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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1208893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Dark grey boards, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Beautiful colour plates. Music by Horace Mansion. Songs in French. All plates present. Spine bumped, corners worn. Wear to lower edges. Covers scuffed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Closed tear to lower margin of page 15. Contents clean.

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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1208799
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Green boards, blue cloth spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. Beautiful colour plates. Music by Horace Mansion. All plates present. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. A few very small scuff marks to onlay. Endpapers browned. Some foxspots to contents. Two pages have small closed tear at lower margin. Plates clean and bright.

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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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ROWAN BARNES-MURPHY'S MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 2123796
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial glazed boards, large format. Pale blue endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. 156 pages. ISBN: 0340501227. Small bookseller label to bottom of front pastedown. A few margin marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears to top and tail of spine, which is also faded.

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QUENTIN BLAKE'S NURSERY RHYME BOOK
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1814627
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224021443. Spine lightly browned. A few minor foxspots.

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THIS YEAR: NEXT YEAR
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2123608
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text surrounded by colour boarder. Small splits to top and tail of spine on both sides, with chipping and some loss. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; some foxing and marks.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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QUAKE, QUAKE, QUAKE
Written by Paul Dehn; Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1208712
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. hair-raising parodies of familiar verses. Terrifying if they were not so funny - and funny if they were not so terrifying! Yellow mottled boards with green title to spine and vignette of tree to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. A few faint margin marks to contents. Wrapper is price-cut, nicked and rubbed at corners with a small closed tear at lower spine.

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DITTIES FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1507497
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Some of the rhymes that delighted children in the reign of George III. Dark blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-Library with ink stamp, tape and labels removed from front endpapers, writing to publisher's page, rest of contents unmarked. Some light foxing, mainly to text block. Dustwrapper has fading to spine and panels alongside, also small tear to front panel.

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AUNTIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1507462
Published by Augener Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 3 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Floral decorated boards with circular picture to front. Small oblong format. Pretty pastel illustrations every page. A little wear to spine and corners. Just a couple of light foxspots. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small chips and tears, small amount of loss from top edge of rear panel. Also slightly grubby with light browning to flaps.

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BABY'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1507460
Published by Augener Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 6 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Small oblong format. Decorated paperboards. Full-page colour illustrations facing well-known rhymes. Small amount of wear to spine and corners. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and chips, slight loss from top of spine and rear fold. Spots of surface loss from title on spine. Also a bit grubby. Light browning to flaps.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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