MAKING MISCHIEF A MAURICE SENDAK APPRECIATION
Written by Gregory Maguire. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1505250
Published by William Morrow. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An inspired visual tribute to the work of the legendary writer and illustrator. Black cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780061689161. Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Dustwrapper has small tear to top of rear fold, remains of label to rear panel and a few marks, both barely visible. 2" stain to bottom edge only visible of verso.

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AND SO I FACE THE VINYL CURTAIN
Written by Simon Drew. Illustrated by Simon Drew.
Stock no. 1505242
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. ISBN: 1905377010. Ink inscription to publisher's page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1315250
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light rubbing to covers. A few foxspots/fingermarks else contents clean. All plates present, 2 have corner creases.

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OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Alfred Rawlings.
Stock no. 2119098
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and gilt shepherd vignette to front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Rawlings. Numerous b/w illustrations by Thomson. Top edge gilt. Covers are unevenly browned. A few chips and nicks at cloth; with a little fraying in places. Plate to opposite page 27 is MISSING (mounting card and tissue-guard are still present, but plate no longer there). Some foxing and page browning.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1315197
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey/green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 12 pastoral colour plates capture the spirit of this well-loved book. B/w text illustrations. Grey/green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are sunned, light scratch mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, light foxing to textblock and heavier foxspots to prelims. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with damp stains to sides of spine, 2" loss to top of spine and a small patch of loss to centre of rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WILLY AND NILLY
Written by Phyllis Morris. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1315056
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Willy and Nilly are twins. Beige cloth with blue titles and borders. B/w illustrations and 8 colour and 7 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny dents to edges of rear cover which is also slightly warped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Joint between endpaper and half-title is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents and some hinges cracked. Otherwise clean.

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THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1315040
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to front cover. 120 pages, edges not trimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine is a little dull. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to page edges. Piece torn from top edge of rear free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by J. Finnemore; F.L. Emmanuel.
Stock no. 1404571
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. circa 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Patterned endpapers. 110 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front board edge a little rubbed. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Name and date to flyleaf. Browning and some foxing to some pages else contents are generally clean.

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THE COMEDIES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Chris Hammond.
Stock no. 1404546
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1896. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Dark green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 310 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Light marks to rear board. Erased writing to half title page. Some foxing to prelims and page edges otherwise contents are clean. A few scratches to gilt edges.

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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118149
Published by William Heinemann. 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Some wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a little foxing. Wrapper is worn and scuffed along edges; creased with some tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine. Some marks to wrapper.

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THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404468
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt illustration to front cover and highly decorated spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 16 black-and-red plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. Large format. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and cloth faded but gilt remains fairly bright. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of little bumps to board edges. Some marks to covers. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath but binding remains firm. Dated inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and some pages otherwise contents are clean. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1607324
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Address sticker to corner of front endpaper. Wrapper is edge creased and has a couple of small marks.

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