1. Andersen, H.C.

Af Mit Livs Eventyr. Illustrationer Ib Spang Olsen.

København, Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1985. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 39 pages. Many colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. As new condition with only minor foxing to front and rear endpapers and half-title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

2. Andersen, Hans Christian.

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales [Illustrated]. Edited by Svend Larsen (Director of Hans Andersen Museum, Oldesloe). Translated from the original Danish text by R.P.Keigwin. Illustrated by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Froelich, reproduced from the original drawings in the Andersen Museum at Odense. With an Introduction by Elias Bredsdorff.

Four Volumes (complete set). Odense, Flensted, 1961. Duodecimo (9.7 cm wide x 14.2 cm high). Volume I: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 394 pages / Volume II: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 368 pages / Volume III: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 368 pages / Volume IV: Frontispice-Portrait of Andersen, 397 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather with gilt lettering and golden Thumbelina on front cover of each Volume. Gilt top edge. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Gift-Inscription on endpaper. The stunning full – leather set of Fairy-Tales in the perfect Pocket-size. One of the most beloved editions.

3. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

4. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

5. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

6. De Brunhoff, Laurent.

Serafina The Giraffe.

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm. [26 pages] Abundant colour illustrations by author throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original richly illustrated orange cloth] lettering to spine. Good- condition. Minor rubbing to board corners. Cracks along length of both gutters between pastedowns and endpapers and at hinge of spine. Binding is tender at hinges but textblock is solid. Interior bright and clean with hint of foxing to edges. Ownership stamp of Charles U. Kruger, Educational Consultant’, in Switzerland on rear endpaper.

7. Dehn, Olive / Meldrum, Roy / Compton Mackenzie / Jean Margaret Hamilton / Madeleine Nightingale / et. al.

No. Fourteen [14] Joy Street. A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls.

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, No Year [c.1930]. 18.3 cm x 24.8 cm. Frontispiece, 246 pages. Black and white and several tipped-in colour-illustrations. Illustrators include Harry Rountree, C.T.Nightingale, Maria Wolff, Mary Baker, Audrey Teago, Josephine Leslie etc. Original Hardcover. Decorative cloth boards. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Good+ condition. Binding a little shaky but holding with endpapers intact. Minor wear and rubbing to cover. Moderate foxing to edges. Minor foxing to pages throughout. Many previous owners names in ink to half-title and title pages. A few colour markings throughout. Pages separating from book block in places.

8. Dickson, George.

Railways Shown to the Children.

London & Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, no year [c.1917]. 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 95 pages. 40 coloured plates and numerous illustrated within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral on front board with gilt lettering and bordering. Deckled edges. Bound purple nylon bookmark. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on front end paper. Interior bright and clean. [Shown to the Children Series, No. 15]

9. Gaugain, Mrs. [Jane].

The Lady’s Assistant in Knitting, Netting, And Crochet Work; With an Appendix Containing Directions and Remarks for Working in Embroidery or Worsted Work, Raised Cut Work, Tatting, &c. Illustrated by upward of forty coloured Patterns. Volume II.

Original Edition. Edinburgh / London, Published by I.L.Gaugain and Ackermann & Co., 1843. Oblong Octavo (17 cm x 10,8 cm). Titlepage, 8 handcoloured plates with 46 single illustrations of patterns, instructive hand-movements etc. by the author Jane Gaugain, Dedication-page by Jane Gaugain to Lady Henrietta Fergusson, 422 pages with peface, Index of Signs and 185 instructions. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Binding firm with endpaper slightly detached but the whole book overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All plates present with beautiful, original 19th century hand-colouring.

10. Greenaway, Kate.

Kate Greenaway’s Family Treasury. Selections from Kate Greenaway’s A Applepie, Under the Window, Mother Goose, Book of Games & Marigold Garden.

New York, Derrydale, 1979. 22.2 cm x 28.6 cm. 94 pages. With 96 full colour illustrated pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket has minor creasing and wear. Minor to moderate foxing to dustjacket, edges, pastedowns, half-title, title and pages throughout.