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DOWN THE BRIGHT STREAM
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1310253
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Continuing the the story of the Little Grey Men who find themselves as refugees when they receive the appalling news that their beloved Folly is drying up and they must move at once. Fully illustrated with exquisite water-colours and fascinating little b/w sketches. 16 colour plates. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. Wonderful! Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, loss to top and tail of spine.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310234
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Very good condition.

R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 22 pages. Covers just a little grubby. Small piece chipped from lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to contents else clean.

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JUST SMITH
Written by Dorothy Burroughes. Illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes.
Stock no. 1310220
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a friendship between a lamb and a deer. Oblong format. Green cloth, yellow titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge worn, tear to front panel repaired on verso.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310209
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1900. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Grey boards, green title and pictorial onlay to front. 6 tipped-in colour plates mounted on beige paper. B/w illustrated endpapers and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Very pale browning to endpapers. A nice, clean copy.

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LITTLE SEA DOGS
Written by Anatole France. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1310208
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth spine with black title, beige boards with black title and vignettes to front. B/w illustrated endpapers. 8 colour plates, b/w chapter header and footers. 149 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Some discolouration to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn/chipped with tape repairs on verso and small piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE ARKVILLE DRAGON
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Kenneth Lovell.
Stock no. 1310207
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Toytown Book (20). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-lib with remains of labels to front endpapers and old tape mark to rear pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Some light rubbing to spine and corners.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1310188
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 6th 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Orange boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Lower spine and lower rear corner slightly bumped. Name in blue biro to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page margins. Green pictorial wrapper is foxed.

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HELGI THE HIGH-BORN
Written by Captain W.H. Milligan. Illustrated by John De Walton.
Stock no. 1310178
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story of the Days of Athelstan. Brown pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fingerprints to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss and a little grubby, removal of small label to rear panel.

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DUNCTON RISING
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 2110716
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 of The Book OF Silence. Blue boards, gilt to spine. ISBN: 0002239418. Light bumps along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tiny nicks.

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THE TALE OF TINY TUTAK
Written by Hanna Wiig. Illustrated by Sven Skauge.
Stock no. 1310148
Published by Chatto & Windus. circa 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tiny Tutak is an Eskimo boy living far away near the North Pole. He sets off with his tiny bow and his tiny spear to hunt for food. Small format. Red paper boards, white titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers browned, foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned on verso with some foxing showing through to front panel.

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PICTURE COMPANIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1501336
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1911. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph and b/w illustrations. Rhyming text. Nister No: 2335 Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few small dents/chips to cover edges. Rear cover is a bit scratched and marked. Front joint partially cracked. Ink inscription to verso of front endpaper which is visible through front endpaper. Small margin tear to one page. Pages are lightly browned with a few fox spots and margin marks but generally clean. Creases across rear endpaper.

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NODDY'S TALL GREEN BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1310115
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial green paper wraps. 4 pictures to a page - in colour - with text beneath. 10 pages. Unpaginated. 26.25cm tall, 7.5cm wide. Staples just starting to go rusty. Small pencil '6' to top corner of front cover. A super copy.

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