Recent Arrivals from Bird's Books

Folly Books Ltd, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to, 282pp, red cloth hardcover with gilt titles on spine, the pictorial dust jacket has some chipping and a tear to the rear cover, see pictures. Internally, pages clean and bright throughout, copiously illustrated. Pictures of underground bunkers, quarries, sidings, tunnels etc., all hidden beneath the city streets.

London & New York: The MacMillan Company, 1962. Hardcover. Fair. Sandro Nardini. Folio, laminated pictorial boards, edge wear particularly to lower spine which has a part missing. Some of the lamination is also absent. 42pp. Inner book is nice and clean. The classic fairy tale by Ruskin introduced by Bowen and beautifully illustrated in colour by Sandro Nardini.

London: Perpetua Books, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Searle, Ronald. The whole ghastly dossier compiled by Kaye Webb. With contributions by Siriol Hugh-Jones, Malcolm Arnold, Bertolt Brecht, Johnny Dankworth, Michael Flanders, Sidney Gilliat, Robert Graves, James Laver, C. Day Lewis, G.W. Stonier, Donald Swann, D. B. Wyndham Lewis and Ronald Searle. Large 8vo, illustrated dust jacket over… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1946. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Isabel Alexander. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear and rubbing to covers, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. Botany for a juvenile audience, with pictures and brief explanations of flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves etc.. Lithographed… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Poor. Sikes, Mary. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Covers are in a poor condition with old repairs, chipping, some tears / marks, previous owner’s name handwritten on front (though not very obvious). Inner book is generally clean and in good condition.… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1955. First edition. Softcover. Good +. Morison, I T. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear and rubbing to covers, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. Human anatomy for a juvenile audience. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 102, series… Read more about this item

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Briggs, Raymond. 4to, hardcover, laminated pictorial boards, minor edge wear to spine and some indentation on boards, unpaginated and near fine inside. A touching story of an older couple dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear strike. First Edition, third impression. Reprinted before publication.

London: Penguin, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Edwards, Lionel. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear, crease to one corner, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. A childrens’ guide to different breeds of British and Irish cattle. Part of the Puffin Picture… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. One’s Company and News from Tartary. First edition thus. 8vo, terracotta cloth boards with silver gilt titles on spine. Upper edge red. 603pp illustrated with 2 fold out maps. This covers Fleming’s journey from Soviet Russia through to what was then the Chinese capital of Nanking, on to… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, fourth impression June 1919. Printed just a month after the first impression. 12mo. 86pp. Quarter cloth with marbled boards, faded paper label to spine. Illustrated with a portrait frontis of the author aged nine years old and a facsimile of the first page of the original manuscript.… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, 1912. Hardcover. Good +. Aubrey Beardsley. 4to, blue cloth boards with white titles and decoration on front and spine. Boards with some marking and shelf wear. 18pp of biography and discussion of Aubrey’s work, illustrated with 157pp of plates. The plates are generally clean and in very good condition, very occasional marks and a couple… Read more about this item

London: The Studio, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Good. de Morgan, Claus, Cecilia Beaux, w. Reynolds-Stephens, Ernst Eitner, Eugen Kampf, Hans Thoma, Byam Shaw, Le Sidaner, Kay Womrath, Jean Veber, Simas, Francis Jourdain, Paul Helleu, etc. 4to, original green cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Covers worn. Binding cracked at inner pastedowns. Inner book is generally very… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1947. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. R B Talbot Kelly. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout with pictures of scenery and birds. Each bird has a picture facing a page of text about its habits etc. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 65 (though this is not stated on this… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bawden, Edward. Broad octavo hardback with coloured pictorial covers. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Endpapers illustrated with maps. A little edge wear, generally very good. Nice and clean inside and a lovely copy of this childrens’ guide to the peoples and history of Arab nations. Part… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Michael Lyne. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 82, series editor Noel Carrington

London: Penguin, 1957. First edition. Softcover. Good. Richard Taylor . Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear, tear to base of spine, generally good. Nice and clean inside. Includes descriptions of early explorers, the search for the North West passage, Shackleton, Amundsen etc. Part of… Read more about this item

London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 4to, pictorial paper covered boards with picture of Struwwelpeter on front. Some marking and wear to covers. 24pp with coloured illustrations throughout the text. 10 humorous stories with a moral for children. Der Struwwelpeter (Shock-headed Peter) was originally published in German by Hoffmann in the 1840s. Inner book is nice… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1946. First edition. Softcover. Good. Bowen Frank; Mason Frank. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers, unpaginated illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A selection of ships throughout history with pictures and a brief explanation. Small tears at staples and a bit of edge wear. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 39,… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Good. Margaret and Alexander Potter. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Maps, plans etc throughout history with pictures and brief explanation. Small bit of wear to front cover, some edge wear. Nice and clean inside. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series… Read more about this item

London : David Nutt, 1901. Hardcover. Good +. Seton Thompson. And 200 Drawings. 8vo, original olive-green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front. Vignettes of animals and tracks on front and spine. Sunned. 358pp with full page drawings and line illustrations throughout the text. Some edge wear. Repaired tear to one page and other minor chips.… Read more about this item