Children's Classics & Illustrated from Loe Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to (25.5 x 19 cm). From the private library of Eric Hosking. 55 pages, four colour plates by Scott, plus numerous line drawings. Dust jacket good with some careful repairs to the underside, a few creases, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1948. Book. Illus. by Tenniel, John. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. pp. 208 Original dust jacket worn with some loss. Decorative green cloth binding in black and red with vignette to the front board gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, a small nick to the cloth at the… Read more about this item

London: Rylee Classics, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. pp. 256 Colour pictorial boards, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, pencil impression of a number and also a number in ink to the front free endpaper, no other marks. A very good copy..

London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited Book. Illus. by Harry G Theaker. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. no date [1940]; 16 plates in colour by Harry G. Theaker. Original green cloth spine and pictorial boards, good with a little general wear and rubbing to edges and surfaces Contents clean and tight, a few faint spots to half title, otherwise… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo. c.1885 , but undated. A charming children's book with fine illustrations. paer covered boards, tipped on colour plate to the front board, good with some general dust soiling and wear. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a little tone, inscription dated 1887 to the front… Read more about this item

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1917. Book. Illus. by Howard Davie. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to (17 x 24cm). Considered to be C. 1917, but undated. A charming children's book with fine illustrated plates. Pp. 112 colour frontispiece plate followed by a further 7 colour plates all by Howard Davie and numerous in-text illustrations (all 8 plates present and… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. [viii],126; orginal end-papers, no date [1912]. This is the "New Edition", a reprint of the first edition, being the first to have this frontispiece and the seven full-page black and white illustrations. Fifty tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, distributed throughout… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Book. Illus. by Detmold, E. J.. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. Large 4to (26 x 31cm). This edition limted to seven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist of which this is No. 102. Unpaginated. 25 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Detmold, all with captioned paper guards and all… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1915. Book. Illus. by Rowlandson, G. D.. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. Pp. xi, [2], 368; colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates by G. D. Rowlandson, numerous in-text illustrations by Gordon Browne. Pictorial blue cloth blocked in white green, black and buff.Very good with a little general wear and rubbing to corners,… Read more about this item

Holborn Hill, London: W. Darton, Jun., 1820. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 16mo. no date circas 1820 (The watermarks fall on the edge of a couple of pages and are incomplete but appear to read 1820), unpaginated [32], sewn binding, 16 copper engraved plates, some with contemporary hand-colouring. Original printed (engraved) wrappers, good with some general wear and rubbing, wear… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 13cm x 19cm. 277 pages, black and white frontispiece. Original dust jacket near fine, with only line wear, price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, good, cloth a little dull. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, paper is toned, common in books… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1910. Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. pp xii, 61, tipped in colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, 50 further tipped-in colour plates (on thick green paper) all with captioned tissue guards (total 51 plates). Original olive green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Binding very good, gilt dulled, spine a… Read more about this item

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1928. Book. Illus. by Henry, Thomas. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Sixth Impression. 8vo. Original dust jacket poor, now carefully conserved with Japanese tissue to the reverse, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding good, little stain and fading to the boards and spine. Contents clean and tight, neat… Read more about this item

London: Blackie & Son, 1911. Book. Illus. by Charles Robinson. Very Good. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition. 4to. No date but Copac gives 1911 and the gift inscription to the front end paper is dated Christmas 1913. Sixteen colour plates of which several are side by side, making double plates; numerous b/w illustrations, all by Charles Robinson. Title page… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Nister, Dutton & Co., 1894. Book. Illus. by E.S. Hardy, G.H. Thompson, W. Foster and Lawson. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 17 x 20cm. Nister. unpaginated, with 6 slatted colour transformation illustrations and numerous line drawings within text. Original colour glazed boards, cloth spine, very good and bright, slight rubbing to edges and corners a little worn, otherwise… Read more about this item

Tokyo: The Toyodo, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 10 double page woodblock illustrations printed in lithography, 8 english text pages, a comprehensive description of the plates. Bound accordion style, covers good with light general wear and a little creasing only. The paper covered boards are delicately decorated and to the front the title is in red ink,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Cover and internal pages are crepe, binding held with silk ties, spine somewhat rubbed but lettering still intact. Covers good with light general wear and a little creasing, decorated front and rear and shows no signs of fading, a couple of ink splashes to the front panel [Please… Read more about this item

London: Blackie and Son, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. No date circa 1900? 23 colour plates by M. Morris. Original coloured pictorial boards, good with some marking, general wear and rubbing, corners and edges more worn. Contents clean, previous owner's neat gift inscription dated 1920. A good copy. A scarce title - no copies recorded… Read more about this item

London: Blackie & Son Ltd., 1905. Book. Illus. by Charles (Chas) Robinson. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 6cm x 8cm. Very rare children's miniature book illustrated in black and white and a single colour, illustrated by Charles Robinson, bound in concertina format but attached at gutter and fore-edge, 17 printed pages, book split in middle, probably some pages missing. … Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Book. Illus. by Ernest Aris. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 14cm x 5cm. no date but thought to be c1910. Original pictorial board binding, delightful tipped on colour plate by Aris to the front board, generally good with a little general wear and rubbing, corners somewhat worn and slightly rounded, spine paper mostly missing,… Read more about this item