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THE TOY DRUM MAJOR
Written by Jean Frederick; Horatio Nicholls.
Stock no. 816759
Published by The Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

(See Them Marching on Parade). Large format. Yellow pictorial paperwraps. Music score and lyrics. Covers a little grubby. Small split to base of spine. Contents lightly creased.

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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379320
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by illustrator. Covers ever so slightly marked, corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ties missing. Endpapers heavily foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins but generally contents clean. A nice example - copy no. 4.

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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594222
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Boards a little foxed. A few finger marks to margins. Page 12 and facing page 13 has paper residue to bottom corners and small mark. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and torn at edges with loss including most of spine missing (of dustwrapper).

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HOLY GLADNESS
Written by Edward Oxenford. Illustrated by Henry Ryland; et al..
Stock no. 433935
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. Almost very good condition.

Music by John Stainer. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour plates. B/w illustrations and score music with hymns and rhymes. Spine, corners and edges are bumped and worn, with some chipping. Some scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning/foxing to endpaprs and to some pages internally. A few hinges are a little weak.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 431022
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Corners are a little bumped and worn. Foxing and grubby marks to some internal pages.

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SEE-SAW
Written by William M. Hutchison.
Stock no. 584211
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

A Book of Songs and Pictures with Original Music. Grey cloth spine with black title. Attractive colour pictorial front board shows children on a see-saw. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Quaint and intriguing rhymes. Contents almost detached. One page torn. Corners rubbed.

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NELLY'S DOLLY
Written by A. Watson.
Stock no. 583430
Published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

An action song for children. Large format. Pictorial paper wraps. Words and music by Watson. Undated but believed to be c1890.

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THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 576252
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Very large format. Russet cloth, gilt title and decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. A few marks to front cover. Spine and corners just very slightly bumped. Small piece missing from lower margin of page 109. Small closed margin tears on pages 111, 113 and 161. A few faint foxspots to endpapers and a few faint margins marks else contents bright and clean. A very nice copy of this handsome book.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 575842
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. One plate missing. Frontis has margin tears repaired with tape. Corners rubbed. Contents bright and clean.

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PLAY BEETHOVEN
Written by Alison Sage. Illustrated by Terry Gabbey.
Stock no. 502452
Published by Octopus. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Contains electronic keyboard. ISBN: 0706435079.

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LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 508200
Published by Augener Ltd.. Circa 1915. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Dark yellow cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful colour illustrations. Traditional nursery rhymes with music. REDUCED from £160. Damp mark to corners of cloth covers. Contents bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is torn and creased, with some loss, mainly to rear corner edges.

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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by T.C. Micklem.
Stock no. 621843
Published by Blandford Press. Circa 1955. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows blackbirds in a pie. Cloth spine has 1" tear to one side at centre height. Boards scuffed and scratched. Corners bumped and worn. Front and rear joints cracked. Pencil writting to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso front endpaper. A little colouring to page 42.

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