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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TAN, Shaun. The Arrival.New York : 2007
First American edition, first printing, signed and stamped by Tan on publisher's bookplate on half-title, with a loosely inserted The Arrival postcard, and accompanied by a large poster. This moving graphic novel was featured in the New York Times children's books review of 11 November 2007, pp. 3233, among the best illustrated children's books of that... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 142193
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SENDAK, Maurice. Boy with a Hoop by a River.Edition of 125. Signed lower right in pencil by Sendak, numbered lower left. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 142083
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DISNEY, Walt. Donald Duck.New York : 1936
First edition, first printing. The first hard-cover Donald Duck title preceded by a similar sized but different book in wraps in 1935 published by Whitman Publishing Company. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 138236
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DAHL, Roald. The Twits.London : 1980
First edition, first impression. Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 137013
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[WARNER, Susan.] WETHERELL, Elizabeth. The Wide, Wide World.New York : 1851
First edition of Susan Bogert Warner's first novel, written under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell, in bright condition. Warner (1819-1885) began writing The Wide, Wide World in 1848. It was to become one of the most popular American novels of its time, however initially had difficulty finding a publisher. "Even when George P. Putnam accepted the... Learn More£2,650.00Stock Code: 139641
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.London : [1907]
Deluxe limited edition, number 263 of 1,130 numbered copies, of which 1,100 were for sale, with the last 30 reserved for presentation. Published when the book came out of copyright in 1907, this deluxe edition was issued unsigned, as Rackham was out of the country at the time. For the first time, Rackham's plates were distributed at the appropriate... Learn More£1,800.00Stock Code: 138673
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POETRY. The Vision of Hades,London : 1825
First complete edition, publishing the Vision of Noös for the first time, paired with the Vision of Hades, first published in 1820 and here in its second appearance. This copy has various pencilled emendations in the Vision of Noös, all stylistic rather than correcting errata, and consequently almost certainly in the hand of the anonymous author,... Learn More£625.00Stock Code: 138867
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SEUSS, Dr. - NOBLE, Maurice; June Foray; Chuck Jones (illus.) Original storyboard drawing of Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.Beverly Hills : 1966
Signed in pencil lower left by Maurice Noble and lower middle by June Foray. How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first released as a television special in December 1966, directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. This drawing represents Cindy Lou Who as she spots the Grinch in his Santa suit and asks "Why are you taking our Christmas tree... Why?" Noble... Learn More£6,000.00Stock Code: 142126
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CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.New York : 1935
Signed limited edition, number 599 of 1,500 copies signed by Alice Hargreaves, née Liddell, the original Alice. Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 139136
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan Portfolio. From "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens".London : 1912
Signed limited edition, NUMBER 3 OF 20 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM ON EACH PLATE, WITH THE BOOK SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND ENGRAVER/PRINTER on the limitation page. Although the edition was limited to 100 copies, only about 20 were signed throughout by Rackham.
