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NATURE SERIES 1-9
No author listed. Illustrated by Littlewood-Moore.
Stock no. 1323523
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition.

Nine volumes: Bird Painting Book, A Painting Book of Flowers, A Painting Book of British Butterflies, A Painting Book of Tropical Fish, Birds of Lake & Stream Painting Book, The Painting Book of Garden Flowers, Tropical Birds Painting Book, Birds of Hill and Forest Painting book, The Painting Book of Birds of the Aviary. Each book is bound in cardwraps and has beautiful colour illustrations with a b/w version opposite to be painting. Some light browning to covers and rubbing to spines. Contents are unused and clean. A nice set.

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BRENDON CHASE
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323518
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Wonderful b/w illustrations. 235 pages. Fourth impression. Top and tail of spine bumped and faded. Damp stain to edge of front cover and prelims. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss to spine and edges. Wrapper is foxed and lightly damp stained.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1944 (FACSIMILE) - RUPERT IN MORE ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323515
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Collectors Limited Edition. Reproduction of the 1944 Rupert annual. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1874507694. This is copy no. 4252. Spine faded. Slipcase is sunned at edges.

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ALADDIN'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1323510
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1876. Almost very good condition.

Containing Aladdin, The Yellow Dwarf, Princess Belle-Etoile and The Hind in the Wood. Blue cloth with white titles and illustrations. 24 full-page colour plates. Possibly the rarest of Walter Crane's works. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some very slight loss of cloth to top of spine. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Cover edges slightly darkened. Heavy foxing to contents and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. A couple of small closed margin tears. A very decent copy of a scarce book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1960
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323509
Published by Daily Express. 1960. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern, pulling a large sledge of holly. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. There is a light horizontal crease in the laminate to rear cover. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Puzzle pages are clean. Magic paintings completed with some transfer of colour to facing pages.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323507
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. Covers are grubby and rubbed at edges. Light foxing to contents.

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ALMANACK FOR 1928
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323504
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1928. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very small, slime format. Peach and cream pictorial boards, brown cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing at corners. Endpapers have been professionally replaced (I think). Contents fine. Tissue-paper dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped. Very scarce in wrapper.

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ALMANACK FOR 1926
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323503
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1926. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very small format. Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pretty colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine. Tissue-paper wrapper is very slightly edge chipped and creased. Scarce in wrapper.

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ALMANACK FOR 1925
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Very small oblong format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations (originally appearing in the 1887 Almanack). Some slight browning/discolouration to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Some small marks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1894
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323500
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1894. Very good condition.

Orange cloth spine, pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Spine is a tiny bit rubbed at top and bottom. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents are clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1893
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323499
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Delightful full-page illustrations in colour. Interesting postal information to rear. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some slight scuffing to covers. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some foxspots to contents.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323498
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Very good condition.

Light green imitation morocco wrappers with gilt picture of two girls to front, gilt title and all page edges gilt. Colour illustrations every page. Post office regulations and other interesting information to back. Covers and contents clean, a nice copy.

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