La Fontaine, Jean de.

Fables Choisies De La Fontaine.

Paris, Martinet, Not dated, ca. 1900. 33 x 23 cm. 58 pages. With full page colour plates throughout. Original cloth spine over decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded/discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Lang, Andrew (Editor).

A Collection of Ballads. With Illustrations and Notes.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1897. 15 x 9 cm. xxii, 249 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Lofting, Hugh.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Illustrated by the author.

Philadelphia / New York, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1950. 21cm x 14.5cm. IX, 364 pages. With 18 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition with stronger signs of external wear on dustjacket.

McCarthy, Kieran.

The Odyssey for Arznel.

U.S.A., Published by the author, 2014. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. 315 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author.

Meadows, Lindon.

Dame Perkins and her grey Mare; or, The Mount for Market. With coloured Illustrations by Phiz.

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. 22 x 18 cm. 48 pages. With colour plates. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board. All edges gilt. Inside custom made clam shell box made by Anthony David Estill. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription in ink on front free end paper. Ex Libris (Anthony David Estill) on front paste down. Small bookseller stamp on rear paste down.

Middleton, Ivy.

Kay of the Pimpernels.

Second Impression London and Redhill, Lutterworth Press, 1942. 18.5 x 12 cm. v, pages 7 – 223. Original red cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover in original decorated dust jacket. Dust jacket now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Dust jacket age darkened, Edge worn and minor paper losses to spine, some closed tears. Not price clipped. Internally clean.

Mme La Comtesse De Segur.

Memoires D’Une Ane. Illustres de 75 Vigenttes Par H. Castelli.

Nouvelle Edition. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1888. 17 x 11 cm. 378 pages plus 16 pages of publishers list. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations to front board and spine. All edges gilt. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing internally. Binding a little weak. Short inscription on half title page dated 14 Avril 1993. Stamp on opposite page: ‘Alan F. Brooke Pau’.

Möller, Vera.

Klein Erna. Ganz dumme Hamburger Geschichten. Band 1-4.

Hamburg, Hans Christians Verlag, 1950. Ca. 15 x 11 cm. 95, 88, 88 and 88 pages. With Illustrations in B&W. Original stiff cardboard covers. See image. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally very clean. A nice set.

Muir, Percy.

English Children’s Books 1600 to 1900.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. 24 x 19 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket permanently mounted inside plastic jacket. Very good in very good jacket.

n.a.

Walt Disney’s Wonder Book.

First Edition. London, The Sunshine Press, 1950. 27.2cm x 20cm. 53 pages. With vintage Disney illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear on the cover and rubbed edges.