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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504452
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED, with best wishes, by illustrator on title page. Spine is faded and some uneven fading to front cover. Small erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Bookplate with name on to verso of front endpaper. A few light fox spots to prelims.

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RHYMES OF OLD TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1314642
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream cloth, dark green titles and decorative peach border to front cover. Beautiful mounted colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. 108 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers a bit grubby with a light splash mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504446
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Very light indentation line to rear cover. Erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper otherwise contents clean.

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THE FARMER'S BOY
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

One of Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. 8 delightful colour illus. B/w text illus. 30 pages.9.25" x 8.25". Colour illustrated boards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. First and last pages lightly browned and foxed otherwise contents bright and clean.

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JOHNNY CROW'S PARTY
Written by L. Leslie Brooke. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2116785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with green title. Green boards, white title and oval pictorial onlay to front. Endpapers are maps of the Maze in Johnny Crow's Garden. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Grubby marks to spine. Browning to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by J.A. Symington; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1504314
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Treasure Trove Series. Grey boards with pictorial onlay, blue and green titles and borders. With Four Coloured Illustrations, one by Louis Wain, plus many b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. 0.5" split with flap at top of spine. Covers grubby with marks. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A little light foxing. Page edges browned. A few grubby marks and fingermarks to contents.

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NURSERY RHYMES PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Norman T. Stephenson.
Stock no. 1314416
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Black cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers edge rubbed, corners very slightly worn. Contents pulled at top staple but still firmly attached. Some light foxing.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1314407
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Spine bumped. Corners worn with slight loss to lower front corner. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314401
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine slightly bumped. Cream cloth is ever so slightly grubby. There is a tiny nick to top edge of rear cover. Rear free-endpaper is creased. Front joint is just starting to crack. There is some very light fingering to page margins. This is a nice, attractive copy.

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FRIENDLY ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1504045
Published by Oxford University Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Green Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Some wear to spine and cover edges. Staples rusty causing small marks to covers and pages, centre pages detached. Loss of surface paper on covers alongside lower staple. Contents very good.

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LITTLE BO-PEEP'S NURSERY RHYME BOARD BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.W.B..
Stock no. 1403232
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

A six page board book containing 11 nursery rhymes. Large colour illustrations with text either above or beneath the illustration. Decorative borders on each page. Bound with four plastic 'spirals'. Board edges are rubbed and a little worn. Inscription to top of front cover. Mark to edge of front cover. Small green mark to edge of text block. A little browning to pages but contents generally clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1313852
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean.

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