TWELVE HAPPY MONTHS
Written by Marjorie E. Kirtley. Illustrated by Audrey Brunton.
Stock no. 1314142
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A charming little book of verse and prose about the months of the year. Written with the idea of teaching children to entertain themselves with their own drawings. Pictorial boards. Green/orange illustrations. 7.5 x 6". Spine bumped, small split at top. Endpapers partly browned/foxed. Small mark to verso of front endpaper. A few light fingermarks but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and torn to front panel, score marks to rear panel (where book has been lent on to write).

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UP THE CHIMNEY TO NINNY LAND
Written by A.S.M. Chester.
Stock no. 1314136
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1894. Good condition.

A Fairy Story for children. Green pictorial cloth. Floral decorated endpapers. 86 pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small ink name stamp to preliminary pages and some text page (top margins). Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to contents and light pencil marks to frontis. There are 5 plates in this copy (I believe that there is at least 1 missing, possibly 2).

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THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE
Written by M.A. Titmarsh.
Stock no. 1314124
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 2nd 1866. Almost very good condition.

2nd edition. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 87 pages plus publishers booklist to rear. Top edge gilt. 15 plates hand-coloured. Tissue-guard to frontis. Yellow endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few light spots to covers. Light pink damp stains to edges of endpapers. Browning to half-title, tissue-guard of frontis and to last page of booklist. Foxing and some page edge darkening throughout. A good example of the 2nd edition.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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TIKO THE TREE BEAR
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 1314123
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Light green cloth with dark green title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations of Koalas and other animals. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning to endpapers and removal of a lable to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges, also affecting front cover (including onlay).

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THE BOY IVORY-HUNTER
Written by G. Warren Payne.
Stock no. 1503605
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers with black border and titles. Colour frontis. 167 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small hole to rear edge of browned spine. Rear cover has a few small marks. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joints cracked. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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SUMMER SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2115451
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Beige paper boards with green titles. Green cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plate and music by Linnell. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Red marks to cloth spine. Some scuff marks and indentation marks to rear cover. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2115433
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1993. Fine condition.

Enjoy Rupert's rarest and most sought-after adventures with this beautiful facsimile of the 1941 annual, widely considered to be the best ever. Everything from the colour of the ink to the specially selected paper is true to the original, the only difference being the addition of a slipcase to keep this collector's item in perfect condition. ISBN: 1874507112. Contained in very good slip case. Top edge is starting to come unstuck. Original sticker tab has been torn (as book has been read before).Belongs to Box is clean.

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LITTLE BO-PEEP'S NURSERY RHYME BOARD BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.W.B..
Stock no. 1403232
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

A six page board book containing 11 nursery rhymes. Large colour illustrations with text either above or beneath the illustration. Decorative borders on each page. Bound with four plastic 'spirals'. Board edges are rubbed and a little worn. Inscription to top of front cover. Mark to edge of front cover. Small green mark to edge of text block. A little browning to pages but contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2115314
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. Couple of small nicks to top and tail of spine. Very light page edge browning. Contents are excellent. This is copy no. 2874. Original slip-case is in very good condition - creased to spine, with wear to a couple of edges.Belongs to Box is clean. NOT price cut.

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THE SHIP BOOK 1844-1944
Written by J. Reason.
Stock no. 2115237
Published by The Livingstone Press. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial front cover. Includes stories, games, poems and models etc. A few marks to covers. Bumping to corners and spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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SMUGGLER BEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1503565
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1950. Good condition.

Grey boards with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. 91 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby, spine is browned, rear cover partially faded. Front joint badly cracked, one hinge and rear joint starting to crack. Word in pen to front pastedown and numbers to endpaper, inscription to prelims, rest of contents very good.

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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.752, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

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