THE ROYAL PROGRESS OF KING PEPITO
Written by Beatrix F. Cresswell. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1207760
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Book: inscription in ink to front endpaper. Free endpapers browned. Marks to pastedowns which may be the glue showing through. Some foxing mainly to page edges. Corners and board edges worn. Boards grubby.

THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1308562
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Rebound with white cloth spine and gilt title, red cloth covers. Grey endpapers. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine bumped and slightly grubby, some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint (between fly-leaf and frontis) cracked. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Erased crayon name to verso of frontis.

OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2108585
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1915. Very good condition.

A charming glimpse into the joys and challenges of creating a personal garden. More than just a guide to flower gardening, this collection of essays and narratives explores the deep connection between a gardener and their cultivated space. Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Darkening to spine. Corners and spine are a little bumped, with wear. A few marks to covers. Foxing to pages. All plates present.

THE TALE OF DRIVER GROPE
Written by Richard Ingrams. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2107904
Published by Dennis Dobson Books Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Doomful Tale of Hope or A Hopeful Tale of Doom. Driver Grope drove a stream engine. He and his train were greatly loved by everyone, people came from miles around to have a ride with him, because his train was clean and comfortable, if old-fashioned. As time went by, more and more of the people who used to ride on Driver Grope's train bought motor-cars and few and fewer of them would visit. But there came a time when there were so many motor-cars on the road that there was no room for them to move. An then, of course, everyone.... perhaps the reader should see for himself why Driver Grope who had retired unhappily to potter in his garden, was asked to drive his train again. Large format. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234779020. SIGNED by author to title page. Top edge of boards a little discoloured. Some foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is grubby with some damp staining to edges.

THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2106919
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1886. Good condition.

Cream cloth covers, colour vignettes to front and rear, black titles to spine. Full-page colour frontis illustration, colour text illustrations throughout. 58 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Covers are heavily worn with some bumping, fading and marks. Front joint is cracked; half-title page is nearly detached. Contents are generally very good, but pages do have some grubby margin marks.

MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1107009
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some uneven fading to covers. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some foxspots and edge-nicks.

ARCADIAN BALLADS
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1307512
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st thus 1978. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tall format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0435147722. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2106668
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Full leather binding with gilt titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Ribbon ties weaved into binding of covers. 50 colour plates; tipped-in. Heavy, hand-made paper. Text is in Dutch. A lovely edition! Limited edition to 325 copies. 8" split to top of spine next to front cover. 3-4" split to base of spine on rear side of covers. Bumping and wear to corners and spine. A little chipping along cover edges. Original ribbon ties are still present on binding - one to bottom of front cover has partly torn off, so can not be tied to ribbon on rear cover; original piece of torn of ribbon still present inside, but detached. A few marks to covers. Looks like repair work has been professionally done at some point; new overlap edges have been very neatly added, so protecting more original corners. The book also appears to have new endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few to some pages internally. Some creasing to uncut page edges. All plates are present and in excellent condition!

OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2106665
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1915. Very good condition.

A charming glimpse into the joys and challenges of creating a personal garden. More than just a guide to flower gardening, this collection of essays and narratives explores the deep connection between a gardener and their cultivated space. Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little uneven browning to covers. A few marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few pages internally. All plates present.

A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1705224
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Music by Foster. Edges-worn.

A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2105952
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 are bumped and worn. Some fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Some foxing and light browning to pages.

SMUGGLER'S WAY
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1804583
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Cassell's Popular Library for Boys and Girls series. Red boards with black titles and borders. B/w frontis. Popular edition. Edges worn and bumped. Covers unevenly faded.