1926 gift inscription to front endpaper; cloth very good; jacket with some wear and marking, but a remarkable survivor nevertheless.
Illustrations and jacket artwork by B. Hutchinson.
£85
and other Chronicles of Rossiter
London, Epworth Press, 1913.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
School stories following the exploits of the senior prefect and fellow pupils at Rossiter School, celebrating duty, honour and games.
In stock
1926 gift inscription to front endpaper; cloth very good; jacket with some wear and marking, but a remarkable survivor nevertheless.
Illustrations and jacket artwork by B. Hutchinson.
Children's Books
London & New York, Ernest Nister, [c.1890].
Oblong 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards.
Comical verses by Nister's popular lyricist Clifton Bingham, perfectly illustrated by C.H. Thompson. Vintage Victorian children's book.
Children's Books
London, Cassell, 1941.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
The original Lassie novel, which led to numerous films and TV series, first published in Chicago in 1940. Uncommon in such nice condition.
Children's Books
The Story of a Boy...with an introduction by E.V. Lucas
London, Jonathan Cape, 1932.
First illustrated edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Jefferies' famous "story of a boy", illustrated for the first time by Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard; uncommon in the original dust-jacket. Accompanied by original printed prospectus.
Children's Books
The Final Adventure of the Swiss Family Robinson
London, Sampson Low, Marston, n.d..
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A decent early jacketed edition of this extension to the adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson.
Children's Books
London, Museum Press, 1946.
First edition. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
One of the popular children's books by a prolific author of the time.