Riddell Chris Text (4 results)

First UK paperback edition. Octavo-size paperback. Very good. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $2 ($5 overseas), so please disregard the site default rate.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in fine dustjacket (price intact). Illustrated in colour by the author. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $8, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards before the order is processed by the bookseller.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Very fine in pictorial boards as issued. Illustrated in colour by Chris Riddell. A tongue-in-cheek story of an inept wizard trying to rid a kingdom of a fierce beast, in exchange for the hand of the king's daughter. His clever helper cat knows no good will come of his master's hopeful spells, so like Puss-in-Boots, he helps behind the scene. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards before the order is processed by the bookseller.…

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Very fine in like dustjacket. A wonderfully informative and fun story, in diary form, of a young boy going to sea in the year 1716. With colour illustrations by Riddell, and prose by Platt appropriate to the time and setting.