R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1402766
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; the Babes In The Wood; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. Brown and red pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. All edges red. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some bumping to cover edges. Covers are grubby. Name on a label to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers. Page browning and the occasional light mark otherwise contents are generally clean.

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NURSERY VERSES
Written by C.S. Argyle. Illustrated by C.S. Argyle.
Stock no. 1502977
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with silver titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 45 pages. SIGNED by author to front endpaper with best wishes greeting. Lower front corner of front cover bumped. Last page has some dark shading. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn and a bit grubby.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1313162
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Almost very good condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Spine and corners bumped, spine split along rear edge (but not detached). Covers foxed. Initials and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Front joint is broken at lower half, rear joint is cracking. There are a few neat ink entries but generally the contents are clean and mainly unused.

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STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2114800
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers have faded. A little scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots; odd margin mark.

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THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR SEVEN AT A BLOW
Written by Frederic B. Saywell. Illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey.
Stock no. 2114799
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin tear to page 38. A couple of light creases.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 2114719
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

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GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

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THE DARLING BOOK
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1109461
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards. Embossed feel illustration to front board in colour depicts two young girls picking tulips. Full page colour illustration accompanied by a verse on facing page. Back strip worn with loss. Foxing to pictorial boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1710936
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Area of surface loss to front panel. Edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 2114541
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Book has been rebacked, with new spine and endpapers. Scuffing to covers; chipping and bumping to edges. Some grubby margin marks and foxin. Damp mark to bottom corner of some pages, next to spine.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312474
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1915. Very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, heavy name in pencil to front endpaper has been partially erased. Pale page edge browning. Plates all present and in fine condition. Includes "National Bands" - a speech by Rudyard Kipling, delivered at the Mansion House on Jan 27 1915.

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