1.
Curiouser & Curiouser
by
Caryl Brahms
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
2nd edition,
published by Haverstock in 1944
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name on front pastedown.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Ambari!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Oxford University Press in 1961
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge spotted.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
Ambari!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1961
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price clipped and slightly worn at edges.
Covers sound and undamaged.
Label removed from prelims.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
6.
Shifta!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1958
Blue covers.
Red lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Label removed from prelims.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Shifta!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1958
Oxford Children's Library edition.
Prelims messy where labels removed.
Covers and contents in VG. condition.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Shifta!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1958
Dustwrapper edge-chipped, price-clipped.
2cm. closed tear at base of spine strip.
Covers appear damp marked at edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Everything Easy
by
Cynthia Asquith
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
1st edition,
published by Jarrold in 1926
Grey boards with maroon lettering and decoration.
Printed on art paper.
25 full page line drawings.
Slight wear to corners of covers.
Faint spotting to fore edge and prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Corsair of the Skies
by
Arthur Guy Vercoe
with illustrations by
Comerford Watson
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Light green covers.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
12.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Justin Todd
1st Thus edition,
published by Gollancz in 1984
ISBN: 0575032634.
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
158 pages.
Printed on art paper.
22 colour illustrations.
A few marks on reverse of dustwrapper.
Covers themselves are clear.
Small amount of wear to base of back board.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Justin Todd
1st Thus edition,
published by Gollancz in 1984
ISBN: 0575032634.
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Page edges very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
15.
Tudor School Boy Life
by
Juan Luis Vives
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1908
Translated from the Latin by Foster Watson.
Octavo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
247 pages.
The Dialogues of Juan Luis Vives translated for the first time into English together with an introduction by Foster Watson M.A., Professor of Education in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Quite heavy foxing on prelims. and back endpaper and paste down, rest of book not affected.
Book plate on front paste down, name and address on front endpaper.
Covers lightly soiled, and spine faded.
Some underlining and annotations in pencil, neatly written, mostly in the introduction.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
17.
Santa Claus in Summer
by
Compton MacKenzie
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
Published by J. M. Dent in 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little chipped.
Book itself VG.
Faint scuff at upper left of front endpaper, possibly where a previous owner's name has been erased.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Harry Riley
3rd Thus edition,
published by Arthur Barron in 1946
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper ptice-clipped and a littl worn, but has protective cover.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Alice in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Gwynedd M. Hudson
Published by Hodder and Stoughton / Boots in 1932
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
20cm x 25cm.
180 pages.
Centenary Edition.
Rectangular picture onlay depicting Alice and Dinah on front panel of dustwrapper (duplicates frontispiece).
Black line drawn illustrations of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare on rear panel of dustwrapper.
The same illustrations of the Hatter and the Hare appear on the front and back endpapers and pastedowns, additionally with orange colouring to their coats.
12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), all present.
Dustwrapper intact, with moderate wear, mainly at edges, and has been neatly reinforced at the corners on the reverse with small tabs of tape.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt lettering and decoration remains bright.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Name written neatly in Belongs To box facing half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Includes a small number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s onward, on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
The Partisan
by
Simon Watson
1st edition,
published by Gollancz in 1973
ISBN: 0575017414.
Dustwrapper faded.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
Alice in Wonderland and through the Looking-Glass
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Harry Rountree
Published by Collins circa 1930
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
10cm x 15cm.
318 pages.
Maroon endpapers.
Dated from two owner's names and dates on reverse of frontispiece - book is possibly somewhat older.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Damp mark at lower corner of front cover.
Marks at lower edge of front endpaper and front paste-down where they have stuck together (probably due to being splashed) and have been prised apart.
Faint damp mark at lower edge of prelims.
Contents good, and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Iassen Ghiuselev
1st Thus edition,
published by Simply Read Books in 2011
ISBN: 9781897476420.
Light brown pictorial laminated boards.
Dark brown spine.
22cm x 31cm.
Dustwrapper price-clipped; fine in other respects.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
John Tenniel
Reprint,
published by Macmillan in 1927
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Base of spine faded.
Old gift dedication clipped from prelims.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Michael Hague
Published by Methuen in 1985
ISBN: 0416596304.
Quarto.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Red spine.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)