INFANTILLA THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NURSERY
Written by Arnold L. Haskell; Min Lewis. Illustrated by Stanley Lewis.
Stock no. 709079
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Telling in drawings and text the history of perambulators, feeding bottles, and rattles. A fascination for anyone who has ever been pushed in a pram! Superb b/w illustrations. Cream mottled cloth. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Orange illustrated wrapper very slightly grubby to rear with spine sunned and small nick to top.

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THE BOOK OF SIMON
Written by A.S.M. Hutchinson. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 709560
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with gilt titles. Colour portrait frontis, full-page b/w plates plus text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers and prelims. White pictorial wrapper is worn and torn at edges with extensive tape repairs and grubby.

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THE JUNGLE SCHOOL OR DR. JIBBER-JABBER BURCHALL'S ACADEMY
Written by S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 710177
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners worn. Boards grubby. Bottom board edges a little scuffed. Contents browned at edges. One plate detached with slight creasing at margins. Front joint beginning to crack. Couple of hinges cracked.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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IN THE GRIP OF THE SPANIARD
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 710276
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial covers with gilt titles. 7 b/w plates. 421 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners worn. Covers grubby. Spine faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some marking to a few pages. A few hinges are pulled. Contents otherwise clean.

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REGGIE AND I
Written by Edward Shirley. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 710375
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. 64 pages. Illustrated with colour plates. Spine bumped, corners worn. A few small dents to board edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Top corner of first page has been torn out (not affecting text). Generally a very nice copy.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 710687
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1929. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, black title. Pictorial front board showing little boy peeping behind a curtain into a christmas scene. 7 colour plates. 159 pages. 11.5 x 8.5". Spine faded at head and tail and slightly damp spotted. Corners slightly bumped. Light fading to rear board edges. Some light foxing but contents are generally bright and clean. Wrapper is worn and torn with loss at edges, grubby to rear.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Turner. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 710982
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Dumpy Books For Children Series no. 11. Small format. Green striped cloth. Pictorial endpapers by Edith Farmiloe. 69 cautionary stories in verse chosen from five books by Mrs. Turner. Spine slightly darkened. Corners just a little bumped. Endpapers browned. Contents bright and clean.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE STORY OF THE NURSERY
Written by Magdalen King-Hall.
Stock no. 711036
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photo plates. A history of the nursery from the Middle Ages to the early years of the 20th century. Spine lightly bumped. Green wrapper is a little edge-worn and price-cut.

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THE ENGLISH SPELLING-BOOK
Written by William Mavor.
Stock no. 711249
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

"Accompanied by a progressive series of easy and familiar lessons: intended as an introduction to the reading and spelling of the english language". Revised by E.H.Montauban. Burgundy cloth with embossed titles and decoration. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some slight grubby marking to covers. Child's writing in blue and red ink to front endpaper, small pencil drawings to rear endpapers. One page has small section removed from it. Generally contents are clean.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by R.J. Enraght-Moony.
Stock no. 711252
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1915. Very good condition.

Large format, grey cloth, red titles and ship decoration. Grey and white floral decorated endpapers. 19 colour plates. Top edge red, others uncut. Covers slightly grubby. Top front edge slightly discoloured. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Contents foxed and browned otherwise clean.

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THE FAIR IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 711291
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, silver titles and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Very slight loss to top edge of front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners. A nice bright copy.

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TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH
Written by Maria Edgeworth. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 711335
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton And Co. Almost very good condition.

With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations throughout. 411 pages. Spine and corners worn, spine browned. Endpapers slightly marked. Two embossed address stamps to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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