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.

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.

Hale, Kathleen.

Manda.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1952. 25 x 18 cm. 30 pages. Illustrated throughout in Colour and B&W. Original decorated paperboards in original matching decorated dust jacket, now in clear archival jacket. Very good in very good jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers slightly dust dulled. Internaly bright and clean. Dust jacket shows some age darkeing and edge wear. Minor losses to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. See images of book and dust jacket.

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’.

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.

Shoberl, Frederic (author) / Landseer, Thomas (illustrator).

Natural History of Quadrupeds.

Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.

Rice, Shawn (illustrations) / Rice, Paul (text).

Over the Moon [signed].

First Edition. London, Methuen Children’s Books, 1983. 21 x 15 cm. 32 unnumbered pages. Illustrated. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor bumping to corners. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Signed by the Illustrator on title page. Losely inserted invitation to a Private View Exhibition. See images.

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.

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).

Kipling, Rudyard.

Puck of Pook’s Hill.

First Edition. First Printing. London, Macmillan & Co., 1906. 19 x 13 cm. x, 306 pages and publishers list. With Illustrations. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and spine. New plain end papers.Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.