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OUR DIARY OR TEDDY AND ME
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1505343
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1905. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format 10 x 8". Cream pictorial boards, cloth spine. Full-page colour illustrations throughout, 30 text pages. Bumping and wear to spine. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. ink inscription to front endpaper. Small bookseller's stamp to pastedown. Neat colouring to title page. Endpapers browned, rear endpapers grubby. Just an odd fingermark to contents.

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TELL ME A STORY
Written by Amy Steedman; Sibyl B. Owsley; Canning Williams; Dorothy Russell. Illustrated by Frederick Parker; et al..
Stock no. 1505342
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Two Stories and four poems. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls sat reading. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 24 pages. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers slightly grubby with small patch surface paper damage in title. Presentation inscription and small bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Text pages clean.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1901
Written by Alfred J. Fuller; George Manville Fenn; L.T. Meade; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1404831
Published by Ernest Nister. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, cream boards with picture of children playing hunting to front. Two b/w illustrations by Louis Wain (cats) - one entitled "The Doctor" and the other is double-spread, entitled "The Cats' Excursion". Chromolithograph plates plus b/w and tinted text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed, slightly grubby and scratched. Small white mark to spine. Some hinges cracked. Frontis partially detached at bottom of page. Browning and foxing to contents. A few marks otherwise contents generally clean,

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HILDA COWHAM'S BLACKLEGS AND OTHERS
Written by Hilda Cowham. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1404830
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with gilt title to spine and pictorial front cover. Stunning colour and b/w plates throughout. Humourous brief text captions ajoining plates. Simple b/w text illustrations accompanying verses. Large format. 76 pages. Top edge gilt. A delightful book! Spine and corners a little bumped. Covers a little grubby. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown plus date stamp. Endpapers browned. Small tears and a small piece missing to front endpaper. Couple of hinges slightly cracked. Contents very good. Includes a book mark with an original drawing.

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OFF AND AWAY! PICTURES AND STORIES FOR EVERY DAY
Written by Fay Inchfawn; Ethel J. Barks; Sheila E. Braine; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; A.L. Bowley; Elsie Blomfield.
Stock no. 1404829
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. 4 colour plates plus two tone illustrations. Endpapers are adverts. Spine bumped and worn, showing webbing, with 2" split to bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed. Some surface paper damage to rear cover which is a little grubby. Front cover slightly bowed and a bit grubby. Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Colouring to many pictures. Pencil drawing to verso of one plate. Faint scribble to a couple of pages plus some grubby marks. A reading copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2005
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1315422
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2005. Fine condition.

No. 70. Front cover shows Rupert skating on ice with Zeph holding onto his scarf. ISBN: 085079305X.

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LITTLE DWARF NOSE
Written by E. Gordon Browne. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1315413
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and cover edges rubbed. Rear cover is a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning throughout. Some colour to the b/w illustrations.

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WINTER FUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505327
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1903. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children skating, title in red and green is snow covered. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some pale browning to cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Presentation inscription to front endpaper. Staples rusty. A few marks to margins but generally clean. Some light foxing and browning to contents. Large crease to one page corner.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2012
Written by Beth Harwood; Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2119516
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2012. Fine condition.

Cover shows Rupert at the seaside holding his suitcase and a bucket and spade. Annual no. 77. ISBN: 9781405263412. Book: not price-cut or inscribed.

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TENREC'S TWIGS
Written by Bert Kitchen. Illustrated by Bert Kitchen.
Stock no. 1315392
Published by Ian Drakeford Publishing. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A story with a quest and a message, and superb illustrations. Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862800065.

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PICTURES FOR HAPPY HOURS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315390
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. circa 1879. Good condition.

The Cosy Corner Series. Blue cloth, gilt title blocks, black and gilt decorations with pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Joints are broken but stitching still holding. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2119455
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth, colour onlay to front cover. 64 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. All edges green. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; large closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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