Libri per ragazzi

CECIL ALDIN'S MERRY PARTY Containing an Account of Forager's Hunt Breakfast, Rags' Garden Party, Master Quack's Water Picnic, Tabitha's Tea Party, Peter's Dinner Party and Humpty Dumpty's Fancy Dress Ball

ALDIN Cecil, BYRON May · 1913 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 1st edn. Tall 8vo 9¾ x 8½ ins). Original gilt lettered cloth-backed paper-laid boards with coloured inset in upper board, top edge gilt (plates bright and unmarked; casing shaken and worn at head and tail of spine and corners). Unpaginated, illus with ...

HARRY POTTER And the Deathly Hallows

ROWLING J.K. · 2007 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Bloomsbury, 2007 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 607 (no inscriptions).

THE WHISPERING LAND

DURRELL Gerald · 1962 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red (near Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 235, illus with b&w drawings by Ralph Thomson (endpapers toned at gutters; no inscriptions).

MARY AND FRANKENSTEIN The True Story of Mary Shelley

BAILEY Linda, SARDA Julia · 2018 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Andersen Press, 2018. 9781783446797 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Unpaginated, illus throughout with coloured drawings by Julia Sards (no inscriptions).

THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS

HULL Katherine, WHITLOCK Pamela · 1943 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Jonathan Cape, 1943 1st edn 8th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and light wear at head of spine - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 350, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus in text (previous owners' neat inscriptions front pa...

BACK TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE And Other Ugly Moments

SEARLE Ronald · 1951 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Macdonald, 1951 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at head and tail of spine - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 96, illus throughout with the author's cartoons light spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions),

THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK

LANG Andrew, ALDERSON Brian [Editor] · 1978 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Book Club Associates, 1978 Book club edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover). Pp. ix + 373, with b&w illus by John Lawrence (previous owner's neat inscription on fro...

BIGGLES IN AFRICA

JOHNS W.E. · 1948 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Oxford University Press, 1948 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w plates by Alfred Sindall (no inscriptions).

THE RESCUE FLIGHT

JOHNS W.E. · 1950 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford University Press, 1950 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w plates by Alfred Sindall (no inscriptions).

THE ISLAND OF FEAR A Story for Boys

MOORE Patrick · 1954 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Museum Press, 1954 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (chipped and torn at edges with partial loss at head of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 192 (no inscriptions).

THE LOST PRINCESS Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales

DUGGAN Anne E. · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Reaktion Books, 2023. 9781789147698 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered yellow cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 260, illus with coloured plates and b&w photos (no inscriptions).

THE INSECT MAN A Tale of How the Yew Tree Children went to France to Hear the Story of Jean Henri Fabre in the Places where He Lived and to See the Homes of Some of the Insects Whose Life-Story He has Written

DOORLY Eleanor, GIBBINGS Robert [Illustrator] · 1946 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

William Heinemann, 1946 New edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (spine and edges of boards faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (partial loss of spine and tears at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 174, illus with woodcuts by Robert Gibbings (...

THE SLEEPING SWORD

MORPURGO Michael · 2002 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Egmont, 2002 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 116, illus with b&w drawings by Michael Foreman (previous owner's neat inscription on...

THE FIRST CRUISE OF THREE MIDDIES

RUSSELL Fox · 1896 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Wells Gardner Darton & Co., 1896 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original bevelled-edged gilt and black lettered pictorial cloth (rubbed at extrems and endpapers tanned). Pp. ix + 258, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions).

THE WORLD OF TOLKIEN 7 Volumes An Atlas of Tolkien, The Battles of Tolkien, A Dictionary of Tolkien, The Heroes of Tolkien, The Dark Powers of Tolkien,The Hobbits of Tolkien, The Ring Legends of Tolkien

DAY David · 2015 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Cassell & Co., 2015-2020 1st edn. 7 vols. 8vo (8 x 5¼ ins). Original decorative green, red, brown, blue, grey, yellow and brown faux leather (residue of ISBN sticker on lower board of some vols - otherwise near Fine). Pp. various, with coloured illus throughout (no inscription...

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

BROWNING Robert, JONES Harold [Illustrator] · 1976 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Angus and Robertson, 1976 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (VG). Unpaginated, with coloured drawings throughout by Harold Jones (no inscriptions).

THE TWO JUNGLE BOOKS

KIPLING Rudyard · 1924 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Macmillan and Co., 1924 1st thin paper edition. 8vo (7½ x 5 ins). Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt (spine faded and light wear on upper board - otherwise bright VG in protective cover). Pp. vi + 576, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and drawings ...

LA RELIGION 1. Tannhauser

JACAMON Luc, WILLOCKS Tim, LEGRAND Benjamin · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Casterman, 2009 4to. Original pictorial boards with wraparound band (Fine). Pp. 79, illus throughout with coloured and b&w cartoons (no inscriptions). [French text].

HARLEQUIN CORNER

BROWN Pamela · 1954 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1954 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original black letteredgreen cloth (VG), dustwrapper (lightly chipped at head of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 227, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings by Marcia Lane Foster (no inscri...

HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL

UTTLEY Alison, TEMPEST Margaret · 1944 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

William Heinemann, 1944 1st edn 7th printing. 12mo (7 x 5¾ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (spine lightly faded at head and tail and light wear at top corner of upper board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges and partial loss at head and ...