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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass [and] The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems and Verses.

    CARROLL, Lewis (pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge); NEWELL, Peter (illustrator)
    Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00
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    3 vols, 8vo (227 x 160 mm); First vol: frontispiece photogravure of Lewis Carroll, 40 black & white illustrations by Peter Newell, further tex...

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  • The Lorax.

    SEUSS, Dr [pseud., GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
    Original price £550.00 - Original price £550.00
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    One of the most famous and much-loved of the Dr Seuss titles, an environmental tale pitting the Lorax, speaking on behalf of the trees, against th...

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    Original price £550.00 - Original price £550.00
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  • The Cat's Quizzer.

    SEUSS, Dr. [pseud. GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
    Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00
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    A very rare title from the Dr. Seuss canon and more so in such good condition. It is one of the six titles Dr. Seuss Enterprises withdrew from pub...

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  • Matilda.

    DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator).
    Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00
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    A first edition of Dahl's superb tale of a little girl whose innate genius has her pitted against her inane parents and irate headmistress. A clas...

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    Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00
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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

    CARROLL, Lewis (pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge); NEWELL, Peter (illustrator)
    Original price £475.00 - Original price £475.00
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    8vo (227 x 160 mm); frontispiece photogravure of Lewis Carroll, 40 black & white illustrations by Peter Newell, further text decoration by Rob...

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    Original price £475.00 - Original price £475.00
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  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

    ROWLING, J.K.
    Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00
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    The first edition of the last and darkest of the Harry Potter books, in which the eponymous hero faces his ultimate battle with 'he who must not b...

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  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

    ROWLING, J.K.
    Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00
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    The first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial dust-jac...

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    Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00
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  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald.

    HERGÉ.
    Original price £130.00 - Original price £130.00
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    The Castafiore Emerald is the twenty-first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, originally serialised weekly in the Tintin magazine between July 19...

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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

    CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; TENNIEL, John (illustrator).
    Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00
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    Later edition (fifty-fifth thousand) 8vo (190 x 135 mm); half-title, 42 woodcut illustrations (including frontispiece), advertisement leaf at rear...

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  • The BFG.

    DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator).
    Original price £475.00 - Original price £475.00
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    A fine copy of Dahl's well-loved story about Sophie's adventures in Dream Country with the dream-catching Big Friendly Giant (The BFG) and his tru...

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  • The Snowman.

    BRIGGS, Raymond.
    Original price £365.00 - Original price £365.00
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    Raymond Briggs' most well-known and beloved story, subsequently adapted for television in 1982, for which it was nominated for an Academy Award fo...

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    Original price £365.00 - Original price £365.00
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  • The Witches.

    DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator).
    Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00
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    A classic dark tale from a master of the genre, the macabre menace only slightly mitigated by the target audience being children. Winner of the Wh...

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  • The Fables of Aesop.

    DETMOLD, Edward J. (illustrator).
    Original price £425.00 - Original price £425.00
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    A stunning publication with wonderfully detailed, beautifully printed illustrations, regarded as amongst Detmold's finest work. Twenty-five fables...

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  • Autograph Letter Signed.

    CROMPTON Richmal [Lamburn].
    Original price £400.00 - Original price £400.00
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    This is a reply from Ms Crompton to the letter of Mr Orchard who appears to work in the booktrade. Crompton answers his questions regarding her ow...

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    Original price £400.00 - Original price £400.00
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  • Uncle Lubin.

    ROBINSON, W. Heath.
    Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00
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    A children's fantasy written and lavishly illustrated by the great Heath Robinson. Copies with much of the binding illustration intact are exceedi...

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  • The Sixpence That Rolled Away.

    MACNEICE, Louis; BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator).
    Original price £425.00 - Original price £425.00
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    A charming and imaginative tale, stunningly illustrated by Bawden.First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's pictorial boards printed red, ...

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  • Biggles - Air Commodore.

    JOHNS, Captain W.E.
    Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00
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    The true first edition of this early, and uncommon, Biggles title.First edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations, including colour frontispie...

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  • Maybe You Should Fly a Jet!

    SEUSS, Dr. [pseud. GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
    Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00
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    A very rare title from the Dr. Seuss canon and more so in such good condition. A wonderfully inspirational but light-hearted plethora of carrear s...

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    Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00
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  • The Well of Sleevelessness.

    STEPHENSEN, P.R.; COLLINS, Hal (illustrator).
    Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00
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    Published by the short-lived Scholartis Press, a small private press in London, founded by Eric Partridge in 1927. The press closed in 1931, when ...

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  • Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens.

    RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); BARRIE, J.M.
    Original price £4,750.00 - Original price £4,750.00
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    Signed limited edition. Rackham's magnificent illustrations capture so succinctly the ethereal atmosphere of the story, with the still recognisable...

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  • The Sixpence that Rolled Away.

    BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator); MACNEICE, Louis.
    Original price £1,100.00 - Original price £1,100.00
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    Edward Bawden's own copy. 'Once upon a time there was a One Pound Note and he married a Ten Shilling Note and they had three children, a half-crown...

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  • The Pie and the Patty-Pan.

    POTTER, Beatrix.
    Original price £575.00 - Original price £575.00
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    A very good first edition, in larger format than the usual Beatrix Potter titles (this was changed in 1930, when it was reissued to The Tale of th...

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  • Hold Fast By Your Teeth.

    BAWDEN, Edward (author & illustrator).
    Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00
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    From the author to his daughter. Nine short stories written and illustrated by Bawden.First edition, signed presentation inscription from the autho...

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