DHL EXPRESS' LAST SENDING DATES FOR CHRISTMAS 2025:
United Kingdom: 22 December
Europe (EU and Non-EU): 18 December
USA, Canada and Mexico: 17 December
Rest of world: 17 December
Rare first editions, signed and inscribed copies, deluxe and collectible editions of books written for children. First modern editions of children’s classics, including Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, J. K. Rowling, A. A. Milne, Judith Kerr, Raymond Briggs and J. M. Barrie.
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Julia Donaldson [with] Nick Sharratt – One Mole Digging A Hole – First Edition 2008 – SIGNED by Donaldson
£600.00A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 2008. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper – SIGNED without dedication by Donaldson to the title page.
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Julia Donaldson [Axel Scheffler] – Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book – First Edition 2005
£225.00A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 2005. A near fine book in very good unclipped wrapper with a closed tear to the rear panel. Wear to the…
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J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – First UK Edition 2000
£45.00A first edition, first printing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling, published by Bloomsbury in 2000. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions,…
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Raymond Briggs – The Snowman – First UK Edition 1978 – with SIGNED Limited Edition Set if Stamps
£600.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Snowman’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978. A near fine copy with spotting internally – without inscriptions. Accompanied by a first day covers…
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Julia Donaldson [Alex Scheffler] – The Gruffalo’s Child – DOUBLE SIGNED First Edition 2004
£750.00A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 2004. A fine book in like wrapper. SIGNED by Donaldson and Scheffler without dedication to the title page. A beautiful copy….
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Roald Dahl – Matilda – First UK Edition 1988
£195.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl published by Cape in 1988. A very good book without inscriptions with some light handling marks to the boards and…
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Alison Green and Axel Scheffler – Welcome – First Edition 2025 – DOUBLE SIGNED by Green and Scheffler (Dated and Doodled)
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Welcome’ published by Alison Green in 2025. A fine book in like wrapper. Signed ‘Love from Alison Green’ and Axel Scheffler, dated Richmond 5.6.25….
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Roald Dahl [Quentin Blake] – The Witches – First UK Edition 1983
£450.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Witches’ published by Cape in 1983. A fine book in like unpriced/unclipped wrapper. The best copy we have handled for a while.
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Julia Donaldson [Axel Scheffler] – Room On The Broom – First Edition 2001 – SIGNED, DATED, LOCATED and DOODLED
£1,950.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Room On The Broom’ by Julia Donaldson, published by Macmillan, London in 2001, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. A very good copy in a very…
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Roald Dahl – George’s Marvellous Medicine – First UK Edition 1981 – SIGNED by Quentin Blake
£1,350.00A first edition, first printing of ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ published by Cape in 1981. A near fine book without inscriptions – a trace of spotting to the top edge in…
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Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler – The Smartest Giant In Town – First Edition 2002
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ published by Macmillan in 2002. A fine book without wrapper – no inscriptions.
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A.A. Milne – Winnie The Pooh – First UK Edition 1926
£4,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Winnie The Pooh’ published by Methuen in 1926 – illustrations by E.H. Shepard, map endpapers, original publisher’s green pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., dust jacket…
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Roald Dahl [Quentin Blake] – BOY – First UK Edition 1984
£125.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl published by Cape in 1984. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a very good clipped wrapper, with a little…
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Julia Donaldson [Axel Scheffler] – The Baddies – First Edition 2022
£35.00A first edition, first printing of The Baddies, published by Alison Green in 2022. A fine copy in like wrapper.
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Julia Donaldson [Axel Scheffler] – The Gruffalo – Gift Edition in Slip Case – DOUBLE SIGNED and DOODLED
£1,250.00A first edition of the Gift Edition published eight years after the [almost] unfindable Macmillan true first edition. A near fine book with full numberline 1-9 the same format as…
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Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler – The Smartest Giant in Town – First UK Edition 2002 – SIGNED by Donaldson and Scheffler, DATED and LOCATED and with original illustration
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ published by Macmillan in 2002. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper – no inscriptions. SIGNED by Donaldson and…
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