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AMELIARANNE GOES DIGGING
Written by Lorna Wood. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 697974
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine. Red pictorial boards. Charming colour illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded, corners worn. Covers bright and clean. Name in ink to front endpaper. One page detached and another part detached. Some light grubby marks to contents and a couple of margin tears. Pictorial wrapper is torn with loss mainly to spine and corners and a large closed tear to rear. Overall a bright copy of the first edition, sounds much worse than it looks!

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THE REBEL OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 698036
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem Volume No 3. Large format. Green Boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703000160. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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THE WISHING TABLE
Written by Brothers Grimm; Joan Cherry. Illustrated by Erhard Amadeus-Dier.
Stock no. 700268
Published by Polytint Limited. Circa 1954. Very good condition.

The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Neat name to front free endpaper. Board edges a little rubbed.

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THE VALLEY OF A THOUSAND KNIVES
Written by David MacDonald.
Stock no. 701477
Published by The Falcon Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, green title to spine. Wrapper a little edge-worn with minimal loss to spine.

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THE LONG ARM OF THE CARDINAL
Written by Gurney Slade.
Stock no. 701621
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1953. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth. Green titles. Black and cream frontis. Prize plate to front pastedown. Wrapper price-cut, edge-worn and a little grubby to rear.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S 'AUTO-GO-CART'
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 701735
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Colour illustrations throughout. Boards a little worn at corners with slight discolouration to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Three small margin tears to centrefold. Contents very bright.

Price: £400.00 £280.00.

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DROMKEEN: A JOURNEY INTO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Jeffrey Prentice; Bettina Bird.
Stock no. 701787
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Lilac boards, gilt title. Lilac endpapers. B/w and colour illutrations. ISBN: 0805007733.

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SWEET NUTCRACKER
Written by David Kossoff. Illustrated by Ionicus.
Stock no. 702193
Published by Robson Books. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bright red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0860513297. SIGNED by author to half-title. Child's name to front endpaper.

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BONZO'S BOOK OF STORIES
Written by G.E. Studdy; W.H. Haughton; Pat Woodhouse. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 703317
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards showing Bonzo riding the back of a duck on water. Two-tone illustrations throughout. 76 pages. First story "Let's Pretend". Large format. A lovely copy of this scarce item with a little bit of rubbing to board edges. Contents and boards lovely and bright.

Price: £250.00 £175.00.

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THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE BELLS
Written by Hannah Gabert. Illustrated by Hannah Gabert.
Stock no. 703337
Published by S.C.M. Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format, pale blue pictorial paper boards. Two tone ilustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to board edges. Contents bright. Pictorial wrapper a little worn to edges and a little grubby.

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THE BUNNY-BOOK
Written by J.B.A.. Illustrated by J.B.A..
Stock no. 703546
Published by James Nisbet. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Cream cloth, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Full page b/w illustrations. Cloth slightly grubby, especially to rear. Contents bright.

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BLESS THIS DAY
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 703833
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A book of prayer for children. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations surrounding text throughout. 95 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Small school stamp to front endpaper. Prayer written in ink on Acknowledgement's page, otherwise contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is a bit grubby and edge-worn.

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