A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1331462
Published by The Bodley Head. 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile edition from The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Wonderful blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Printed on one side of the paper only. All edges are gilt. A super copy contained in publishers beige card slipcase.

OH, BABY, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Written by Dr. Seuss; Tish Rabe. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1831514
Published by HarperCollins Childrens Books. Circa 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Baby, oh, baby, the places you'll go! The worlds you will visit! The friends you will know! A warm welcome to the magic and wonder of Dr. Seuss, for mothers, babies and everyone in between! Adapted by Tish Rabe. Pictorial cloth boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008241650. Sixth printing. Light knock to top front edge of boards. Contents fine. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners, and has a minor 'dint' to front. A lovely, fresh looking copy.

JOE CARPENTER & SON: AN ENGLISH NATIVITY
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 1831063
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wonderfully humorous and moving version of the Nativity Story, packed with Christmas delight. The events of Jesus' birth unfold in vivid verse and pictures, which recount the familiar story through the experiences of the inhabitants of an English village in the mists of Graham Clarke's 'anachronological' time scale. Can be performed as a play, read aloud or simply enjoyed as a picture book fror its own sake. Oblong format. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, some fold out pages. 54 pages. ISBN: 0714826766. Lower corners of boards are bumped. Boards are otherwise clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine and top spine edge.

OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1831030
Published by Faber & Faber. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. Cream cloth with red title to spine and picture of two cats dancing to front cover. Colour illustrations, 50 pages. Ninth impression. Some foxspots to cloth boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Blue ink smudges to page 37 and facing illustration (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) - not too bad. Else contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned, worn at top & tail of spine with slight loss.

RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830969
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241891302. Boards slightly grubby. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has remains of old price label to front flap and is lightly rubbed at corners.

SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330690
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some small, light marks to covers. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and textblock. Half title-page is browned. Some light spotting and fingering to page margins but generally contents clean.

PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1330672
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front (also cream/gilt illustration 'He told me his dreams'). Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Illustrated pastedowns. Spine and corners bumped. Spine very slightly darkened. Light stain to rear cover. Endpapers and textblock slightly browned. Some light foxing to contents. Scarce original wrapper is slightly edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and darkened to spine.

HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1830709
Published by The Bodley Head. 1975. Very good condition.

Two nonsense nursery rhymes wonderfully illustrated by full-page colour pictures. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370007743. Second impression. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330277
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile reproduction of the original edition published October 1927. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. ISBN: 0416196713. Neat inscription in ink to half title-page. Minimal fading to spine. White slip is foxed with a couple of small edge tears.

PIXIELAND RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1329995
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Pixie Book Series. Very small format (4 x 4 inches). Pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. Covers are slightly edge rubbed. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents are slightly pulled at top staple but still tightly bound. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly marked.