DAY, A Pastoral; In Three Parts, viz. Morning, Noon, and Evening. To Which is Added, the Stubborn Dame. Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison N.d. c.[1814].
12mo. 36pp. 30 wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Some light browning, early half calf with cloth boards, extremities rubbed with sl. loss to corners, gilt lettered label to spine.
The stubborn dame does not seem to be by John Cunningham. Published ca. 1814 according to: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Libraries. Bewick Collection.
‘32 engravings’ listed to title page presumably the missing two engravings were on the original wrappers.
Chapbook.
£125.00 [ref: 291895]
THE STORY OF JACK AND JILL. Illustrated by ... (From an Old Chap Book). Blackie & Son N.d. c.[1930].
Thin 4to. [xxxii]pp. 12 colour plates, many ills. Colour ills. e.ps., some light browning, original cloth backed ills. boards, extremities rubbed, minor soiling.
£25.00 [ref: 269316]
OLD MANOR HOUSES. Written and Illustrated by... William Heinemann, Ltd N.d. c.[1922].
1st Ed. 4to. [viii] + 109pp. + [iii]. Tipped in colour frontis., tinted vignette title page, 11 tipped in colour plates with letterpress tissue guards, numerous b/w./tinted ills., dec. head and tail pieces and decorations throughout. F.e.ps. very lightly browned, gilt lettered japon backed cream boards lettered in gilt to upper board, some light browning, corners bumped with sl. wear, in browned soiled and chipped d/w. with several marginal tears, spine browned and chipped with some loss at head and tail, t.e.g. rest uncut.
No. 47 of a Limited Edition of 380 Copies.
Signed by Cecil Aldin and with an original ink and wash sketch of a terrier dog to the limitation page.
£175.00 [ref: 291828]
THE BUTTERFLY BALL and the Grasshopper’s Feast. With Verses by William Plomer and Nature Notes by Richard Fitter. Jonathan Cape and Times Newspapers Ltd./Aurelia Enterprises Ltd. 1973.
Reprint. Sm. Slim 4to. [70]pp. Colour vignette title page, 28 colour plates, dec. border to edges of leaves, dec. initial letters. Good in original coloured pictorial laminated brown boards, lower leading corners sl. bumped, some minor rubbing, lamination sl. chipped to upper joint, spine sl. bumped and chipped at head and tail.
Inscribed by the Illustrator - ‘Happy Days Alan Aldridge November 1973.’
£20.00 [ref: 288884]
THE FAIRY TALES OF GRIMM & ANDERSEN. London & Glasgow: Collins’ Clear-Type Press N.d. c.[1925].
2 parts in 1. Thick 4to. 256pp. + 160pp. Vignette title pages, 12 colour plates, 16 full-page b/w. ills., numerous other ills. and decorations. Some very light marginal age toning, very occasional browning, tail of upper hinge cracked, a couple of sm. closed tears repaired, e.ps. very lightly browned, original gilt lettered gilt rule edged blue cloth with illus. to upper board and spine, cloth lightly soiled, corners sl. bumped with sl. wear to lower leading corner of upper board, spine rubbed and bumped at head and tail, gilt lettering and decoration dulled.
£125.00 [ref: 294178]
COLONELS. With an Introduction by Harry Graham. Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1925.
1st Ed. Slim 4to. x + 62pp. Colour port. frontis., 31 full page ills., numerous other ills. Light marginal browning, some very occasional light thumbing, sl. shaken, original black lettered cream pictorial boards, soiled and rubbed, joints cracked but firm with a couple of cracks intruding across spine, wear to corners and head and tail of spine, spine browned.
£100.00 [ref: 284734]
VANITY FAIR. By William Makepeace Thackeray. Hodder & Stoughton N.d. c.[1913].
1st Trade Ed. 4to. xviii + 483pp. + [i]. Colour vignette title page, 20 tipped in cold. plates. Lightly browned colour dec. e.ps., very light marginal age toning, original gilt lettered pale grey cloth with colour illus. and gilt decoration and lettering to upper board, sl. rubbing to corners, spine browned and sl. bumped at head and tail with sl. wear.
£40.00 [ref: 294209]
FOUR AND TWENTY TOILERS. Verses by E.V. Lucas. Grant Richards N.d. c.[1900].
1st Ed. Slim Landscape 4to. 108 pages one side only. Colour illus. half title, colour illus. title page, colour illus. contents page, dec. border to text, 24 colour plates. Hinges cracked but firm, sl. shaken, e.ps. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered red cloth backed colour pictorial boards, boards lightly browned rubbed and soiled, some scratches to lower board, edges rubbed and sl. chipped with wear to corners, spine faded.
Dalby, 56.
Engraved and printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans.
Book of trades ie.Cobbler, Shipbuilder, Osler etc.
£75.00 [ref: 289805]
LAUGH WITH THE PIFFLES. Drawings by ... With rhymes by Owo Bilbo. The Modern Art Gallery Ltd. 1947.
1st Ed. Thin Royal 8vo. Profusely ills. E.ps. lightly browned, red cloth backed ills. boards, lightly foxed, lacking sm. band across tail of spine, lightly soiled and faded chipped d/w.
Inscribed ‘Happy Xmas and a peaceful New Year from Owo and Jack Bilbo 1947’.
£135.00 [ref: 293996]
THE BEST OF ROALD DAHL. The Witches. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. James and the Giant Peach. The BFG. Matilda. Folio Society 2002.
6 vols. Profusely illus. with drawings. Edges of leaves sl. spotted, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, lower leading corner of upper board of ‘Matilda’ stained, spines faded, in sl. rubbed gilt lettered pale blue slipcase lightly faded to top edge.
£175.00 [ref: 293674]