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 about OLD MANOR HOUSES
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 about THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD
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 about ANTHONY ADVERSE
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 on upper... More about THE RED SHOES
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 about APOLLONIUS OF TYRE
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 about TIM ALL ALONE
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 about SKETCHES FOR FRIENDS
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 illustrations; 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 about THE LITTLE BOOKROOM
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 about THE OLD NURSE'S STOCKING-BASKET
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 about THE OLD NURSE'S STOCKING-BASKET
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 about A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
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 about THREE CHRISTMAS KEEPSAKES
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. With coloured illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. Complete in twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages. All volumes with coloured frontispiece, each of the major novels also with 5 coloured plates, Volume XI [juvenilia] with 3... More about THE NOVELS AND LETTERS OF JANE AUSTEN
Collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light by Honore de Balzac. Translated into modern English by Alec Brown. With drawings by Mervyn Peake. Pp. viii+408, frontispiece plus 23 plates printed in two colours; roy. 8vo; brown canvas, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker brown &... More about DROLL STORIES
A novel. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others... More about THE AMAZONS
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheard was originally published anonymously in... More about THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHERD
Two Volumes, comprising: Volume I. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. To which is prefixed a Detail of his life, trials, speeches, &c. &c. Pp. [vi]+472, hand-coloured frontispiece, title page vignette and 7 [of 9] plates, plus a black & white engraved portrait plate and a folding... More about AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. (and) THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Literature. Volume 1, Numbers 1 to 4 (October 1922 to July 1923). Number 1: Pp. [iv](advertisements)+48, erratum slip tipped-in before title page; October 1922. *Contributors include Ford Madox Hueffer, Havelock Ellis, and E. L. Grant Watson; with illustrations by John Austen, Robert Gibbings, John... More about THE GOLDEN HIND
With a Prefatory Note by H. C. Marillier. Pp. [viii]+18(last blank)+[6](advertisements, last blank), coloured frontispiece, plus 158 plates (1 coloured), decorative title page; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers printed on both sides, a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1967. *Originally published in 1899... More about THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Pp. [16](including advertisements at end), coloured frontispiece, plus 175 plates (1 coloured), decorative title page; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers printed on both sides, a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1967. *First published in 1901. The Dover edition is 'an unabridged republication of... More about THE LATER WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Contained in Encounter, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, October 1966, edited by Frank Kermode and Melvin J. Lasky. Pp. 96(printed double column)+[2](coloured central advertisement sheet), the Beardsley article comprising pages 3-16 and including 2 illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers printed on both sides, slightly worn; several leaves faintly creased;... More about AUBREY BEARDSLEY AT THE V & A
Victoria & Albert Museum. Pp. [iv]+18, pictorial title page, plus 50 plates; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased; bottom fore-corner of a few leaves faintly creased, a little light foxing; Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1966. First edition. Large Picture Book... More about AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of the original drawings, letters, manuscripts, paintings; and of books, posters, photographs, documents etc. Pp. [284]; narrow octavo; printed green stiff paper wrappers, the edges and backstrip a trifle faded and rubbed; Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1966. *With the Corrigenda sheet... More about AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Pp. viii+[8](including two pages of advertisements), title page printed in red & black, 48 half-tone plates hand-tipped onto brown card, 2 full page illustrations, small cr. 4to; pictorial dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle bowed, the fore-corners slightly bruised, spine cloth a trifle faded; the... More about FIFTY CARICATURES
Illustrated by Robert Lawson. Pp. 56, frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (3 double page); small square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the top fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and split; lacking the upper free endpaper, a little light... More about THE HURDY-GURDY MAN