SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 731842
Circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Corners worn, edges scuffed, some slight scuffing to covers. Name in ink to half-title page. Some hinges pulled. A few page margins a bit fingered but contents generally clean.

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THE LOST THIMBLE
Written by Mrs. Musgrave.
Stock no. 802737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1907. Good condition.

A collection of short stories for children. Dark blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 96 pages plus 12 page booklist. Covers darkened, spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Pencil scribbles all over half-title page.

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DULCE DOMUM RHYMES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN (OLD & NEW)
Written by John Farmer.
Stock no. 803517
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Circa 1893. Very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Contains 134 rhymes and songs for children, including the score music and verse that now may be forgotten! Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a little scuffed and rear cover has a grubby 'splash' mark. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front joint a little cracked. Endpapers are browned, but rest of contents lovely and clean, apart from very occasional margin mark.

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FOR OLD SAKE'S SAKE
Written by Stella Austin.
Stock no. 804202
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1898. Good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. 4 b/w illustrations. Covers worn and scuffed, damp stained to rear. Spine browned. Front joint cracked and hinges weak. A few inscriptions to prelims. Remains of label to front paste down. Some foxing.

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BRONCHO
Written by Richard Ball. Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour.
Stock no. 805000
Published by Country Life. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

A horse story for children. Brown cloth spine, brown paper boards, dark brown titles. 16 full page b/w illustrations. Spine browned. Frontis starting to detach from base, a few small foxspots.

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CHILDREN IN VERSE
Written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 805720
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

50 songs of playful childhood. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine, embossed title and vignette to front cover (signifying 2nd issue). 8 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Second issue of the first edition (no gilt stamping to front cover).

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FARM BABIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 811762
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth boards, front cover shows puppy and ducklng with orange title. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. Told from the point of view of Decimus Duckling who goes out to explore the world at large. 'F' in 'Farm' on front cover title is dulled. Inscription in ink to half-title page partly crossed out. One page detached. All plates present. Light offsetting to text pages from the plate opposite. A few fox spots present. Hinges pulled, some cracked. Front hinge cracked, first folio section detached at lower half. One page (VIII) has a closed horizontal tear with no loss. Still a charming copy.

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THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Written by M. Morris. Illustrated by M. Morris.
Stock no. 811768
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1910. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Short and a Merry One! A tale for children about a Persian cat named Mary and a dog named William. Oblong format. Green cloth spine, green paper boards, oblong pictorial onlay to front. 8 full page colour plates plus b/w illustrations. REDUCED FROM £480. Covers lovely and bright. First gathering a little loose and pulled at hinges. A few pale foxspots/marks else contents bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss and a little grubby. A nice copy of a scarce item.

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THE BOOK OF LITTLE BLACK BROTHER
Written by Emily Huntley. Illustrated by Margaret E. Voelcker.
Stock no. 985518
Published by United Council For Missionary Education. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Green cloth spine. Red and black illustrations. Stories of little black children. Joints cracked. Corners worn. Contents very good.

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GOOD QUEEN BESS
Written by Brenda Girvin. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 985523
Published by David Nutt. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. 23 colour plates. New endpapers. Contents fine. Corners worn. A few marks to covers.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1906
No author listed.
Stock no. 986586
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1906. Slightly better than very good condition.

16 chromolithograph plates. Professionally rebound with burgundy cloth spine, beige boards. January 1906 to May 1907. Contents fine, boards lightly rubbed.

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LITTLE SUNBEAMS
Written by Joanna H. Matthews.
Stock no. 987567
Published by James Nisbet. 1885. Slightly better than good condition.

New Edition. Pages: vii, 551. Original red pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. 5 colour plates. Golden Ladder series. Half-title has small edge-tear. Prelims lightly foxed. Joints slightly cracked.

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