London: The Leisure Hour Office 1887-88. Volume 9, #405, 1 Oct., 1887 - #454, 8 Sept., 1888. Quarto. Original blue-green bevel edge pictorial cloth stamped in black & gilt, green Illustrated endpapers. pp 848 + colour frontispiece with tissue guard, title leaf, and one other colour plates + 8 b&w plates + 1 blue plate. Numerous illustrations in the text. Called-for b&w plate at p 512 not present (never bound in). Minor use to spine ends and outer corners; chromolitho frontis. has foxing on the black recto and margins of verso, with foxing to margins of title page; yellowing and light foxing to page edges; creases to tissue guard at frontispiece; tissue guard of chromolitho at p 216 has long tears and is partially adhered to the image; near fine otherwise. Note: 2.5 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.; Quarto

London: The Girl's Own Paper, no date (1937). Green non-pictorial cloth lettered in blind and gilt., pp iv, 576 + 4 coilour plates. Many b&w illustrations in text. Half inch tear to head of spine neatly repaired; soft vertical ridges to spine; ink gift inscription at front; page edges yelllowed, text paper toned; else a VG+ clean and tight unworn copy, inner hinges not cracked. Contains on pp 529-37 "The Garden of Spices", a story by L.M. Montgomery. 2.32 kg parcel.; Quarto

New York: Delacorte, 1982. Quarto, glossy colour pictorial boards. Fine copy. Pop-up book, with 5 mechanicals. Reproduction of the original 1895 edition.

Auckland & London: Collins, 1977. Quarto, glossy pictorial boards. [31] pp, colour illustrations throughout. Fine in fine jacket, no owner names, a very nice copy indeed. A story of the Maori, it won the Russell Clark Award for illustration. New Zealand author and illustrator. 0001850903

London: Blacke, no date. Ca 1920s? reprint (first wasd 1911). Octavo, beige pictorial cloth stamped in red and black. pp 360 + 4 plates. Yellowin and light foxing to page edges; foxing early and late; nicks at head of spine; VG otherwise, binding clean, bright, no rubbed. Boy's adventure novel. Mining, "chinks", treasure in a cave. Muir 4467.

Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook, (copyright 1903). Squarish octavo, hardcover, half grey cloth and marbled boards. (96) pp, text in double columns, illustrations in text. 1924 rubber stamped name to front free endpaper; else a fine bright copy. Sunday school fiction for boys, set on island on the Michigan side of Lake Huron. Pages 93-95 contain a story "The Night of the Storm" by Marion Brier.

London: Early edition (ca. 1860s?) (first was Routledge, 1859). 16mo, red decorated cloth stamped in green, gilt and black. Pp iv, 444 + frontispiece with tissue guard and 7 other plates. Xmas, 1870, ink gift inscription at front; cracked front inner hinge neatly repaired; tissue guard tanned; minor wear to spine tips and outer corners; only minor soiling to rear cover; text paper lightly toned; in all, a VG+ bright, tight, and most attractive copy of this Australian juvenile.

New York: Knopf, c1977. Second printing. Octavo, cloth & boards. Fine in near fine jacket, no owner names. Four fairy tales. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. Squarish octavo, tan boards. pp 64. Black & white illustrations by a Kate Greenaway Medal winner. VG in VG price-clipped jacket, no owner names, nice, bright copy. Cornish folk tale told by a noted Cornish poet. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced, depending upon your location.

London: Oxford University Press, 1962. First of the revised edition. Red cloth. (xvi), (3 08) pp. Library discard, with library blind stamp at foot of title page, tape shadows to pastedowns (hidden by jacket flaps), tape shadow on spine of jacket; else a fine clean & unworn copy, no other library marks.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. Octavo, green bevel edge cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. pp xx, 448, (12, ads). Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard and numerous other plates and illustration, all included in the pagination. Spine browned, with some rubbing, some nicks and wear to ends'; partially cracked inner hinges neatly reparied. Feb, 1899, ink gift inscription at front; yellowing to page edges; moderate rubbing to outer corners; in all, a good, clean, tight and unworn copy. Includes a detailed bibliography of Carroll's publications at rear. Collingwood was his nephew. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. Variant (library) binding of light green pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. 1976 ink gift inscription at front, front cover just a little bowed, else fine in fine jacket. "A Doubleday Reinforced Library Edition" gilt band across spine and front panel. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Oblong octavo

London: Ward, Lock, no date. Later printing ca. 191-? (first was in 1896). Octavo, maroon pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and dark green, black endpapers. pp viii, 9-343, (1), (8, ads) + frontispiece with tissue guard and 3 other plates; numerous text illustrations. Yellowing to page edges; offset tanning and slight foxing to first and last page; small nicks to spine tips; 1919 ink name at front; near fine otherwise.

London: Ward, Lock, no date, 1900. Third printing. Octavo, green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, black endpapers. Pp viii, 9-343, (1), 8 (ads) + frontispiece with tissue guard and 3 other plates; numerous line drawings in text. Yellowing and light foxing to page edges; scattered light text foxing; 4 Dec., 1900, ink gift inscription on half-title; else a fine, bright copy. First published 1896.

New York: Robert Carter, 1860. 12mo, original blue cloth, sides decorated in blind, spine gilt lettered, cream endpapers. pp (2), iv, (5)-355, (4) + frontispiece and 5 other plates. Book a bit leaned, with spine ends frayed and wear to outer corners; light spotting to covers; 17 April, 1860, ink gift inscription and corner crease on front free endpaper, tan soil spot to front pastedown; short crease to first two plates; foxing in text, typical of American books of this period; in all, a good, tight copy, hinges not cracked. A book for children previously published London, 1855.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. Brown cloth. pp 199. Index. Fine in very nearly fine jacket. The first factual biography. ; Octavo

London: Nelson, 1973. Octavo, 288 pp. Olive boards, green endpapers. Numerous illustrations and diagrams in text. Upper outer corner of half-title leaf clipped away, else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. "The most comprehensive collection of his games and puzzles yet compiled." - jacket. 0171350022

Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1977. Quarto, colour pictorial boards. Small bump at foot of spine and lower outer corner of front cover, else fine. 83-year old Galiano Islander's first book.

Philadelphia: 38.5 cm. Maroon cloth, spine gilt lettered. Vol X, nos 1-52, 5 Jan - 27 Dec, 1924. 208 pp. Complete year. Library discard, with rubber stamp and shelf notations at front, no other library marks. Mild cover soiling, rear to corner of front free endpaper,dust soiling to front endpapers, else a VG clean, tight and unworn copy. Stories and articles, handicrafts, well illustrated. 1.9 kg parcel; Folio