London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1953. Oblong quarto (7 7/8 x 11 inches), original pictorial wrappers, three pages of text, illustrated calendar. Scattered foxing else a nearly-fine copy. Housed in a custom clamshell box. "FEAR NOTHING: I BRING GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY TO YOU AND ALL MANKIND" Lovely large Advent... More
London: National Society/SPCK, [1947]. First edition. Quarto (10 inches tall), original illustrated paper boards over red cloth spine, uncut. Corners gently bumped, blank flyleaves tanned, marginal browning but text and illustrations are largely unaffected. A bright, clean copy. "FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING AND GIVING" First edition of this tenderly illustrated... More
New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1936. First edition. Quarto (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches), original beige cloth, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Cloth boards with modest soiling and foxing to joints and edges, two short closed tears to front panel of price-clipped dust jacket. Interiors and plates... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. First edition. Quarto (10 inches tall), original pictorial grey cloth, original dust jacket. Dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the head of the spine. A bright, clean nearly-fine copy. "IN LATER YEARS THE CHURCH SAID THAT FRANCIS, BECAUSE OF HIS PURE... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1934. First edition. Quarto (8.25 x 11 inches), original blue cloth with gilt stamped vignette, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Chipping and wear to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. "NOBODY HAS EVER WRITTEN STORIES FOR CHILDREN THAT CAN MATCH THE BIBLE FOR THEIR DRAMA AND SIMPLICITY... 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