Rare Children's Books

Square 8vo (210 x 155 mm.); pictorial title printed in red & black, 24 colour plates by John Elliott, a little minor spotting, gift inscription to front free endpaper; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth blocked in dark brown, an attractive copy.

First edition, signed and dated on front free endpaper; landscape 4to; numerous illustrations, both in colour and black & white; publisher's pictorial boards with corresponding dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities, top of spine lightly bumped with small resultant crease to corner of jacket, closed tear to rear, otherwise very good.

First edition, inscribed by the Author to recto of front free endpaper; 4to; numerous illustrations, both in colour and black & white, by the author, slight age-toning, near-fine; publisher's pictorial boards with corresponding dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities, some creasing to upper edge, otherwise very good.

First edition; 12m; half-title with advertisement for the Dumpy Books series on verso, 27 full-page colour illustrations after the author printed by Edmund Evans, usual minor finger-marking and occasional light soiling to leaves, overall internally very good; publisher's pale green cloth lettered and blocked in darker green, a little light rubbing and marking but an attractive copy, scarce to find in such condition.

First edition; 12mo; 27 full-page colour illustrations after the author printed by Edmund Evans, pages 4-5 with old repair to gutter, new endpapers; publisher's pale green cloth lettered and blocked in darker green, slight lean and bumping, very minor marking, overall a very attractive copy, presented in modern cloth-backed solander box.

First edition, first state; 8vo; frontispiece, plates and vignettes by F. Y. Cory, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, hinges pulling slightly; publisher's sage cloth blocked in gilt with inset colour illustration to upper cover, minor rubbing and bumping to extremities, overall a very good copy.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author; 8vo; illustrations by Faith Jaques, internally fine; publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Faith Jaques, light creasing to edges, otherwise an attractive example.

Folio (325 x 255 mm); 8 chromolithographs in the text (3 full-page), manuscript synopsis of Stravinsky's The Firebird and English translation inserted at the rear; publisher's pictorial wrappers, small inscription to cover, overall a fine example.

Folio (32.5 x 25.5 cm); 12pp., 8 chromolithographs in text (4 full-page). Original pictorial wrappers. A fine example.

Folio (325 x 255 mm); 9 chromolithographs in the text, (3 full-page); publisher's chromolithographed wrappers, with additional English translation inserted at the rear, small ink initials (L.G.) inscribed on cover, a fine copy.