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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2129855
Published by Sands & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. This book has 'Orkney House Easter 1902' in gilt to front cover. 16 b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Small chips/splits to top and tail of spine. Bookplate (Orkney House) to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to some pages. Pages 137-156 are wrinkled/creased with some edge-tears. Page wrinkling also to pages further on in book; margin marks and browning.

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BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris; Marcus Crouch. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 2129848
Published by Pelham Books. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720709865. Bumping along cover edges. Page edge browning, some foxing. Wrapper is price-cut with a few chips and nicks; a few marks.

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THE JACKY DANDY SONG BOOK
Written by Deborah Niland. Illustrated by Deborah Niland.
Stock no. 2129831
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Music by Patrick Niland. Large format. Green boars, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Musical score. ISBN: 0340266155. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper has tiny nicks to a few corners/edges.

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NAPOLEON OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2129675
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 92. Magnet issue nos. 534, 536, 537, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 546, 547 + 548. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703002678. Bumping to spine. Browning to a couple of cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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MY BOOK OF ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129672
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Picture-Book For Little Folk. First animal is 'The Wolf', last animal looked at is 'The Whale'. Some scuffing to covers. Wear to spine; small nicks to top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are partially cracked. Some foxing throughout.

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LITTLE TOOT
Written by Hardie Gramatky. Illustrated by Hardie Gramatky.
Stock no. 2129670
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Little Toot is the name of a tug-boat on a river. Some brown spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins. Wrapper is torn and creased with some repairs to verso; top torn of rear panel has a couple of inch loss - with piece inserted to 'disguise' loss.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 2129669
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Bumping o corners. Some marks and browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing/browning to endpapers; a few to page margins. Plates are lovely and bright!

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KENNELMAID NAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129651
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fade marks to spine. Ink inscription to front endpaper has been covered with white correction fluid. Foxing to outer page edges; a few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; some loss to spine and a couple of corners. Fading to wrapper spine.

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A GARDEN OF BEAUTIFUL STORIES
Written by William J. May.
Stock no. 2129641
Published by Allenson & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black title to spine. Bumping to corners. A little fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with chipping a little loss to corners; some creasing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2129624
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Spine has been repaired with yellow cloth. 4.5" loss to bottom of original paper spine; quarter inch paper loss to top. Creasing to cover corners; some foxing and a few marks. What appear to be sticky glue marks to inside front cover and opposite on belongs to page. Name in ink in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Some page corner creases. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!!!

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.

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