THE WISE BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325916
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Corners bumped. Foxing to covers. Spine has been relaid with glue, glue marks to spine edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers.

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Henry Holiday.
Stock no. 1325908
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1924. Almost very good condition.

The 'Miniature' edition. Small format, 6.25 x 4". Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 9 b/w illustrations. Spine faded. Lower edge of front cover stained. Name and date in ink and an embossed address stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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THE OLD WILLOW TREE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Carl Ewald. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs; G.E. Lee.
Stock no. 1325897
Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd.. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos. Blue cloth, blackk titles. Colour onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn with a small nick to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325881
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Noel, Mary and Teddy Bear travel to the Land of Myths in order to hear some new stories. Cloth spine. Dark red boards with red title, decoration and colour onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Fading to covers and some scuffing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint has been repaired. Browning to free-endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1910
Written by M. Bainbridge; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Percy J. Barrow; Flora Waddington; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Robertson; A. Bauerle; et al..
Stock no. 1325877
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Copyright date is 1910. Red cloth spine with black title and decoration. Front board shows a boy and girl leaving church (girl has red and white striped socks on!). Colour plates showing scenes from the life of David. Packed full of b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Tape repairs/reinforcements to edges of covers (tape folded over onto pastedowns inside). Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins. Light foxing to textblock and some page browning. Not as bad as it sounds!

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BLOBBS AT THE STORES
Written by B. Parker. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1325863
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1927. Good condition.

Title to cover is 'Blobbs Day at the Stores'. Blobbs has the appearance of an English bulldog. Large format 12" x 10". Buff pictorial boards show Blobbs on weighing scales with his friend Sam. Colour & b/w illustrations. Blobbs and Sam get up to mischief at the sales. Covers are edge worn with chipping to spine. Covers slightly grubby. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325862
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Attractive red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 24 full page illustrations in colour, 16 of which are tipped-in to cream paper and have captioned tissue guards. 20 b/w drawings.206 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Plates present and in fine condition.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1914
Written by Herbert Strang; Walter C. Rhoades; et al; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325847
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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A SKETCH-BOOK OF R. CALDECOTT'S
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1325842
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1906. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Beige cloth with green cloth spine and corners. Colour and sepia illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink and name in ink to front free-endpaper, embossed library stamp to same page. Contents clean.

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CREATURES THAT WALK
Written by June Morton. Illustrated by Winifred Vaizey.
Stock no. 1325818
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peeps at Nature for Little Folk. Pale brown covers with dark green titles and vignette. Colour frontis and illustrations throughout. 48 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, minimal loss to spine and corners, and foxed on verso.

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PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325809
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

This is the "New Edition", a reprint of the first but with a new colour frontis and an additional 7 b/w drawings. 50 superb tipped-in colour plates distributed throughout the book. Numerous b/w drawings including some full-page. Green cloth, elaborate gilt decorations to front cover and spine. 126 pages. Large format, 11.25 x 8.5 inches. Covers are unevenly faded. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Light foxing throughout, endpapers browned. All plates are present and in fine condition.

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CHUCKLES
Written by Jessie Pope. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1826484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover showing kitten and puppy. Blue cloth spine. Colour plates and two-tone illustrations throughout. Minimal text in verse below pictures. Board edges rubbed and worn. Boards grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers and text block. A few margin marks. All plates present. Musty odour present.

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