ARTHUR: THE SEEING STONE
2000 ORION
PAPERBACK
A VERY FINE+ PROOF COPY OF THE BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WHITBREAD CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD.
50 CURTIS, NANCY
LITTLE BALUS
1969 PACIFIC
HARDBACK
GOOD D/W, SCUFFING TO CORNERS ON BOTH D/W & BOOK VERY
GOOD
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1988
UK hardback edition, reprint in very good condition. There is a tidy previous owner name at the top of the front end paper otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and is only very slightly chipped at the folds otherwise this too would be fine. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. Matilda is brilliant. Sensitive and brilliant, but Mr and Mrs Wormwood treat her as a scab, not a daughter - a scab to be endured until the time comes to flick her away to the next county, or preferably farther. Even before she is five years old, Matilda has read Dickens and Hemingway, Kipling and Steinbeck, and still her parents think her just a nuisance. So she decides to get her own back. Matilda's car salesman father, in his loud checked suit, and her platinum-haired mother are no match for her sharp genius. And when she is attacked by Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress who could teach Wackford Squeers a thing or two about punishment, the child prodigy discovers she has an extraordinary psychic power that can save her school and especially her lovely teacher, Miss Honey.
2478. Dahl, Roald: Rhyme Stew
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1989
UK hardback edition, reprint in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and is also fine. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Quentin Blake, a collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewed nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas. Dahl and Blake have plundered a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd.
796 DAHL, ROALD
THE MINPINS
1991 CAPE
HARDBACK
NEAR FINE D/W, SLIGHTLY EDGE WORN, FINE REPRINT
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE
1977 JONATHAN CAPE
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. CLASSIC ROALD DAHL.
1599 DAHL, ROALD
THE MINPINS
1991 JONATHAN CAPE
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. FINE IN A FINE UNCLIPPED D/W. JACKET IS ONLY SLIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE EDGES . ILLUSTRATED BY PATRICK BENSON. DAHL'S FINAL WORK FOR CHILDREN BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1990.
2473. Dahl, Roald: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Published by Viking, London. 1995
1st thus, UK hardback edition in very good condition. Slight browning of the pages otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed. There are no previous owner names. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket which wins him a whole day at Willie Wonka's chocolate factory. The magical day ends when Charlie is given the factory and goes in the Great Glass Elevator to collect his family and take them to their new home.
2474. Dahl, Roald: Esio Trot
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1990
1st UK hardback edition in fine condition. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed but is not price clipped. There are no previous owner names. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. Unfortunately she lavishes all her affection on another . . . Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises, large and small.
2471. Dahl, Roald: Fantastic Mr Fox
Published by Viking, London. 1996
1st thus, UK hardback edition in very good condition. Slight browning of the pages otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed. There are no previous owner names. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are nasty farmers who hate Mr Fox. They lie in wait outside his hole waiting to shoot him, starve him, or dig him out, but clever Mr Fox has other plans!
2472. Dahl, Roald: James and the Giant Peach
Published by Viking, London. 1995
1st thus, UK hardback edition in very good condition. Slight browning of the pages otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed. There are no previous owner names. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. James has lived with his two beastly aunts ever since his parents were eaten up outside London Zoo by an angry rhinoceros. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really horrible and it takes a great deal of magic to completely change James' wretched existence and take him on an amazing journey.
2476. Dahl, Roald: The Twits
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1981
UK hardback edition, reprint in very good condition. There is a small previous sellers sticker at the foot of the front end paper but there are no other owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is price clipped but retains a publisher's price sticker. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. With filthy hair all over his face and horrid plots growing in his mind, Mr Twit is one of the nastiest people you will ever have the misfortune to meet, and Mrs Twit is just as bad and twice as ugly! But they don't stop at tricking each other: neighbouring children and even the local birds are in danger, and that's where Muggle-Wump and his family come in. They have had enough of the Twits' tricks, and with the help of the Roly-Poly bird, they decide it's time for sweet revenge . . .
2475. Dahl, Roald: The Witches
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1983
UK hardback edition, reprint in very good condition. The pages are a little tanned. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed but is not price clipped. There are no previous owner names. Roald Dahl's classic story, illustrated with black and white line drawings in this edition by Quentin Blake. The Grand High Witch of the entire World has gathered together the witches of England for an annual conference at the Hotel Magnificent in Bournemouth. Their agenda is the elimination of all the children in the country and the prospects for their young victims look bleak. But her Grand High Witch and her cronies have reckoned without the spark and ingenuity of a young guest at the hotel and his rather brilliant grandmother.
