The Book of Old English Songs & Ballads. Illustrated in Colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

First Edition, London, New York, Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, ca.1915. 21 x 28 cm, 198 pages, 24 tipped in colour illustrations. Original green cloth cover with red titles and dark green ornaments. Water staining on top of back board, Spine slightly faded, end papers age darkened, a few small spots on rear board cover, edges and corners slightly shelf worn. Text block and illustrations in excellent condition.

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.

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.

Gilbert, W.S.

The BAB Ballads. With which are included Songs of a Savoyard.

Sixth Edition. London, Macmillan, 1906. 19 x 13 cm. xii, 563 pages plus 32 pages publisher’s list. With 350 illustrations by the author. Original green cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing anf bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding a little shaky, but holding. Name on half title page reads ‘a.m. Pelly 3rd ap. 1909’.

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’.

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.

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.

Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera. A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses by Walter Crane. The Music by the Earliest Masters.

London, Frederick Warne and Co., Not dated. 18 x 19 cm. 56 pages with illustrations and music scores. Original boards. Professionally recased with a new spine strip and new end papers in 2018. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. A few coloured pencil marks by a child.

Harris, Joel Chandler.

Uncle Remus. or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin. With Fifty Illustrations by T.A. Elwes.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. xxxi, 248 pages plus eight pages publishers list. Illustrated. Two colour cloth binding with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Professionally rebacked in 2019 using original boards, but with new end papers. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded. Internally bright and 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.