51. Dahal, Charity.

The Orange Thieves and Other Stories. Illustrated by Beryl Moore.

East African Publishing House, 1971. 12 x 18cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [East African Readers Library, No. 5].

52. 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.

53. Dégh, Linda. [Ed].

Folktales of Hungary. Translated by Judit Halász. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Second Impression. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 13 x 20.5cm. (46), 381 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear including some paper loss to spine, creasing to front jacket, bumping to edges. Previous owner’s name on half-title page and some minor text annotations. [Folktales of the World, No. 6, Editor: R.M. Dorson].

54. 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.

55. Des Salles, Héloïse.

The Adventures of Jonathan Seal. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. Large Octavo. 55 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Héloïse Des Salles on the halftitle. Rare !

56. Dickey, James / Angel, Marie.

Tucky The Hunter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.

New York, Crown Jewel, 1978. Oblong Large Octavo. 44 pages with colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by James Dickey to Peter [Viereck] on the endpaper: ″ – to all in Peter’s house – from James Dickey”.

57. 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]

58. Duquennoy, Jacques.

Adelbert in der Geisterbahn. Ein Spielbuch mit beweglichen Teilen.

Erste Auflage. Köln, Boje Verlag, 2010. 21,5 x 21,5 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 30 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebunden. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

59. Eimer, Ernst.

Christian, der Dorfjunge. Erzählung für die Jugend. Mit Bildern vom Verfasser.

Erste Ausgabe. Reutlingen, Ensslin & Laiblin Verlagsbuchhandlung, [1928]. Octavo. Frontispiz, 112 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. Hardcover / Originaler, illustrierter Leinenband in besonderem, klarsichtigen Sammler-Schutzumschlag von Brodart. Aussergewoehnlich guter Zustand. Als Beilage ein sehr interessanter und umfassender Zeitungsartikel von Karl Brodhaecker, erschienen zum 10.Todestag von Ernst Eimer (Heimat im Bild).

60. Ellis, Edward S.

Through Forest and Fire.

First Edition. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891. 19.7cm x 13cm. iv, 302 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. With frontispiece illustration. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated in colour. Excellent, near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper inscribed by preowner. [Wild Woods Series No. 1].

61. Everard, Jappy.

Hoe de Bengels toch naar Zwitserland gingen. Geillustreerd door Miep de Feijter.

Amsterdam, H.J.W.Becht, c.1931 15 cm x 23.5 cm. 225 pages with illustrations. Original Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All illustrations have been coloured in colour- pencil by previous owner. A few annotations in colour-pencil on lists of other publications on endpaper. Name of pre-owner and stamp on the endpaper. Dutch Edition.

62. Ewing, Juliana Horatia.

Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot – A Country Tale. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.

First Edition. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1884]. 21.5cm x 15.8cm. 52 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear, such as some foxing and edge wear.

63. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

64. Farrar, Frederic W.

Eric, or, Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. With an Introduction by John Rowe Townsend.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1971, 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fading to upper and lower outer hardcover. Foxing and fading to edges and both endpapers. Fading to spine of dustjacket and minor fraying. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

65. Ffolliott, Rosemary.

De Bever Hall – The Story of a Stately Dolls House. With photographs by Gordon Ledbetter.

First Edition. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1976. Quarto. 75 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author Rosemary Ffolliott ! Very rare and rather scarce as a signed edition !

66. Fitzpatrick, Percy.

Jock of the Bushveld. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

5th Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1908. 16 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 475 pages. 23 illustrations on 23 plpates, including colour frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name and date on front pastedown: ‘Adeline G. Bowen – July 13th, 1909’. A very desirable copy in the original publisher’s binding. Extremely Rare in this very excellent condition.

67. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Copy Books: Lettering Plain and Ornamental.

London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1870). Oblong – Octavo (21 cm x 17 cm). 24 pages with typographical Alphabets in Italic, Roman, Egyptian, Engrossing, Old English, German [Fraktur], Old English Ornamented, German Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic [also Gaelic, “Gaeilge”], Children’s Alphabet, etc. Softcover. Some fraying to wrapper. A little dusty but overall very good.

68. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Landscape Painting for Beginners. Two Volumes (complete set): [Volume I: First Stage – Teaching the Use of One Colour – Ten Facsimiles of Original Studies in Sepia by J.Callow and Numerous Illustrations in Pencil with Full Instructions in Easy Language. / Second Stage – Teaching the Use of Seven Colours – Twenty Facsimiles of Original Drawings by J.Callow and Many Illustrations in Pencil. With Full Instructions in Easy Language].

London / Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1890). Octavo (19 cm x 24 cm). Volume I: 40 pages with tipped in plates. / Volume II: 76 pages with tipped-in plates plus 4 pages of a Bookseller-Catalogue by Blackie & Son, to the rear of the Volume, listing all of Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Books, Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books etc. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with colourful illustrations to the front covers. Unusuall excellent condition (see images).

69. Friedman, Edwin H.

Friedman’s Fables. Includes 29-page booklet – “Friedman’s Fables: Discussion Questions”.

New York, The Guilford Press, 1990. 14 x 20.5cm. (8), 213 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

70. Gaitskell, Charles D. / Hurwitz, Al.

Children and their Art – Methods for the Elementary School.

Third Edition. New York / Chicago etc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Quarto (20 cm x 23,5 cm). XII, 547 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

71. Gambrell, Elsie.

All Because of Gina.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1963. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 188 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Small tear in the dustjacket. [Collins Seagull Library].

72. Greenaway, Kate.

Original Friendship Album / Album Amicorum with 4 colour-lithographs.

[London], ca. 1880. Oblong-12°. / Miniature Children’s Book (11 cm long x 7,3 cm high). 28 pages with 4 colour lithographs. Original, decorative and illustrated Publisher’s Hardcover. First page and two illustrations cleanly detached. Several entries of children in this friendship-album. The illustrated binding in very good condition. A Kate Greeneway Album Amicorum is extremely rare in any condition !

73. Hagelstange, Rudolf.

Die drei Zaubergaben Oder Der arme und der reiche Iwan. Bilder von Errol Le Cain.

Hanau, Dr. Hans Peters Verlag, 1980. 26,5 x 35 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 50 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

74. Christian Andersen, Hans. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Erik Chrisitan Haugaard.

New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1974. 15 x 22 cm. 524 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

75. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

Prince Boghole.

1st American ed. New York, Macmillan, 1987. 21 x 26 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

76. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

The Boy and the Samurai.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 22 cm. XIV, 221 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition. This book comes from the author’s personal library !

77. Haviland, Virginia / Danska, Herbert.

Favourite Fairy Tales Told In Russia. Retold from Russian Storytellers by Virginia Haviland. Illustrated by Herbert Danska.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. 17 x 24cm. 88 pages, with colour illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Some signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

78. Hawks, Ellison.

Stars Shown to the Children. Illustrated.

London & Edinburgh, T. C. & E. C. Jack, no year (c.1910) 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIIi, 119 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs and colour illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Gilt pictoral and letter on front board. Bound silken blue bookmarker. Gilt top edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded and sunned. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Browning to endpapers. Interior bright and clean. [ Shown to the Children Series, No. 9]

79. Helprin, Mark / Allsburg, Chris van.

A City in Winter. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. [Signed Twice / Including an Extra Suite with 13 colour-illustrations]

New York, Viking, 1996. 4°. 147 pages. Original Softcover. Published before the initial publishing of this book. The Suite with illustrations signed by Chris van Allsburg. The book itself signed again by Allsburg in 2006.

80. Henty, G.A.

In the Irish Brigade – A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain. With Twelve Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon.

London, Blackie & Son, 1901. Octavo. Frontispiece, 384 pages plus an illustrated catalogue of “Blackie & Son’s Illustrated Story Books” with several illustrations bound to the rear of the Volume. Original Hardcover with artwork to cover. / Special Gift-Binding with gilt emblemata of “Tiffins endowed School in Kingston on Thames” on cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Gift-Bookplate from Tiffins School to Arthur John Clifford on pastedown.

81. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne at the Circus.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., no year (c. 1930). Small Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding fragile. Bookblock slightly detached. Two pages damaged with tear. Poor condition but still Rare !

82. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne Cinema Star.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1929. Small Octavo. 62 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding firm but spine gone. One page slightly dogeared. A few minor stains. Rare !

83. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne in Town.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. Small Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding fragile. Two pages damaged with tear. Rare !

84. Home Mechanic Series / Noel D.Green /

[Historical Knowledge of How to Build]: 1.Bookcases, Tables and Chairs / 2. Concrete, Stone and Brickwork by Noel D.Green / 3. Garages, Greenhouses and Sheds / 4. Toys & Models / 5. Woodworking / 6. Cabinet Making for the Amateur.

6 Volumes. London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1947 – 1950. Octavo (13 cm x 19 cm). 194, 149, 174, 177, 184, 159 pages with hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Original Hardcover with the original dustjackets. All Volumes with the rare dustjackets with some fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare books in this condition.

85. Hoyle, Edmond.

Hoyle’s Games Improved : Being practical Treatises on the following fashionable Games, viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-Gammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton’s Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.

London, Printed for W. Wood in Fleet-Street, 1778. Small Octavo (9.5 cm x 15 cm). XI, 216 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Spine professionally repaired, original endpapers preserved. Name of preowner “Desproz” on titlepage. A little dusty but overall very desirable and very rare publication.

