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THE MOVING SPIRIT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321145
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. Very good condition.

How the Motor Car Grew Up - from the film "The Moving Spirit". Glazed pictorial boards, colour illustrations. Painting contest to rear. Unpaginated. Oblong format (8 x 10"). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small stain to top of spine. Foxing to title-page and last page (competition rules). Painting contest as been partially coloured in (name and address section scribbled in with green crayon. Some light grubby marks to pages.

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THE DANDY LION
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2134718
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Nister No. 584. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial paper covered boards shows Fully clothed Dandy Lion in top hat with a billboard in the background. Colour frontis of 'The Stork and the Owl'. B/w illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Damp mark down edge of rear cover. Some scuffing. Award plate to front pastedown. Page browning; some other marks to pages.

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WHEN ALL IS YOUNG
Written by Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Stock no. 2134716
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show young girl in a blue & white pinafore holding a baby and watching a kitten and puppy at her feet. Verse for children. Colour chromolithographic illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine. Scuffing and marks to covers. Has possibly been rebound or restitched at some point; the front fly-leaf is now missing. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. Illustrations are still bright.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 2134713
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Heavy wear to corners, with some chipping; bumping. Scuff and other marks to covers, with uneven browning to rear cover. Foxing to outer page edges and paler throughout internal pages. Grubby marks to pages, but illustrations are still nice and bright.

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ELOISE IN PARIS
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 2134712
Published by Max Reinhardt. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Paris has just been discovered by Eloise the little girl from the Plaza... Here is what Eloise does in Paris: everything. The effect is rawther extraordinaire. If you come to Paris with Eloise you will always by glad you did. Large format. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Bumping to corners and spine. Fade mark to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a little loss at corners; some foxing and browning.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2134709
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Almost very good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and marks to covers. Wear to cloth corners, which have a little fraying to cloth. Foxing throughout. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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NO-SITCH: THE HOUND
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321144
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st USA 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn and edges lightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Contents clean. Light musty smell to contents.

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GRANNY'S OLD STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1321143
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown has been removed. Some tears to page margins with a couple of small pieces of loss (text not affected). Foxing to textblock.

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SELECTED AT SIX
Written by Joan Goldman. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1321140
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. A few foxspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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HONOUR & ARMS TALES FROM FROISSART
Written by Mary Macleod. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1321137
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. 136 pages. 3 colour plates and 3 b/w plates. Covers are edge rubbed, 1" split to top of spine has been glue repaired. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tobacco smell to contents.

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SUNNY FACES, BLESSED HANDS, LOVING WORDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321135
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1880. Very good condition.

Little Alice's Library. Small format. Brown decorated cloth with a small, oval onlay to front cover. 64 pages. Colour chromo frontis. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight spotting to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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JUMPING JOHNNY
Written by Kitty Why.
Stock no. 1321110
Published by Amex Company Ltd.. Good condition.

Based on the rhyme by Kitty Why. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to each page (14) with small paragraph of text below. Covers are creased and a bit grubby. Staples rusty. Some slight markings to contents.

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