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Screen and Stage Adaptations
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First editions; 8vo, 2 vols; chapter decorations, pictorial endpapers, illustrations and jackets by Bip Pares, toned, very minor, slight spotting to some margins of first title, heavier to fore-edge of second with occasional weeping to page extremities, not affecting print; publisher's gold-lettered cloth, illustrated dust-jackets, toned, a bit dust-soiled, minor spotting, lightly rubbed and chipped at extremities, some edges creases, tape repair to verso of upper edge of first, spine darkened on second, otherwise good.
£450 -
First edition; 8vo; half-title, pictorial title and 20 black & white plates including frontispiece by C. E. Brock, 10pp publisher's adverts at rear, slight age-toning, as usual; publisher's gilt-blocked maroon cloth, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, very slight rubbing to extremities and darkening to spine, otherwise a fine copy.
£2,900 -
First edition, first printing; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket with artwork by Mozelle Thompson, an excellent copy.
£195 -
First edition, first printing; landscape folio (c. 250 x 270 mm.); title vignette and full-page illustrations by the author, ink name to front pastedown, publisher's cloth, minor sunning to extremities, pictorial dust-jacket, Caldecott prize sticker to upper cover, price-clipped, rubbed at edges with a few closed tears, ink name inside front flap.
£425 -
First edition; 8vo; photographic plates of stills from the film, ablation to the front free endpaper; publisher's blue cloth, dust-jacket by George Woodman, some rubbing to spine and corners but overall very good.
£95 -
First Jarrolds edition, first printing; 8vo; publisher's dark blue cloth, spine slightly rolled, overall near fine, pictorial dust-jacket correctly priced at 'seven shillings & sixpence net', a little chipped fore-corners and spine ends, some slight rubbing to edges, but overall very good.
£2,750 -
First edition, first printing, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; toning to free endpapers; publisher's cloth, slight rolling to spine, otherwise a very good copy, dust-jacket tanned and rubbed lacking very small pieces at the ends of the spine panel and with slight tanning to same, but overall very good.
£675 -
First edition, first printing, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; publisher's boards, very slight tinge of sunning to extremities, dust-jacket by Craig Dodd, a little minor toning, but overall a very good, unclipped example, with the author's portrait to lower flap.
£950 -
First edition in English, first issue with illustrator's name misprinted as 'C. Mazzanti'; 12mo; half-title and title printed in red & black, frontispiece (with tissue guard) and illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti, a few small marks to a couple of pages, contemporary gift inscription to half-title, overall internally very good, patterned endpapers; publisher's patterned cloth, slight toning to spine and top edge, very light small red stain to foot of lower cover near spine, but overall a good copy.
£2,800 -
First edition; 8vo; publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue, mildly rubbed on corners and spine ends, unclipped dust jacket, priced at $2.00 indicating first issue state, spine panel slightly faded with minor rubbing near head and foot, rear panel toned, front flyleaf with rectangle of offsetting (from small former bookmarký), resultant milder offsetting to opposite flap, mild glue(ý) residue from possible former bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a near-fine copy.
£5,800