London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874. Original illustrated mustard cloth (5 5/8 inches tall), stamped in black, blank spine, all edges red. Mild tanning to endpapers. Very good indeed. "CHRIST COMMANDED THE CHILDREN TO BE BROUGHT UNTO HIM" Early printing of this popular illustrated Anglican liturgy for Victorian children—a lovely..... More
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1900. First edition. Small quarto (6 5/8 inches tall), original pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt and black, illustrated endpapers. Bookplate. Gentle toning to spine, faint tanning to endpapers, boards bright, corners sharp. About-Fine. "HOW GOD SIFTS THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, TO SHOW..... More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), gilt decorated russet cloth with mounted illustration, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, corners gently bumped, endpapers tanned, spotting to fore-edges of the text block, gilt cloth bright. "DEAR CHILD, JESUS WAS NEVER NEARER..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1955. First edition. Octavo, original pale green cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplate, faint tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle edge-wear, toning to spine, closed tear to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "IRELAND HAS MANY SAINTS—INDEED ALMOST A COUNTLESS NUMBER—AND THREE GREAT ONES. THE GREAT ONES..... More
London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Small folio (12 inches tall), original decorated white paper boards over cloth spine, original price-stamped glassine wrapper. Gentle bumping to lower corners of clean white boards, very scarce glassine wrapper torn and chipped but complete. A bright, fresh copy. "LET..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, [1907]. FIrst edition. Small quarto (9 5/8 inches tall), original pictorial paper boards. Light offsetting to free endpapers, gentle crease to inner margin of title page, gutter cracked at p.32, minor edge-wear and spotting to boards. A splendid copy. "JIM, WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS NURSE, AND..... More
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1927. First edition. Original white cloth (6 5/8 inches tall), red title stamped within decorated silver border, uncut. microscopic owner signature to front endpaper, small blemish, minor soiling and edge-wear to boards, splits to cloth at base of spine. A bit tender but still..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. First edition. Large octavo (10 inches tall), original lime green cloth, original illustrated dust jacket. Book fine, very slight edge-wear, minor chipping to spine ends of bright dust jacket. "THERE, AT THE VERY SUMMIT, STANDING IN A RADIANCE LIKE A RAINBOW, WAS A LADY"..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1942. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Christmas presentation inscription to blank flyleaf, jacket with minor creasing to spine head. A near-fine copy. "BROTHER MARTIN WAS NOT ON HIS KNEES. THE POWER OF GOD HAD LIFTED HIM FROM THE FLOOR..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1934. First edition. Quarto (11 inches tall), original blue cloth with gilt stamped vignette, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, mild toning, modest wear and chipping to price-clipped dust jacket, not affecting illustrations. A near-fine copy. "NOBODY HAS EVER WRITTEN STORIES FOR CHILDREN THAT..... More
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Folio, half blue cloth over paper boards, cartographic endpapers, red top edge, bumping to the front corners, mild scuffing to the price-clipped dust jacket, small chip to the base of the back panel. Very good indeed. "A PILGRIMAGE IN WORDS AND PICTURES" First edition..... More
London: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd. Original brown pebbled cloth (4 5/8 inches tall), blind-stamped with gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red ribbon marker, all edges gilt, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL" Petite edition of the Book of Common Prayer—together with the English..... More