With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. Pp. viii+344, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 20 plates; gilt lettered red cloth, lightly marked and quite flecked, corners worn, the spine slightly faded; uncut; small bookplate on upper pastedown, hinges starting, scattered light foxing and soiling; Routledge, London, n.d. *Originally serialized in... More
or tales told by Scheherezade during a thousand nights and one night. Rendered into English by Brian Alderson and embellished by Michael Foreman. Pp. 192, illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), pictorial endpapers, decorations printed in gilt & blue; impl. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt... More
Pp. [viii]+110, printed in black & dull gilt, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 11 plates with lettered guards, tinted pictorial title page, text illustrations (a couple full page) and decorations; med. 4to; qr. vellum over cream papered boards, the spine and upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, boards faintly discoloured;... More
Pp. [viii]+124(last colophon), 11 mounted coloured plates with lettered tissue guards, numerous text illustrations and maps (several printed in red & black), folding coloured map of London contained in pocket on upper pastedown, the title page printed in red & black; roy. 4to; blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered... More
With a new Introduction by the author, and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. In three volumes. Title page vignettes, 9 lithographic plates, numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; full rust coloured linen, stamped in colours and gilt; top edges green; within slipcase, edges lightly worn, printed title label on spine; Limited... More
With coloured wood-engravings by Willi Harwerth. Pp. 32(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), hand coloured title page vignette and text illustrations, plus an extra suite of the illustrations housed in a pocket on the lower pastedown; qr. parchment with 4 thongs, the spine lettered in black, beige papered boards with coloured illustration... More
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Translated from the Latin by Paul Turner. Line-engravings by Mark Severin. Pp. 68, frontispiece plus 3 plates, 1 full page illustration, title page vignette; narrow cr. 4to; qr. orange/tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, maroon canvas boards with gilt vignette at centre of upper board; t.e.g.... More
In the translation by William Adlington. Edited, with an Introduction by F. J. Harvey Darton. With illustrations and decorations by Philip Hagreen. Pp. 360(last colophon), frontispiece, plus text illustrations and decorations (5 full page), the half-title page printed in red, title page printed in red & black; bound by Morell... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white; cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; upper free endpaper very faintly offset; Bodley Head, London, 1970. Second edition. See Alderson 5. *First published in 1937, Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes was one of Ardizzone's earliest... More
Another Tim story. Pp. 48, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1978. First U.S. edition. Alderson 172. *Inscribed and signed... More
Pp. [48], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Oxford University Press, London, 1965. Fifth printing. [Alderson 55]. *Signed by the author (dated Feb 1968) on the upper free endpaper. The fifth Tim... More
Pp. [64](the alternate openings blank, making 32 pages of illustrated text, all except the first and last pages being double-page spreads), illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. folio; pictorial papered boards, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed, fore-corners and spine extremities lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, some... More
Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked, edges slightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of title page; a couple of spots of foxing; Oxford University Press, London, n.d.[1944]. First paperback edition. See Alderson 7. *The third Tim book, originally published in a much... More
A preliminary hand-list of his illustrated books 1929-1970. Pp. 64, text illustrations (some full page), index; pictorial grey stiff paper wrappers printed in black, faintly soiled and a trifle sprung; bookseller's sticker at foot of title page; The Private Library, Pinner, Middlesex, 1972. One of 500 copies, offprinted. More
Chosen and introduced by Judy Taylor. Pp. 128(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; oblong 8vo; pictorial papered boards, faintly soiled; David R. Godine, Boston, 2002. First U.S. edition. More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. x+158, title page vignette, text illustrations and pictorial headpieces; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, edges of leaves foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1963. First edition thus. Alderson 102. *'First published in... More
Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children chosen by herself. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Afterword by Rumer Godden. Pp. xii+314+[2](advertisements), title page vignette, text illustrationas; qr. red. cloth, spine lettered in black, pictorial papered boards, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; New York Review Children's Collection... More
Pp. [24], frontispiece, plus text illustrations; small f'cap. 8vo; pictorial papered boards, slightly sprung; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges slightly rubbed; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1962. First edition thus. Alderson 94. *Eleanor Farjeon's poem Mrs... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. [vi]+102, text illustrations; pictorial glazed papered boards; several leaves browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980. New edition. New Oxford Library series. *First published in 1931, with illustrations by E. H. Whydale, followed by a second edition (illustrated by Philip... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. 80(last blank), title page vignette, plus numerous text illustrations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, edges a trifle foxed; text block browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Puffin Books/Oxford University Press, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981. First Puffin edition. *Originally published in 1931 with illustrations by... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. 40(last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations; light blue cloth, lettered in silver, bottom fore-corners of boards slightly bruised, spine lightly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, price change in ink at foot of front flap; a little light foxing;... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. 48(including the endpapers), illustrated in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, faintly bruised at head of spine; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves very slightly foxed; Dent, London, 1978. First edition with these illustrations. Alderson... More
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Pp. 42(last blank), illustrated in black & white (some full page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle sprung; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Puffin Books, London, 1996. *Ardizzone's illustrations were first published by Dent, in 1978 [see Alderson 174]. More
Done into English verse by Jack Lindsay with illustrations and decorations by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [viii]+x+48+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, plus 4 hand-tipped plates on beige art paper, 7 text illustrations and pictorial tailpiece; super royal 4to; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, with circular Norman... More
1. A TIME TO REMEMBER TOYS. A collection of anecdotes - printed for my friends at Christmastime, 1968. Illustrations by Charles Attebery. Pp. [16], French-folded, printed in brown & black, text illustrations; pictorial textured paper wrappers, slightly split at foot of backstrip; 2. ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND THE... More