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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323497
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Minimal rubbing to cover edges. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323496
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Almost very good condition.

Cream imitation morroco covers. Yellow endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers slightly grubby. Small split/loss to base of spine and small teeth(?) mark to top edge of rear cover. Contents are foxed.

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ALMANACK FOR 1889
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323492
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1889. Almost very good condition.

Very small, slim format. Black cloth spine and black pictorial boards. Orange endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edgdes and a small piece of bookworm damage(?) to base of spine and spine edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to contents.

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ALMANACK FOR 1888
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323491
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1888. Very good condition.

Small small, slim format. Cream pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Blue endpapers. Colour illustrations. A few tiny foxspots to covers and some creases to rear cover. Foxing to contents (light). A nice copy of a scarce year.

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ALMANACK FOR 1887
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323490
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1887. Almost very good condition.

Very small oblong format. Scarce binding of blue cloth with gilt title and illustration to front, orange endpapers. Charming colour illustrations. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. A few small marks to front cover and some fading of cloth. Some foxing to contents.

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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323489
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light wear to cover edges. Foxing to contents.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323487
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

Green cloth spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Black title to spine. Title to front is Little Ann A Book. Grey endpapers. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some browning and scratch marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint is cracked showing webbing beneath. Some grubby marks to page margins. Light browning to half title-page.

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MAX AND RUFUS
Written by Joan Drescher. Illustrated by Joan Drescher.
Stock no. 1323486
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A dog, Rufus, and his boy, Max, agree to change places for a while. Oblong format. Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0395324351. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Remains of a small white label to top corner of front panel (partial removal has caused very slight surface paper damage).

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PENDENNIS THE PELICAN
Written by Eric Joysmith. Illustrated by Eric Joysmith.
Stock no. 1323477
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red cloth, cream title and illustration to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Front joint is partly cracked at top and bottom. Some hinges cracked.

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PEACOCK PIE - A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1323474
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1924. Good condition.

First American edition, limited to 500 copies. White cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 127 pages. 16 colour plates. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page, this is copy no. 135. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, top rear corner is nibbled(?)/worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Contained in original slipcase which is very worn and a bit grubby. Loss to top and bottom of slipcase.

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DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1323471
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Fairy Poems. Limited edition of 325 copies, cream boards with gilt titles and vignette to front cover.. Colour frontis and 2 other plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. This is copy no. 214. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is browned, covers are grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned else contents are clean.

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THE WORLD'S WORST CHILDREN 2
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323470
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Do you dare to meet the world's worst children? 10 delightully dreadful tales within.... White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008259624. Minimal bumping to spine and slight bumping to top front corner. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly creased at spine and corners.

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