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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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THE COUNTRY OF THIRTY SIX THOUSAND WISHES
Written by Andre Maurois. Illustrated by D'Adrienne Segur.
Stock no. 2113062
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. 11 colour plates (including frontis). B/w illustrations. Splitting to spine, with some fraying to cloth at loss to top and tail. Bumping to cover edges and corners. A few marks. Contents are still very good.

Price: £55.00 £41.25.

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JACK FROST DAYS
Written by John Lea; Ethel Talbot; Edith Millard; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Agnes Richardson; Alice M. Cook; N. Parker; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 2113059
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Collins Picture BOok. Front cover shows children sledging. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper, with inscriptions in ink. A few grubby margin marks.

Price: £55.00 £41.25.

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THE THREE ORPHAN KITTENS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2113058
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Possibly has a new spine. Light wear to cover edges. Surface paper damage to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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LITTLE HEARTS
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 2113053
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Cream boards with small colour pictures. Colour & b/w illustrations. Recased and restitched. Wear and fading to spine. Cover edges and corners are bumped and scuffed. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1311844
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots and a light stain to edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed with minimal loss and is a little grubby on rear panel.

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THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL
Written by Nellie Fielding; Ethel Talbot; John Lea; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Savile Lumley; Harry Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1311837
Published by The Epworth Press; J. Alfred Sharp. circa 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board showing children on tricycle with dog running beside them. First story is "The Young Adventurers" by Fielding. Colour plates plus b/w and two-colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and a little grubby on rear panel, tape repairs/reinforcements on verso.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1311834
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

12 enchanting tipped-in colour plates. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 240 pages. Large format. Published for Boots the Chemist. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, front edge of spine has been 'touched up' with green felt-tip(?) pen. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some light fingering else contents clean. Lower corner of half-title torn off and there is a large tear to page 51/2 which has been tape repaired (old tape has left brown mark), affecting page margin only. One tissue-guard is missing but all plates are present and in fine condition.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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ON'Y TONY
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by B. Turner.
Stock no. 1311832
Published by Country Life Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of three ponies and a little boy. Green cloth spine, brown marble effect boards. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing else contents clean. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped and faded to spine and edges.

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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD'S DAY AT THE FARM
Written by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1402338
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paper covers show Donald carrying a milk maids pole. Colour illustrations. Spine is rubbed. Corners are a little rubbed and worn. Inscription in ink to top of rear cover. Some surface paper damage and a few marks, including pen mark to Donald's foot, to covers. Contents are generally clean apart from a few grubby marks.

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SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1311807
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Small format, pink cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. A charming book of poetry. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to top edge of rear cover. Front free-endpaper has been removed. There is a tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. First few and last few pages are browned/foxed else the contents are clean.

Price: £98.00 £73.50.

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BUNTY AND THE BUNNIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Banks.
Stock no. 1402336
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial boards with a picture of a girl in a red cloak surrounded by rabbits. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis . B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is Up a Tree. Spine is bumped and rubbed. Heavy bumping and rubbing to corners. Board edges are scuffed. A few marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. Page edge browning. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges.

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