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 Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
by George Saunders, Ill. Lane Smith

Published: Bloomsbury, 2001

Fine in ill. boards, as issued. Rare children's book by Folio-winner Saunders, still more so signed and dated, which this is, with a doodle.

Price: £38.00

The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders


The Land of Neverendings
by Kate Saunders

Published: Faber, 2017

FIne proof. Lovely novel shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018.

Price: £10.00

The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders


Drawing Europe Together
by Axel Scheffler

Published: Macmillan, 2018

Fine in fine boards. Charming book in support of European cooperation. Signed by Scheffler to title page. The whimsical popularity of Scheffler's work and the connection to Julia Donaldson mean he is likely to become increasingly collectable in the manner of Quentin Blake et al.

Price: £25.00

Drawing Europe Together by Axel Scheffler


The Cat in the Hat
by Dr Seuss

Published: Collins/Beginner Books, 1958

Very good in rubbed and faded boards. Spine a little bumped to both ends. Lacking wrapper. A bit of a mystery, this one, as usually these are published by Collins with no Beginner Books logo. Could be a later printing, but by no means clear.

Price: £30.00

The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss


The Monstrous Child
by Francesca Simon

Published: Faber/Profile, 2016

Fine in fine wrapper. New book from author of Horrid Henry. Costa 2016 shortlisted. Nominated fo the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Signed copy.

Price: £9.99

The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon


Geek Girl Head Over Heels
by Holly Smale

Published: Harper Collins, 2016

Fine in fine wrapper. Lates in the highly popular series. Signed by the author.

Price: £12.99

Geek Girl Head Over Heels by Holly Smale


The Snow Angel
by Lauren St John

Published: Head of Zeus, 2017

Fine in fine wrapper. Signed to title page.

Price: £10.99

The Snow Angel by Lauren St John


Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
by A F Steadman

Published: Simon and Schuster, 2022

Fine in fine wrapper. First printing. Signed by the author. Exclusive edition with fold out map. Comes with sampler and bookmark.

Price: £25.00

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A F Steadman


Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
by A F Steadman

Published: Simon and Schuster, 2022

Fine in fine wrapper. First printing. Signed to title page. This is the Waterstones Exclusive Signed Edition, with extra material, red-sprayed age block edges and foiling to boards. Comes with the scarce combination of publisher bookmark, chapter sampler and sticker set. The new Harry Potter? Who knows?!

Price: £29.95

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A F Steadman


Girl Online Going Solo
by Zoe Sugg

Published: Penguin, 2016

FIne in ill. boards, as issued. Third in Girl Online sequence from celebrated vlogger. Signed copy.

Price: £12.99

Girl Online Going Solo by Zoe Sugg


Cicada
by Shaun Tan

Published: Hodder, 2018

Fine in ill. boards. Picture book from the Oscar-winning artist. Signed copy. Special price.

Price: £12.99

Cicada by Shaun Tan


Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch
by Valerie Thomas, Ill. by Korky Paul

Published: Oxford University Press, 2022

Fine in illustrated boards. 35th Anniversary edition, signed to a themed bookplate by iconic illustrator Korky Paul, to an affixed bookplate.

Price: £20.00

Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas


Annan Water
by Kate Thompson

Published: Bodley Head, 2004

Fine in fine wrapper. Signed by the author.

Price: £8.00

Annan Water by Kate Thompson


Nevermoor
by Jessica Townsend

Published: Orion, 2017

Fine in fine wrapper. Limited Signed, Numbered/Dated Edition. First of new young adult trilogy. With the second in the series being published and a film in the pipeline from Fox, this is as near to being the next Harry Potter as it is possible to predict!.

Price: £195.00

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend


Nevermoor
by Jessica Townsend

Published: Hodder,

Fine, with a little bumping to corner of spine to head and a little abrasion to pastedown endpaper due to glue escape, in fine wrapper, with a very little associated damage to rear flap. First of new young adult trilogy. With global publishing contracts and film rights signed up by Fox, this is as near to being the next Harry Potter as it is possible to predict!. Signed to title page.

Price: £50.00

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

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