2479. Dahl, Roald: Dirty Beasts
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1983
UK hardback 1st edition in very good condition. There is a previous owner at the front end paper. There are a couple of small chips lost from the edge of the rear board and the corners are slightly bumped. No dust wrapper as issued. This edition illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett. A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
905 DELAMARE, DAVID
THE MAN IN THE MOON & THE HOT-AIR BALOON
1995 DRAGONS WORLD
HARDBACK
FINE BOOK AND WRAPPER. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED
Published by Dial Books, New York. 1996
US hardback 1st edition in very good condition. There is black marker at the pages bottom edge, probably a remainder mark, there are no other marks or inscriptions. Light edge wear and one small tear at the top of the spine otherwise the dust wrapper too is very good and not clipped. The classic Victorian tale of the little orphan who dared to ask for 'more' retains its heart-warming charm and relevance in our era. Oliver's story is full of pathos and excitement, from abandonment in a workhouse to falling in with Fagin's gang in London's murky underworld and his eventual rescue by the kindly Mr Brownlow, who is able to reveal Oliver's true parentage. This splendid edition of Dickens' most popular novel, carefully adapted for children, is sure to entice a new generation of readers to explore his work.
Published by W & R Chambers, London. 1954
UK hardback reprint in very good condition. Vellum effect cloth with burgundy and gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates by Arthur I. Keller. There is a previous owner's inscription at the front end paper inscriptions. The dust wrapper is torn (now protected), darkened at the spine and has a couple of areas of loss along the top edge and is clipped. The most popular of all ghost stories was first published on 17 December 1843, and by Christmas Eve 6, 000 copies had been sold at a published price of five shillings. The story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley's ghost, was an immediate success and has remained so ever since. It is a book to read on Christmas Eve beside a blazing fire - and the best introduction to Dickens for young readers not quite ready for his longer novels.
55 DICKENS, CHARLES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
1979 ALLEN LANE
HARDBACK
VERY GOOD D/W, 2 X 1" TEARS TO TOP OF SP, ONE ON
SP ONE ON CORNER ILLUSTRATED BY FLUCK & LAW THIS IS A VERY GOOD AND
UNUSUAL VERSION OF THIS DICKENS CLASSIC.
1145 DICKENS, MONICA
FOLLYFOOT FARM
1973 HEINEMANN
HARDBACK
1st EDITION. VERY GOOD+ BOOK AND UNCLIPPED D/W. WRAPPER HAS VERY MINOR EDGEWEAR. CONTAINING "FOLLYFOOT" AND "DORA AT FOLLYFOOT" IN ONE VOLUME. BASED ON THE YORKSHIRE TELEVISION SERIAL. +16 PAGES OF STILLS FROM THE SERIAL. 4 COLOUR, 12 B+W
2250. DiTerlizzi, Tony & Holly Black: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition
Published by Simon & Schuster, London. 2009
1st edition hardback. A fine book in a fine dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is not clipped. When the Grace children moved into the old, abandoned Spiderwick Mansion, little did they realise that their lives would never be the same again. Having uncovered a fantastical world of sprites, faeries and goblins there's no turning back. The Ultimate Spiderwick Chronicles features all five of the original books plus great new bonus content! Discover the three 'lost' chapters that were included in the Nestle Cereal Partners cereal boxes, and the special 'development' section showing sketches and early drafts. Readers both old and new, young and old will be completely immersed in the world of Spiderwick with this Ultimate collection.
943 DOUGLAS ADAM, HELEN
THE ELFIN PEDLAR and Tales Told by Pixy Pool
1923 HODDER & STOUGHTON
NO D/W. GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLACK PRINT & DECORATION
TO UPPER & SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR TO EXTREMITIES. With a Foreword by the
Rev. John A. Hutton. Drawings by the Author. The 12 year old author's
FIRST BOOK, a collection of verse. Helen Adam was born in Glasgow in 1909
and emigrated to the USA in 1939, where she became a part of the San Francisco
Renaissance, publishing many volumes of poetry from 1958 on.
Published by Scholastic Press, London. 2000
Hardback, UK 1st edition, in fine condition. The dust wrapper is also fine being only slightly rubbed and not clipped. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. Imagine a wonderfully rude, children's version of "It's a Wonderful Life." At the beginning of the tale we have a good man, a caring man, heading for his job as a cookie-taster…but also heading for a terrible fate (he's about to step in something smelly.) Is this an accident (no!) Who's responsible? (the Gigglers, that's who! Elfen creatures whose pranks punish wayward adults.) What did he do to deserve this (he yelled at his children unfairly, but actually this was a bit of a misunderstanding….) Can the impending mess be avoided (Possibly!). Working backward, Roddy Doyle spins the hilarious tale of Mr. Mack, his wife Billy Jean, his three children Robbie, Jimmy, and Kayla, their dog Rover (in many ways the STAR of the show) and, of course, the irrepressible, sometimes hasty, but well-meaning Gigglers. A thoroughly silly, occasionally subversive, periodically tender, completely satisfying read.
