An A D’Imigh Huis! Agus A Chaill Feasog. Go Sruth Na Maoile.

Three First Editions. Three Volumes. Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1964 / 1965. 27 x 21 cm. Each volume contains 46 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated hardcovers. See images. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Short closed tear to last page of the first 1964 volume. Cover a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

ANON.

Ten Little Puppy Dogs.

London, Brimax Books (Printed in Germany), Not dated, ca. 1950. 23 x 20 cm. 16 stiff cardboard pages. Illustrated throughout. Stiff decorated cardboard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Anon / Payne, Albert Henry (publisher) / Leutemann, H. (translator of Reynard the Fox).

Payne’s Orbis Pictus or Book of Beauty for Every Table & Reynard the Fox A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Two Books bound into One Volume.

Dresden, Leipzig & London, A.H. Payne & W. French, ND [c. 1852]. 27 x 20 cm. Orbis Pictus: Coloured Title Page, 240 pages of text and numerous Plates / Reynard the Fox: xii, 81 text pages plus 37 steel engravings. Full calf binding with gilt and blind decorations. Dentelles. Black spine label with gilt title. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of front joint starting to crack. Binding sound. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Moderate age darkening / browning. Internally clean.

Anon. [Defoe, Daniel].

The New Robinson Crusoe. An instructive and entertaining History, for the Use of Children of both Sexes; Translated from the French. Embellished with Thirty-two beautiful Cuts by Bewick. In two Volumes.

New Edition. London, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1804. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Vol.1: 328 pages. Vol.2: 303 pages. Complete with 32 Plates by Bewick, as called for. Uniform contemporary speckled calf. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations and volume numbers. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front joint of volume 1 started to crack. Mildly age darkened throughout. Missing pages 59 – 62 of volume 1. One plate (No. 25) with closed tear. Gift inscriptions on front paste down in ink. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Remains a very nice set.

Aspden, Don (author) / Brown, Paul (illustrations).

MIKE of Company D. With drawings by Paul Brown.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939. 20 x 13.5 cm. viii, (2), 261 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Spine ends mildly frayed. A few small stains (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Front hinge cracked. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Internally a very clean copy.

Blakey, John A.

The Tale of Lundravar the Dragon.

Limited Collectors Edition. Copy No. 33 of 650. Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, Wee Hills Publishing, [2008]. 30 x 21 cm. (6), 207 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Extensively decorated brown leather with coloured and blind decorations. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Inlaid natural stones on front board. Raised Bands. In plain, dark green padded presentation case with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. Two coloured book mark strips with natural stone decorations. Signed and numbered on half title page. Loosely inserted ‘Certificate of Authenticity’. Marbled end papers. Decorated brass clasp. A unique presentation binding (see images). Fine. As New.

Bright, Robert.

The Travels of Ching. Written and Illustrated by Robert Bright.

First Edition. London, Collins: Publishers for the Children, [1945]. 20 x 14 cm. Oblong. Title page plus 54 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated cardboard covers. Spine repaired with new spinal tape in 2020. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A litttle dust dulled. Small Children’s Ex Libris with handwritten name opposite title page. Neat hand colouring on three pages. A nice copy.

Browne, Gordon / Walker, A.G. / Miles, Helen / Bedford, F.D. / Sheldon, Charles / Robertson, G.E.

Sunday: Reading for the Young 1906.

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 1906. 19.5 x 25.5cm. 412 pages with illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover with gilt page edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Beautifully inscribed by pre-owner.

Captain Marryat.

Poor Jack. With Illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield.

First Edition. London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840. 22 x 13 cm. x, 384 pages. Complete with all Plates and Illustrations, as listed. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Black morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with small material losses (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / browning. Name of previous owner on title page (see image).

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alan Brooke’s Copy. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Sixty-Third Thousand. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. (6), 192 pages. Illustrated. Original maroon cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Good condition. Binding well rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Front and rear free end papers missing. Half title age darkened. Name of previous owner on half title (‘Alan Brooke’). Gift inscription on front paste down (‘To Dear little Victor from his friend Charlie Rially ? 1880’). Front and rear hinge exposed and binding weak.