London: Duckworth & Co., 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1910. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial green cloth stamped in black on front panel, lettered in gold on front panel and spine, publisher's device in black on rear panel, top edges gilt. The First Issue Binding. 312..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. Philip Van Aver. Limited Edition. Quarto, original rough oatmeal buckramprinted paper title labels on spine and front panel. Unpaginated [23 leaves printed on rectos only]. Illustrated with 20 exquisite engravings by Van Aver. One of 300 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem on hand-made..... More
New York: Simon And Schuster, 1983. First Edition Thus. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, red endpapers. [65] pp + [18] pp. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ The first book in the Eloise series. Titled on the front cover as "The Absolutely Essential Eloise", this..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1939. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original oatmeal buckram lettered in black on spine panel, map endpapers. 287 pp + 16 pp catalogue "HURST & BLACKETT'S GENERAL BOOKS AUTUMN 1939" bound in at rear (advertising this title). Appendices, Bibliography, Index, frontispiece plus 30 additional full-page..... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1934]. First Edition (& 1st printing). p. [1-4] 5-320, Octavo, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. 320 pp. Leigh Blackmore's large Thelemic bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Spine lean, some faint spotting to cloth, coffee stains on pages 134/135, a very good..... More
Clevelandand New York: The WorldPublishing Company, [1965]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong quarto, original pictorial paper boards, dark brown endpapers. 42 p., illustrated throughout in full bright colours. Trifling bit of rubbin to the edge of the boards, a fine, bright copy with no marks, names, etc. Pleasing. Adapted..... More
Ottawa: The Graphic Publishers Ltd, 1926. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original orange boards lettered and designed in black, burgundy cloth spine lettered in gold,pictorial endpapers. 63 pp., Illustrated throughout with silhouettes by Lisl Hummel. A near fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket which has a few..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., No Date [circa 1920]. Reprint. Quarto, pictorial paper-covered boards, cream cloth spine lettered and decorated in green. [56] pp., illustrated in full colour throughout. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans; a lovely work by Greenaway. Minor scuffs to the binding, light wear to the..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., No Date [circa 1920]. Reprint. Quarto, original pictorial paper-covered boards, green cloth spine lettered in black. 56 pp., illustrated in full colour throughout. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans; a lovely and sweet work by Greenaway. A few old pen marks on the front..... More
New York: Simon And Schuster, 1958. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original glossy re pictorial boards.Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Faint pencil name on inner front cover; a very nice clean copy, lacking the dust jacket. ¶ The third book in the Eloise series. More
New York: Simon And Schuster, 1959. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original brownish-orange boards lettered and decorated in black. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout, one large double-page fold-out plate of Moscow. Ink inscription on front free endpaper, dated Christmas, 1959. Faint tanning to top edge of front board. A very good..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, publisher's original dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titles in white on upper cover. 312 pp + 8 pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. This is the first edition, first impression, second issue binding, with the..... More
London: Constable and Co. Ltd., [1930]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue-green cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 264 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects poems SONGS OF CHILDHOOD, PEACOCK PIE and others, with twenty poems here first published. More
London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1 Paternoster Square. 1881. First British Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Large octavo, original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and titled in gilt on spine and front panel, publisher's device in black on rear cover. Black coated endpapers. Frontispiece and plates, illustrations in the..... More
London: George Newnes Limited. No Date [1920's]. Quarto, original blue cloth stamped in black and gold. [22] pp, tipped-in colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 65 additional black & white plates tipped onto heavy paper stock with tissue guards. With a biographical introduction by Sir J.G. Linton, R.I. A near fine..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 10-13 Bedford Street, W.C., 1913. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red clothstamped in white on front panel, spine panel stamped in gold. 246 + [2] pp ads at rear, full colour frontispiece by Hughes, plus numerous black & white drawings within the..... More
London: Printed and Published by Jones and Co., 1, Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick Lane; and Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. 1820. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo; rebound in full modern blue cloth, leather label on spine titled in gilt. 450 pp. With seven inserted engravings (six of which..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, [1958]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered and decorated in red on spine panel. 208 pp., frontispiece and 14 additional inserted black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name and acquisition date in ink on front pastedown (underneath the..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1939. Early Reprint. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black & gold on spine panel. 1037 pp. Prize Award copy from the H.M.S. Conway School Ship, with the arms of the HMS Conway emblazoned in gilt on the front panel and with the bookplate of the..... More
Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1904. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original maroon buckram lettered in gold on spine, front panel with the Robinson family crest in gold, top edges gilt. 490 pp., Index; two fine photogravure portraits with tissue guards, coloured folding map at rear. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY..... More
Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 1980. Second Impression of the First Edition. Oblong quarto, original pictorial wrappers, in dust jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in full colour by Wood. Jacket design by Bob Young. This copy is SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator in pen on the title leaf. A...... More
New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company. 2007. First Edition in English. Lareg octavo, original boards, dust jacket. 673 pp., Notes, Index. The correct 1st printing with "First US Edition 2007" and code "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on copyright page. A few..... More
Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press. [1975]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth, 373 pp., Illustrated, Index. Signed by the Editor Blakey on the title leaf, inscribed by Dr Helmcken's grandson Ainslee J. Helmcken on the half-title leaf "All members of the Helmcken family are very pleased..... More
No Place: No Date, No Publisher. Unique Edition. Small quarto, bound in full plain white vellum. 20 leaves, Japanese vellum. Prints the text of the ORDER... on 11 pages, most pages with manuscript initial letters drawn in red, green, black & gold, with small gilt illuminations. The text is printed..... More
[London]: Philip Allan, 1931. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original brown cloth lettered in gold on spine panel, small pentacle in gold on upper cover; 287 pp., Index at rear, decorative publisher's device on title page. Ink name and date (1934) on front free endpaper, internally clean and fine..... More