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PETER AND WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie.
Illustrated by F.D. Bedford.
Stock no. 1209004
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1911.
Almost very good condition.
The first full-length novel featuring Peter Pan who originally appeared in a section of J.M. Barrie's The Little White Bird. A successful play was staged in 1904 entitled Peter Pan Or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Following the success of the play Hodder & Stoughton extracted a number of chapters from The Little White Bird and republished them with illustrations by Arthur Rackham with the title Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens. It wasn't until 1911 that the play was adapted and expanded to novel length and this is the offering we have here. The binding is dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine a white decorative border to front cover with a white vignette showing Peter Pan with two mermaids and the crocodile. The book is beautifully illustrated in b/w by Bedford with a title page, frontis and 11 other plates (13 plates in total). 267 pages. Printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly marked. Gilt publisher name to base of spine has faded. Front joint is cracked showing webbing. Some of the plates are loose but all are present. Some hinges cracked. There is foxing throughout. Top edge of textblock is a bit dusty.
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- CHILDRENS
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PINK PIGS IN MUD
Written by Betty Youngs.
Illustrated by Betty Youngs.
Stock no. 1830875
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition.
On Ted Hollins' farm there are yellow chicks, pink pigs, white sheep, green frogs and many more... Betty Youngs' beautiful emproidered pictures create an exciting colour recognition for the very young. Oblong format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Minimal text. Colour pictorial endpapers. Not paginated. ISBN: 037030344X. Fading to spine vertically. Boards clean. Neat name in ink to title page. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PICTURE BOOK
- FARMYARD ANIMALS
THE MAGICIAN AND THE BALLOON
Written by David McKee.
Illustrated by David McKee.
Stock no. 1830874
Published by Abelard-Schuman Limited.
1st
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Travelling by Royal Balloon is fun – until the king starts causing problems. He orders a map to be made so he can plan all sorts of changes to the kingdom! But Melric the Magician likes things just the way they are… White pictorial glazed boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0200725041. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Damp odour present.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- FANTASY
THE RAIN DOOR
Written by Russell Hoban.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1830873
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd..
1st
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Harry finds the rain door one hot summer Thursday and enters a fantastical world where he has an exciting adventure in place behind the weather. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0575030976. Boards clean and bright. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
THE SICK COW
Written by H.E. Todd.
Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1830872
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd..
1st thus
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first Bobby Brewster story by H.E. Todd. This particular sick cow goes "Bow-wow" instead of "Moo". Cloth pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340186755. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is stuck to the boards with clear laminate, is faded to spine and rear vertical edge of spine and has a name in ink to top of front flap. Contents are clean although there is a odour of damp present.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- COWS (CHILDRENS)
- ANIMAL STORY
YOUR PANTOMIME BOOK
Written by Patrick Barrington.
Illustrated by Anne Grahame Johnstone; Janet Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1830871
Published by The Heirloom Library.
Slightly better than good condition.
An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Stock no. 1830870
Published by Folio Society.
1993.
Almost very good condition.
Reissue. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Blue boards, with red vignettes. Red and white text illustrations. Seventh printing. Spines faded, one volume also bumped to top of spine. Foxing to boards, text block and prelims, a few light foxspots to contents. Else clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby and browned.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- ALICE
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books.
1st thus
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Written by C.S. Lewis.
Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1830868
Published by Collins.
1st thus
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The seven chronicles of Narnia in one single volume. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 767 pages. ISBN: 0006753949. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.
THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1330714
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.
BERT HOULDING: TT PIONEER MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURER: MADE IN PRESTON
Written by Paul Ingham.
Stock no. 1330713
Published by Paul Ingham.
1st
2012.
Very good condition.
A limited edition of 500 copies. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952480242. This is copy no. 451. Covers slightly edge rubbed, Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- BIOGRAPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
BSA TWIN RESTORATION
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1330712
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1996.
Very good condition.
The essential guide to the renovation, restoration and development history of all post-war BSA Twins. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. Card wraps. 240 pages. ISBN: 085045669X. Seventh reprint autumn 1996. Very slight wear to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- CAR REPAIR MANUAL