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I CAN READ FAIRY TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 594083
Published by Purnell. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Light page-edge browning. Small piece chipped from corner of first page.

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THE TREASURE OF THE 'SAN PHILIPO'
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 435507
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

Stone cloth with green and black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w frontis. 248 pages + 8 pages of adverts to rear. Spine and corners are a bit bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Ink stamp to front endpaper and date written in pink ink. Foxing to prelims, outer page edges and last few pages of book.

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THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435543
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. 1cm to base of backstrip is chipped away. Front joint split, binding is weak. Some light scuffing to covers. Small tear hole to top of spine. Contents are lovely and bright and clean.

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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JOLLY JACK'S ANNUAL 1940
No author listed.
Stock no. 593943
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1940. Good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Cloth spine is worn with loss to top making title to spine unreadable, 2.5" split to lower edge of spine. Page edge-browning else contents clean.

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BUSY FINGERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 593953
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial stiff cardwraps show butterfly girl helping young girl to sew a quilt. Stories for children. B/w illustrations. Spine worn, contents loose, some pages detached. Inscription in pencil to verso of front cover. Page browning.

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LOUIS WAIN'S BABY'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 593893
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards with picture of cute kitten on the front cover. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats. REDUCED from £450. Edges rubbed, corners worn, backstrip worn with loss to bottom. Covers a little grubby. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few repaired margin tears, slight margin loss to last two pages. A few marks present.

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A DAY WITH DOPEY
Written by Florence Royle. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 378691
Published by John Crowther. Circa 1943. Good condition.

Dopey was a lovely little pekingese puppy. Small format. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board. 6 colour illustrations. 44 pages. Covers edge worn and grubby. Name and date in crayon to front pastedown. Grubby fingermarks throughout contents. First text page has a large repaired tear (no loss).

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PLAYFELLOWS
No author listed.
Stock no. 378640
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

Our Little Folks Library. No. 1186. Small format (3.75 x 3.25"), brown cloth spine with cream pictorial front board. 4 colour illustrations and a few b/w text illustrations. Binding professionally reinforced with new endpapers. Slight marking to inner margins from rusty staples (now replaced).

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 378604
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Spine bumped and rubbed, corners worn. Some very light foxing and fingering. Top page corner tips lightly creased. A nice copy.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435130
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Some light wear to corners and cover edges, and a few marks to rear cover. Contents are beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with 1.5" loss to base of spine, top of spine torn for 1.5". A few other closed tears that have been repaired with sticky tape to verso. Some small surface paper patches of damage.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435131
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. A few patches of sticky tape residue to rear cover and small patch of surface paper damage. Corners are bumped and worn. Contents are tight, bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is badly torn to rear cover and spine and has been messily put back together; alot of creasing to rear panel, patch of surface paper damage to top of front panel. Large closed repaired tear also to front panel.

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MR. MOLE'S HOUSE WARMING
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435133
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Tasseltip Tale. Ladybird Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is bumped. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Pictures are lovely and bright. A couple of light margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is a bit creased, edge-torn and chipped, with 1" loss to base of spine, 1.5" loss to rear flap and a large repaired tear to rear panel.

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