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Matilda -
Roald Dahl
1988 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
"A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!"
Well....
"She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."
With illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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1988 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
"A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!" Well....
"She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."
With illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - together with - Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator -
Roald Dahl. Faith Jaques (illustrator)
1967 - George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London - First UK Editions
Starring ‘Our Hero’ Charlie Bucket, with the infamous Willy Wonka. This book was inspired by Roald Dahl’s time spent working at the age of 13 at Cadbury, the English chocolate maker. He was amazed by all the machinery and by the spies sent by both Cadburys and their biggest rival Rowntrees to steal each others secret recipes.
Black and white illustrations throughout by Faith Jaques. An elegant presentation, housed in a cloth slipcase.
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1967 - George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London - First UK Editions
Starring ‘Our Hero’ Charlie Bucket, with the infamous Willy Wonka. This book was inspired by Roald Dahl’s time spent working at the age of 13 at Cadbury, the English chocolate maker. He was amazed by all the machinery and by the spies sent by both Cadburys and their biggest rival Rowntrees to steal each others secret recipes. Black and white illustrations throughout by Faith Jaques. An elegant presentation, housed in a cloth slipcase.
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The Swan and her Crew or The Adventures of Three Young Naturalists and Sportsmen on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk -
Christopher Davies
c1900 - Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd., London
A lovely little book, colour frontispiece and illustrated throughout.
WIth the nautical bookplate of Martin Rolfe Neville
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c1900 - Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd., London
A lovely little book, colour frontispiece and illustrated throughout. WIth the nautical bookplate of Martin Rolfe Neville
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Oliver Twist -
Charles Dickens
1846 - Bradbury & Evans, London - Third Edition, and first in Octavo format.
‘Please, Sir, I want some more.’
‘I saw no reason, when I wrote this book, why the very dregs of life, so long as their speech did not offend the ear, should not serve the purpose of a moral, at least as well as its froth and cream’ - Dickens’ response after he was severely criticized for introducing criminals and prostitutes into the novel.
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1846 - Bradbury & Evans, London - Third Edition, and first in Octavo format.
‘Please, Sir, I want some more.’ ‘I saw no reason, when I wrote this book, why the very dregs of life, so long as their speech did not offend the ear, should not serve the purpose of a moral, at least as well as its froth and cream’ - Dickens’ response after he was severely criticized for introducing criminals and prostitutes into the novel.
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Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories from The Arabian Nights -
Edmund [Illustrator] Dulac
1914 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition of this illustrated collection.
A magical presentation of Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Three Calendars and The Sleeper Awakened. Beautifully illustrated by Dulac with 23 mounted colour plates in the style of Persian miniatures.
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1914 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition of this illustrated collection.
A magical presentation of Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Three Calendars and The Sleeper Awakened. Beautifully illustrated by Dulac with 23 mounted colour plates in the style of Persian miniatures. More details
A Fairy Garland - Being Fairy Tales from the Old French -
Edmund Dulac
1928 - Cassell & Co. Limited, London - First Edition
With nine full page colour illustratoins by Dulac.
Tales include The Fairy Song; two tales by Charles Perrault: Riquet with the Tuft and Puss in Boots; five tales by Mme. d’Aulnoy:Bablet: Green Dragon, Fortunata, The Blue Bird and Princess Rosetta; and one tale by Count Anthony Hamilton: Mayblossom.
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1928 - Cassell & Co. Limited, London - First Edition
With nine full page colour illustratoins by Dulac.Tales include The Fairy Song; two tales by Charles Perrault: Riquet with the Tuft and Puss in Boots; five tales by Mme. d’Aulnoy:Bablet: Green Dragon, Fortunata, The Blue Bird and Princess Rosetta; and one tale by Count Anthony Hamilton: Mayblossom.
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Chapters on Flowers -
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
1839 - R.B. Seeley & W.Burnside, London - Third Edition [First printed in 1836]
Fourteen flowers, from the snow-drop and white rose to the purple crocus and hyacinth, each accompanied by philosophical and religious thoughts on friends and acquaintances. With illustrated frontispiece.
‘My course has lain through a busy and a chequered path; I have been subjected to many changes of place, and have encountered a great variety of characters, who have passed before me like visions of the night, leaving but the remembrance of what they were. I have frequently in my lonely rambles among the flowers, assimilated one and another of them to those unforgotten individuals, until they became almost identified; and my garden bears a nomenclature which no eye but mine can decypher. Yet if the reader be pleased to accompany me into this parterre, I will exhibit a specimen or two of what I am tempted to call floral biography’.
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1839 - R.B. Seeley & W.Burnside, London - Third Edition [First printed in 1836]
Fourteen flowers, from the snow-drop and white rose to the purple crocus and hyacinth, each accompanied by philosophical and religious thoughts on friends and acquaintances. With illustrated frontispiece.‘My course has lain through a busy and a chequered path; I have been subjected to many changes of place, and have encountered a great variety of characters, who have passed before me like visions of the night, leaving but the remembrance of what they were. I have frequently in my lonely rambles among the flowers, assimilated one and another of them to those unforgotten individuals, until they became almost identified; and my garden bears a nomenclature which no eye but mine can decypher. Yet if the reader be pleased to accompany me into this parterre, I will exhibit a specimen or two of what I am tempted to call floral biography’.
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Captain Hornblower -
C. S. Forester
1939 - Michael Joseph, London - First Edition
Contains arguably the best three books of the Hornblower Series, and the first three to be published - The Happy Return [Beat to Quarters in the U.S.A.], A Ship Of The Line and Flying Colours.
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1939 - Michael Joseph, London - First Edition
Contains arguably the best three books of the Hornblower Series, and the first three to be published - The Happy Return [Beat to Quarters in the U.S.A.], A Ship Of The Line and Flying Colours.
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