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
Philadelphia: David Mckay Company, 1929. Quarto (11 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine and front board. Gilt bright, faint toning to spine, slight bumping to upper corners, mild offsetting from plates, ink inscription to blank flyleaf. A near-fine copy. "CHILDREN, THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO..... 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. A near-fine copy. "THERE, AT THE VERY SUMMIT, STANDING IN A RADIANCE LIKE A RAINBOW..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c.1913. Quarto (11 inches tall), original printed paper boards with mounted color illustration, brown cloth spine lettered in black, brown endpapers. Slight scuffing to mounted illustration, small stain to bottom front board. A near-fine copy. "COULD YOU BE A MONK AND A KNIGHT AT..... 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"... More