858 DURANT, ALAN
ANGUS RIDES THE GOODS TRAIN
1996 VIKING
HARDBACK
NO D/W, BOOK VERY GOOD WITH MINOR BUMPING,ILLUS CHRIS
RIDDELL
KANGAROO COOLAROO
19 WARNE
HARDBACK
GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W, EDGE WEAR & SCUFFED TO REAR,
VERY GOOD BOOK
2146 EDWARDS, MONICA
Wish For A Pony
1963 The Childrens Library
Hardback
No date or edition stated . Pages browned and a Sunday School presentation label (dated 1963) at the front pastedown otherwise very good. The dust wrapper is price clipped and a little worn and chipped at the tips.
RIN TIN TIN and The Ghost Wagon Train
1958 SCREEN GEMS / GOLDEN PRESS
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. NO D/W. SLIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE EDGES. PAGE
EDGES BROWNED. GENERALLY VERY GOOD AUTHORIZED TV EDITION FEATURING "RINTY"
STAR OF THE POPULAR TELEVISION SERIES. ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL ARENS.
1975 FUNKE, CORNELIA
THE THIEF LORD
2002 THE CHICKEN HOUSE
HARDBACK
1ST UK EDITION. BOTH BOOK AND DUST WRAPPER ARE IN FINE, AS NEW CONDITION. The Chicken House print-run for the hardback 1st was only in the region of 1000 copies. The film of this book is due for release in mid 2006. Due to the rising success of her books, Funke is already being hailed as Germany's J. K. Rowling.
2287 FUNKE, CORNELIA
Inkheart
2003 The Chicken House,
Hardback
1st edition in very good condition. The book leans a little otherwise very good. The dust wrapper is not price clipped but does show some light wear at the edges.
142. Funke, Cornelia:
Dragon Rider
Published by The Chicken House, Somerset. 2004.
1st edition hardback in near fine condition. The dust wrapper has been slightly scuffed across the back panel which has made a small puncture at the hinge and a corresponding small graze to the book cloth. It sounds worse than it is. Otherwise fine/as new in an unclipped dust wrapper with the central card pop-up map.
Tales from the African Plains
1994 Pavilion, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. A beautiful book illustrated with the paintings of Gregory Alexander.
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE
1974 ANGUS AND ROBERTSON
HARDBACK
A REPRINT OF THE 1946 1ST. NO D/W. LAMINATED PICTURE BOARDS SLIGHTLY BUMPED AND CHIPPED AT THE CORNERS OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR. AN AUSTRALIAN FAVOURITE FOR MANY YEARS.
2376 Gibbs, May
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: The Complete Adventures.
1990 Angus & Robertson, Australia.
Hardback
Reprint. There is some fading of the jacket at the front top and fore edges with some light wear but generally very good in condition. Contains Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Little Ragged Blossom and Little Obelia. An Australian classic kids tale beautifully illustrated by the author.
2398 Gikow, Louise
Labyrinth: The Storybook Based on the Film
1986 Purnell, London.
Hardback
1st edition. Laminated picture boards without dust wrapper as issued in very good condition. There are some surface marks to the boards but nothing nasty, no previous owner names or scribbles. A children's story book based on the movie which featured David Bowie as Jareth, King of the Goblins.
1978 GLIORI, DEBI
PURE DEAD WICKED
2002 DOUBLEDAY/TED SMART
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION WITH FULL NUMBER SEQUENCE. RED VELVET BOARDS WITH SILVER GILT, NO JACKET AS ISSUED. CONDITION IS FINE.
2315 Godden, Rumer
The Diddakoi
1978 Books for Children.
Hardback
Later reprint of the 1972 1st edition hardback, both book and jacket are in near fine condition. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. Winner of the Whitbread Award, and filmed as a BBC television serial under the title " Kizzy".
Published by Macmillan, London, 1981
1st edition hardback. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in near fine condition. The boards have been bumped at the top edge otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names. The Dragon of Og is a story written for children and with glorious illustrations by Pauline Baynes. For centuries the Dragon of Og has taken for food two bullocks a month from the lord's herd, but a new lord declares the custom must end, and so begins a battle of wits. Taken from an old Scottish Borders legend.
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
1983 KESTREL BOOKS
HARDBACK
1ST THUS, EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA OF DAMAGE TO THE BACK
PANEL OF THE D/W ITS IN FINE CONDITION. AS IS THE BOOK AND ITS SLIP CASE.
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1908 THIS NEW EDITION IS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN BURNINGHAM.
