Search Results: Childrens Books from Rickaro Books Ltd

London: Macmillan & Co, 1932. Book. Illus. by Tresilian, Stuart. Good. Hardback. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A good copy, red cloth with black design to the front board, with titles and decoration to the spine, some fading to red boards at edges but otherwise clean. 215pp (1) with 8 coloured plates, as called for and numerous black and white illustrations all by Stuart Tresillian. In very good original decorative and unclipped dust jacket (6/-net) to the front flap, some minor wear to edges, but very attractive. and list of author's children's titles to the rear panel. The only version of this work to have 8 full colour plates.

London: Sunday Times, 2003. Magazine. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In this article Philip Norman meets Anthony Buckeridge at 90 years of age, creator of the Linbury Court pupil John Christopher Timothy Jennings. Well illustrated including a full page image of Buckeridge as a school boy together with his friends Val Guest and H. W. Slate. Contained in a complete issue of the Sunday Times magazine. .

Ilkley: Great Northern, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine as new copy in fine d/w. A well illustrated account of the life and writings of Arthur Ransome. 160pp..

North Yorkshire: Great Northern Books Ltd., 2000. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fine of Arthur Ransome and the World of the Swallows and Amazons. Bound in blue cloth with guilt title, author and publisher's mark to spine. In a good jacket with some wear to edges of spine. 160pp..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A good copy of the first edition. Bound in original green cloth Map endpapers, some browning to paper edges but internally sound and clean. The second impression of this classic story set on the Norfolk Broads. Previous owner's name neatly to first blank ep dated 1940. 400pp..

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1945. Book. Illus. by Marx, Enid. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Landscape. A collection of rhymes and verses, complemented by the author's own illustrations. Unpaginated [28pp]; 18.3 x 22.5 cm. Lithographed by Sanders, Phillips & Co. at the Baynard Press, London. Enid Marx (1902-1998) was a textile designer, printmaker and illustrator who was a contemporary of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden. Good condition, no inscriptions or marks, staples rusted. A Puffin Picture Book..

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1924. Book. Fair. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In a fair condition, a little bumped to edges and spine missing, although binding still sound. Some marks and staining to cover. 72pp..

Manchester: World Distributors, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cherry nurses in her home town hospital. D/w bright, and clean. Not price clipped. 184pp..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. Book. Fair. Hardback. Seventh Impressioin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The seventh impression of the 4th title in the Swallows and Amazons series. Map eps. In original green cloth but faded to the spine which shows some wear. 352pp. Previous owner's name to blank fep dated 1942..

Exeter: Heriz and Mills, 1982. Book. Illus. by Redstone, Honor. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A delightful story.set on a farm in Devon. Illustrated in colour throughout, with illustrated laminated boards, 47pp.

Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2021. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A fine new copy bound in marbled paper wrappers by Louise Brockman. Nine accordion-fold pages showing ten eighteenth-century wood engravings printed from the blocks, part of the group of over 600 woodblocks from the very first children's books. The engravings are accompanied by a short letterpress text. 10pp One of only 95 copies..

London: Batsford Academic, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Fourth Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy, in d/w 256pp. A sound guide to childrens books..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. Book. Illus. by Ransome, Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good first edition of this title in the Swallows and Amazons sequence of novels. As is well documented Ransome based the family on the Altounyans, friends of T. E Lawrence. Bound in original green cloth.352pp. Map endpapers. .

Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd Book. Illus. by Soper, Eileen A.. Good. Paperback. 12mo. Small format Blyton title in the Little Book series. Pictorial card wraps with cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations to text. Crease to spine otherwise good..

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1917. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of plays for school children to perform, featuring historical characters and events; includes Caractacus; Boudicea; The landing of the Romans; and Introduction of Christianity. 16 b&w photographic illustrations. Undated but c1917; an interesting early learning aid. 64pp.

New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1930. Book. Fair. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fictional children's book featuring Lawrence. Bound in original orange cloth some damp staining to cover. Internally clean and sound with prize plate to inside of front board..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Poor. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is only a fair copy, in original green cloth that has the seated cherub playing pan pipes to the front board. The boards are marked (see images). There is one plate of the 24 missing, this is No 3 Lady with balloons, the other 23 are present with printed tissue guards. 126pp. .

London: Collins, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jennings and his great friend Darbishire set up a detective agency at Linbury Court. A very good copy in very good non-price clipped d/w. Previous owner's name covered by small whit sticker to front paste-down; minor browning to fep. 255pp..

London: Collins, 1952. Book. Illus. by Van Abbe, S.. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The fourth title in the series: it is Jennings' birthday and his present of a camera and a printing set encourage him and Darbishire to set up the 'Form Three Times'. First edition, a very good clean and fresh copy, minor foxing to rear fep; no inscriptions. Attractive d/w with wraparound illustration is price-clipped. Col frontis and d/w illus by S. Van Abbe. 256pp.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883. Book. Illus. by Greenaway, Kate. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A very good copy in a near fine condition in original paper pictorial covers. Front cover shows a boy and girl sitting on a fence looking at the man in the Moon. Contains 15 Greenaway illustrations. Post Office regulations to back page. The second Almanack in the series..