Hood", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Puss in Boots", "The Pied Piper", "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", "The Gorgon's Head", "Ali Baba", and others. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 145980
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BROWN, J. W. Muriel's Dreamland:London : 1871
First edition, preceding the large quarto edition which was published later the same year, of this Victorian children's tale, fruit of a mother-daughter collaboration. Telling the story of Muriel's oneiric adventures travelling the world with fairies, this Christmas fantasy is rare, especially so complete, as here. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 146068
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CARROLL, Lewis. The Game of Logic.London : 1887
Second (first published) edition. This edition is dated a year later than the first edition (as with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), which was rejected by Dodgson due to the poor printing quality. Accompanying the book are a playing board marked in a lattice pattern and coloured counters; Dodgson's aim with the game card was to depict syllogistic... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 146033
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KRAUSS, Ruth, Remy Charlip, Maurice Sendak, Margaret Rey, H. A. Rey, Karla Kuskin, Ezra Jack Keats, Miriam Schlein, Harvey Weiss and Crockett Johnson. 10 signatures by 10 US children's authors and illustrators.c. 1970
A collection of esteemed Children's authors and illustrators, presumably signed at the same gathering as the signatures are in the same pen, unfortunately we do not have the whereabouts or exact dates. Ruth Krauss was the author of many Children's books including "The Carrot Seed", one of many collaborations with her husband illustrator, Crockett Johnson,... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 146040
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BRIGGS, Raymond. The Snowman.London : 1978
First edition, first impression. The Snowman was adapted into a 26 minute-long animated film, first broadcast 26 December 1982, which remains a Christmas classic. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 145950
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PERRAULT, Charles. Les Contes des Fées.Paris : [c.1865]
An attractively illustrated early edition in French, gathering nine of Perrault's classic tales. Usually avidly leafed through by young readers, copies in such good condition are rare.
This edition includes "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" (Little Red Riding Hood), "Le Petit-Poucet" (Tom Thumb), "Le Chat-Botté" (Puss in Boots), "Cendrillon" (Cinderella),... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 145976
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KIPLING, Rudyard - DETMOLD, Maurice & Edward J. (illus.) Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book".London : 1903
First edition, first printing. Generally considered as one of the Detmold Brothers finest collections and by some critics as the finest book illustrations ever. The 16 plates were too heavy for the portfolio, and thus it is very rare to find the portfolio in anything but poor state. Learn More£8,000.00Stock Code: 145713
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SEUSS, Dr., as LESIEG, Theo. Wacky Wednesday.New York : 1974
First edition, first printing. Wacky Wednesday was the 59th book in the Beginner Books series published by Random House for younger readers. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, authored over a dozen books under the pen name Theo LeSieg (Geisel's surname spelled backwards). Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 144370
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.London : 1911
First edition, first impression, in the rare publisher's glassine dust jacket. The story of Timmy and Goody Tiptoes is the only Beatrix Potter story apparently set in North America - although this is implicit rather than stated anywhere in the book. All the main animal characters are indigenous to North America: grey squirrels, chipmunks and a "large... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 138693
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : 1906
First Rackham edition. Barrie asked Rackham to illustrate not the play Peter Pan (which remained unpublished until 1928) but make a new book from those chapters from The Little White Bird (1902) that had first introduced the character. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 125595
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LANG, Andrew (ed.) The Brown Fairy Book.New York, London, and Bombay : 1904
First US edition, first printing, of the ninth instalment in Lang's Fairy Books series. Lang gathered exotic tales from North America, Brazil, Australia, Africa, Persia, India, Lapland and the Pacific Islands. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 120638
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LANGLEY, Noel. The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger.New York : 1938
First US edition, first printing. A scarce title, especially so in the dust jacket. It was largely on the basis of this work that Langley was selected as a screenwriter for The Wizard of Oz (1939). Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 116265
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse.London : 1918
First edition, first impression, with the dropped "N" from London on the imprint. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 115969
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SEUSS, Dr. The Seven Lady Godivas.New York : 1939
First edition, first printing. One of Seuss's few books written for adults. Learn More£1,100.00Stock Code: 109929
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : 1906
First Rackham edition. Barrie asked Rackham to illustrate not the play Peter Pan (which remained unpublished until 1928) but make a new book from those chapters from The Little White Bird (1902) that had first introduced the character. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 109465
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : 1906
First Rackham edition. Barrie asked Rackham to illustrate not the play Peter Pan (which remained unpublished until 1928) but make a new book from those chapters from The Little White Bird (1902) that had first introduced the character. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 109467
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1951
Deluxe edition, number 305 of 500 copies. This is the one-hundredth edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908, with just a frontispiece, by Graham Robertson. Rackham's illustrations for the text first appeared in the Limited Editions Club edition of 1940, and it was the last work he illustrated. "During his last illness... Learn More£4,250.00Stock Code: 107331
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[POTTER, Beatrix.] HEELIS, Beatrix. The Fairy Caravan.Philadelphia : 1929
Signed limited edition, number 48 of 100 copies signed by the author. The bibliographic story of this book is strangely charming and endearingly amateurish. Potter considered this story of a miniature animal-run travelling circus as "too personal and autobiographical" for her comfortably to allow publication in England. She arranged for the Philadelphia... Learn More£12,000.00Stock Code: 105980
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[UPTON, Florence K.] UPTON, Bertha. The Golliwogg's Christmas.London : 1907
First edition, first impression. Scarce with the jacket. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 105021
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STEADMAN, Ralph. Little.com.London : 2000
First edition, first impression. Signed limited edition, number 241 of 400 specially bound copies signed by the artist on the half-title, of which 300 were numbered for sale and 100 were reserved for the artist. Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 100454
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 97218
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures.London : 1913
Signed limited edition, number 890 of 1,030 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 94954
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 90585
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures.London : 1913
Signed limited edition, one of 1,030 numbered copies signed by the artist. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 78965
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 63508
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GOREY, Edward. The Object-Lesson.New York : 1958
First edition, first printing, of Gorey's fourth book. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141196
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HANDFORTH, Thomas. Faraway Meadow.New York : 1939
First edition, first printing, of the author's second book. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141277
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DISNEY, Walt. Mickey Mouse as Santa Claus from Mickey's Good Deed.Burbank : 1932
Mickey's Good Deed was originaly released in December1932, these images are for the scene where Mickey walks up to the bed of sleeping kittens.
