Children's
Tall tales and wonderful adventures await. We have beautifully illustrated books for children over many years past. Perhaps we have something you remember?
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1982 Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up BookLondon: 1982A charming first edition of this delightful pop up book, by much loved author of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs.
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1939 The Complete Works of Lewis CarrollLondon : 1939A smart collection of works by Lewis Carroll, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1903 Domestic Economy: A Class-Book for GirlsLondon: 1903A lovely copy of this early twentieth century educational volume for young women, discussing all matter of topics related to keeping a home.
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1894 Maud Marian, Artist; or, The Studio MarianoLondon: 1894The very scarce first edition of this illustrated novel for young women by Eglanton Thorne, the pseudonym of children's writer Elizabeth Emily Charlton.
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1871 What the Moon Saw and other talesLondon: 1871Early edition of this collection of tales by the famous children's author Hans Christian Andersen.
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1934 The White DragonLondon: 1934An uncommon children's work by Logi Southby, 'The White Dragon', colourfully illustrated throughout and enclosed in the very scarce dust wrapper.
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1894 The Yellow Fairy BookLondon, and New York: 1894The first edition of this beautiful collection of folk tales for children with illustrations.
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1905 The Red Book of RomanceLondon: 1905Lang's Red Romance Book, with delightful illustrations by Henry Justice Ford, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1928 The All Sorts Of Stories BookLondon: 1928Mrs. Lang's uncommon book of fairy tales and myths, illustrated with plates, some in colour, by Henry Justice Ford.
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1904 The Brown Fairy BookLondon: 1904The first edition of Lang's Brown Fairy Book, beautifully illustrated by Henry Justice Ford.
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1906 The Green Fairy BookLondon: 1906The seventh impression of Lang's Green Fairy Book, beautifully illustrated by Henry Justice Ford.
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1895 The Blue Fairy BookLondon: 1895The seventh edition of Lang's popular Blue Fairy Book, illustrated with beautiful engravings.
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1893 The True Story BookLondon: 1893The first edition of Andrew Lang's classic anthology of children's fairy tales, with engravings from a number of popular illustrators.
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1855 The Boy Hunters or Adventures in Search of a White BuffaloLondon: 1855An uncommon fourth edition of The Boy Hunters, by popular adventure novelist Captain Thomas Mayne Reid.
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1909 A Trip to MarsLondon: 1909An exceptionally lovely first edition of this children's Martian fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by W. H. C. Groome.
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1870 Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLondon: 1870An impressive early edition of Lewis Carroll's monumental fantastical tale in Wonderland, complete with John Tenniel's illustrations.
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1889 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found ThereLondon: 1889An early edition of Lewis Carroll's nonsensical fantastic novel, complete with the John Tenniel illustrations throughout.
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1893 Russian Fairy TalesLondon: 1893A very smart copy of this volume of fairy tales, complete with lovely illustrations.
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1905 Jeannie Jemima Jones The Adventures of A Runaway Girl on a Desert IslandLondon : 1905A scarce first edition copy of Jeannie Jemima Jones, with illustrations throughout.
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1932 The Magic Walking StickLondon: 1932The first edition of John Buchan's only children's novel with illustrations by John Morton Sale.
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1927 The Book of the Flower FairiesLondon and Glasgow: 1927The first edition of this collection of poems and pictures for children by Cicely Mary Barker with beautiful colour plates.
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1920 I Wonder Why Sixteen Songs for the ChildrenLondon: 1920The uncommon first edition of this collection of children's songs by Alfred Scott-Gatty with beautiful colour plates by W. Graham Robertson.
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1943 The Wild Geese and other Russian FablesLondon & New York: 1943The first UK translated edition of this collection of Russian stories and fables with beautiful colour illustrations.
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1943 The Wild Geese and other Russian FablesLondon & New York: 1943The first UK translated edition of this collection of Russian stories and fables with beautiful colour illustrations.
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1899 Hans Andersen's Fairy TalesLondon: 1899Five volumes of this fortnightly publication of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairy tales.
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1946 Orlando the Marmalade CatLondon: 1946A charming illustrated copy of this children's book from the popular, Orlando (the Marmalade Cat), series.
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1929 The House at Pooh CornerLondon: 1929A very smart third edition of A. A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, charmingly illustrated, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1949 The Evergreen TalesNew York: 1949A beautiful three volume limited edition set of these classic children's stories, two of which are signed.
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1879 The Story without an EndLondon: 1879Classic German children's tale with illustrations by Elanor Vere Boyle.
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c1880 R. Caldecott's Picture BooksLondon: c1880A collection of eight children's picture books by Randolph Caldecott collected in one volume, each comprising its original wraps.
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1911 The Book of Baby BeastsLondon: [1911]A large paper copy of this lovely children's book of beats, first edition of this uncommon work.
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1972 Tim's Last VoyageLondon, Sydney, Toronto: 1972The first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's story book in the original dust wrapper written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
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1950 Farrusco the Blackbird and other Stories from the PortugueseLondon: 1950A lovely first edition of this illustrated book containing animal stories.
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1949 The Tale of Ali Baba & The Forty ThievesNew York: 1949A very scarce beautifully illustrated limited edition of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
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c1938 Our Little NeighboursLondon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay: 1938hgh