58 GRAHAME, KENNETH
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
1951 METHUEN
HARDBACK
101st EDN, GOOD D/W FOXING,PIECE MISSING FROM TOP OF SP,
GOOD BOOK VERY FADED TO EDGES, FOXING, ILLUSTRATED BY SHEPARD
2147 GRAHAME, KENNETH
The Kenneth Grahame Book
1933 Methuen , London .
Hardback
Third edition hardback in its original dust wrapper, the first having been published November 3rd 1932. The book is fine in condition and the jacket is near fine. No evidence of any foxing at all. The green cloth boards are bright and clean as are the gilt titles at the spine and upper. The corners are sharp and the binding is tight. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper, now protected, is only very slightly discoloured at the spine and has a couple of small closed tears and chips at the tips, a beauty and very scarce in this condition.
2402. Grahame, Kenneth & Michael Hague(Illustrator): The Wind in the Willows
Published by Ariel/Methuen, London, 1980
UK hardback, 1st thus in very good condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is a bit rubbed and worn at the edges otherwise also very good and unclipped and now protected. The classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad Lavishly illustrated in colour in this edition by Hague.
2480. Grant, Michael: Fear (Gone 5)
Published by Egmont, London. 2012
UK hardback 1st edition in very good condition. Boards bottom corners bumped otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper has the original publishers sticker at the front and is not price clipped. The fifth heart-stopping instalment of the bestselling GONE series. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a year since everyone over the age of fifteen disappeared, the sun has continued to shine on the kids of Perdido Beach. Now, though, the gaiaphage has blotted out the sun and plunged the FAYZ into perpetual gloom. Divided and dispirited, the survivors face their greatest enemy yet - the darkness of their own minds ...
2481. Grant, Michael: Hunger (Gone 2)
Published by Egmont, London. 2010
UK paperback 1st edition in very good condition. Only slightly rubbed and curling at the corners otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names. The second instalment of the bestselling GONE series. The clock is ticking for Sam Temple and the kids of Perdido Beach but it's not the big one-five that they face now; it's starvation that threatens the FAYZ. In an abandoned mine shaft a faceless animal lurks, pulling the strings, toying with human and mutant alike. And he's hungry - hungry in the darkness. An uneasy calm has settled over Perdido Beach. But soon, fear explodes into desperation as starvation sets in and the mob look to place blame. For the 'normals' the buck must stop somewhere: with the 'freaks'. More and more kids are developing strange powers and, just as frighteningly, so are the animals in the FAYZ: talking coyotes, swimming bats and deadly worms with razor-sharp teeth are just the beginning. For Sam Temple the strain of leadership is beginning to show and he's got more than just dwindling rations and in-fighting to worry about - Caine is back with the psychotic whiphand, Drake, by his side. And in the background lies the greatest danger of all - and he too needs to be fed.
2482. Grant, Michael: Gone (Gone 1)
Published by Egmont, London. 2009
UK paperback 1st edition, later impression, in very good condition. Only slightly rubbed and curling at the corners otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names. The first instalment of the bestselling GONE series. Suddenly it's a world without adults and normal has crashed and burned. When life as you know it ends at 15, everything changes. In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. Cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there's no help on the way. They must do all they can to survive. Chaos rules the streets. Gangs begin to form. Sides are chosen - strong or weak, cruel or humane. And then there are those who begin to develop powers . . . It's Lord of the Flies for the Heroes generation.
PYNE
1995 JULIA MACRAE BOOKS
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. FINE BOOK AND UNCLIPPED D/W. A TALE OF POLECATS,
SET IN WALES. AUTHOR ALSO KNOWN AS GUY N. SMITH, FAMOUS HORROR NOVELIST.
Published by Doubleday, London. 2007
1st UK hardback edition. The book is in very good condition so too is the dust wrapper. There is a small nick to the dust wrapper, front bottom corner and light rubbing at the edges otherwise fine. The book is signed at the title page by the author. There are no previous owner names or other marks. A very collectable 1st printing. Maddy Smith is a girl who has got it bad. Born with the runemark of the title on her hand, she is an oddball in her village, befriended only by a mysterious old man called One-Eye, who teaches her all she knows of magic. Unlike ordinary humans, Maddy can see goblins, and knows that where her friend's glam (magic) is weak, hers is strong, though quite how strong she only discovers when she goes underground and meets a young man who calls himself Lucky. Before long Maddy is coping with the reawakened Sleepers, formerly Norse gods. Together with a pleasingly cynical oracular head called The Whisperer, who has plans of his own, she has to prevent the Nine Worlds from descending into Chaos.
1249 HENDRY, DIANA
HARVEY ANGELL
1993 JULIA MACRAE BOOKS
HARDBACK
REPRINT OF THE 1991 WHITBREAD AWARD CHILDREN'S SECTION.
FINE IN A LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W.