THE GREEN FIDDLER
Written by George Kalkar. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1326352
Published by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations featuring fairies. The Green Fiddler is a cricket. Covers grubby, corners worn. Small piece of surface paper torn from rear spine edge. Spine is slightly rubbed. Child's name in ink (and a line below) to front pastedown. Light browning to title-page. Contents clean.

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THE CRADLE SHIP
Written by Edith Howes. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325911
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates. 154 pages. 8.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and worn with edge tears and some loss.

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THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1323471
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Fairy Poems. Limited edition of 325 copies, cream boards with gilt titles and vignette to front cover.. Colour frontis and 2 other plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. This is copy no. 214. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is browned, covers are grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned else contents are clean.

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MARGARET ANN IN FAIRYLAND
Written by Tomsyd. Illustrated by Sidney B. Stead.
Stock no. 1323386
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 31 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fading to spine. Lower 1" of front joint is slightly cracked. Contents clean.

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CROSSINGS A FAIRY PLAY
Written by Walter De La Mare; C. Armstrong Gibbs. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe.
Stock no. 1322975
Published by Beaumont Press. 1921. Very good condition.

Limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Grey cloth spine with gilt title. Holly decorated boards. B/w chapter headers. 131 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 163. Corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Contents clean.

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CROSSINGS A FAIRY PLAY
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322972
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Music by C. Armstrong Gibbs. Beige cloth spine with gilt title to spine. Pale grey boards. 169 pages, edges untrimmed. Booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing else contents clean.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1322949
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1931. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, embossed vignette to front. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 75 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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MOON DOG
Written by Helen Ward. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
Stock no. 1322363
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The man in the moon and his little Moon Dog lead a quiet, untroubled life together... until hordes of holiday-makers descend, bringing seven shades of trouble to the moon's tranquil beaches and silvery gardens. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1840118644. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1321681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's inscription in ink to front endpapers. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with some tiny tears and slightly grubby to rear panel. 'New' price label of 2/6 net to front covering original printed price.

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THE FAIRY KITES
Written by Ethel K. Crawford. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1321410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with blue title. Blue title and yellow/blue illustration of castle to front. Colour frontis, 6 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers browned and a little grubby with erased pencil marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to contents. Large tear to one page has been neatly repaired.

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STORIES TOLD TO CHILDREN
Written by Michael Fairless. Illustrated by Flora White.
Stock no. 2134630
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Uneven fading and browning to corners. Corners are bumped. A few ink numbers to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning throughout.

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