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THE CHILDREN'S SONG BOOK
Written by Alfred W. Tomlyn. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Harry Rountree; A.E. Jackson; et al..
Stock no. 1312273
Published by Andersons-Edinburgh-Limited. Very good condition.

Brown decorated material covers. Title in gilt to front cover. 8 colour plates by Lawson Wood and others. Spine and corners bumped. Ink address stamp (bookseller?) to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, contents clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS
Written by Ethel Talbot; C. Chandler; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1708198
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1915. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows boy and girl in barrel boat with dog. Edges very worn, rear cover has some scuffing.

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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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LITTLE STORIES FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1207657
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w illustrations. Fables and the moral of the story. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Spine worn with some loss of surface from rear cover alongside. Contents pulled so feel a little loose. A few marks to margins otherwise contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SPIDER AND CO.
Written by S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2109150
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth with light titles and b/w decorations. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little fading along a couple of cover edges. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1305091
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Good condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some scuffing to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing to contents.

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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 CAPTAIN VOL XLIV
Written by Percy F. Westerman; Herbert Strang; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; H.M. Brock; Chris Heaps; et al..
Stock no. 814757
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1921. Very good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A Magazine for Boys. October 1920-March 1921. Spine faded. Covers unevenly faded and rubbed. Light marking to endpapers.

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THE ODD ONES
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 381569
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The "Odd Ones" were Simon, the little brother who was always left out when the two older boys at the Rectory got together, and Larry the Cairn, whose master let Rufus, a lovely red setter, take his place in his affections. Beige cloth, green titles. Charming b/w illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fading to covers (mainly to top of spine edge on rear cover). Some light foxing else contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to spine edge on rear panel.

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THE SECRET MOUNTAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 738414
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1941. Very good condition.

Being the third story of the strange adventures of the Secret Island children. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink and some writing to front endpaper. Front joint partly cracked, some hinges pulled. Contents clean. Stated "First published September 1941", this is a later printing as 1st printing was a much thicker book.

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CAESAR THE LIFE STORY OF A PANDA LEOPARD
Written by Richard Patrick Russ; Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 589147
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is Patrick O'Brian's first book, written when he was still in school, under his real name 'Patrick Russ'. Red cloth with green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Caesar is a cub in the Tibetan forests; it follows his early wild life, how he became an orphan and also tells of his capture and taming. REDUCED PRICE. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some more fading starting to affect front and back covers. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. In 2ND issue dustwrapper with colour pictorial onlay to front. The wrapper is showing browning, to same parts that are faded undernath. A few light marks but complete with no tears or chips.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 737200
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped. A dozen or so pinholes to rear cover (a couple of which penetrate the last few pages). Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942). Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green wrapper (with pictorial onlay to front) is edge creased with tears at corners which are repaired with magic tape on verso, creasing to top edge of rear panel and the same pinholes affecting the rear cover. Very slight loss at corners. A nice copy of this attractive but scarce edition.

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