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KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 721714
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From Originals Presented By Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished) With an Appreciation by Cundall. Large format. Cream cloth spine with green title, green cloth covers with gilt title to front. Mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light rubbed patch to edge of front cover. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and grubby with some loss at spine and pink watermark to front. A nice copy of a rare book, scarce in wrapper.

FAMOUS FACES
Written by Norman Messenger. Illustrated by Norman Messenger.
Stock no. 619232
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

You can create more than 2,500 famous celebraties by mixing the famous faces. Hours of fun! ISBN: 075135273X. Spine quite heavily bumped. Couple of small holes to tail of spine.Contents fine.

FAMOUS FACES
Written by Norman Messenger. Illustrated by Norman Messenger.
Stock no. 675009
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

You can create more than 2,500 famous celebraties by mixing the famous faces. Hours of fun! ISBN: 075135273X. Spine bumped.

THE OPEN WINDOW
Written by E. Temple Thurston. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 327854
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

The story, written in diary form, of the life of a vicar and his wife who have left London for the peaceful surroundings of a country vicarage at Bramlingham. Green cloth, dark green titles and borders, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine browned and stained. Spine and corners worn. Covers slightly marked. Endpapers & text block browned. A few hinges slightly pulled. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents generally clean.

THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 327454
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Covers marked and bumped. One ink mark to contents (to rear of plate). Otherwise contents bright and clean.

THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 621519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1928. Very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners rubbed, lower front corner worn. Lower front edge rubbed & fraying. A few marks to rear cover. Top & tail of spine rubbed. Top of spine discoloured. Corners bumped. Contents clean.

THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 621915
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners worn. Spine discoloured. Top spine frayed. Couple of small nicks to spine. Tiny pin holes to rear cover. Light discolouration to edges of cover. Foxing mainly to outer page edges and page margins.

THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 652066
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine worn with 2" crack to top edge. Also a little faded. Some slight foxing.

THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 712119
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny dents along cover top edges. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Minor foxing to outer page edges.

A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 231357
Published by Granada. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. A story in rhyme. Matt cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. 41 pages. ISBN: 0246113251. Spine faded/sunned. Boards a little grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

YOUNG JACK
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 622085
Published by Oxford University Press. 1924. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Road & Moor. Matt pictorial boards. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Edges rubbed & worn. Some surface paper lifting mainly around spine. 0.75" loss of surface paper to top of spine affecting letters in title. Name, address and date stamp to front endpaper. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

YOUNG JACK
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 623976
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Light blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and blind vignettes. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. A Story of Road and Moor. Title to spine rubbed, a few light marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Some foxing.