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LAURA AND LUCY
Written by Charlotte Adams.
Stock no. 584785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1866. Fair condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title blocks. 275 pages. Rear joint split with two pages detached. Top and tail of spine chipped.

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WORDS BY THE WAY-SIDE
Written by Emily Ayton. Illustrated by Henry Anelay.
Stock no. 584733
Published by Grant and Griffith. 1855. Good condition.

The Children and the Flowers. Red embossed cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w plates. Front endpaper missing. Prelims foxed. Spine split with chips at top and tail.

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THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE
Written by Thomas Hughes. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 733176
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1859. Very good condition.

'Or the long vacation ramble of a London clerk'. By the author of 'Tom Brown's school days'. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title. B/w text illustrations. 228 pages plus booklist to rear. 7 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light dampstaining to lower edges of endpapers. Joints very slightly cracked. Some light foxing. A nice copy.

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COUNTRY WALKS OF A NATURALIST WITH HIS CHILDREN
Written by Rev. W. Houghton.
Stock no. 576307
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1870. Very good condition.

Full blue leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. 8 colour plates and numerous b/w wood engravings. 2nd edition. Inscription in ink to half-title. Prelims and last few pages foxed. Corners worn.

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NURSE HEATHERDALE'S STORY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 672481
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Orange decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 191 pages plus 55 page publishers booklist. Edges rubbed. One plate detached. One gathering a bit loose.

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TRESOR DES FEVES
Written by Charles Nodier; George Sand; Leon Goslan; Alfred De Musset; P.J. Stahl. Illustrated by Tony Johannot; Maurice Sand; et al..
Stock no. 983857
Published by J. Hetzel Et Cie. Circa 1850. Almost very good condition.

Contains: Tresor Des Feves, Fleur Des Pois, Le Genie Bonhomme by Nodier; Aventures Du Prince Chenevis by Goslan; Les Fleurs Des Bois by Musset and Stahl. Pages: 325. Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering on spine.Text in French. Extensively illustrated in b/w. Corners worn. Spine has small split. A few foxspots. Undated but believed to be around 1850. Reduced from £125.

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ROBINSON DER JUNGERE
Written by Joachim Heinrich Campe.
Stock no. 986184
Published by Schulbuchandlung. 1830. Slightly better than good condition.

21st edn. 2 Vols in 1. Small format Pages: xiv, 164, 222. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering, paper boards. Heavy foxing to first half and remainder is very good.

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LES SOIREES D'HIVER
No author listed.
Stock no. 988289
Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pages:235. Original red elaborately decorated and embossed cloth, all edges gilt. 12 lithograph plates. A few foxspots to contents. Title page missing else contents very good. Undated but possibly 1850s.

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LES RECREATIONS D'EUGENIE
Written by Mme. De R..
Stock no. 986948
Published by Genets, Jeune, Libraire. 1820. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Small format Pages: 177. Contemporary full leather binding, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 3 engraved plates, plus engraved title page. Text in French. A few small chips from edge of frontis. Corners worn.

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THE COTTAGER'S FRIEND VOLUME VI AND VII
No author listed.
Stock no. 989109
Published by John Mason. 1842. Very good condition.

The Cottager's Friend and Guide of the Young for the Years 1842 and 1843 (2 volumes in 1) Pages: 196, 196. Contemporary three-quarter red leather with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. Engraved frontispieces. Corners worn.

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LEGENDS OF SAVAGE LIFE
Written by James Greenwood. Illustrated by Ernest Griset.
Stock no. 738000
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1867. Very good condition.

Rebound in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth covers. 164 pages. 36 wood engravings hand-coloured. Spine and corners rubbed, split to top of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (also states "rebound 1888"). Some foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Front board completely separated from rest of book. A decent copy of this scarce antiquarian children's book.

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THE YOUNG MAN'S COMPANION OR BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Written by Thomas Bartlett.
Stock no. 686649
Published by Thomas Kelly. Circa 1858. Fair condition.

Containing English Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Drawing and Perspective, Geography, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, History, Natural History, Chronology etc. Full brown leather binding. B/w plates. 752 pages includes index. 9 plates (of 10) present. Joints split and repaired with cloth. Boards badly worn and chipped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned.

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