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DOWN ON THE FARM
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402522
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Jerry's first visit to a farm and what he saw there. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 47 pages. Spine bumped, rubbed and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some scuffing to board edges. Cover grubby. Light creasing to endpaper. A little foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins.

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THE MYSTERY OF CABBAGE-PATCH HOUSE
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1312267
Published by Partridge. Good condition.

Small format, 6 x 5". Brown boards with large onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine worn and chipped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some fading to edges of rear cover. Small booksellers label to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. "The butterfly" written in child's hand underneath text illustration on last text page. Margin tear to inside margin of frontis. Child's name written in biro a couple of times to title-page (with some doodles as well).

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1709002
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 4th 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are bright. A few hinges are a little pulled and stitching becoming a little weak in a couple of places. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss to corners, small tape repair to top of front panel and top of spine and is grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310567
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. A nice copy.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Esther Branthwaite; Duncan McLaren; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310566
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows young boy sailor with a small girl on his shoulder. First story is "Molly's Decision" (this is a long story serialised throughout the annual) by Branthwaite. Colour plates mounted on green paper plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded with small dark mark to centre. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers browned, small piece chipped from lower edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. One plate has slight damage to edges, one mount has very slight paper damage to verso.

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OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1501367
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children carol singing. Tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Includes 3 colour plates by Wain plus some b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and board edges worn. Small pieces of paper missing from both front and rear board. Front board lightly scratched. Tiny hole near to centre of front endpaper. A little foxing and one or two marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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CLATTER! CLATTER!! BANG!!!
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 2109684
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Chipping, with couple of tiny splits to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Small page margin tear to title page and one other page to text. Illustrations are lovely and bright! Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; around 2" loss along bottom of rear cover and spine; other smaller areas of loss to corners etc; some grubby marks.

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LITTLE FOLKS 1918
Written by Anne Dickson; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2109574
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1918. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. First story 'In sound of the Guns by Anne Dicks' Endpapers creased. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Covers mottled and scuffed.

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THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Allan Carter; et al..
Stock no. 1302567
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The Big Books series edited by Herbert Strang. Pictorial boards and spine (monkey to spine). 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Sai the Panther". Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is just a tiny bit grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 116
Written by Doris Pocock; Alfred Judd; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree; D. Newsome; Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 385985
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board (illustration by Lawson Wood) of dog harassing jester. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 476 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers scuffed and a little scratched. First gathering of pages (prelims) detached - held in by small piece of tape. Name in ink to front endpaper. Old glue marks to inner margins of endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Contents are generally clean.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 385119
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. circa 1947. Very good condition.

An Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Slight foxing to contents. Small stain to edge of front cover affecting first few pages. Slight musty smell to contents.

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THE TALE OF CHICKABOO CHICK
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 448352
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis and 7 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Corners worn and bumped. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and prelims. Slight odour to book.

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