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WINNIE-THE-POOH THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STORIES AND POEMS
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1329609
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st thus 2001. Very good condition.

Produced to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the publication of the very first stories about Winnie-The-Pooh. Large format. Red boards with gilt titles and vignettes. Brown endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 432 pages. ISBN: 0416199615. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. There are a couple of large creases to pages13/14 otherwise contents are fine. Contained in a slipcase which is bumped to spine and is split to top edge.

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THE TRAVELLER
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by John Piper.
Stock no. 1829607
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Poem by Walter de la Mare. Light grey cloth with gilt title to spine. 4 colour illustrations lithographed by the Baynard Press. Printed on blue paper. 34 pages. Second impression. Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at corners, a few small chips and edge-tears.

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THE BLACKBIRD IN THE LILAC
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1829552
Published by Oxford University Press. 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems for Children. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w line drawings. xi and 95 pages. Reprint. Text block browned, some foxing. Endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to gutter edges and a few light grubby marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has some foxing especially to verso. Musty odour present.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Louise Brierley.
Stock no. 1329238
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

75th anniversary edition. Blue boards with white title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. 111 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571139892. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is lightly foxed on verso and slightly faded to spine.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1329210
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 8th 1903. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Gilt to spine slightly dulled. Name plate to front free-endpaper and small white sticker with name in ink written to front pastedown. Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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THE LITTLE ONE IN BETWEEN
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329063
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

A book of 26 delightful verses accompanied with 4 beautiful colour plates. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and small embossed vignette. 59 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to contents.

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MARKO'S WEDDING
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1329053
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Re-tellings of heroic folk poetry from Serbia and of old ballads and a folk tale from England and Scotland. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 111 pages. ISBN: 0233961054. Spine bumped. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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JOYCE STRANGER'S BOOK OF HANAK'S ANIMALS
Written by Joyce Stranger. Illustrated by Mirko Hanak.
Stock no. 1329021
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Prose and poems accompany enchanting pictures of animals. White cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0460066242. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight browning at cover edges and foxing to top edges. Pale page browning and light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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A BOOK OF THE SEASONS
Written by Eve Garnett. Illustrated by Eve Garnett.
Stock no. 1328975
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An anthology of seasonal poetry. Brown cloth spine, white pictorial boards. 4 full-page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0584620047. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, foxed to spine.

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PANSIES
Written by Clifton Bingham; Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1328973
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1933. Good condition.

White cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. White covers are grubby, ink imprint to front cover. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Staples rusty. A few small brown spots to some page margins.

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THIS REALM
Written by Diane Elson. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328969
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poetry and prose by various authors (Longfellow, Blake, Thackeray, etc). Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437377059. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly grubby. Spine of wrapper is browned.

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THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by M.D. Spooner.
Stock no. 1328903
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown decorated cloth with circular onlay to front. 16 colour plates. 361 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are partly browned. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss. Price sticker to spine (7/6 net).

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