Illustrated from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1950. Large 8vo.Illustrated. First Arthur Rackham edition. xii, 178 pp. Recently bound in full green morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering, gilt line to boards and marbled endpapers. Occasional light fingerprinting to text. With twelve full-page colour plates by Arthur Rackham. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition Thus. 1950.

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1950. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 178 pp. First Arthur Rackham UK edition. Recently bound in full green morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering, gilt line to boards and marbled endpapers. Small mark to back board, otherwise in fine condition, and clean internally. With twelve full-page colour plates by Arthur Rackham. . Fine. Full… Read more about this item

Paris: L'édition D'art, H. Piazza 1927. 8vo.Illustrated. FRENCH TEXT. Limited edition deluxe version on japon with original watercolour, 138 pp. Full dark red morocco by Durvand, with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, in a marbled slipcase. With silk endpapers and gilt lined borders, then marbled end pages and original wraps bound in. All edges gilt. Illustrated by Boris… Read more about this item

London: Design For Today 2022. Small 4to.Limited Edition. Numbered limited edition, 100 copies with prints and toy theatre. 121 pp. Illustrated boards over cloth spine. Book and toy theatre in cloth slipcase. Toy theatre intact and unformed. Internally clean and fresh. Signed by author and illustrator. Two additional prints as inserts included. Poetic retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1930. 8vo. Second impression, unpaginated. Publisher's quarter black cloth over pictorial boards. Paper title label to spine. Slight rubbing to bottom corner and light bumping to bottom edge. A few light marks to back board otherwise clean. Ink ownership inscription to FFEP from 1930. Internally clean. Wordless novel with 139 black-and-white woodblock illustrations, an influential precursor to… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin 1962. 8vo. 64 pp. Pictorial boards in dustjacket of the same design. A tear to front panel of jacket and some wear to edges. Internally clean and fresh with many colour and b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. This poem marks the first appearance of the character Tom Bombadil, who later appears as a supporting character… Read more about this item

Glasgow: The Limited Editions Club at the University Press 1938. 8vo.Signed Limited Edition. Signed limited editions, limited to 1500 copies of which this set is 1087. 6 volumes bound in decorative red cloth with illustrated endpapers. Small areas of loss to spine ends of 4 of the volumes, with slight rubbing to extremities. Slight loss to p. vii of volume… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. circa 1880s. 8vo. viii, [ii], 406 pp. 13 hand coloured steel engraving plates and numerous in-text wood engravings. Blue half calf over marbled boards; raised bands, red leather label and gilt decoration and lettering to spine; marbled edges. Rubbing and some bumping to boards. Ink inscription to prelims dated 1893, which are foxed, though otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. circa 1880s. 8vo. x, [ii], 412 pp. 13 hand coloured steel engraving plates and numerous in-text wood engravings. Blue half calf over marbled boards; raised bands, red leather label and gilt decoration and lettering to spine; marbled edges. Rubbing and some bumping to boards. Ink inscription to prelims dated 1893, which are foxed, though otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot c. 1929. Small 8vo. First edition. x, 124 pp. Decorative cloth. A few scratches to boards and light foxing to edges. Internally clean. With unique and imaginative black-and-white illustrations by mid-20th Century cartoonist Reginald Walter Coulter. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 1929.

London: A. Zwemmer 1937. Small 8vo. 212 pp. Publisher's stiff vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine. No. 218 of 250 copies, with a note on blue letter paper of presentation from the artist, Aristide Malliol. Uncut, 52 woodcut illustrations and 4 initial letters. A few spots to the edges of the pages, otherwise internally clean. Slipcase is tanned around… Read more about this item

Gloucestershire: The Windrush Press 1998. 8vo.Illustrated. 48 pp., Hardover with jacket. Some marks to the jacket and rubbing to the edges. Internally fresh and bright, illustrated through out by Mary Fedden. 9781900624213 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1998.

Gloucestershire: The Windrush Press 1999. 8vo.Illustrated. 48 pp. Hardcover with colour illustrated jacket. Short tear to the head of jacket spine. Minimal wear to board extremities. Internally fresh and bright, illustrated through out by Mary Fedden. 9781900624213 . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1998.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1924. 8vo. Fifth edition, published 1 month after the first edition. x,100 pp. Publisher's dark blue gilt decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to tail of spine and extremities. Small dent to head of spine and front edge of book. Light discolouration to inner edge of FFEP and offsetting to half title-page. Internally clean… Read more about this item

[London]: The Bodley Head 1949. Small Square 8vo. First edition. Unpaginated [32 pp.]. Illustrated boards in illustrated jacket. 2 closed tears to front panel of jacket, else in fine condition. Colours are rich. Jacket not price clipped. Scarce. A very charmingly illustrated book. . Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1949.

London: Frederick Warne 1987. 16mo. 59 pp. Decorative maroon hardback in matching slipcase blocked in gold with colour paper label. All edges gold. This edition has new plate reproductions from Beatrix Potter's original watercolours. Internally clean. A lovely, attractive volume. . Near Fine. Decorated Boards. 1987.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1970. Tall 8vo. 80 pp. Blue hardback in illustrated jacket (price clipped). Two small marks to boards, otherwise clean. Light rubbing to extremities of jacket, with some marks to panels. With many charming full-page illustrations by Michael Foreman. About a boy named Alexander Columbus Banyana, who lived with his parents in a small house on top… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons [1928]. 8vo. 226 pp. Hardback with illustrated front cover and spine. Rubbing to surface of boards and particularly the spine. Light bumping to extremities. Illustrated endpapers. A few spots to prelims and some stains to title-page. The very occasional mark or tear to pages but overall in clean and bright condition, with 12 colour… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company Limited 1894. Large 8vo.Illustrated. lxviii, 388 pp. Blue publisher's cloth with decorative bevelled boards and spine blocked in turquoise, black and gilt. All edges gilt. Floral endpapers. Bumping and light wear to spine ends and extremities. Light occasional foxing internally, generally clean. Binding slightly slanted. Includes 'Life of John Milton' by Robert Vaughan. With fifty full-page… Read more about this item

London: Collins and Harvill 1965. 8vo.Illustrated. 61 pp. Publisher's pictorial laminated boards with matching illustrated endpapers. Some shelf wear to extremities. Internally clean and bright with the odd occasional nail mark. A mark to endpapers and ownership inscription to FFEP. 0001711016 . Very Good. Laminated Boards. 5th Impression. 1965.