London: David Bogue, 1851. [96] pages [including frontispiece]. Frontispiece, vignette on title, and 45 full-page engravings all finely coloured by hand as issued. Original blue cloth, gilt All edges gilt. 4to. 28 x 22 cm. First edition. Little shaken with some signatures becoming proud; some occasional spotting; ownership inscription on front endpaper; else a very good copy of an ambitious production from the firm of David Bogue. Copac records copies in the British Library and Opie Collection only.

London: David Bogue, 1847. v, [1], 88 pages. Original decorative cloth. Octavo. First English edition. Very slight bumping to corners and head & heel of spine; slight browning of title with a few very small marks; else a handsome copy. This ttile is extremely difficult to find in fine condition in its original binding. 'The moon describes to a painter thirty picturesque scenes, 'observed in her silent passage across the sky.' 'Sketch what I relate to you,' said the moon.. and you will have a pretty picture-book.' Osborne 858.

London.Privately Printed at The Chiswick press. 1920. [iv], [2], 3-39pp. Illustrated with 10 full-page colour plates, some with multiple images. Original cloth-backed printed grey boards. First edition. Some light spotting; boards a trifle browned; else a very good copy of the scarce first edition.

London: W. Peacock… J. Wallis…. J. Harris, 1802. Six volumes bound as three. Engraved frontispiece to volume I. Bound in full calf recently handsomely re-backed with blind and gilt decoration and twin labels. A very nice set. Moon 444(1).

London: Darton and Harvey, 1802. Price One Shilling. [52] pages. Title-page vignette and 5 full-page engravings, plus 19 engravings in the text. Original marbled wrappers. 155 x 98 mm. A few closed marginal tears; covers worn; little marked and dust-soiled; some corner creases; else a very good copy of one of Darton’s finest productions. First published in 1798. Darton G 226(4). .

York: Richard Burdekin, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages. including self-wrappers. 84 x 56 mm. Illustrated with twelve woodcuts. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Richard Burdekin’s chapbooks are rarely found. We have been able to trace only a single copy of this title, in the Pierpont Morgan Library. See Alderson, Be Merry and Wise, item 284.

Darton, Harvey, and Darton. Price 1s. plain; or 1s. 6d, 1819. 24pp. 12 being title and text; verso of title a blank; a further 11 bearing 22 hand-coloured engravings. Original printed pink wrappers. First edition. Corners a little turned; spine expertly repaired; but a very good copy of a charming and scarce title. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: ‘Henry Hartly Allan May 18th 1822 A present from Mrs Slaney.’ First published in 1810 without text and with smaller illustrations. See Osborne for a 1814 reprint of this earlier format. Darton G779(3).

London: Harvey and Darton, No date [circa 1820's- 30's?]. 72 pages. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates, dated 1815, of which two are full-page, the remainder bearing two images per page. Contemporary cloth gilt. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Gift and ownerships inscriptions and stamps on endpapers; erased pencilled date of 1824 at foot of title; one signature a little proud; paper label with manuscript title on upper board; else a very good copy. Darton G780., but not that edition, his example having a longer title. The first edition was issued in 1824, the plates having been acquired from the publisher Nathaniel Hailes in whose 2nd edition of John Rippingham's Natural history according the Linnaean system they had previously appeared.

1937. [14] leaves, each with a mounted hand-coloured etched leaf, the twelve that form the fairy tale, each signed in pencil by both of the author/illustrators. No imprint or date, but believed to issued by George Vajna & Cie., of Budapest, Hungary, circa 1937. Original cloth with string ties secured with decorative stone or ceramic piece. A small handcoloured title etching is mounted on the front panel. 19.8 x 17 cm. Some light browning to the balnk verso of one leaf and to blank borders of another; else an excellent copy of this charming children’s fairy tale set around Lake Balaton in Hungary.

London: Griffin and Farran, No date [circa 1860.]. [12] leaves each printed on one side only, and bearing a hand-coloured engraving with text. The illustrations are by William Newman. Original pictorial wrappers. Oblong: 137 x 195 mm. Brown spots to lower wrapper which bears ad’s for Griffin and Farran; else a very good, clean copy.

London: J. Harris, 1807. 14 hand-coloured engraved unnumbered leaves, including title and dedication, all printed upon one side of the paper only. Bound in relatively recent cloth-backed boards with label to the spine.. A very good copy of this sequel to Sarah Martin’s original tale and her continuation by the unknown ‘W.F.’ Moon 562(2). A very nice copy of this sequel first published in 1806.

London: J. Harris, 1806. 14 engraved unnumbered leaves, including title and dedication, all printed upon one side of the paper only. Original wrappers dated 1806. First edition. Spine repaired; corners a little worn; name on title; else a very good copy of this sequel to Sarah Martin’s original tale and her continuation by the unknown ‘W.F.’ Moon 562(1) records no copies in original wrappers.

Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston and Son, No date [circa 1830]. 24 pages, including outer wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 other wood-engravings. Original pastedown wrappers. 10.5 x 6.5 cm. A fine copy of this chapbook..

London: J. Hatchard... J. Conder... Darton and Harvey, 1817. v, 150, [1 Errata] pages. Engraved frontispiece of a mother teaching her child to read the bible. Recent half calf over marbled boards; red gilt label to spine. 12mo. First edition. Some light browning and spotting; else a very good copy. The B.L. has the second edition, which was issued in 1818, but the first edition is quite scarce. "Nor may it be pressing the vain expectations of an author, beyond the limits of possibility, if the writer indulges the thought, that whilst the mother listens to the simple tale, primarily intended for the daughter's eye, perhaps she may not disdain to glean some practical hint from this humble legend, framed to recommend the nameless charms of female excellence." [From the Preface.]

London: Faber and Faber, 1961. 158 pages. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. No dust-wrapper. Signed in biro by Lucy Boston on the half-title. A very good, clean copy.

London: Harvey and Darton, 1806. [viii], 424 pages. Illustrated with a folding map and 3 other folding plates. Original half roan. 182 x 112 mm. First edition. One folding plate has a short tear and is a little frayed at the fore-edge; else a very handsome copy. Darton G1047. An uncommon title

London: Printed and Sold by William Darton, Jun, 1815. 112, [3 Index], [1 blank], [4 ad's] pages. Illustrated with a hand-coloured folding map as the frontispiece, and 12 engraved plates, many bearing two images of town criers. Original quarter red sheep gilt over paper-covered boards. 12mo. First edition. Map and spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. The front fixed endpaper bears the bookplate of Lawrence Darton. See Darton H56(1). Scarce.

London: Harvey and Darton, 1827. iv, 144 pages. Illustrated with a folding map, and eight engraved plates each bearing two images. Original red roan backed pictorial paper-covered boards. First edition. Gift inscription on title; advert' for children's book published at Hailes's Juvenile Library to front pastedown. A very good copy. Darton G178.