A very good copy.
12 plates by H.M. Paget.
£150
London, Blackie, 1886.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
Henty’s tale of the Luddite Riots.
In stock
A very good copy.
12 plates by H.M. Paget.
Children's Books
London [&c.], A. & C. Black, 1921.
First edition. Small 8vo. Colour plates. Original boards with onlaid colour pictorial title to upper cover. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker 6d to upper panel.
An excellent copy of this little book recounting the adventures of Laura the tarantula, extremely unusual in the original jacket and in such condition.
Children's Books
London, Museum Press, 1945.
First edition. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
One of the popular children's books by a prolific author of the time.
Children's Books
London, Sampson Low, 1953.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial boards and matching dust-jacket.
A good copy of this title from the 'Cherubs' series of books, uncommon in the dust-jacket. Hodgetts was most famous as the creator of the character Toby Twirl, a Rupert-the-bear-esque character based on a soft toy owned by the illustrator for the series, Edward Jeffrey.