Children's

First UK edition; 4to (317 x 230 mm); 32 colour illustrations and 47 monotone illustrations, pictorial endpapers, occasional light finger-marking and minor spotting but overall internally very good; publisher's cloth-backed boards with colour illustration to upper cover, in the original pictorial dust-jacket, chipped with slight loss at spine ends and corner, with larger chip to upper fore-corner of upper panel and closed tear descending through the 'S' in 'Snow White', some light spotting and marking.

First illustrated edition; small 4to (220 x 165 mm); title-page printed in red & black, title device and 21 illustrations by Westley Horton, plate for the cover design by Charles Holme; publisher's pictorial buckram with Holmes' design to upper cover, some spotting and minor bubbling.

First edition, first or second printing, deluxe issue; 16mo; 27 colour plates, plain title vignette and colour pictorial endpapers by Beatrix Potter, 2 plates with superficial loss due to adhesion to facing pages, frontispiece lightly touched up to blank recto where cracking slightly, red run from cloth affecting fore-edge and lower fore-corner of most ff., with further impact to preliminary leaves, some other light soiling and finger-marking; publisher's lilac cloth with decorative gilt to design by Beatrix Potter, with inset colour illustration to upper cover, recased with hinges reinforced internally, some damp mottling and rubbing, presented in later cloth solander box.

LIMITED EDITION. 4to. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, title and decorative block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 16 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues. Black and white line drawings in the text. A fine copy.

Edition de Luxe. 4to. Original full green vellum, front cover and spine lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. With 26 tipped-in colour plates on grey paper. Covers very slightly bowed, minimal wear to extremities. An excellent copy of this title, with the endpapers very slightly foxed as usual.

First edition, first printing, signed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, some minor toning to text-block; publisher's cloth-backed boards, slightly toned towards top edge, dust-jacket, a little toned at top edge but overall a very good example.

First edition, signed by the illustrator; small 4to (250 x 195 mm); colour illustrations by Valerie Littlewood; publisher's pictorial boards without jacket as issued, a fine, sharp copy; with the original artwork for 'Secret Five' by Littlewood (375 x 505 mm unrolled).

Number 212 of 250 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, including double-page fold-out element, further photographic illustrations; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).

Number 215 of 250 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, pictorial endpapers; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).

Number 150 of 300 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, including double-page fold-out element, pictorial endpapers; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).