THE SAD STORY OF VERONICA WHO PLAYED THE VIOLIN
Written by David McKee. Illustrated by David McKee.
Stock no. 1831548
Published by Andersen Press. Circa 1987. Very good condition.

Being an explanation of why the streets are not full of happy dancing people. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0862641691. Third printing. Spuine lightly bumped at top & tail, and lightly sunned/faded. A few minor marks to endpapers else contents clean.

THE HUNTER AND THE ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Tomie De Paola.
Stock no. 1831546
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

A wordless picture book. The pictures tell the story. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0862640148. Boards lightly scuffed. Minor foxing to text block. A few minor spots to free front endpaper else contents clean.

THE DAY THE CLOWN GOT STUCK IN THE TUBA
Written by Terry Reid. Illustrated by Terry Reid.
Stock no. 1831545
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A clown stuck in his tuba? Nothing could have been a bigger surprise for Mordecai Carbbitts, a gentle little man who had been playing the tuba in the Borough Band for years. But happen it did, and it was his tuba that the clown fell, head first. How was he to get the clown out? Many suggestions were offered, but in the end it was the Crabbitts children who found the solution. An original and comical situation. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 30 pages. ISBN: 0216886805. Spine flattened resulting in a lean to boards. Rear joint lightly pulled at top half else binding tight. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, sunned/faded to spine and worn at top & tail.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1331382
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped. Faded patch to base of spine (where there is a piece of the dustwrapper missing). A few tiny dents to cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims and textblock. Some of the b/w text illustrations has been neatly coloured. Dustwrapper has a piece missing to base of spine and a smaller piece missing above. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are slightly faded.

VERTELLINGEN UIT DE DUIZEND EN EEN NACHT
Written by N. Van Hichtum. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1331381
Published by The Hague. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Colour plates (some mounted) and b/w illustrations. A chunky volume being over 1.5 kg and measuring 5.5cm thick. Text in Dutch. Spine bumped. Spine darkened and cover edges slightly grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown and name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some light page browning. A nice copy.

VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1331379
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight marking to covers. Some light fingering to page margins. A couple of pages are creased with small tears. Light browning to endpapers.

LILLIPUT LYRICS
Written by William Rands. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1331378
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and title page. B/w text illustrations throughout. 329 pages, all edges pink. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are foxed and a bit grubby, spine slightly browned. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Fingering to page margins throughtout. Foxing to textblock and prelims.

BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Winifred Austin.
Stock no. 1331376
Published by Jarrold & Sons. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, red title to front cover. Circular onlay to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 262 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Some damp staining to spine and mottling to covers. Book leans to one side a little. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Grubby fingermarks to pages. Still a good copy.

HOW THE STORY ENDED
Written by Catherine Mary Macsorley.
Stock no. 1331375
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1917. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Green floral endpapers. B/w frontis. 128 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Light browning to endpapers.

SEA STORIES
Written by An Old Sailor.
Stock no. 1331374
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1874. Fair condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Two b/w plates. 322 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn with fraying of cloth. Covers slightly grubby and darkened. Free-endpapers have been removed. Heavy foxing throughout. Some hinges pulled and cracked.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stock no. 1331373
Published by Ingram, Cooke & Co.. 2nd 1852. Good condition.

Second edition. Brown embossed cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 355 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Book leans to one side a little. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Foxing to contents. One gather is part detached causing slight wear to the page edges.

THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
Written by Mrs. Sherwood.
Stock no. 1331372
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1834. Good condition.

Dark green spine and corners with gilt title on spine. Marbled boards. 108 pages, all edges gilt. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Marble effect endpapers to match boards. Spine and corners are bumped, rubbed and worn. Front free-endpaper is missing. Joints are cracked. Name in ink to front fly-leaf. Some browning to the corners of front fly-leaf. Crease to one corner tip. Some light margin marks but contents are clean considering it is nearly 200 years old!