Each image numbered "20", "30", and "48". Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 141136
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HENRY, Marguerite. King of the Wind.Chicago : 1948
First edition, second printing. Signed by Henry on the half-title. King of the Wind won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. Learn More£65.00Stock Code: 141145
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WORM, Piet. 3 Little Horses at the King's Palace.New York : 1959
First edition, first printing. This book is a sequel to the 1958 Three Little Horses and tells the story of Blackie, Brownie, and Whitey and their adventures at the royal palace. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 141074
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SENDAK, Maurice. Nutshell Library.London : 1964
First UK edition, first impression. It was originally published in the US in 1962. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 141090
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SENDAK, Maurice. Nutshell Library.London : 1964
First UK edition, first impression. It was originally published in the US in 1962. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 141092
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STEADMAN, Ralph, & STONE, Bernard. Emergency Mouse.London : 1978
First edition, first impression, signed by Steadman in pink and Stone in black on the title page. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 140166
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DISNEY, Walt. Mickey Mouse Story Book.Philadelphia : 1931
First edition, first printing. Covers feature Mickey reading to two attentive smaller mice with Pluto laying by his side. A small black and white drawing of Mickey (recto) and Minnie (verso) appear to dance as the pages are flicked. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 145722
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BARRIE, J. M. Peter and Wendy.London : [1911]
First edition, first impression, in unusually nice condition. Peter and Wendy is an expanded adaptation into novel form of the story first made popular in the 1904 stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. It tells the familiar story of the stage version, with Peter as an older child flying off with Wendy and the other Darling children... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 143136
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CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there.London : 1872
First edition, first impression, handsomely bound in an early morocco binding in keeping with the original design of the cloth. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 138486
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KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories For Little Children.London : 1902
First edition, third printing (two months after the first), inscribed by the author, "Janet Aitken from her obliged and obedient servant the author Jul. 1911", on the title page; Kipling has struck through his printed name and signed it below. Then three years old, Janet Gladys Kidd, née Aitken, later Campbell, later Montagu (1908-1988), was the daughter... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 137861
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![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; [together with:] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/3/136966.jpg)
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; [together with:] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.London : 1876 & 1873
A handsomely bound set of Carroll's classic children's novels, published in 1865 and 1871 respectively. The Alice books earned the author "a place in the firmament of the great, for they are not only acts of imaginative genius but they also revolutionized writing for children" (ODNB).
Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 136966
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![Alice in Wonderland [bound together with;] Through The Looking-Glass. And what she found there.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/3/135375.jpg)
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland [bound together with;] Through The Looking-Glass. And what she found there.London : 1937-9
Late 1930s issues of the Alice books, in a handsome contemporary binding by Bayntun-Rivière. Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 135375
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![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/3/130475.jpg)
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.London : 1881 & 1872
A handsomely bound set of early editions; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the 67th thousand and Through the Looking-Glass is the 24th thousand. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 130475
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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.New York : 1924
First US edition, deluxe limited issue, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed on large paper and with pictorial boards. When We Were Very Young was published in London on 6 November 1924 and in New York on 20 November; the standard US issue was in red cloth on smaller paper. One hundred of the 500 deluxe copies were also issued signed. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 143290
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Treasure Island and Kidnapped.London : 1909
First combined edition (first published thus in August 1907), fifth impression, in an attractive deluxe binding. Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) were the first of Stevenson's novels to be published by Cassell, both first serialized in Young Folks, then afterwards published in book form, and they remained among the best-sellers on Cassell's... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 138093
