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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1327888
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Specially rebound in modern green leather binding, with raised bands to spine, title blocks, with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. All edges are marbled. Numerous b/w illustrations. Wear and chipping to leather on spine and edges. Some scuffing. Front joint is partially cracked in a few places. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some foxing and browning.

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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1327885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 10th 1925. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition in publisher's blue calf binding. Gilt border to front cover with floral motif at corners and vignette of little girl in mop cap. Gilt vignettes and floral decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Cream and blue pictorial endpapers. Charming verses and b/w illustrations. The first of the Milne Pooh quartet in which we meet Winnie-the-Pooh for the first time in a poem entitled Teddy Bear. 'A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise...' Complete with blue ribbon page marker. This is the second deluxe edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Indentation to centre of front cover, pencil mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patches of surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Page marker is detached but still present. Some joints are cracked and some are lightly pulled but the binding is still tight.

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I FEEL SICK!
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1327884
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

A Little Princess Story. Glazed pictorial boards. Large colour illustrations to each page with a small sentence of text below. ISBN: 9781783441150. SIGNED by the author/artist with a dedication to David & Jenny and a doodle of the little princess too. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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COPPELIA
Written by Linda Jennings. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1327883
Published by Award Publications. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

The story of the famous balletby Leo Delibes. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 11.5 x 8.8". ISBN: 0861635299. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some foxing to endpapers.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Patrick Benson; et al..
Stock no. 1327882
Published by Ted Smart. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four themed sections - Animals, Magic, Friends and foes, and Matters of importance - take the reader on a journey into Dahls unique imagination. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 444 pages. 3rd printing. Bumping to spine. Lower cover edges are lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge browned and creased.

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DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE & THE SUICIDE CLUB
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1327881
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chosen Books series. Grey mottled boards with gilt title and vignettes to spine, vignettes to front cover. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small, light marks to textblock and to margin of page 143 otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, 'new' publishers price sticker coveirng printed price on front flap.

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WANDY THE WILD PONY
Written by Allen Chaffee. Illustrated by D.L. Mays.
Stock no. 1828212
Published by John Murray. 1937. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story for youngsters about a wild pony born on a Devon moor. Green cloth boards, red titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Reprint. Pale foxing to spine else boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and grubby marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, foxed and is grubby to rear panel.

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THE WHITE GOBLIN
Written by Ul De Rico. Illustrated by Ul De Rico.
Stock no. 1327868
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1996. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format, 10 x 12". Glazed pictorial boards. Color illustrated endpapers. The White Goblin persuades the colourless Cave Goblins to venture out of their safe homes and follow him into the world where they can enjoy and feed themselves on all the colours of nature. ISBN: 0500017247. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Uneven fading to front cover. Contents clean.

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TOM MERRY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1327866
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 5. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 1-15 of 1907. Green simulated leather. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703000934. This is copy no 250 of 400 signed by the publisher. A fine copy in slipcase which is slighty rubbed at corners and has minimal fading at opening edges.

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THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley; John Berry.
Stock no. 1327864
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403840. Minimal rubbing to corners, slight fading to spine. Gold address sticker to front pastedown. Contents clean. Tally 350, this is the last title listed on the rear cover.

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THE ENORMOUS TURNIP
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1327863
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1970. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Green pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402674. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges rubbed. Some slight markings to page edges and light finger creases to endpapers. Tally 260, this is the last title listed on the rear cover.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME
Written by John Bunyan. Illustrated by Thomas Dalziel.
Stock no. 1828179
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A new edition with a memoir of the author by H.W. Dulcken and 100 b/w text illustrations by Dalziel. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles & vignettes. Bevelled edges. xix plus 304 pages. All edges gilt. Undated. Spine faded and rear board faded to spine edge and top edge. Top & tail of spine worn. Corners lightly worn. Boards are scuffed. Foxing to prelims and last few pages. A few grubby marks to prelims. Hinges pulled else binding tight. Contents otherwise clean.

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