London: E. Newbery, 1795. 8], 132, [4] pages. 6 full-page plates. Original quarter red roan, gilt over marbled boards. 14.5 x 8.7 cm. Ownership at head of title; spine expertly repaired; some occasional light spotting; else a very good copy. Roscoe J261(3).

Printed at Derby, for the Benefit of the Travelling Stationers: No date. (Circa 1790.). 24 pages. 20 fine wood-engravings. Original semi-stiff wrappers with two wood-engravings on each cover. 12mo. 14.5 x 9 cm. A fine copy of a rare riddle book.

London: F. Newbery, 1770. [2], iv, ii, 136 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other engraved plates. Original green vellum-backed boards with paper label to the spine. 141 x 90 mm. First edition. Two leaves with small loss where carelessly opened, resulting in the loss of a couple of letters; name on front paste-down and a gift inscription on a free endpaper; paper-covered boards a little rubbed; else very good. Roscoe J263(1).

London.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1824. xxiii, [1], 359, [1]pp. catalogue. Followed by six folding plates bound at the rear. Original full tree calf, gilt; but with no title label. 12mo. Some off-setting from leather to front endpaper and title - similarly at rear; binding a little worn at head and heel; else a very good copy. Bears the ownership inscription on front fixed endpaper: 'Misses M. & D. Inglis - 23d Novr. 1826.'

[London.]: No imprint, Not date [circa 1940]. A board book of 8 stout pages, including covers. Illustrating in colour throughout the nursery rhyme 'Monday's Child.' Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 14.5 x 17.5 cm. A fine copy.

London: H. R. Thomas, 1825. viii, [4], 5 -58, [4 cat'] pages. Engravings hand-coloured throughout, as issued. Contemporary half calf, gilt. Octavo. Pages 17/18 has a closed tear, some soiling and marking throughout; small tear at the edge of one leaf; else a good plus copy of a work that is scarce in either first or second edition. The wood engravings, which depict Esquimaux life and dress, implements used in everyday, together with examples of Arctic fauna, are derived from the illustrations by Captain George Francis Lyon, published in Sir William Edward Parry's 'Journal Of A Second Voyage For The Discovery of A North-West Passage, London, 1824. Osborne Page 75. The first edition was published in the same year as the second edition.

Derby: Thomas Richardson, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages., including wrappers. Illustrated with twenty-four woodcuts, including a cut to both upper and lower wraps. 85 x 54 mm. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. This text begins and ends on the wrappers Copac records only one copy in the Opie collection.

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: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [in print between 1909-1920]. Artist Evelyn Gladys Hall. Cloth sheet printed in colours, designed to cut out and stuff to make a soft toy Sheet size; 180 x 235 mm. Slight water-staining to the left side of the sheet; else very good. See Cope page 130.

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. Hatchard and Son, 1837. 49, [1 blank], [2 ad’s] pages. Original semi-stiff cloth gilt. 138 x 92 mm. First edition. A fine copy. Scarce.

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.

1830. A set of sixteen engraved alphabet and number cards. No imprint or date, but probably London, circa 1830. Comprising thirteen cards, each bearing two letters of the alphabet, a hand-coloured engraving and a single word title; plus three similar cards bearing the numbers 0 - 9. Each card measures 80 x 45 mm. All contained in a modern morocco-backed folding box. The cards are a little grubby and worn, but charming and rare.