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THE BIG BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1806827
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Front shows little girl with a dog. First story is "The Party". Edges rubbed. Front joint between front endpaper and frontispiece is starting to pull. Contents clean.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2108586
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges, prelims and some page margins.

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THE COCKPIT FLYING ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG PILOTS
Written by W.E. Johns; Arch Whitehouse; Rudolf Stark; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 1308325
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Flying Adventures For Young Pilots. Large format. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vigette of a plane to front cover. Eight coloured plates by Bradshaw, other illustrations by Leigh. Johns story is "The Ace of Spades". Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and foxed. Some light staining to covers. Front joint cracked. Contents browned but clean.

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FLAMINGOS
Written by Janet Kear; Nicole Duplaix-Hall; et al.
Stock no. 1806315
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. Papers from the International Flamingo Symposium, aiming to disseminate knowledge that will help improve captive conditions. ISBN: 0856610070. Minor foxing to text block and a few margins else contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn, faded to spine and scuffed.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 25TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; Evelyn Everett-Green; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; E. Stuart Hardy; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1307930
Published by Ernest Nister. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover shows little girl holding two young dogs. First story is "A Hole in Fairyland". 179 pages. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light wrinkles in cloth covers. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, date in crayon to endpaper. Front joint is just starting to crack. Some light fingering and page browning to margins else contents clean.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. XLVII 1954
Written by E.M. Nicholson; et al.
Stock no. 1706173
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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MASTERWORKS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE VOLUME 1
Written by Francelia Butler; et al.
Stock no. 1705875
Published by Chelsea House Publishers; The Stonehill Publishing Company. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Early Years C. 1550- c. 1739. Volume one ONLY. ISBN: 0877543755. Publisher Allen Lane Stickers added with additional ISBN of 0713916966. Wrapper grubby.

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MASTERWORKS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE VOLUME 2 1550-1739 THE EARLY YEARS
Written by Francelia Butler; et al.
Stock no. 1705874
Published by Chelsea House Publishers; The Stonehill Publishing Company. 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

372 pages. ISBN: 0877543763. Publisher Allen Lane Stickers added with additional ISBN of 0713916974. Wrapper torn with some loss.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. XLVII 1954
Written by E.M. Nicholson; et al.
Stock no. 1705277
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Corners rubbed.

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ART AGAINST DEATH
Written by Vojtech Blodig; et al.
Stock no. 1602551
Published by Helena Osvaldova. 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Permanent exhibitions of the Terezin Memorial in the former Magdeburg barracks. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 8085433834. Wrapper edge creased.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2105981
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Covers are worn, with some chipping and loss of paper; cloth showing through. Some foxing and browning to pages.

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VERSAILLES 1919 AUS DER SICHT VON ZEITZEUGEN
Written by Sebastian Haffner; et al.
Stock no. 1205894
Published by Herbig. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

416 pages. B/w maps. Text in German. ISBN: 3776622806.

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