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THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES
Written by Frank Corsaro. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1711696
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stone cloth with gilt title to spine and brown/red vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and endpapers. The Glyndebourne Version. ISBN: 0370305779.

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BROTHER BEARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711686
Published by Litor Publishers Ltd.. Good condition.

The story of two cute bears. Colour illustrations. Foil spine missing. Surface damage to rear cover. Name in ink to inside front cover.

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WILY FOX AND THE BABY SHOW
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1711685
Published by The Bodley Head. 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format 4.25 x 5.5". Pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Small chip to top edge of front board. Wrapper edge-worn and chipped. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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AUNT JUDY'S MAGAZINE - THE CHRISTMAS VOLUME 1869
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Illustrated by F.W. Keyl; F. Gilbert; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe; A.W. Bayes; et al..
Stock no. 1313272
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1869. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with bevelled edges, embossed titles and decorations to front and rear covers, gilt title labels and decoration to spine. 380 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing and light musty smell to contents. Rear joint is cracked.

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FARTHINGS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1313271
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1893. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with bevelled edges and with orange titles and farthing vignettes. B/w illustrations throughout. 249 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Biro and crayon scribbles to both pastedowns, some crayon numbers written to rear pastedown. Top corner of page 5/6 has been torn off (only affecting blank margin, not text). Some light foxing/fingering to contents and light browning to endpapers else contents clean.

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WHITE TURRETS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313270
Published by W. & R. Chambers. circa 1897. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates. 230 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and front cover edges slightly darkened. A few light scuff marks to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown, name and date in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing and fingering to contents else clean.

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JOHANN THE WOODCARVER
Written by Gilmore Wood. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1313264
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

White and blue pictorial boards with red titles. 6 delightful colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Nos 1-4 written in ink to prelims. A couple of light fingermarks to margins otherwise contents clean.

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JOHNNIE VENTURE
Written by C.E.W..
Stock no. 1313237
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1887. Almost very good condition.

A story of an exciting journey. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 128 pages. 7 b/w plates plus vignette to title-page. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers a bit grubby, darkened to spine. Endpapers browned, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby fingermarks otherwise contents clean.

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THE SPOOKY TAIL OF PREWITT PEACOCK
Written by Bill Peet. Illustrated by Bill Peet.
Stock no. 1711642
Published by Andre Deutsch. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. Yellow covers with black title to spine and picture to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0395154944. Wrapper has small nick to top of spine. 22nd impression. Copyright date is 1973 this edition undated but probably 1980s

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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1711619
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. 633 pages. Top edge burgundy. Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight of Burrough In the County of Devon In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. All plates present. Book plate to front pastedown (prize). Corners bumped.

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THE FAMILY CIRCLE PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1313221
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1881. Very good condition.

Large format. Attractive pictorial green cloth with gilt title to front cover, black title to spine and bevelled edges. Floral decorated endpapers. 104 pages, all edges gilt. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to covers else bright and clean. Inscription in ink to half-title and a small ink mark to verso of front-endpaper. Half-title and last text page are lightly browned. One page has a horizontal tear to centre of page. Some light fingermarks to page margins otherwise a nice, clean copy.

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MY INDIAN TALE LIBRARY
No author listed. Illustrated by Roger Vernam.
Stock no. 1502910
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. 1965. Very good condition.

A Beginner's Collection of 8 illustrated story books including Gray Bird - A little Plains Indian, Winona - A little Indian of the Prairies, Leaping Trout - A little Iroquois Boy, Nigalek - A little Eskimo Boy, Antelope - A Navaho Indian Boy, Morning Star - A little Pueblo Girl, Micco - A Seminole Indian Boy and Watlala - An Indian of the Northwest. All cardwraps, 7 x 7.75", colour and b/w illustrations, 10 pages. Contained in pictorial box. 5 of the books have ink or paint marks to the rear cover. Contents clean. Box is edge worn with a couple of creases. Base is grubby. Small strips of tape to two sides and base.

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