CHILDREN IN VERSE
Written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 713246
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

50 songs of playful childhood. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine, embossed title and vignette to front cover (signifying 2nd issue). 8 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few grubby spots to covers. Old booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some light foxing. A desirable copy of the second issue of first edition (no gilt stamping to front cover).

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CHILDREN IN VERSE
Written by Thomas Burke. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 805720
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

50 songs of playful childhood. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine, embossed title and vignette to front cover (signifying 2nd issue). 8 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Second issue of the first edition (no gilt stamping to front cover).

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SONGS FOR YOUTH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 720827
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1924. Very good condition.

From collected verse by Kipling. Red cloth, black titles. 243 pages. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Foxing to outer page edges. Endpapers browned. Some slight surface paper damage to front pastedown.

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MORE JUMBO STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 719550
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, cream titles. Full-page colour illustrations and b/w pictures to text. Story in verse. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Name and address in belongs to box. colouring to first couple of b/w illustrations. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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MY OWN BOOK OF SHORT VERSES IN SHORT WORDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 724440
Published by David Ogilvy. Fair condition.

Small format, 4.75 x 6". Grey decorated cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout with short verses on opposite pages. Covers worn and creased with a few small tears, spine covered with brown tape. Contents restitched (including some tears to pages). Some brown spots and fingering to pages. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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YOU'LL LOVE THIS STUFF!
Written by Morag Styles. Illustrated by Bernard Georges.
Stock no. 731001
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Poems from different cultures selected by Styles. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521312752. SIGNED with inscription by author on title-page. Light creasing/rubbing to covers. Initials in ink inside front cover. Contents clean.

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A GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETRY FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS
Written by Barrie Wade.
Stock no. 731058
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A practical guide to finding and choosing poetry for children. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1859281419. Spine and corners bumped.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 731842
Circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Corners worn, edges scuffed, some slight scuffing to covers. Name in ink to half-title page. Some hinges pulled. A few page margins a bit fingered but contents generally clean.

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THE MEN OF WARE
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by W.J. Hodgson.
Stock no. 565266
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Slightly better than good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine heavily worn. Covers grubby.

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UNDER MOTHER'S WING
Written by Lucy Clifford. Illustrated by J.K..
Stock no. 330517
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

Short stories and poems. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. 32 pages. Spine professionally rebacked, new endpapers. Corners slightly worn, some loss of paper to rear side of spine and a couple of small tears to front side. Contents a little grubby and foxed.

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THE MAIDS OF LEE
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by W.J. Hodgson.
Stock no. 565265
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top and bottom of spine chipped with loss.

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JOHN GILPIN
Written by William Cowper. Illustrated by C. Gifford Ambler.
Stock no. 569241
Published by P.M. (Productions) Ltd.. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Backstrip very worn.

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