Children's from Dodman Books

Bridlington: Peter Haddock, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Stephen Pritchard. No.50 in the Project Book series, exclusive to Woolworth. Stock toned but otherwise all in VG internal order. Light wear to card covers with original price label to front. This is a charity sale for Friends Of… Read more about this item

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1904. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ninth thousand. With twelve full page plates as required. Stock toned, with some spotting and marking early and late, but for the most part all in good internal order. Prize label to front pastedown. Binding tight. Attractive decorated cloth worn to edges (moreso… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Viking, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. More widely available in Australia, but hard to find elsewhere, this entertaining and illustrated guide to "the Revered Spooner's watched birds (whoops, sorry, we mean botched words)", is in VG internal order with just light marking to endpapers. Wire bound in boards,… Read more about this item

London: University Of London Press, 1953. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The history which, we are told, is no longer taught in schools. Book 4 in the New Primary Histories series. Well illustrated including excellent colour frontispiece from F Stocks-May. Stock lightly toned and a little spotting to edge of block, but… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald, 1959. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Carl and Mary Hauge. ND. c.1959 (WorldCat). Notable for the Hauges' illustrations which are no doubt imprinted on many a baby boomer's mind. Gift inscription to title and very occasional signs of wear, but internally all in VG order. Rear board a little shaken. Some… Read more about this item

Utrecht: W De Haan, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. ND. 1928 (WorldCat). Book of inventions, ancient and modern. Well illustrated and all in VG internal order. Green cloth, lightly worn to edges, with attractive gilt decoration, dulled to spine. Dutch language. 8vo. 231pp

London: The Grant Educational Company, 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Franke Rogers. Seventh impression of this collection of stories, Book 3 Jr in the Joy of Reading series. Chief interest is in the charming illustrations by Rogers, many in colour. All in general, clean and bright, good internal order. Former owners' names to endpapers. These opening a little front… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Elsie Anna Wood. Hard-to-find edition, commended by The Primus Of The Episcopal Church Of Scotland. Attractive two and full colour illustrations. Some marking to dedication page, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Blue cloth with dulled gilt decoration and… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ambrus. Reprint. Bar light dust spotting to top of block all is in VG+ crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart blue boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Bonfils. First UK edition of volume first published in the US in 1956. Rather skirts around adultery. Attractive illustrations by Bonfils very much of the period. All in VG clean and bright internal order. Light wear only to pictorial boards, moreso… Read more about this item

Fakenham: Privately Published, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of illustrated children's stories in fine/as new order throughout. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 48pp

London: A R Mowbray & Co, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Muriel Turner. ND. 1962 (WorldCat). Well illustrated book of religious instruction for the young. All in VG internal order. Small mark to attractive covers. Surprisingly scarce. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 32pp… Read more about this item

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Helen Jacobs. Third printing of revised edition of this collection of Brownie stories. Bar very minor dust-spotting to top of block and a little offset toning to endpapers all is in VG+, crisp clean and bright internal order. Smart blue boards with bright… Read more about this item

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Alan Jessett. Hard to find in d/j, this well illustrated story is in VG+ clean, crisp and bright order throughout, bar a little dust spotting to top of block, not intruding onto pages. Smart pale orange boards with bright silver… Read more about this item

Freiburg im Bresau: Herder, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Artur Mrokwia. First edition thus, edited by Straub and with Mrokwia's attractive illustrations. Stock a little toned and spotted to block edge, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Orange cloth with gilt decoration heavily spotted, so best regarded as… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge And Sons, 1885. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ND. c.1885. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1887. "A miscellany of entertaining stories and articles, with numerous illustrations by the best artists." Scarce girl's annual extensively illustrated, including colour plates. Stock toned but otherwise in general good internal order, with just occasional marking.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. E H Wehnert. 122 illustrations and 16 full-page plates, though two of these are missing. A reading/working copy only, with much wear, spotting and marking to pages. Binding shaken and opening at hinges and fep missing. Blue boards well worn to all… Read more about this item

London: Sunday School Union, 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. 1882 - WorldCat. Prize inscription to fep, dated 1885. Occasional foxing and marking, but in general good order. Binding lightly shaken. Blue boards with black and gilt decoration and titling well worn and a little dulled to edges and… Read more about this item

Zeist: De Torentrans, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Hahn. ND. 1935 (WorldCat). First edition of this Dutch children's classic, exceptionally scarce and moreso with d/j. Foxing to title, first few and last few pages, but in general all is in clean and bright internal order. Green endpapers faded.… Read more about this item

London: Pollock's Toy Theatres, 1987. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Christopher T Inns. Modern take on the Victorian scrapbook, with spaces to fill and line illustrations to colour in. All in VG unused internal order. Card covers a little spotted. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated