Hurricane Gold
London: Puffin, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. This copy of the Signed Limited Edition is still in its original shrink wrap box. As new.
Children's Books
Young Bond: Silverfin
London: Puffin, 2011. First Limited Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. As new. The first title in the Higson Young Bond series. This edition does not cut corners. The rich blue and silver cover glows in the dark. It is signed and limited and housed in an engraved Perspex slip-case. It is then nestled safely in a sturdy box. Limited to 1000.....
Bartlett and the City of Flames
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A clean and solid copy.
Bartlett and the Ice Voyage
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The author's second book and the first Barlett title.
Baseball Complete
New York: Grosst & Dunlap, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy in spite of one flaw. A previous owner put on a peculiar plastic protector with an adhesive on the verso of the jacket. I've removed the jacket but there is adhesive residue on the jacket and one small tear at the top right corner.....
The Falconer's Knot
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page.
Stravaganza City of Masks
London: Bloomsbury, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page.
Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters
Garden City, 1931. VG / M. A very nice copy with illustrated paste down cover art. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. Illustrated cover, endpapers, title pages and four full color plates. A very nice copy.
The Bobbsey Twins On A Ranch
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Green boards with endpapers illustred in red. #28 in the series. The last title listed on the flap of this copy is At Mystery Mansion. Pages browned throughout. Orange illustrated endpapers.
The Bobbsey Twins At The Seashore
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. An early edition. The last title listed on the front flap as well as the rear ads is "Meadow Brook." There is a crease the length of the jacket's spine. Still, a nice copy in a complete jacket. Jacket art mirrors the paste-down art on the front board.....
The Dream Merchant
London: Walker Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. No dust jacket, as issued. Elaborately decorated boards with four inset red beads.
Out of Step with the Dancers
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy in a price-clipped jacket. The cover art is wrap-around. There is a Morrow advertising sticker on the front panel which wraps around the spine and ends up on the rear panel. This is original. A Shaker village in the mid-19th.....
The Tiger's Bones
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A clean, bright and pleasing copy of this collection of plays by the late Poet Laureate of Great Britain. Illustrated by Alan E. Cober. Illustrated boards with matching dust jacket art.
The Court Of The Air
London: Harper Voyager, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed twice and dated by the author on the title page.
The Rise of the Iron Moon
London: Harper Voyager, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine unopened and unread copy. With embossed limited edition statement on the title page. This, from an edition of 100 copies, being numbered 92. Also with stamped rocket ship image on the title page.
Barry Dare and the Mysterious Box
Akron: Saalfield, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very lovely bright copy. The front panel is particularly bright and clear. The yellow on the spine is very bright but the crimson lettering is faded by half. Still, a very nice copy.
Marlfox
London: Hutchinson, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Illustrated by Fangorn. A Redwall tale. With supplied bookmark.
Dixie Dobie; A Sable Island Pony
New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1945). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. The story of a Pony living on Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Written and illustrated by both of the above listed authors. A truly lovely copy - as clean and bright as the day it was issued.
Jumper The Life of a Siberian Horse
New York: Charles A. Scribner's Sons, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Illustrations and decorations by Edward Shenton. Has Scribner "A" and Scribner Seal present on copyright page. The jacket is price-clipped and shows some minor rubbing at the spine ends and some creasing, else fine.
Doctor Elizabeth
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Relates the story of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Cover art and internal illustrations by Alice Carsey. Author's first book.
Children of the Lamp The Akhenaten Adventure
London: Scholastic, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Issued without dust jacket. Signed by the author at the half-title page in red.
The Hero Beowulf
New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, (2005). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Large format illustrated book. Re-told and adapted for younger audiences. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. Signed by the author on the title page. A lovely copy. Some very minot edge-wear to the spine ends, else fine. Wrap-around cover art.
Young King David
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Steele Savage. The jacket shows some rubbing at the head of the spine and some mild creasing and soiling near the top of the front panel. Still, a......
The Jungle Books
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Full green leather decorated and lettered in gilt. A.E.G. Silk endpapers. Collectors edition. Illustrated by David Gentleman.
The Flags of Dawn
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. As new. A remarkable copy. The red lettering on the spine is a shade paler than the front cover, else fine. A novel for young people set at the time of the origination of the Magna Carta. Illustrated throughout and on the dust jacket by Marie Lawson.....