London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1924. First edition thus, as first with Rountree's wonderful illustrations. Green cloth hardback, with black lettering and colour illustration onlaid to the front board. The colour plates include full colour pictorial endpapers.
Including favourites such as, "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse", and "Crying Wolf". Complete with colour frontis and all plates. Has a prize bookplate to the front, dated 1927 - from 'Wyggeston Grammar School for Girls' in Leicester (UK). This school's emblem is also attractively gilt-stamped on to the rear board. 340, [4]pp. publisher's catalogue.. 210 x 155 mm (8¼ x 6 inches).

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1944. First edition thus. Hardback navy blue cloth with gold titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. With pictorial endpapers. Now in Mylar wrap for protection. Unpaginated. 200 x 175 mm (7¾ x 7 inches). Copy-Kitten likes copying other animals and this book contains over forty wonderful illustrations by the talented Helen and Alf Evers.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First Edition. In hardback illustrated boards with matching original dust jacket. Very tight and neat, appears almost unread. Angelo is an Italian boy who travels with his family performing gymnastics and walking a tightrope to entertain people. One day he sees a girl in the crowd who is crying, and so he sets his mind that he must do something to cheer her up. Not one of Blake's best known titles, but a fun and colourfully illustrated children's book with a lovely message! 270 x 215 mm (10¾ x 8½ inches).

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1938. Publisher's quarter blue cloth and colour pictorial boards. Text in English. 39 [1] pp. 365 x 265 mm (14¼ x 10½ inches).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. Signed on half-title by the illustrator Glen Baxter. 40 pages. 235 x 220 mm (9¼ x 8¾ inches). Glen Baxter's illustrations are infamous. "A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S. J. Perelman and Pulp Fiction" said Mel Gussons in the New York Times.

London: Max Reinhardt Ltd, 1958. First UK edition. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. The author brings the precocious American rich kid Eloise to Paris, and she certainly makes the most of it! Follow her outrageous exploits - most not really aimed at younger children - whilst visiting the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Opera, with her long suffering Nanny. It's champagne and baguettes all the way. With in text illustrations by Hilary Knight. The dust jacket is a little age toned, with a few nicks / tears to the top. Neat gift inscription to front - dated 1958 - but overall in a very good condition. [64]pp. 285 x 200 mm (11¼ x 7¾ inches).

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Scarce First Edition. Victorian illustrated children's verse book [1892]. In pictorial boards, with cloth spine. Beautiful colour and duo tone illustrations by the author - including a half title page, and a frontispiece entitled 'Good Morning'. Has a neat 1894 owner's name in ink to the front endpaper. Some fading to the spine cloth, and some rubbing / light soiling to the boards. Minimal foxing to inside pages, mostly to prelims. Overall a very nice copy. [32] pp. 230 x 185 mm (9 x 7¼ inches).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. Reprint edition. Clean and tidy laminate boards. Fractional bumping to corners. light foxing to front pastedown. Otherwise a Fine copy.

Strasbourg: L.R.D.L, 1954. Charming colourful embossed silhouette story book for children. All about Fifon the rabbit. Text in French. 16 pages. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982. First edition in this format. Hardback laminated colour illustrated boards. Unpaginated. 275 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Fungus the Bogeyman is a character created by British artist Raymond Briggs. The story follows one day in the life of this fabulous character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. A fantastic pre-curser to the likes of Shrek!

Leipzig: Alfred Hahn's Verlag, 1934. First edition. Illustrations by Caspari among others. Hardback with tipped on illustration to the front board. Calendar, poems and colour and black and white illustrations. 250 by 170mm (9¾ by 6¾ inches).

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2007. First Edition. Colour illustrated hardback boards. In original unclipped dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are in a very good condition. Small bookstore stamp to title page, otherwise spotless. 608 pages. 205 x 135 mm (8 x 5¼ inches).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition. In hardback illustrated boards with matching original dust jacket. Very tight and neat, appears almost unread. Siblings Jack and Nancy live near the seaside, and can see ships sailing by from their bedroom window. Sailors tell them tales of tropical foreign lands, and they dream of visiting them some day. On a cliff walk one windy day, their father's green umbrella carries them off for an unbelievable adventure! Absolutely lovely story 270 x 215 mm (10¾ x 8½ inches).

Paris: Fernand Nathan, Editeur, 1935. First Edition Thus (French edition). Cream boards, with laid down illustration to the front board. 8 further colour illustrations by Appleton and numerous black and white illustrations. A touch of marking / foxing to the boards, but overall a very nice copy. Internally clean and tidy, with fractional browning. 255 by 190mm (10 by 7½ inches). 64 pages. First Edition Thus (French edition). Cream boards, with laid down illustration to the front board. 8 further colour illustrations by Appleton and numerous black and white illustrations. A touch of marking / foxing to the boards, but overall a very nice copy. Internally clean and tidy, with fractional browning. 64 pages. 255 x 190 mm

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1889. Very nice copy of this first edition. Hardback with illustration to front and rear board. Yellow end papers. Half title, frontis illustration and title with vignette. Good clean condition. A little darkening / marking to the boards. Internally clean. 64 pages. 235 by 190mm (9¼ by 7½ inches).

London: André Deutsch Limited, 1985. First English edition. Hardback illustrated boards. With a borrowed verse from 'The Night Before Christmas', this would make a great Festive gift! Unpaginated, but 32 pages. 305 x 220 mm (12 x 8¾ inches).

Strasbourg: L.R.D.L, 1954. Charming colourful embossed silhouette story book for children. All about Micky the cat. Text in French. 16 pages. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).