MY OWN BOOK OF SHORT VERSES IN SHORT WORDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 724440
Published by David Ogilvy. Fair condition.

Small format, 4.75 x 6". Grey decorated cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout with short verses on opposite pages. Covers worn and creased with a few small tears, spine covered with brown tape. Contents restitched (including some tears to pages). Some brown spots and fingering to pages. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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CHILDREN'S ALBUM
No author listed.
Stock no. 730719
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Circa 1873. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. ABC, 1-10, short stories and pieces of music. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Covers slightly marked. Inscription in ink (dated 1873) to front endpaper. Appears to have been rebound as there is no title-page, the book starts at the Contents page and then page 11 (which is the end of the ABC). Grubby marks to first few pages. A couple of pages have tape repairs. Contents generally clean.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 731842
Circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Corners worn, edges scuffed, some slight scuffing to covers. Name in ink to half-title page. Some hinges pulled. A few page margins a bit fingered but contents generally clean.

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DOCTOR BIRCH, THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE & REBECCA AND ROWENA
Written by M.A. Titmarsh. Illustrated by Richard Doyle; et al..
Stock no. 735519
Published by Chapman & Hall; Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1849. Very good condition.

3 volumes bound together. Attractive three-quarter burgundy leather binding with gilt title and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Doctor Birch and The Kickleburys are illustrated with full-page colour illustrations and Rebecca and Rowena is illustrated by full-page b/w illustrations by Doyle. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Front joint is just starting to crack. Light foxing to contents. First editions published in 1849 and 1850. An attractive volume.

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LITTLE TOTTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 736455
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

Aunt Friendly's Coloured Picture Book series. Blue card wraps. Charming full-page colour illustrations. Printed by Kronheim. Restitched. Some ink writing to top margin of front cover and a small ink doodle to centre of front cover. Contents a little grubby but still a nice copy.

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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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MISTER FOX
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus.
Stock no. 738889
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Almost very good condition.

Comus is the pseudonym of R.M. Ballantyne. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front. Eight colour plates. Contains music accompanied by the verse and a short story. Spine and corners worn. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (4.5 x 1") affects the lower edges of the front endpapers and first 12 pages (including 3 plates - margins only, pictures not affected). Previous owner's name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a small closed tear and light creasing to front endpaper. Not as bad as it sounds, still a nice copy.

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THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 714327
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1894. Almost very good condition.

Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages. Corners and edges rubbed. Spine bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Joints cracked. Contents clean.

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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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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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