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THE SCOUTER VOLUME XXIX 1935
No author listed.
Stock no. 596073
Published by The Boy Scouts Association. 1935. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. B/w photos. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. An exceptionally clean and bright copy.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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THE SCOUTER 1970
No author listed.
Stock no. 595979
Published by The Boy Scouts Association. 1970. Very good condition.

Green cloth, black title to front cover and spine. B/w photos. January to December.

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IN DOORS AND OUT
Written by Clifton Bingham; Mrs. Percy Dearmer. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 379335
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

'Pictures and stories for little folk'. Red pictorial boards, large format. Grey endpapes. Packed with colour, two-tone and b/w plates and text illustrations, including one b/w doggy illustration by Wain. First story is 'The Snow Man'. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light rubbing and spotting to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins, first few pages a little grubby. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired.

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OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS ON CLOTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 379351
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1915. Good condition.

Large format (32.5 x 25.5cm). Quarter-bound in pink cloth, beige boards with circular onlay showing a bull on front cover. Lovely full-page colour illustrations. Printed on linen backed paper. Spine and corners worn. Covers dampstained (affecting pastedowns and title-page). Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light, small dampstain to lower margins of most pages. Contents generally clean.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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FAIRY FOLK AT WORK
Written by Phyllis Bain. Illustrated by Dudley W. Bain.
Stock no. 379355
Published by Thos. Holdsworth & Sons, Ltd.. Circa 1951. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Vibrant colour pictures. Covers creased and grubby, corners worn with splits to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover (dated 1951). Page corner tips very lightly creased. A light damp stain affects the top margins of most pages. Light foxing throughout, mainly to insides of covers. Some animal ink stamps to edge of inside of rear cover. Not as bad as it sounds - contents still generally bright and clean.

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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379320
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by illustrator. Covers ever so slightly marked, corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ties missing. Endpapers heavily foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins but generally contents clean. A nice example - copy no. 4.

Price: £1500.00 £1050.00.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1971
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Penelope Douglas; Sylvia Allen; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 379326
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards, front shows a boy and girl and little puppy dog, 'Hello! Here we are again!. Colour and two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0603070043. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to lower edges. Light speckles to front cover (paint?) and a light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Some puzzle and colouring pages completed. Light page browning. Contents generally clean.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1925
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 595712
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour and sepia plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Includes Billy Bunter stories. 360 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Some edges of boards have been strengthened with clear tape. Top & tail of cloth spine lightly rubbed. Rear cover scuffed. Joints weak. Faint inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few margin marks to contents.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 595653
Published by George Robertson & Co.. 1st 1907. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth covers with bevelled edges, red title to front with illustration of a Brownie swinging in a cobweb. Marbled endpapers. Packed with charming pen-and-ink illustrations, many full-page. A typically stylised Outhwaite fairyland. 184 pages. Oblong format. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Corners slightly worn. Two small dents to cover foredges, Contents near fine with just the occasional very pale mark. A super copy of this rare fairy book.

Price: £750.00 £525.00.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 379253
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Faint old tape marks to covers. Contents bright and clean. White pictorial wrapper is grubby with closed tears (several tape repairs on verso - the tape is old and has yellowed causing the slight marks on the covers mentioned perviously). A nice copy.

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MOTHER CAREY
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 379246
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles and circular onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 319 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Prize plate to front pastedown (dated Christmas 1911). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. One of the plates is loose but still present.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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