Modern First Edition Childrens from Hard To Find Books

The Children's Press, London, n.d.. Early printing, blue cloth, 218pp, frontis illus, VG- (sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed edges and spasmodically throughout, contents v sl browned) d/w VG (v sl chipped spine head & foot, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

Faber and Faber, London, 1956. First edition, red cloth, 284pp, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxed eps & edges & spasmodically throughout) d/w VG+ (NOT price clipped, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned, v sl internal foxing)

Collins London (nd). first edition, pictorial boards with cloth spine, unpaginated illus, VG+(v sl cocked, v sl scuffed corners, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extems with v sl chipped corners, v sl rubbed sunned & soiled)

Purnell Books, Bristol, 1982. first edition, laminated pictorial boards, unpaginated, 10pp, interactive pop up book with full colour illustrations, VG- (sl bruised corners, s bumped spine head & foot, sl foxed eps, p1 pop up incomplete, sl edge wear, sl foxed throughout, v sl sunned & soiled, text and tabs v sl rubbed & soiled)

Pelham Books, London and Whitcombe & Tombs, New Zealand, 1960. First edition, illustrated orange boards, 196pp, VG- (v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed, sl foxed eps & edges) d/w VG (v sl wear & tears to extrems, mod sunned, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

Blackie, London, 1964. First UK edition, pictorial boards, 128pp, b/w textual illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl foxed prelims & edges, v sl soiled & rubbed, contents excellent) d/w VG+ (price clipped, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl foxing to flaps, sl sunned, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, 1in tear to… Read more

Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, n.d.. First edition, limp binding, unpaginated, full colour illustrations, VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl edge wear, contents v sl soiled) Translated from the Russian by Ivy Litvinova. Soviet Children's Library for Tiny Tots.

Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1957. First edition, blue cloth, pictorial eps, 120pp, col frontis & bw textual illus, VG (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl foxed eps & edges) d/w VG (price clipped, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl surface loss to front flap)

Dennis Dobson London 1969. first edition, pink cloth, unpaginated illus, VG+( v sl wear & sunning to board edges, sl paste action to ep's, prev owners inscr to ffep) d/w VG+(price clipped, sl rubbed soiled & sunned)

Victory Press, Eastbourne, 1976. First edition, pictorial boards, 184pp, VG (sl bruised corners & sl bumped spine head & foot w v sl surface loss, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl eps, prize label tipped in to ffep, contents vg) d/w VG (v sl creases & wear to extrems, sl sunned, v sl soiled & rubbed,… Read more

Spring Books, London, 1949. First edition, blue cloth, 188pp, G+ (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, mod foxed, contents mod yellowed, prev owner sign to half titl) d/w VG- (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

Penguin Books, London, 1975. first edition, pictorial boards, unpaginated, 44pp, full colour illustrations, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl edge wear) d/w VG (v sl chips wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled, v sl internal foxing, rear cover sl rubbed)

Longman, London, 1979. First edition thus, pictorial boards & endpapers, 46pp, full colour comic strip, VG (sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl edge wear, sl internal separation at hinges, binding holding, v sl foxed eps and edges)

Erschienen im Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1959. First edition, pictorial paper covered boards, 42pp, illus, VG (sl sunned soiled & rubbed, sl edge wear) Text in German

Orchard Books, London, 1986. first edition, laminated pictorial boards, unpaginated, 10pp, pop up book with full colour illustrations, VG ( boards v sl soiled, p2 pop up action incomplete, text v sl soiled)

IPC Magazines London 1972 (copyright date). first edition, glossy pictorial boards, 127pp illus, VG+( v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot with v sl tear to foot, sl sunned spine)

Faber & Faber, London, 1961. First edition, blue cloth, 188pp, illus, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl bumped spine head & foot prev owner sign to ffep, v sl paste action & foxing to to eps) d/w VG+ (v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

Mora Ferenc K�nyvkiado, Budapest, 1955. First edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 332pp, illus (col frontis), VG- (sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, contents sl browned) Text in Hungarian

Ward Lock, n.p., n.d. (ca 1950). pictorial boards, 176pp, illus 16 coloured plates & 8 other illustrations all present, G+ ( eps sl browned, sl foxing to ep's and spasmodically throughout, internal separation at mid text, scuffed corners and sl edge wear, sl scuffed spine head & foot, inscription of previous owner unobtrusive to front paste down, sl cocked)… Read more

Blackie & Son, London, n.d. (ca. 1958). First edition, grey cloth, frontis bw illus, 224pp, G+ (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl foxed, contents sl yellowed, prev owner sign to pastedown) d/w VG- (v sl creases chips wear & tears to extrems, 1in triangular tear to spine foot, sl sunned soiled & rubbed)