BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405141
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Dark yellow cloth with black titles to spine and front cover and black and blue vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, with captioned page guards before them. Small b/w illustrations to text. 254 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Couple of marks to covers. Both joints and some hinges are cracked. Foxing especially to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Contents otherwise clean. Plates all present and in very good condition. Contained in a slip case in very good condition.

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FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE
Written by S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Annie Simpson.
Stock no. 1405098
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps with small cut out to front cover held together by fine cord. Colour and b/w illustrations. 4" x 5.75". A little creasing to one corner of front cover. Covers a little grubby. Inscription to first page. Some light browning and foxing otherwise contents generally clean. Cord holding book together in very good condition.

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WE PRAISE THEE O GOD TE DEUM CALENDAR FOR 1911
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405096
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine. Beige boards with red and black titles plus red and white vignette to front board. Elaborate colour illustrations and borders. A list of important dates in the church's calendar. 6" x 4.5" Spine and corners bumped. Spine grubby. Covers a little marked and grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Staples rusty. Contents clean. Illustrations in very good condition.

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KING ROBERT OF SICILY
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Jane Willis Grey.
Stock no. 1405035
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. 1st 1895. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette and titles to spine. Patterned endpapers. Colour, sepia and b/w illustrations. 11.5" x 8.5" Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers marked including some white marks to rear board. One hinge broken showing stitching beneath and another badly cracked. Small patch of surface paper damage to title page and page opposite. Endpapers and some pages internally lightly browned. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown and initials in ink to rear pastedown. Some foxing and grubby marks. A few small tears to inner margins.

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A FINE LADY UPON A WHITE HORSE
Written by Enid Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Gladys Peto.
Stock no. 2120451
Published by Dodge Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Her Journeying through the Realm of Fancy. Black cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Binding is a bit weak in places; some hinges are pulled. Heavy foxing to prelims and outer page edges. A few page margin tears.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 2120396
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE HONOURABLE MR TAWNISH
Written by Jeffery Farnol. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1405018
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

A Romance. Beige cloth covers with gilt titles and border decorations, small circular onlay to centre of front cover. 8 colour plates. 118 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Couple of small marks to cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. A few hinges slightly cracked. One illustration is detached. Foxing throughout especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.

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MR BIDDLE AND THE DRAGON
Written by Edith Farmiloe. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 1315550
Published by Skeffington & Son. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with white title and black illustration to front cover. 47 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Front cover has splash marks to it. Endpapers browned and some slight foxing otherwise contents clean.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 2119852
Published by Ernest Nister. Almost very good condition.

Purple suede soft covers. Colour illustrations. Covers are browned to edges and spine, with some spotting. Creasing also to suede cover edges. Front joint is cracked, with some of spine binding showing.

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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Written by Diana L. Johnson.
Stock no. 2119771
Published by Museum Of Art. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w photos and illustrations. Limited to 7000 copies. Not only a book on the subject of fantastic illustration, but also the catalogue of an exhibition. Foxing and some page browning. Wrapper is unevenly foxed and browned, with edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1404947
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and elaborate peacock and elephant design to front cover. 20 superb colour plates, tipped onto cream card with decorative border and each with a tissue-guard. Spine and corners bumped. Uneven fading to spine and boards. Dated inscription in ink to front endpaper, the imprint of which can be seen on the half-title page. Some page browning and foxing with many pages being clean. Plates are in fine condition.

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