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LIEDJES AAN HET RAAM
Written by Nelly Van Der Linden. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1330554
Published by W. De Haan. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Oblong format. Red cloth spine and pictorial boards. Lovely colour and two-tone illustrations. Text in DUTCH. Looks like the binding may have been professionally repaired with stitching (there are white stitches to the red cloth spine). Slight wear to cover edges. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE KING'S BREAKFAST
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830164
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

One of the most popular poems in that most popular book 'When We Were Young' is 'The King's Breakfast,' here is has been isolated with music written especially for it. Also contains 'Feed-my-Cow' set to music. Music by Fraser-Simpson. Cloth spine, pink pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. VI and 17 pages. A few minor foxspots to boards. Endpapers browned. Joints starting to crack but the binding is still tight. A few marks to contents but generally clean. Pink pictorial dustwrapper has a large piece missing from lower front panel and is edge-worn with a few closed tears (some of which have been repaired with clear tape to verso) and small chips, a little grubby.

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THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1326303
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1951. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Based on 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter. Words & music score by Dudley. Blue & white illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (Happy Brithday). Contents are clean.

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OLD ENGLISH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1324627
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Music by Horace Mansion. 8 quite charming colour plates plus b/w drawings illustrate this selection of nursery rhymes. Includes musical score for voice and piano. Buff boards with blue pictorial onlay to front cover. 11 x 8.5". 88 pages. Spine and corners bumped, top corner of rear cover quite badly worn. Scuffing to front cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. One of the plates is loose with ragged edges. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some foxing to contents.

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THE GRUFFALO SONG AND OTHER SONGS
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1323842
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All join in for a monster singalong! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Includes a CD of the songs written and performed by Julia Donaldson. ISBN: 1405022337. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly worn and edge creased. CD is present in wallet to front pastedown but has NOT been tested. The wallet is split at edges.

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MUSIC TIME
Written by Prudence Hemelryk. Illustrated by Sheila Jackson.
Stock no. 1323699
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 80. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Music with a comment on the tune. Covers slightly grubby with a couple of small chips at spine edges. Sum in ink to front cover (21-1=20). Annotations in ink to first few music pieces.

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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB AND OTHER NURSERY SONGS
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1323193
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 91. Oblong format. Pink pictorial paper wraps. Delightful colour illustrations. Words and music. Printed prices on covers have been covered with small, white 2/6 price stickers. Slight fading to spine. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 2140887
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Dark yellow cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful colour illustrations. Traditional nursery rhymes with music. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven browning/fading to covers; some spotting and marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout. A few pages are creased.

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LILLIBURLERO
Written by Lady Bell. Illustrated by Pauline Trevelyan.
Stock no. 2137688
Published by Oxford University Press. 2nd 1934. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Cream/beige boards with black title to front cover; small decorations. A book of songs chosen by Lady Bell D.B.E. and Illustrated by Pauline Trevelyan. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2137480
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Verses by Asquith. Set to music by Alec Rowley. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Slight scuff to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb; Ralph Dunstan. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1322270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine with black title. Grey paper boards, large pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates by tarrant, b/w text illustrations by Nixon. Music by Dunstan. 116 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few marks to covers. Small mark to front free-endpaper and a few light fingermarks to page margins.

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LESSONS IN LINE FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by A.H.S.; Geoffrey Ryley. Illustrated by Evelyn Beale.
Stock no. 1321771
Published by Elliot Stock. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth with vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the composer to verso of front free-endpaper (** Hastings withe the Composer's kind regards). Spine and corners bumped. Small worn patch to lower edge of front cover. Small, light stain to rear cover. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

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