Published to capitalise on the popularity of the stage production Peter and Wendy,... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 113285
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![My Very First Book of Homes [and:] My Very First Book of Motion [together with:] My Very First Book of Touch.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/4/140442.jpg)
CARLE, Eric. My Very First Book of Homes [and:] My Very First Book of Motion [together with:] My Very First Book of Touch.New York : 1986
First editions, first printings, of this charming little set of children's books by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 140442
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DAHL, Roald. James and the Giant Peach.New York : 1961
First edition, first printing, with the five-line colophon on the last page. Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 117153
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LOKER, Chris One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature.New York : 2014
First edition, first printing. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 136359
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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Edition Deluxe.London : October 2003
First Deluxe edition, first impression of the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 119580
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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Edition Deluxe.London : 2000
First Deluxe edition, first impression. Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 36781
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CARROLL, Lewis. The Game of Logic.London : 1887
Second (first published) edition. Presentation copy, with an accompanying letter, inscribed by the author "Bessie Badcock, from the Author. Feb. 23, 1894." With the board and original envelope each additionally inscribed, "Bessie Badcock, from L.C." Together with an autograph letter signed ("C. L. Dodgson") to Bessie Badcock presenting this copy, also... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 108947
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SEUSS, Dr.; JONES, Chuck (illus.) Cindy Lou Who looking downwards from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.Beverly Hills : 1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first released as a television special in December 1966, directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. This drawing is from the scene where Cindy Lou is about to touch a jack-in-the-box in a wreath. With the Linda Jones original production art seal lower lower left and accompanying certificate. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 141164
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SEUSS, Dr., JONES, Chuck (illus.) Cindy Lou Who holding a cup from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.Beverly Hills : 1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first released as a television special in December 1966, directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. This drawing is from the scene where a sleepy Cindy Lou is ushered back to her bed holding her cup by the Grinch. Stamped with a Chuck Jones Estate signature lower right. With the Linda Jones original production art seal... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 141173
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WHITE, Eliza Orne. I, The Autobiogaphy of a Cat.Boston : 1941
First edition, first printing. Learn More£80.00Stock Code: 140881
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FLINT, W. Russell (illus.); ROENAU, Ernst. Idyllen des Klassischen Altertums.Vienna : 1921
First edition, first printing, number 833 of 1400 copies, of this finely illustrated German retelling of Greek myths. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 141749
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, deluxe issue, one of 1,500 copies bound in green leather. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 138627
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WAITE, Arthur Edward. Belle and the Dragon.London : 1894
First edition, in bright condition, of this uncommonly found allegorical children's fantasy. The work, set in the mythic land of Ravendale, features lightly disguised versions of Waite and his cohort. In "all his work Waite presented himself as a non-denominational mystic", here named "the Mystic", and depicted at page 95 (ODNB). Copies have been traced... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 141596
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CARROLL, Lewis. Rhyme? And Reason?London : 1883
First edition. A remarkable presentation copy inscribed by the author to John Tenniel on the half-title in purple ink: "J. Tenniel, with sincere regards from the Author. Dec. 7/83." Never a close personal friend of the author, Tenniel famously refused further commissions from Dodgson after Through the Looking-Glass, but out of respect Dodgson kept him... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 108890
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[POTTER, Beatrix.] HEELIS, Beatrix. The Fairy Caravan.[Ambleside : 1929
First edition, UK issue, number 26 of 100 copies only. A touching presentation copy, inscribed by Potter on the front free endpaper, "To Mr & Mrs Wight of Graythwaite - in affectionate remembrance - from Beatrix Heelis. June. 10th 1930", together with an autograph letter from Potter to the Wights laid-in, consoling them on the loss of Mollie, their... Learn More£20,000.00Stock Code: 109175
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WAIN, Louis (illus.); OWEN, Alicia Mary. Old Rabbit the Voodoo and Other Sorcerers.London : 1893
First edition, first impression, of this collection of traditional African-American folklore. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 40244
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ADAMS, Richard. Watership Down.Harmondsworth : 1976
First illustrated edition, signed limited issue, number 16 of 250 specially bound copies signed by both the author and illustrator. This copy has an original watercolour depicting Pipkin, drawn and initialled by the illustrator, on the first blank.
Adams's first novel, Watership Down was initially turned down by the major publishing houses, before... Learn More£5,250.00Stock Code: 141188
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DISNEY, Walt. Bambi.New York : 1941
First edition thus, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed "To Janet with best wishes Walt Disney" on the half title. Walt Disney acquired the rights for Bambi in 1937 from a producer and director of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after the project was deemed too difficult. Indeed, the technical challenge of rendering a realistic animation of a deer delayed... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 109256
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REEVE, Philip. Mortal Engines.London : 2001
Advanced Reader's edition, preceding the published version, of Reeve's award-winning young-adult science fantasy novel, signed on the title page by the author. Mortal Engines is the first volume in the eponymous quartet published between 2001 and 2006. It won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Award, as well as... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 141483
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![Away We Go [Donald Duck skating from] On Ice.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/4/141131.jpg)
DISNEY, Walt. Away We Go [Donald Duck skating from] On Ice.Burbank : 1999
An original painting of Donald Duck ice skating produced for the Walt Disney Classics Collections to be used as a design for a figurine or publicity relating to the figurine. This image was drawn after an original image from Disney's 1935 cartoon "On Ice".
Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 141131
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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/1/4/140069.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 bound in a single volume. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 140069
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses.London : 1885
First edition, one of 1,000 copies published. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 132801
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DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.New York : 1964
First edition, first printing with the six line colophon on the last page (this was cut to five in all subsequent printings). This US edition precedes the English by three years. Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 109131
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GOREY, Edward. Gorey Posters.New York : 1979
First edition, first printing, signed by Edward Gorey on the title page, and with related material also signed by the artist: the publisher's 2 pp. promotional pamphlet (signed on the first page), and a poster titled "I love a mystery week" for the second international congress of crime writers, held in March 1978. Learn More£550.00Stock Code: 141199
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MUNARI, Bruno. The Lorry Driver.London : 1945
First UK edition, first impression, of this innovatively designed picture book, with flaps and wherein pages change size as the lorry driver gets closer to home. The Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari (1907-1998) produced several visually striking books for children from 1929 to his death. This book was published in Italy at the same time, under... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 141093
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WHITE, T. H. The Sword in the Stone.London : 1938
Rare original page proofs for The Sword in the Stone, with a manuscript annotation to the title page, bound with the original wrappers. The Sword in the Stone is "a delightful blend of medieval lore and humorous commentary and in many ways the finest light fantasy of the century" (Bleiler).
It was the most significant contribution to Arthurian... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 138836
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SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest.London : [1926]
First Rackham edition, signed limited issue, number 70 of 520 copies numbered and signed by Rackham; in the scarce dust jacket. This handsomely produced gift book pairs the enchanting illustrations of Arthur Rackham with one of the most magical of Shakespeare's plays. Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 138799
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CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.London : 1866
First published edition, with the earlier pale blue endpapers (rather than the more usual dark green).
The book was originally printed in Oxford at the Clarendon Press in June 1865, but Dodgson heard that the book's illustrator John Tenniel was dissatisfied with its quality, so he suppressed the whole edition of 2,000 copies. The book was entirely... Learn More£39,500.00Stock Code: 136032
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MACDONALD, George. Works of Fancy and Imagination.London : 1871
First collected edition of the works of George MacDonald, a friend and mentor of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and a pioneering figure in the development of English fantasy writing. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 132658
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CARROLL, Lewis. Phantasmagoria.London : 1869
First edition, first issue. One of 28 presentation copies sent out by Dodgson on 7 Januray 1869, inscribed by the author in brown ink on the half-title: "T. Heaphy, Esq. with the Author's Kind regards. Jan. 1869". The recipient was Thomas Frank Heaphy the Younger (1813-1873), a well regarded portrait and narrative painter whose name figures heavily... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 137829
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CARROLL, Lewis. The Complete Works.New York : [c.1940]
A handsomely bound volume of Carroll's works complete in one volume. Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 139188
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester.London and New York : 1903
First trade edition, first impression, deluxe issue in the publisher's flower patterned cloth. This published edition was preceded by the author's privately printed edition of 500 copies, issued in December 1902. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 121242
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins.New York : [1925]
Deluxe US edition, number 89 of 100 copies signed by both author and artist. Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 113003
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MARSHALL, James (illus.); MARSHALL, Edward. Fox in Love.New York : 1982
First edition, first printing. Inscribed with an original ink drawing of a fox on the front endpaper, "For Michael, love Jim Marshall, Los Angeles August 1985." Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 112336
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OXENFORD, Edward. Cat-Tales.New York : [c.1885]
Rare first and only edition of this lovely late 19th-century chromolithographed collection of poems for children. Worldcat locates two copies only (Philadelphia and Victoria, Australia); no copies on Library Hub. Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 140673
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POP-UP BOOK - KUBAŠTA, Vojtěch. Marco Polo.London : 1962
The present pop-up, in fine working condition, depicts 13th-century explorer Marco Polo aboard the royal carriage, carried by four elephants, accompanying Kublai Khan on a hunt. The designer, Vojtěch Kubašta (19141992), was a Czech architect and artist who drew on his architectural training to engineer complex three-dimensional folding scenes. "Relatively... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 140702
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HAGUE, Michael. Michael Hague's Family Christmas Treasury.New York : 1995
First edition, first printing. Signed by Hague on the title page. An anthology of Christmas themed texts, carols, and poems. Learn More£85.00Stock Code: 140845
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ADDAMS, Charles. The Charles Addams Mother Goose.London : 1967
First UK edition, first impression of the renowned cartoonist's take on these traditional nursery rhymes. Originally published in the US earlier the same year. Learn More£85.00Stock Code: 140840
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CHAMPAGNAC, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph. Le Cook de l'enfance et de la jeunesse.Paris : 1836
First edition of Champagnac's retelling, for the children, of Cook's voyages to the Pacific, including New Zealand, Batavia (present-day Jakarta), Tahiti, the Sandwich Islands, and many others.