86. Hughes, Ted.

The Dreamfighter, and Other Creation Tales.

Volume three (of three). London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1995. 12,5 cm x 20 cm. 150 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Creation Tales.

87. Jacobs, Joseph. [Ed].

Indian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (12), 255 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and minor paper loss to spine. Internally in very good condition, other than some text annotations. [Dover Children’s Classics].

88. James, John.

The Mother’s Help – Towards Instructing her Children in the Excellencies of the Catechism, and of the Services appointed by the Church of England. For the More Special Occasions which mark Christian Life.

London, Printed for J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1842. Octavo (12.2 cm wide x 19.3 cm high). XI, 533, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half cloth with new spine-label in the style of the 19th century. The binding is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). With a giftinscription: “Louisa S. Meade from R H M – 1866”.

89. Jiménez-Landi, Antonio.

The Treasure of the Muleteer and Other Spanish Tales. Translated from the Spanish by Paul Blackburn. Illustrated by Floyd Sowell.

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 16 x 24cm. 94 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition other than slight bumping to corners and partial fading to boards.

90. Deluxe Illustrated Children’s Book – Kipling, Rudyard.

All the Puck Stories. With Illustrations by H.R.Millar and Charles E.Brock.

First Deluxe Edition (Published simultaneously with the trade edition). London, MacMillan and Co., 1935. Octavo. Frontispiece-Illustration, X, 670, [2] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover / Decorative full red leather with gilt lettering and gilt illustration of Puck on the front board. In its original, rare dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed with some loss. The Volume itself in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to upper and lower hinge only.

91. Kipling, Rudyard.

KIM – Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling.

Later Edition. London, MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1935. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm wide x 17.5 cm high). 413 pages with Illustrations throughout by Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling. Hardcover / Absolutely stunning original Publisher’s binding with gilt letering and ornament to spine and gilted cover-illustration armorial embossing “Unto God Only Be Honour And Glory”. Unusual excellent and firm condition. The book is in protective Mylar. A very, very rare example of this beautiful “elephant binding”, the iconic pictorial cover design used by the publisher Macmillan for various works by Rudyard Kipling, first used in the Jungle-Book bindings. With a name of the preowner on the endpaper. Gift-Bookplate for pre-owner to pastedown (from “Howell’s School in Llandaff”).

92. Kipling, Rudyard.

The Jungle Book. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. 14 x 21cm. Frontispiece, 244 pages, with plates and text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with decorated endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, a crease to frontispiece and a very slight lean. [Illustrated Junior Library].

93. Knight, Isobel.

The Mystery of the Island.

London Peal Press, No Date (c.1960). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 224 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Reward Library].

94. Kok, Truida.

De Vlierkamp. Geillustreed door Miep de Feijter.

Alkmaar, N.V. Gebr. Kluitman, c.1930. 15 cm x 23.2 cm. 202 pages. No illustration inside. Original Illustrated Hardcover. Binding a little shaky ! Still good condition of the binding. Noticeable wear and damage to the spine. Lines in pen and a few stains on the title page. Interior is very clean. Inscribed by pre-owners on title page. Pre-owners name on the endpaper. Dutch Edition.

95. Konigsburg, E.L.

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

New York, Dell Publishing / Doubleday, 1977. 13 x 19cm. 162 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Good condition, fading and bumping to jacket and spine, minor signs of wear between pages 130 and 155. [A Dell Yearling Book].

96. Lang, Andrew. [Ed].

The Blue Fairy Book.

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, n.d. (c.1950). 14 x 21cm. 428 pages, with colour frontispiece and black and white text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Poor condition ! Cloth lost from spine, although the joint is still firm. Some bumping and wear to edges and corners of boards. Internally in good condition, other than text markings to contents page.

97. Levin, Betty.

Starshine and Sunglow. Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith.

First Edition. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1994. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 91 pages. Nine black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Light stain on rear of dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author Betty Levin to Masako Haugaard on the title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

98. Lupton, Hugh / Morden, Daniel.

The Adventures of Odysseus. Illustrated by Christina Balit.

Oxford, Barefoot Books Ltd., 2010. 14 x 21cm. 128 pages, with colour illustrations throughout. Original softcover with French flaps. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Handwritten dedication by author on title page.

99. Manning-Sanders, Ruth.

A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques.

London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book].

100. May, Karl.

Werke in 74 Bänden.

Herrsching, Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft, 1983. Octak. ca. 23000 Seiten. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand. [Internationaler Versand der Sammlung per UPS Kurier (Express Saver innerhalb von 3-5 Tagen) ist im Preis enthalten].