SIXPENNY WONDERFULS 6D GEMS FROM THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320956
Published by Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of the front covers of books first published between 1880 and 1914. ISBN: 0701139366. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Erased pencil markings to endpapers.

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THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1566-1910 A CATALOGUE
Written by Judith St. John; Edgar Osborne.
Stock no. 2124560
Published by Toronto Public Library. 1966. Very good condition.

Reprint edition, with Minor corrections. Green/blue spine and covers, gilt title. Bumping to corners. Some uneven fading to cover edges and some page edges internally.

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SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE
Written by Ronald Searle. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1815454
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

"Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting" - the unvarnished truth of the book-seller's jargon is here exposed in one of the funniest and most entertaining books - a must for book sellers and collectors alike. Brown cloth. 124pp. 12 x 8.75". ISBN: 028562945X. Text block has minor foxing. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Eric Quayle.
Stock no. 2122426
Published by Studio Vista. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Describing works from the late 16th century to the present day.Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0289702038. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper is a little faded to spine.

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THE IBIS JOURNAL 4 PHANTASIES AND DREAMS
Written by Geoffrey Beare. Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell; Arthur Hughes; Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1812716
Published by The Imaginative Book Illustration Society. 1st 2011. Fine condition.

Introduction by Geoffrey Beare. Articles about illustrations of Robert Anning Bell; Arthur Hughes; and Florence Mary Anderson. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 9780953559640. A lovely copy.

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THE IBIS JOURNAL 1 ASPECTS OF ILLUSTRATION
Written by Robin Greer; et al. Illustrated by Willy Pogany; Alice B. Woodward; et al..
Stock no. 1208609
Published by The Imaginative Book Illustration Society. 1st 1999. Fine condition.

White pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bibliographies and essays on book illustration. Includes articles on Alice B. Woodward and Willy Pogany. ISBN: 0095559602.

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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.

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WHO'S WHO IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS A TREASURY OF THE FAMILIAR CHARACTERS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Margery Fisher.
Stock no. 1403445
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 3rd 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A personal collection of characters, some famous and others less familiar, from the world of children's fiction. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and vignette to front board. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0297770373. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and creased. Spine is faded. Small tear to front panel is mended with tape on verso. Couple of small marks.

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THE BEST OF BRITISH PLUCK
Written by Philip Warner.
Stock no. 2113275
Published by Book Club Associates. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of the Boy's Own Paper. Articles from the earlier years when the magazine had its widest-ranging appeal. Recreating the vigorous spirit for which the Boy's Own Paper became a household name. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Some light wear to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a couple of tiny nicks.

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THE LINDLEY LIBRAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1708833
Published by Royal Horticultural society. 1927. Very good condition.

Blue cloth gilt titles. Corners bumped. A little relevant annotation.

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FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700-1900
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell; Handasyde Buchanan; James Fisher.
Stock no. 1708677
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With a Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0854932038. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS, BOTANICAL GARDENS
Written by Elizabeth Pomeroy.
Stock no. 2111088
Published by Scalo; Philip Wilson. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0935748563. Reprint, with some revisions. Odd mark to endpapers and prelims. A little edge-creasing to wrapper.

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