BIRDS OF THE LONELY LAKE
Written by A. Windsor-Richards. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2123971
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. An enthralling description of birdlife beside a lake in a typical year. Superb full-page b/w illustrations. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent! Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a couple of closed tears.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1317086
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition.

Large format. Maroon cloth, black title label with gilt title to spine. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour and b/w plates throughout (including photos, also b/w text illustrations. 180 pages. An invaluable book for the Rackham collector. Spine slightly bumped, some light rubbing to cover edges and a few small spots to covers. Ex-libris label to front pastedown.

Buy now for £34.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Written by Percy Muir.
Stock no. 1317084
Published by Portman Books. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Until the first appearance of this book in 1971, no overall chronicle of Victorian illustrated books was available. Fully illustrated in b/w. Includes sections at the end of each chapter listing the most important books of each period. An essential reference work. This is the revised impression. Maroon boards. 287 pages includes index. ISBN: 0713407255. Spine and corners bumped. Some faint evidence of pencil writing (now erased) to top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is badly sunned to spine.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

WORKS OF MAURICE SENDAK REVISED & EXPANDED TO 2001
Written by Maurice Sendak; Joyce Y. Hanrahan. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1317073
Published by Custom Communications. 1st thus 2001. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Collection With Comments. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. A reference work on Maurice Sendak intended primarily as a bibliographical tool for collectors and librarians. This edition includes indexes and an appendix on foreign editions. ISBN: 1892168073. Spine of dustwrapper is faded (also affecting spine edges of front and rear panels).

Buy now for £24.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

EDWARD ARDIZZONE A BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY
Written by Brian Alderson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2123932
Published by Private Libraries Association. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A full-scale bibliography of Ardizzone's books, dustjackets, commercial work and ephemera, with notes on his periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pink endpapers. 309 pages. ISBN: 1900002476.

Buy now for £45.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

A HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Written by Irene Whalley; Tessa Rose Chester.
Stock no. 2123931
Published by John Murray; Victoria & Albert Museum. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0719545846. Couple of corners are bumped. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

SOME BRITISH BALLADS
Written by Francis James Child. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1317067
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates and 24 b/w drawings. Light blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Grey pictorial endpapers. 170 pages. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Foxing throughout. Some corner creases to plates.

Buy now for £100.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG: THE RHINEGOLD AND THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1317066
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. A reissue of the title originally published in 1910, with Rackham's beautiful illustrations. ISBN: 0434619817. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and sunned to spine.

Buy now for £52.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

EAST OF SUEZ
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell.
Stock no. 1317065
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A selection of Eastern Verses from the Poetical works of Kipling. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Illustrated in colour and line. 72 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Heavy foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine with some corner tears and some loss. A few small ink spots to rear panel of wrapper.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

LORNA DOONE
Written by R.D. Blackmore. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Charles E. Brittan.
Stock no. 1317064
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Boots the Chemists. circa 1930. Very good condition.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and titles. 16 tipped-in colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and some light fingering/foxing to contents.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1317063
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of four hundred ad seventy copies of the large paper edition. Dark red cloth, white title label to spine. 256 pages, edges untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers faded to spine and edges, title-label to spine rubbed. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers. Joints starting to crack. Page browning throughout.

Buy now for £34.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book

VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1850-1870: THE HEYDAY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING
Written by Paul Goldman.
Stock no. 1815241
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

The Robin de Beaumont Collection. A record of the gift given in May 1992 by Robin de Beaumont of the collection of 1960s illustrated books that he formed over thirty years. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0714126004. Light creasing to covers.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book