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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407097
Published by Atheneum. 1st USA 1981. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue cloth with red titles. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. 5.5 x7" ISBN: 0689501919. Small bump to side of boards. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light foxspots to verso.

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SUNNY HALF-HOURS
Written by Aunt Charlotte.
Stock no. 1316433
Published by Dean & Son. Very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front. 8 colour plates. 32 pages. Short stories. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Joints cracked. Pale page browning and grubby fingermarks to some pages else contents generally clean.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOLS 43 & 44
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; W. Heath Robinson; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1506676
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1896. Good condition.

2 volumes bound in one. Dark green textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 12 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 2.5" split to top of front edge of spine. Covers a little grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper and pencil writing to pastedown. Front joint cracked by index and first page of index is partially detached. One gathering pulled with ragged edges. Foxing and browning to pages and plates, worst at edges. All plates present.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1892-3
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405765
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1893. Slightly better than good condition.

Black textured cloth, gilt title to spine.Beautiful chromolithograph plates. B/w text illustrations. Contains January 1892 to December 1893. Spine bumped and worn with splits to bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a little marked. Joints beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Front endpaper missing. A few pages are partially detached. Foxing throughout, especially to endpapers. Grubby margin marks. Closed tear to top of one page.

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THE CHILD'S OWN MAGAZINE 65TH VOL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506139
Published by The Sunday School Union. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows two children with apples looking at parrot. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w illustrations. 144 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Slight loss from ends of spine. Some light marks and scratches to covers. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. Some light browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1884-1885
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506105
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1885. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains January 1884 to December 1885. Dark spine with gilt raised bands and titles, red title block. Grey boards, dark corners. 26 mounted colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby and marked. Dark outlines to front endpaper of something previously kept in box. Rear joint just starting to crack. Ink writing to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing, marks and small margin tears to contents. Browning, mainly to pages opposite plates. 25 plates present, one has margin tear and one has margin loss.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1882-1883
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506104
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1883. Almost very good condition.

Contains January 1882 to December 1883. Dark textured spine with gilt bands and titles. Marbled boards, dark corners. 26 colour plates, one different to title listed. Spine bumped and worn with some loss from top and small splits to base. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers scuffed. Foxing throughout. Browning mainly to pages opposite plates. All plates present but one has vertical crease.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1898
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506082
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with black borders and decoration around gilt title block. 13 chromolithograph colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with darkening to spine and some edges. Front joint cracked next to frontis and frontis partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims, small hole to rear endpaper. Publication list is browned. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

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BRIGHT EYES
Written by Mrs. L. Shorey; et al.
Stock no. 1405339
Published by George Stoneman. 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

An annual for young folks. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing a boy and girl fishing. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Little Browns of Hollow Glen" by Mrs. L. Shorey. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small patches of surface paper damage to rear cover. Front cover is grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Name written on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages plus brown marks to several pages where something has possibly been pressed into them.

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