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BLUEBACK
Written by Tim Winton. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 1825286
Published by Picador. 1st UK 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An enchanting story of childhood, survival and man's love of the sea. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Printed in blue ink. Blue & white pictorial chapter headers. ISBN: 0330369792. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a score mark to rear panel which has also marked the rear board below (minor).

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SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325042
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

An ABC of children told in rhymes... Awkward Ada, Dirty Dick, Kind-Hearted Kitty, Particular Paul, etc etc. Each rhyme is illustrated with a full-page colour illustration. Green decorated cloth with black title to spine and cream title to front cover. All edges are gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some stains (minor) to front cover. Apart from some foxing the contents are clean and bright.

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MOLLY WHUPPIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325038
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Molly and her two sisters find themselves lost in the forest.... they come across a house which isn't the safe refuge they hoped for! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Oblong 7.5 x 9.75". ISBN: 0571119425. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some slight creasing in the laminate to spine edges and lower cover edges. Contents are fine.

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HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325037
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. A short passage from The Song Of Hiawatha. ISBN: 0571132863. Some evidence of heavy pencil markings erased to front free-endpaper. Contents fine.

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MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325036
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

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GROWLTIGER'S LAST STAND AND OTHER POEMS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325034
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With: The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour pictures throughout. A brilliant new interpretation of three favourite poems from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ISBN: 0571138829. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1325032
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A board book. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations to each page with text below. A nice copy, some slight fingering to page margins.

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FAMILY RHYMES
Written by Lucian Stephens. Illustrated by Kathleen Atkins.
Stock no. 1325030
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For Children, Parents and all those who find it easier to grow old than to grow up! Green cloth with dark green titles and vignette. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Foxspots to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded at edges with a couple of small tears, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY GOES VISITING
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by George Alterndorf.
Stock no. 1325029
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

White cloth with blue titles and vignette to front cover. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 229 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Cloth slightly grubby. Foxing, mainly to textblock and prelims, other other light marks to page margins.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1325027
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

"A Look With Mother Book". Oblong format. A board book. Each page has a colour picture and nursery rhyme. Covers edge worn and a little grubby. Some foxing but contents otherwise clean.

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THE GREAT CUP-TIE
Written by Laurence Meynell. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd.
Stock no. 1325026
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Early Bird Series. Pictorial boards. 87 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718210212. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Slight grubby crease mark to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE MOUSE STORY TOLD BY AN OLD SCHOOLMASTER
Written by K.H. With.
Stock no. 1325024
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the Danish. Blue boards, black titles and decoration to borders. B/w frontis. 123 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins. A couple of hinges are cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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