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ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING–GLASS and what Alice found there. Illustrated by Peter Blake.
Nottingham: D3 Editions, 2004. 100 pages. Illustrated with 8 mounted coloured plates, and others in black & white. Original blue cloth gilt, with mounted pictorial label to upper cover, and clear wrapper. Number 349 of a limited signed edition of 500 copies. Original prospectus loosely laid in. Clear wrapper a little scratched; else a fine/mint copy.
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BOYS AND GIRLS. A Ladybird book of childhood.
London: Penguin Books Ltd, 2007. Hardcover. Pictorial dust-wrapper. First edition. A fine copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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MAGIC PENCIL. Children's Book illustration Today Selected by Quentin Blake.
The British Council/The British Library, 2002. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper, as issued. A fine copy. Examines the work, among others, of John Burningham, Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Posy Simmonds, Tony Ross.
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MOTHER GOOSE. Dean’s 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 4. Number 19.
London: Dean’s Rag Book Company Limited, No date [between 1904-1910]. 16 pages. Illustrated in colour by Jessie Aitcheson Walker. 275 x195 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive with the original paper advert’ slip still loosely laid in. See Cope, page 63.
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PEAKE’S ALICE. Mervyn Peake’s Drawings. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass.
Marlborough: Libanus Press, 2001. This being copy number 42 of 60 Special copies of the book, together with a portfolio set of prints, both contained in a solander box. The book, portfolio of prints and the solander box are bound in pale blue cloth with gilt lettering. First edition thus of Peake’s restored masterpiece, printed full-size for the first time. A mint set.
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RAGGEDY ANN AND JOHNNY GRUELLE. A Bibliography of Published Works.
Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour. First edition. Signed by author on title. Soft corner crease to endpaper and first four leaves; else fine.
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THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
London: Macmillan Children’s Books, 2004. [32] pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition; first issue. A fine copy in a like unprice-clipped dust-wrapper, with no inscriptions or signs of use, etc.
More details Price: £150.00