Children's Books from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1956. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Card-covered stapled book. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 26pp. Many lithographic illustrations. .

London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. Book. Illus. by arthur rackham. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Decorated card covers with dustjacket. Condition: Good, with some light browning to covers. Some light browning to page edges. Dustjacket condition: Good, with some general light browning, light soiling (more so to rear cover of jacket)… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1947. Book. Illus. by Edward Bawden. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Oblong format. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling to covers, slightly more so to spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Edward Bawden. .

London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1922. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark blue hardcover with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Front cover also bears the logo of Reading University in gilt. Condition: Fair to good, covers have slight mottling and shelfwear to the outer edges. General light… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Faded splashmark to top outer edge of all pages (see image), reducing in size as it goes through the book. No other marks or inscriptions. 41pp. Beautifully written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs (1934-2022).

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Pale orange-brown paper-covered boards with title in brown on front cover and spine. The date code is 37.649, printed on the last page of text. Printed by Edmund Evans Ltd. Condition: Very good with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding… Read more about this item

London and New York: Transatlantic Arts Ltd., 1944. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pink paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and title in pale blue on front cover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with the inner hinges being a little "loose". Foxing to endpapers, no inscriptions. Undated, but COPAC confirms the date of 1944.… Read more about this item

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1949. Book. Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Cream paper-covered boards with title in brown on front cover and spine. The date code is 58.749, printed underneath the publishers details on the reverse of the title page. Printed by William Clowes and Sons Ltd. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear… Read more about this item

Brighton, East Sussex: Brighton Museum, 1980. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. This 216 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of items illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964) held at Brighton Museum from December 4 to January… Read more about this item

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Pale orange paper-covered boards with title in brown on front cover and spine. The date code is 176.1247, as stated on the inner flap of the dustjacket and reverse of the last page of text. Printed by Edmund Evans. Condition:… Read more about this item

London, Boston, Sydney, Auckland: Walker Books, 2014. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 101pp. .

London: Max Parrish, 1966. Book. Illus. by Dorothy Craigie. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fifth impression, 1966 (originally published in 1952). Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally shelfworn with some faint scribble… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1918. Book. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Dark green cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Little gilt vignette of a cherub on front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. The gilt title on the spine is dulled. Binding sound, no… Read more about this item

Rosenheim, Bavaria: L.Berchenbreiter, 1935. Book. Illus. by Roswitha Bitterlich. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Text is in German throughout. Card covered stapled book. Condition: Fair to good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn and lightly foxed. Pencil inscription at top of title page dated 1937. General light foxing throughout. Staples in centre of book just… Read more about this item

London: Griffith & Farran, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Pale olive-green paper-covered boards with title in black on printed paper label on vellum spine. Condition: Very good, covers have general light shelfwer with sunning to paper label on spine. Some light browning and foxing to endpapers. 140pp. plus 14pp. appendix and 6pp. letter… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. Book. Illus. by Hans Schabracq. Poor. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First published in1967, this edition first published in 1976. Hardcover. Condition: Poor, covers are lightly shelfworn and soiled, more so to rear cover. Top inch of spine covering is separating from binding but still attached. Light foxing and soiling to endpapers.… Read more about this item

London: M & J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph, 1973. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners. Some foxing to endpapers. A couple of small red pencil marks to front endpaper.Occasional small marks and… Read more about this item

London: Richard T.Bowyer Book. Poor. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date, but c.1850. Dark green cloth with scrolls and titles in gilt on spine.Cream endpapers. Condition: Poor to fair, covers have been damp to the outer edge at some point, with some raising of cloth to the rear cover. Covers and spine are generally shelfworn with… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Printed to War Economy Standard. Dark green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and blindstamped on front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light bumping to spine and cover corners. Slight skewing to spine. Binding sound, text… Read more about this item

London: James Blackwood & Co. Book. Poor. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No date, but c.1860. Maroon colour cloth with titles in gilt on spine and and image of and owl and a duck in college uniform on the front cover. Condition: Poor to fair, covers and spine are quite shelfworn and rubbed, watermark to corners of… Read more about this item