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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1824070
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1920. Almost very good condition.

A book of rhymes. Beige boards with brown titles and decorative frame to pictorial onlay. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on burnt orange coloured paper. Spine split at front and rear edge. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Minor discolouring to lower edge of prelims. One or two plates have minor corner creases.

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THE VOICE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Catherine Brighton.
Stock no. 1824068
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

A sequence of poems by De La Mare, chosen and illustrated by Brighton. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571139736. Boards slightly grubby. Foxing to top edge of verso of half-title page and title page. Else contents clean.

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PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1824059
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front. Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Boards a little rubbed at edges and lightly marked to rear board. Gilt to boards is bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and text block browned. Title page browned. A few marks to contents. Slight musty odour present.

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MOLLY WHUPPIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 2140374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Molly and her two sisters find themselves lost in the forest.... they come across a house which isn't the safe refuge they hoped for! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Oblong 7.5 x 9.75". ISBN: 0571119425. A little fading to spine. Contents are still excellent.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 2140294
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Vellum spine with gilt title. Gilt decoration to front cover; brown/red cloth. Limited edition to 300 copies printed on English hand-made paper. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 192. Many pages are uncut - others are a bit jagged where they have been 'cut'. Some scuff marks, spotting and fading to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges; some margin marks.

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TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2140292
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

White cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover; vignette also to front cover. Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition to 260 copies. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 88. Grubby marks and spots, with cup ring mark to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges; some throughout.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen.
Stock no. 2140289
Published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. 1st USA 1929. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Purple cloth with gilt titles. Colour illustrations. American edition. Bumping and some wear along cover edges. Fading to top and tail of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped with some loss; browned to spine.

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THE CHILDREN'S CARGO
Written by Cynthia Asquith; A.A. Milne; Walter De La Mare; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Margaret Tempest; Daphne Jerrold.
Stock no. 2140258
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth boards, with paper title to spine and front cover. 8 tipped in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Paper title labels are very browned, with some to spine missing. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 2140154
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream/beige cloth spine with title label and gilt titles. Grey boards. Limited edition to 278 Numbered and Signed copies. B/w woodcuts. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 51.Spine is browned and worn. Title block is a bit faded and worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2140153
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing. Brown marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer pages edges.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 2140069
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Vignette to front cover and small square vignette to rear cover. 2 colour plates. 312 pages. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and endpapers.

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