Slim stapled booklet format, limp covers. Very scarce title. Similar in style to a ladybird book but shorter; fewer pages. Educational series for very young children. This book features a picture of a toy on each page with the name underneath printed in clear lowercase text. Printed on-sided to prevent distraction, so when you turn the page you only see one image. 11 toys are featured - tricycle, roundabout, golliwog, Noah's ark, doll's house, pedal car, wigwam, doll and tea-set, jig-saw puzzle, cooking set, puppets. In very good, clean condition. No names or inscriptions. 17.5 x 15cm. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. Signed on the title page by the illustrator, Nicola Bayley - no inscription / dedication. Glazed pictorial boards are slightly faded at the spine and very slightly bruised at the base of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A tiny mark on page 10. The binding is firm. pp. 31. 25.2cm tall. View More...
Pictorial soft back, stapled binding. First thus, paperback edition, 1971. Covers are rubbed and creased - good condition; contents are in very good condition, though pages have sightly darkened /discoloured. Foxing inside the covers / prelims. Previous owner's name written neatly in ballpoint at the top edge of the half-title page. pp.30. 23.8cm tall. ISBN: 0216882708. View More...
Pictorial soft back, stapled binding. First published in 1960; this edition is 1970. The covers have a little creasing, light rubs to edges and a pencil mark on the front cover. Contents in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 30. 23.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback, pictorial boards. No dust jacket. First published in 1962; this edition is 1970. The binding is firm; a very small pull to the sewn binding at the head of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages in clean condition. Slim and unpaginated. Boards are rubbed at the spine ends and corners, with short nick at the head of the spine. 24.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Glazed pictorial boards. A very nice clean copy of this scarce Camberwick Green book. Pages all clean, though browned at the edges. The sewn binding is in really good condition. The only two flaws are that Paddy Murphy's eyes on the front pastedown illustration have been coloured in and the rear pastedown illustration has been torn, with about an inch missing from the bottom of the picture. The binding often becomes weak on these picture books but the binding is firm. Published around the same time as Chigley was first aired on TV (Camberwick Green was first shown in 1966). Unpaginat... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, very near fine condition. In this, the first title of the beloved Little Tim series, a small boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy sea and sinking ship to come! Slim unpaginated picture book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to mi... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition thus - first printing of this revised and redrawn edition (Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes was first published by the OUP in 1937). An excellent, very near fine condition copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Tiniest amount of foxing to the top edge of the underside of the dust jacket and a few very pale (difficult to see) spots to the dust jacket covers. There are two slight black ink printing smears to pages - one on p.43, the other on p. 46. In otherwise excellent condition throughout. Clean, tight and unmarked. No names or inscriptions. The front flap of t... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. The penultimate Little Tim story from renowned author and illustrator Edward Ardizzone. There is some quite significant foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns and lighter foxing to the dust jacket flaps and to the underside of the dust jacket. There is a very small residual tape mark to the rear endpaper, transferred from a previous dust jacket cover. Otherwise in overall very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket has very light rubs to the spine ends and corners; no tears. Front flap not... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Very good condition. First UK edition; was first published in the USA in 1944. Publisher's original red boards. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges and to the edges and back cover of the dust jacket. Some very light rubs to the dust jacket edges. The binding is nice and firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A very good copy of this delightful, scarce little children's book. Front flap of the dust jacket has been price clipped. pp. 31. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition [1940]. Original blue cloth boards with black outline penguin design and titles on the front / upper board. There is a very, very slight curvature to the boards. Heavy foxing to the top and bottom closed textblock edges. Significant foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and to the dust jacket. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with tears, chips, some loss at the spine ends and corners and loss (max 5cm x 4.5cm) to the top edge of the back cover. Some further pale brown staining to the front cover of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. There... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition overall. Pictorial boards and matching dust jacket. First edition. The binding is firm and pages clean and bright. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The boards and dust jacket both have a short tear of approx. 0.5cm at the base of the spine. The dust jacket is otherwise just a little bruised at the top edge and the white sections are slightly discoloured. Front flap not price clipped. Slim and unpaginated illustrated children's picture book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose pro... View More...
