Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, some foxing to endpapers; minor bumping and light marking to boards but overall very good; jacket with loss to spine ends and fore corners, some staining.
Illustrations by the author.
£150
London & New York, Frederick Warne, 1933.
First edition. 4to. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
A children’s story set on a farm, highlighting rural life and animal tales, illustrated by an artist & illustrator known for his work with the Golden Cockerel Press.
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Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, some foxing to endpapers; minor bumping and light marking to boards but overall very good; jacket with loss to spine ends and fore corners, some staining.
Illustrations by the author.
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The Final Adventure of the Swiss Family Robinson
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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.
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his travels and perils
London, S.O. Beeton, n.d. [1865/66].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt tooled spine.
The rare true first edition in book form of this adventure tale, serialised previously in Boys Own in 1865. Ward Lock took over Beeton in 1866 and republished the title that year under their own imprint.
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Courier of the Czar
London, Sampson Low, Marston, n.d..
8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
Early jacketed edition.
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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.
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London, Ward Lock, 1917.
First edition. Publisher's File Copy. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, with publisher's file copy label to upper cover. Dust-jacket, with publisher's file copy label to upper panel.
A truly wonderful first edition by Australian author Lilian Turner, enhanced by being the publisher's file copy. Jackets from this period are scarce, especially in this condition, and in this case the jacket has preserved the book beneath splendidly.