modern first edition books from Firsts in Print
modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

Children's modern first editions

All of the books on these pages are first editions and first printings

Children's publications and award winners are featured on this page. We hold a wide selection of children's fiction by a large number of writers. It's always worth asking in case we have what you are looking for in stock.



The Hunting of the Snark
by Chris Riddell, Lewis Carroll


Published: Macmillan, 2016

Fine in fine illustrated boards, as issued. A version of the poem by Lewis Carroll first published by Macmillan 140 years ago and beautifully illustrated in this very attractive volume. Has been very popular and signed copies - as this is - are now scarce.

Price: £35.00

The Hunting of the Snark by Chris  Riddell


Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death
by Chris Riddell


Published: Macmillan, 2014

Fine in ill. boards, as issued. Sequel to Costa-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse and shortlisted for National Book Award. Signed by the author.

Price: £15.00

Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death  by Chris  Riddell


We're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen, Ill. by Helen Oxenbury


Published: Walker Books, 2019

Fine in fine wrapper. First printing, thus. 30th anniversary edition, with a colour print, numbered and double-signed by Rosen and Oxenberry out of 1000, in a transparent envelope affixed to the rear board. A contemporary children's classic and scarce, now, in this edition.

Price: £49.50

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael  Rosen


How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff


Published: Puffin Books, 2004

Fine in fine wrapper. Signed by the author. Winner of the 2004 Guardian Children's Fiction Award and now a major film.

Price: £24.00

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff


Picture Me Gone
by Meg Rosoff


Published: Penguin, 2013

Fine in like wrapper. Signed by the author. Shortlisted for children's US National Book Award.

Price: £16.00

Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff


The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J K Rowling


Published: Bloomsbury, 2018

Fine in illustrated boards, as issued. Richly illustrated by the former Children's Laureate and signed by him.

Price: £25.00

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K  Rowling


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by JK Rowling, Ill. by Jim Kay


Published: Bloomsbury, 2019

Fine in fine wrapper. Latest in the highly popular series. Signed by the illustrator.

Price: £75.00

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling


Harry Potter and the The Prisoner of Azkaban
by J K Rowling, Ill. by Jim Kay


Published: Bloomsbury, 2017

Fine in fine wrapper. Third in the highly popular illustrated Harry Potter series. Signed by the illlustrator.

Price: £30.00

Harry Potter and the The Prisoner of Azkaban by J K  Rowling


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J K Rowling


Published: Bloomsbury, 2000

Fine in original shrinkwrap, with First Edition sticker present.

Price: £75.00

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K  Rowling


Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by J K Rowling, Ill. by Olivia Lomenech Gill


Published: Bloomsbury, 2017

Fine in fine ill. boards. Richly illustrated version, signed by the artist.

Price: £45.00

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J K  Rowling


Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J K Rowling, Ill by Jim Kay and Neil Packer


Published: Bloomsbury, 2022

Fine in fine wrapper. Latest in the illustrated series, this copy signed by both Jim Kay and Neil Packer.

Price: £75.00

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K  Rowling


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J K Rowling


Published: Bloomsbury, 2000

Fine in like wrapper. Clay's first edition. Signed by the author to loosely inserted bookplate.

Price: £475.00

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K  Rowling


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J K Rowling


Published: Bloomsbury, 2003

Fine in like wrapper. First edition, with the 'adult' wrapper. Signed to loosely inserted bookplate.

Price: £1750.00

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling


Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix
by J K Rowling


Published: Bloomsbury, 2003

Fine in like wrapper. Just a little browning to block. Children's wrapper, perhaps slightly less rare than adult version. Signed by author to loosely inserted bookplate.

Price: £1700.00

Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix by J K Rowling


The Kingdom Revealed
by Rob Ryan


Published: Hutchinson, 2014

Fine limited edition. A stunning edition of papercut artist Rob Ryan's new book, signed and numbered out of 100, in a special illustrated slipcase containing a numbered and signed lasercut and original piece of signed art from the book, which is also signed. Also several pieces of ephemera are included in the package, as well as one golden ticket somewhere among the 100, entitling the owner to visit Ryan at his studio.

Price: £200.00

The Kingdom Revealed by Rob Ryan

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