Hardback. Glazed pictorial boards. Sewn binding, which is slightly weakened at the base of the spine. No names or inscriptions. The front pastedown has a small grubby mark and a biro line mark, about one inch long. The book has a musty odour. Children's picture book. Unpaginated. 26.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Pictorial boards show some rubs to the surface, particularly around the edges and spine. Rub to the front endpaper where it looks like a previous price mark has been erased. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A few pale grubby marks to page margins. Unpaginated. Slim picture book. 25.6cm tall. View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; 1986 reprint; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1972. In just about very good condition overall. Some foxing inside both front and back covers. Puffin editorial file stamp just inside the front cover. In otherwise nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; 1985 reprint; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1970. A very little, very light foxing inside both front and back covers. Editorial copy file stamp just inside the front cover and there is a faint score mark scratched along the width of the front cover. In otherwise very good, clean condition. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; a late 1980s to early 1990s reprint, estimated 1990; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1970. There is a small dent to the top of the spine and a tiny dent to the top edge of the front cover. Very slight rubs to the corners of the covers. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial glazed boards with matching dust jacket. First edition. Dolphin Books series. In very good condition. The binding is firm and pages are bright except for foxing to the top closed textblock page edge and just a couple of foxing spots to the title page. No names or inscriptions. Pages are free from creasing. The dust jacket has a few light rubs to the edges. pp. 32. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First American edition. Signed by Raymond Briggs, with best wishes (dated July 1981) on the reverse of the front endpaper - no inscription / dedication. The book has glazed pictorial boards and is in very good, clean condition - slight bruising to the base of the spine. The pages are a little discoloured / darkened at the edges but are otherwise clean throughout. The dust jacket matches the design of the boards - it is generally discoloured in the white sections and there is a water stain to the bottom of the jacket, measuring approx. 1.5cm high by 11.5cm across; als... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. German first edition of The Snowman; the language is unimportant as The Snowman is of course a wordless picture book. Signed by Raymond Briggs on the reverse of the front endpaper, with best wishes and dated July 1981 - no inscription / dedication. In good condition. There is the occasional very pale mark to pages (you need a bright light / bright daylight to see these, they are very pale and therefore they have not shown up in the photographs). The boards are also generally discoloured and there are some writing indentations on the upper boar... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. Signed by the author, and dated 1983, on the title page - no inscription / dedication. This copy is a 3rd impression, 1983; it was first published in 1982. Pages are very slightly discoloured / darkened at the edges. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. A somewhat harrowing wordless picture book about a nuclear attach on Britain by the Soviet Union, told from the view of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. The book was made into an animated film in 1986. Slim and unpaginated. The book measures 30.5cm tall. View More...
First Picture Puffins edition, 1975; the book was first published by World's Work Ltd in 1968. Slim stapled binding children's picture book. In excellent, very near fine condition. Slight discolouration / darkening to the pages only. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are crisp and clean, no handling marks. A super copy of this first Picture Puffins edition. Unpaginated. 15.7 cm tall x 19.6cm wide. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Publisher's original mid-blue boards. The front endpaper has been removed. The binding is otherwise firm. Previous owner's name pencilled at the top edge of the front pastedown and the rear endpaper. Pages are clean; one page has a flattened crease to the top corner. The dust jacket is discoloured and stained, and has some foxing, tears and chips. Front flap of the dust jacket price clipped. Slim and unpaginated. Picture book which tells the story of how horses developed from the eohippus of millions of years ago, to the narrator of the story, the Shetland. 25.8cm ta... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial boards. First UK edition. Beautifully illustrated. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm and pages nice and clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Just a couple of foxing spots on the pastedowns (very few). The dust jacket is price clipped, discoloured / darkened, has greyish marks to the back cover and has a few tears to the edges and small loss at the head of the spine. pp. 53. 21.5cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Pictorial glazed boards with matching dust jacket. First edition. Dolphin Books series. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges, and scattered foxing to the pages throughout. A few light handling creases to pages. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket has some light rubs to the edges. pp. 32. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. View More...
Softback Picture Puffin edition with stapled binding. In excellent, clean condition. First Picture Puffin edition; the book was first published by Jonathan Cape in 1966. A really lovely bright and clean copy of this picture book. There are initials in green ink just inside the front cover and there is a very slight crease in the back cover, and some small foxing spots to top closed textblock edge. No other marks; no previous owner's names or inscriptions; covers are fresh, with no rubs to edges. Slim and unpaginated. 19.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback. n.d. Date of publication not stated, but is c.1922. Gift inscription written on the f.e.p. Pictorial front board; plain grey back board; brown cloth spine. Board edges rubbed. Some foxing to the textblock edges, endpapers and to pages throughout. A few other minor grubby marks to page edges. The first story is 'Toby' by Aston Moore. 6 colour plates, incl. frontis. Unpaginated. 27.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback; no dust jacket, as published. 2nd impression. In excellent, fine - new condition; not previously owned. A poetic picture book about the love between a little girl and her grandad, and how, through memories, love can live on. Slim and unpaginated picture book. 28.2cm tall. View More...
Fine, as new condition - two hardback books in a slipcase. The Storm Whale and The Storm Whale in Winter, with a special edition print which is inside the back cover of The Storm Whale in Winter. First impression thus (this slipcase edition). Would make a lovely gift. The Storm Whale is a poignant and moving tale about making new friends and learning that sometimes we have to let the things we love go. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with The Evening Standard. Noi's story continues in The Storm Whale in Winter - A magical and touching story about a lasting ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. A very good condition copy with good dust jacket. 3rd impression, 1962; was first published in 1953. Pale blue pictorial boards with red titles. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. Pictorial endpapers. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket is rubbed to the surface and edges, has some short tears and a longer (approx. 5.5cm) tear to the bottom edge of the front cover. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adh... View More...
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