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NOBODY LOVES ME
Written by Racey Helps. Illustrated by Racey Helps.
Stock no. 1329078
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

The tale of a Dutch Doll. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and rear cover slightly grubby. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1329070
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition.

Nobody knew where she came from, but for as long as the children could remember, the fairy doll had been at the top of the Christmas tree. Grey cloth, red title to spine and butterfly vignette to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Brown spot to front cover. Light damp staining to lower cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper (also white typing fluid mark). Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1329067
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1956, a delightful story for little girls. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780330442268. Remains of a small label to rear panel of wrapper, wrapper spine is very slightly faded.

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THE DOLLS' HOUSE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Stock no. 1329065
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The timeless story (first published in 1946) about the secret life of a doll family. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 152 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0333766792. Minimal bumping to spine. Heavy foxing to textbloack affecting some page margins. Minimal rubbing to corners of wrapper.

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THE HIDDEN HOUSE
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Angela Barrett.
Stock no. 1328926
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Three dolls sit on a window ledge watching the changes around them happening as a house is slowly overgrown by plants etc... Oblong format. Grey boards with metallic green title to spine. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744512662. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed.

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FUN WITH MRS THUMB
Written by Jan Mark. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1328763
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mrs. Thumb is a genteel wooden doll living quietly in her doll's house when one day, the cat comes to play... Text in rhyme. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525349. Slight fading to wrapper spine.

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CANDY FLOSS
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1328617
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Candy Floss was a special little doll who brought luck to the little boy who owned her. Blue boards, red titles and vignette to front. Charming colour and b/w illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Some white typing fluid to front free-endpaper and patch of pencil scribble to top corner of same page. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is a little grubby to rear panel, small tear to top of spine.

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THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF VINYL DOLLS AND ACTION FIGURES
Written by Nicholas Hill.
Stock no. 1327457
Published by Twin Pines Press. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised edition. Cardwraps. 224 pages, including some colour photographic plates at rear. ISBN: 0967849519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Top page corner tips slightly curled. Contents clean.

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BRITISH TEENAGE DOLLS 1956-1984
Written by Frances Baird. Illustrated by Colin W.D.P. Greene.
Stock no. 1327136
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Creations from Palitoy, Pedigree and Rosebud, as well as lesser known brands such as Denys Fisher are described and illustrated with colour photography by Greene. Pink pictorial boards. 195 pages. ISBN: 1872727468. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top of spine. Contents fine.

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ALICE AND ALFIE AND THE MAGIC WINDMILL
Written by Loykey. Illustrated by Lillybit.
Stock no. 1326216
Published by Loykey & Lillybit. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Alice and Alfie are two rag dolls who accidentally get left behind in a beautful windmill in France... they magically come alive and this is where there journey begins! Cream glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 298 pages. ISBN: 9780956233301. SIGNED by the author/illustrator with a dedication to Isobella on front free-endpaper. Spine bumped and faded, corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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JOSEPHINE AND HER DOLLS
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325064
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth. 12 mounted colour plates (with tissue-guards) plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Bump/dent to top edge of rear cover. White cloth slightly grubby, spine browned. Some light foxing to prelims. Tobacco smell to contents.

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THE ROAMING DOLL
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1324902
Published by Basil Blackwell. Very good condition.

Victoria Josephine is a rather spoiled doll who is rejected and yet finds her way back to a loving home in a rather surprising way. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Striking black silhouette illustrations throughout and on orange endpapers. 8.25 x 6.25". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Some light marks to page margins.

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