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.

Haskell, Arnold / Lewis, Min.

Infantilla – The Archaeology of the Nursery. Illustrated by Stanley Lewis.

London, Dennis Dobson, 1971. 28.7cm x 22.5cm. 120 pages. With 72 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.

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.

Cooke, Grace MacGowan.

Son Riley Rabbit and Little Girl. With forty Illustrations in Black and White from Photographs.

First UK Edition. London, W.&R.Chambers, Limited, Not dated [c. 1910]. 26 x 20 cm. (6), 113 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth with decorations. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Some dog ears and short closed tears to first few pages. 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’.

Farrow, G.E.

The New Panjandrum. With Illustrations by Alan Wright.

[First Edition?]. London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 198 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion and discolouring to binding. Rear hinge open. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated ‘Xmas 1943’. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Carroll, Lewis.

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits. With nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1898. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 83 pages. With a tissue guarded frontispiece and eight further plates. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and title on front board and spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulling. A very nice copy. Name of a previous owner on rear end paper. Tissue guard and first few pages mildly foxed.

Kiddell-Monroe, Joan.

Ingulabi.

First Edition. London, Sylvan Press – Nicolson & Watson, [1943]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered Pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. New (2020) green cloth hard cover. Original paperback front cover has been used for new hardback front board (see images). New green end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Neat (Child) Ex Libris on half title page. Some coloured pencil marks on one page, otherwise bright and clean inside. A nice copy in a new hardback binding with gilt title and author on spine.

Grover, Eulalie Osgood.

The Sunbonnet Babies’ Book. Illustrated by Bertha L. Corbett, “The Mother of the Sunbonnet Babies”.

First Edition. Chicago, New York, London, Rand McNally & Company, 1902. 23 x 17 cm. 105 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers. Decorated blue cloth. Hard cover with title on spine. In protective plastic cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Mildly age dulled throughout.

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.