First edition, first printing of this ever-popular Dr Seuss title, scarce in its dust-jacket: the background of the cover and jacket is pink rathe...

Signed by the artist. A beautiful example of this Crimean Tatar folk tale printed in Paris in a small edition. The work is a facsimile of the origi...

Fine example of the first edition of this popular work, in a decorative publisher's gift binding. Issued by one of the best publishers of the time...

A scarce and luxurious rendition of this classic Russian fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Zworykin and heightened in gold. Bilibin's Maria M...

A rarity in the original binding. The collection of Italian folk-tales by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, 1566-1632, (who is believed to hav...

A very rare title from the Dr. Seuss canon and more so in such good condition. It is one of the six titles Dr. Seuss Enterprises withdrew from pub...

Both signed. Axel Scheffler and his distinctive style of illustration achieved fame and recognition throughout the world through his collaboration ...

First editions. A finely bound set of the first editions, first printings of Kipling's classic novel The Jungle Book, and its sequel The Second Jun...

This edition was based on Edward Fitzgerald's translation, first published in 1859. The poem presents an interesting challenge to any reader tryin...

Rare first UK edition of Pinocchio. The rare first UK edition of Collodi's classic for children, originally published in book-form in Florence, Ita...

Inscribed by Annie Maria Harris nee Armitt. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: 'Mary Mackenzie from Mrs. Stanford Harris, Rydal Cottage, August ...

Unique inscription by the author. A rare inscription by Beatrix Potter to a member of her family, 'Wynne' the wife of Jack Heelis, Beatrix Potter's...

A near fine example. The story of Timmy and Goody Tiptoes is the only Beatrix Potter story apparently set in North America - although this is impli...

The Wind in the Willows, is a far more interesting book than its popular and often juvenile audience might suggest. First, it is the work of a wri...

Signed copy. First edition, signed by Edward Ardizzone; 4to (263 x 198 mm); 46pp., numerous in-text illustrations (some coloured), internally clean...

Signed by both the author and his son. A rare double signature by the author and his son, for whom he wrote some verses that grew into the collecti...