MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1814724
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Slight browning to top & tail of spine. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slight faded to spine, edge-worn and grubby, small piece of loss to rear panel.

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CITY OF GOLD AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1813291
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 ins. 24 full page colour illustrations and b/w textual illustrations throughout. A highly unusual rendering of 33 Old Testament stories by the author, who has fused the individual stories into an account of the development of the scattered Tribes of Israel, who were to build the Temple in Jerusalem; suffer a decline, culminating in the destruction of the City of Gold. Each story is re-told with vigor from a different contemporary perspective, as would have been the case in the earliest oral traditions before these stories were written down. A Carnegie Medal winner. ISBN: 0575028831. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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THE STORY OF MOSES, THE STORY OF RUTH, THE STORY OF SOLOMON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506755
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue covers with gilt border. 11 x 8.5". Three stories bound in one volume. 8 text pages plus 4 full page chromolithograph illustrations to each volume. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Front joint cracked. Name to top edge of verso of frontis in each volume, some transfer of ink to page opposite. Brown mark to edge of Moses title page. Water stain to outside edge of both sets of endpapers. Some browning to contents but is mostly from colour illustration opposite.

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CHILDREN'S PRAYERS
Written by Sarah Wilson. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy; Fred Marriott.
Stock no. 1404808
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 7.5" x 6" Small split to bottom of spine. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Ribbon binding book is worn and frayed so contents almost detached. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1504435
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the teddy bear. This book tells of his youthful adventures while hunting for history and flying with home-made wings over the Berkshire Downs and over the village with its church, its four chapels and four public houses. Yellow boards with small gilt vignette of teddy and title in gilt to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0719534291. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Odd tiny spot to covers. Page edges are browned otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from top 2" of rear fold. Spine slightly faded.

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SUNDAY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Stock no. 1502757
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Mounted on Linen Untearable Paper. 16 Pages inc covers. Warne's Playtime Toy Books. Spine very worn, most of surface paper missing. Creasing to corners and covers a bit grubby. Staples are missing so contents detached. A few marks to contents.

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BIBLE STORIES AND PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502583
Published by Ernest Nister. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, pictorial front cover with brown cloth spine. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations to text. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby, rear cover scuffed. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. A few small marks to contents. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and prelims.

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THE LITTLE GLEANER VOL XXIV
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502475
Published by Houlston & Sons. 1877. Slightly better than good condition.

A Monthly Magazine for the Young, Jan to Dec. Small format 3.5 x 5.5". Dark brown covers with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 380 pages. Spine bumped and worn with 1" split to base and small nick to side. Corners bumped and worn. Marks to covers. Front joint cracked next between frontis and title page. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Foxing and some stains/grubby marks to endpapers and contents.

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HANUKKAH!
Written by Sara Freedland. Illustrated by Sue Clarke.
Stock no. 1401456
Published by Robson Books. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of Hanukkah is illustrated with coloured three dimensional collages. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0860517446. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Contents are fine except for box used to make dreidl which is a little creased.

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LET THERE BE LIGHT
Written by D. Newsome. Illustrated by D. Newsome.
Stock no. 1107218
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of prayers for children. 12 full-page plates in colour and decorative text drawings in red and black. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks/foxspots to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with wear to edges, a few marks and chips; creased.

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MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1107009
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some uneven fading to covers. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some foxspots and edge-nicks.

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THE MAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elsie Walker.
Stock no. 1702645
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, dark title to spine. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718801083. Bookplate to front endpaper. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut and edge-chipped.

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