A TOLKIEN BESTIARY
Written by David Day. Illustrated by Ian Miller; Michael Foreman; Allan Curless; et al..
Stock no. 1329682
Published by Artists House. 1992. Very good condition.

A comprehensive reference guide, sumptuously illustrated in colour and black and white, to all the living creatures, races, flora and fauna - that inhabited J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. Large format. Purple glazed pictorial boards. 287 pages. ISBN: 1857320840. Spine is heavily sunned (also affecting spine edges of covers). Corners lightly rubbed. Some foxing to first few and last few pages.

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UNDER THE SUN
Written by John Verney; Patricia Campbell. Illustrated by Antony Maitland; Quentin Blake; John Verney; Brian Wildsmith; et al..
Stock no. 1329239
Published by Constable Young Books Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of srories, poems and articles. Illustrated by 'many artists'. Black and white illustrations throughout. Peach cloth with gilt title to spine. 351 pages. 9.5 x 6". Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partially browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and price-cut, small tear to lower edge of rear panel.

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PICTURE AND PLAY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Mrs. Strang's Playbooks series. The Unbreakable Books. A board book with 6 thick board pages, each with large colour illustrations and a couple of sentences below. Pages bound together with 3 pieces of cloth. Slight wear to corners. Name in ink across top margin of rear cover. Some slight grubbiness to rear cover. Some marks to page margins but illustrations still bright.

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OUR DARLINGS' PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328964
Very good condition.

Mrs Strang's Play Books series. A board book. Colour illustrations with text below to each page. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light browning to cover edges. Prize plate to inside front cover (partially covering the first illustration by E. Dorothy Rees). Rear cover is slightly grubby. Contents are bright and clean.

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THE MIDLAND RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS
Written by Frederick S. Williams. Illustrated by T. Sulman; E.M. Wimperis; Frederick S. Williams; et al..
Stock no. 1829117
Published by Bemrose & Co.. 3rd 1877. Almost very good condition.

Third Edition. A Narrative of Modern Enterprise. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine & boards. B/w engravings. xvi & 681 pages including index plus reviews to rear. Boards darkened, worn at corners and top & tail of spine, top & tail of spine fraying. Text block and endpapers browned. Front joint starting to crack. A few age related marks to contents but generally clean.

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BLACKIE'S LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL 1923
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Natalie Joan; Nina K. Brisley; Ethel Talbot; Alice Talwin Morris; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Frank Hart; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328618
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with black title. Front cover shows children feeding the birds. First story is 'The New Ball Goes to See'. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are very lightly browned. Some light foxing to textblock. A nice copy.

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FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin. Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1828595
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young child in highchair wearing a blue gown and eating snacks, yellow background. Blue cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Front board lightly rubbed at edges, rear board grubby and rubbed at corners. Spine a little browned and slightly worn at top & tail. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice example.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 1828594
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young girl in blue & red dress, blue shoes, on swing with a flowering shrub and thrush singing to one side. Green cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Board covers rubbed at edges, scuffed and grubby, stained to rear board. Board contents are slightly grubby at edges and rubbed at corner tips.

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SILVER JACKANORY
Written by Joan Aiken; Helen Cresswell; Dick King-Smith; Tony Robinson; et al. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; et al..
Stock no. 1328375
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

To mark the 25th birthday of BBC TV's Jackanory a group of well-known writers were asked to write a story on the theme of silver... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 2 stories illustrated by Blake. ISBN: 0563361719. Minimal bumping to spine.

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URBAN WALLS: A GENERATION OF COLLAGE IN EUROPE & AMERICA
Written by Brandon Taylor. Illustrated by Burhan Dogancay; et al..
Stock no. 1828547
Published by Hudson Hills Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An extensive look at the history of Collage and its dialogue with the art of decollage, this book examines the movement through the work of some of its pivotal participants, artists such as Robert Rauchenberg, Mimmo Rotella, Wolf Vostell, Jacques Villegle and within this context is able to frame the work of New York-based, Turkish-born artist, Burhan Dogancay. Large format. Red title to spine, blind title to front board. Colour illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 9781555952884. A lovely copy.

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ENID BLYTON'S FOXGLOVE STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; Sylvia Venus; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328331
Published by John Gifford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Red spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Double-sided colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. Stories, puzzles, poems and strip pictures. Minimal bumping to spine. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Margin tear to one page.

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