Impressive Folio Society edition of Kipling's 1895 sequel to the Jungle book, continuing the tale of Mowgli in a series of short stories. Featuring the striking illustrations of Edward Detmold, redone in colour by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Some [more...]
The twelve monthly issues of The Prize for 1901 bound together Each issue comes with a charming colour frontispiece, and numerous b/w illustrations throughout, along with poems and stories for children. Bound in blue patterned cloth. Clean and tight. Very [more...]
Strikingly illustrated accounts of childhood in the Netherlands. With numerous colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Heavy rubbing to spine, with fraying. Light spotting and toning to cover. Toning within, binding sound. Good. [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Boccaccio's renaissance compendium of short stories. With illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Complete with Dust-jackets. Decorative cloth boards. Some water damage to rear cover of volume 1, affecting rear free end-papers and [more...]
Facsimile edition of the 1931 Gargoyle press edition. With b/w erotic illustrations by Francis Heuber. A collection of short stories. DJ has some very light bumping to edges. Otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Duo-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Collection of short stories and articles, printed in different colours, with colour illustrations. 4to. Foxing and toning within, one signature loose. Fair. [more...]
No date but c. 1945. Striking colour illustrations by Haywood, accompanied by animal stories by St. Vincent. Oblong 4to. Mild wear to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Nice red cloth edition of Kipling's Stalky and Co., an episodic novel based on the author's schooldays. Top edge gilt. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. Very good+ A nice copy. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Illustrated edition of these three Tales from the (expanded) Arabian Nights, seemingly adapted from Gilbert's translation. With colour illustrations and b/w drawings within the text Light marking and toning to decorative covers. Tannin [more...]
No date but c. 1947. Collection of whimsical short stories featuring anthropomorphic animals, with b/w and colour illustrations by Alfred Kerr. 4to. Toning and marking to covers. Previous owner's label to ffep. Tanning within. Fair. [more...]
Nicely produced centenary edition of Kipling's 1909 collection of interlinked short stories. Red cloth with gilt elephant motif to cover. DJ has some toning and rubbing and wear. Previous owner's name and a Kipling themed label pasted down to ffep. Content [more...]
Nicely produced Classics Club edition of Chekhov's selected short stories, including the Shooting Party and the Black Monk, with an introduction by Lucy M. Cores. Grey cloth with Gilt decoration and titling, top edge tinted. Mild rubbing to gilt on spine, [more...]
First edition of this collected volume of Ruth Rendall's short crime stories, taken from her short story collections, including 1976's The Fallen Curtain. Some toning to DJ. Contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
Colour annual featuring short stories, comics, jokes, puzzles and artwork. Tanning to pages. Previous owner's inscription. With ads to rear. Cloth spine. Good condition. [more...]
Literary magazine featuring poetry and short stories, including Florence Warden's The Secret of Princess Paul. With advertisements to front and rear. Paper covers are rubbed and cracked around spine. Rear cover detached and in two pieces but complete. Conten [more...]
Collections of short stories of O. Henry, american master of the short story. With frontispiece. Faux leather blue cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
The fifth Teddy Tail annual of the Daily Mail revival (the first annual appearing in 1933). With Colour illustrations, b/w sketches, puzzles, short stories and comic strips. DJ has rubbing and small tears to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nursery rhymes told in verse, with terrific colour illustrations. Embossed card covers. Previous owner's repair to spine, tears to cover and repaired tears within. Tanning. Fair overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Scarce collection of short fairy stores for Children, with colour plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Light rubbing and creasing to covers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
