ILLUSTRATED FICTION from Chilton Books

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.. 1st edition. 30.5cms x 23cms. Pp.40, colour cartoon-strip illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, toned. G+.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980.. 1st edition. Graphic novel Gentleman Jim is the story of Jim Bloggs, an imaginative toilet cleaner who, dissatisfied with his station in life, devotes his time to envisioning a world beyond it... 30.5cms x 22.5cms. Unpaginated. Colour strip-cartoon illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1992.. Afrikaans edition of the Tintin adventure story, 'The Red Sea Sharks' by Herg�. Young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock travel to the fictional Middle Eastern kingdom of Khemed with the intention of aiding the Emir Ben Kalish Ezab in regaining control after a coup d'�tat by his… Read more about this item

London; Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, 1937 .. Scarce early printing in the original green card covers, browned at the margins. Front cover with black printed title and woodcut. pp.62/[1p.] . Printed title to spine, very rubbed with small loss to top & tail. Rear cover with adverts for "Some Summer Books" and "Some Autumn Books". Colophon to… Read more about this item

Gwasg y Dref Wen, 1979.. 1st edition. Welsh edition of Herge's Adventures of Tintin - Red Rackham's Treasure, translated from the French by Roger Boore. 30cms x 23cms. Pp.62, colour strip-cartoon illustration throughout, blue & white cartoon illustrated endpapers, gift message to title page. Illustrated laminated boards, bump to front fore-edge. G+.

London: Ernest Nister, nd. (c.1896).. With illustrations by H.M Paget, Fred Barnard, Harold Copping, John H. Bacon, Victor Venner, and G.H. Thompson. 23cms x 19cmsx 1cm. All edges red. Pp.96, colour frontispiece + 11 further chromolithographs and many sepia line-drawing illustrations, presentation bookplate from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to inside front board, slight… Read more about this item

New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1925.. First US Illustrated edition. "Figures of Earth tells the story of Manuel the swineherd, a morally ambiguous protagonist who rises to conquer a realm by playing on others' expectations �his motto Mundus Vult Decipi, meaning "the world wishes to be deceived". "(wiki). Pp.xxii/274, frontispiece + 11 further full page illustrations by… Read more about this item

London: BBC Children's Books, 1994.. 1st ed. "This stunning picture book, which retells the hilarious, nail-biting story of 'The Wrong Trousers', uses stills from the Oscar-winning film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations." 30cms x 20.5cms. Pp.32, colour illustrations throughout. Stiff card covers have minor edge creases. VG.

London: Piccolo, 1978.. A new translation, with an introduction by G.K.Chesterton, and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 22cms x 17.5cms. Pp.158, 8 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout, gift inscription to contents page. Pbk, edges slightly scuffed. G+.

Surrey; World's Work, 1974.. 1st ed. "A spritely tall tale, told with charm and humour by Mabel Watts, with illustrations typical of Mercer Mayer's particular talen for extending a story beyond the text." Unpaginated,colour illustrations throughout. Red cloth spine, illustrated boards, matching price clipped d/w. VG/VG.

London: Longman Young, 1970.. 1st ed. 29cms x 21cms. Unpaginated, colour illustrations by Ralph Steadman throughout. Illustratated laminated boards (American Indians walking off into the distance with two squaws carrying cats in papooses in foreground) slightly rubbed to spine. Scarce. VG.

London: Chappell & Co. 1976.. 1st ed. Childrens story book. Pp. Unpaginated. Page edges slightly toned. Fully illustrated b/w and colour. P/b. 29.5 cms x 21 cms. Slight toning to covers. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1982.. 1st Macmillan ed. A Just So Story. 24.5cms. x 18cms. Pp. 32, colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989.. 1st Hodder & Stoughton ed. "This light-hearted story, told with wit and humour, is a delight for readers and their tastebuds! " 29cms. x 22cms. Unpaginated, colour illustrations throughout, mushroom illustrations to endpapers. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w price-clipped with crease to inner front fly. VG/G+.

London: Collins, 1999.. 1st ed. "... a vital new addition to the Chronicles of Narnia which lovers of this world and its inhabitants should not be without." 28.5cms. x 22.5cms. Pp. 128, colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards with matching illustrated d/w which has small chip to top of spine. VG/VG.