Champagnac (1798-1858), a prolific author of educational material for young readers, included an appendix providing biographical, historical, and geographical... Learn More£1,900.00Stock Code: 140574
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ROBINSON, W. Heath (illus.); KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English.London : [c.1915]
A handsome copy of Kipling's classic, with Robinson's superb illustrations. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine, May, 1893, prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas" (Livingston, p. 74), three years later, from which this edition is reprinted. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 139898
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.London : 1911
First edition, rare with the glassine jacket. Intended to please her American readers, the main animal characters in the book are indigenous to North America: grey squirrels, chipmunks, and a "large bear". The inclusion of yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella, the birds which sing "Little bita bread and-nocheese!") was a mistake, as their range includes... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 109478
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CARROLL, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland; Alice Through the Looking Glass.London : 1938 & 1935
A handsomely bound pair of the miniature editions which were first published in this format in 1907. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 132025
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DAHL, Roald. The Witches.London : 1983
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author the day after his wedding to the dedicatee, Felicity "Liccy" d'Abreu Crosland, on the front free endpaper, "To James, Love Roald Dahl, 16 Dec. 1983". The recipient has neatly written his name, "James King", on the front pastedown. The Witches was published in a tumultuous year... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 123625
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William. La Tempête.Paris : [c. 1910]
First Dulac edition in French of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The first Dulac-illustrated edition of this title was published in English in 1908. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 140657
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DOYLE, Richard (illus.); PLANCHÉ, James Robinson. The Sleeping Beauty.London : 1868
An attractive copy of this Victorian illustrated edition of The Sleeping Beauty, this version originally published in 1865, and all early editions quite scarce.
"For these 'fine art' books, often issued in the name of other firms, the Dalziels made all arrangements and undertook the financial risk, commissioning artists on their own responsibility... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 139828
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POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.London : 1909
First edition, deluxe issue. These deluxe bindings were based on a design by Beatrix Potter and originally sold at 1/6- rather than the standard copies at 1/-. Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 134952
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Gold Bat.London : 1904
First edition, first issue with two pages of adverts. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 122911
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DAHL, Roald. The Twits.London : 1980
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper, "To Andrew, Heidi & Matthew, with love, Roald Dahl. 15 Dec. 1980", in the year of publication. Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 123208
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STREATFEILD, Noel. Circus Shoes.New York : 1939
First US edition, first printing, of the third book of Streatfeild's Shoes series. It was originally published in the UK in 1938 as The Circus is Coming and it won the Carnegie Medal that year. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 140489
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LANG, Andrew (ed.) The Grey Fairy Book.London : 1900
First edition, first impression, of the sixth instalment in Lang's Fairy Book series, with tales "deriving from many countries - Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world" (Lang's preface), many of them highly phantasmagorical and strange. Lang's preface contains the intriguing observation, "The stories,... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 127577
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); RUSKIN, John. The King of the Golden River.London : 1939
A lovely reissue of the Rackham trade edition, which was originally published in 1932. Learn More£100.00Stock Code: 85351
