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QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325429
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1887. Good condition.

Small, oblong format. Cardwraps held together with a silk ribbon. 4 colour plates. Covers are grubby. Silk ribbon has been replaced with silver paper(?). Some grubby marks inside covers but plates still bright and clean.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325425
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. 3rd issue of first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and marked. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled showing stitching beneath but binding still tight. This is a well loved edition and the pages are quite grubby in places.

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EVA AND HER PLAYFELLOWS A BOOK OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE YOUNG
Written by C.M. Smith.
Stock no. 1325259
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1862. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt decoration. Cream endpapers. 4 hand-coloured plates (including the title-page). 255 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Covers scuffed. Glue marks to joints. Some hinges pulled.

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ROUTLEDGE'S EVERY BOY'S ANNUAL
Written by Edmund Routledge.
Stock no. 1325249
Published by Routledge, Warne, And Routledge. 1865. Good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt vignette to front and gilt title to spine. Turquoise endpapers. Colour frontis and title-page with tissue-guard by Walter Crane. B/w plates. 760 pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners are bumped and worn with splits to spine edges. Covers slightly grubby. Joints are cracked (and re-glued). Name plate to front pastedown and name sticker to verso of frontis covering a name in ink (small ink name stamp below the sticker too). Musty smell to contents. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Some hinges cracked and pulled. Grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE JUVENILE SCRAP-BOOK
Written by Mrs. Ellis.
Stock no. 1325209
Published by Fisher, Son & Co.. Circa 1842. Good condition.

Blending amusement with instruction. Light brown embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine and vignette to front cover. 92 pages plus 2 page publication list. 16 b/w engravings. All edges gilt. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Covers are unevenly faded. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout, mainly to plates unfortunately.

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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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BERTHOLD THE GOATHERD
Written by Marianne Filleul. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323818
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Floral decorated endpapers. 208 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w plates and small text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents generally clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF HERR BABY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2140039
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1881. Almost very good condition.

Pale pink pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 171 pages, all edges stained pink. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Browning to covers, with some other marks. Ex-Lib. with some usual markings; surface paper damage and inserts to prelims. Some foxing and margin marks.

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GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; E.J. Walker; Lizzie Lawson; et al..
Stock no. 2140038
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Larger format. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning; some foxing; margin marks.

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A HOUSE TO LET
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 2140036
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title. Coloured text illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail. Marks to covers, including red marks to rear cover. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

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STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Robert Barnes; M. Ellen Edwards; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 2140035
Published by Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth. B/w illustrations throughout. 264 pages. In Illustration of the Lord's Prayer. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks and browning to covers. Some fraying to cloth in places. Foxing and browning, with some margin marks to pages.

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SWEET CONTENT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
Stock no. 2140032
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1891. Good condition.

Light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Green and yellow decorations to front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; faded to spine and edge of front cover. Some other marks to covers. Hinges are pulled in various places - so binding is starting to weaken. Foxing.

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