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ENGLISH CHILDREN'S COSTUME SINCE 1775
Written by Iris Brooke. Illustrated by Iris Brooke.
Stock no. 430267
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Pictorial wrapper is missing most of its spine and it edge-torn, chipped, creased and repaired with sticky tape in some places.

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THE TALE OF BRIDGET AND THE BEES
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 430207
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Bridget meets Ginger Pop who introduces her to the life of the bees. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates, two-tone and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Front and rear covers have vertical creases to them. Covers are marked and worn. Name to front endpaper. Contents are very good - only a few light margin marks.

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FIRESONG
Written by William Nicholson.
Stock no. 736346
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a as new dustwrapper.

The Manth people have left the ruined Mastery to seek their homeland, on the face of starvation, blizzards and the evil of the Morah. Blue boards. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 341 pages. ISBN: 0749749164. SIGNED by author on a sticker which has been stuck to title-page.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 430184
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Covers show Korky as Santa Claus and mice up to mischief. Black glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine has been slightly damaged and has been reglued. Corners are bumped. Some ink marks to endpapers. Price-cut.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 584613
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Book: all plates present, name in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots to prelims.

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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN HOPE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles.
Stock no. 584614
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, pictorial spine. 4 b/w plates + b/w map of the island. 255 pages. A 17th century story of adventure. Book: all plates present. A few foxspots to prelims and edge of textblock.

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SCOUTS OF THE GREAT WILD WEST
Written by Wingrove Willson.
Stock no. 584665
Published by The Shoe Lane Publishing Co.. Circa 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, colour pictorial front board. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story is "Buffalo Bill As Boy And Man". Page-edge browning. Wrapper a little edge-chipped and grubby to rear.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 12TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 584675
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

12th year. Orange cloth spine. Brown pictorial front board showing sailor. 6 colour plates, 4 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Interesting article on the Channel Tunnel! Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners worn. All plates present but one partially detached, and one with frayed edges.

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THE ORANGE BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; Captain Charles Gilson; May Byron; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; H.J. Ford; Cyrus Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 584677
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1922. Very good condition.

Orange and pale blue pictorial boards. 9 colour plates. Numerous b/w illustrations. Book: all plates present, Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners worn.

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SYCAMORE SQUARE AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Jan Struther. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 584504
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Gilt vignette of tradesman to front cover. B/w illustrations. Poetry for children from Punch. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Covers a little unevenly faded. Wrapper spine browned with 1" missing from base.

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THE MIGHTY SLIDE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 584542
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Stories in verse about a mighty slide, a couple of baby-skinners, a thing that lived under a school and more... B/w pictures throughout. Glazed boards. 96 pages. 8 x 5". ISBN: 0670816779.

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LECTURES ILLUSTREES
Written by E. Magee; M. Anceau.
Stock no. 584475
Published by A. & C. Black. 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

2nd edition. Elements De Grammaire. Red pictorial cloth. 32 colour illustrations and other b/w illustrations. Text in French. Contents very good. Spine browned and split.

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