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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 1108600
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Bumping and wear to spine and corners and cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby marks and foxing to pages.

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LITTLE CHICKS AND BABY TRICKS
Written by Ida Waugh. Illustrated by Ida Waugh.
Stock no. 1108596
Published by Griffith Farran & Co.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two young girls feeding the chickens. Colour illustrations accompany the verses. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. A little chipping along cover edges and to laminate on covers. New front endpapers. Foxing and grubby margin marks to some pages.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1108591
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1920. Good condition.

Blue illustrated cloth covers. 3 colour plates. 320 pages. 7.75 x 5.25". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some fraying to cloth at corners and to top and tail of spine. Marks to covers. Browning to pages, with some foxing. One plate is MISSING (2 of 3 present).

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A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1108589
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1924. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 288 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine is browned. Some bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine and edges; a few nicks and some edge-creasing; minimal loss.

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PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

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GAMES AND SONGS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
Written by William Wells Newell.
Stock no. 1501726
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1883. Almost very good condition.

Collected and compared by William Wells Newell. Beige cloth with pictorial front cover, brown titles to spine with decoration at top and bottom. Blue endpapers. B/w frontis. 242 pages. Covers are grubby with a couple of very small areas of damage. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front joint is cracked between frontis and title page. Endpapers grubby with patch of tape residue to front endpaper. Small area of surface paper damage near top edge of title page. A few light marks and fingermarks to contents but generally clean.

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WILBERFORCE AND THE BLUE CAVE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108570
Published by Blackie. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 021689770X. A couple of fox spots to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly browned.

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FORT WILBERFORCE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108569
Published by Blackie. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0216902150. Some browning to wrapper.

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THE SECRET OF THE CASTLE
Written by R.A.E. Walker.
Stock no. 1108557
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. Circa 1949. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, light blue covers with dark title and decoration. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Sticky tape marks to spine. Some foxing. Corners are bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is badly torn, with much loss to spine; some visible repairs with magic tape; also foxed and creased; loss to edges and corners.

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WHISKERS TO THE RESCUE AND OTHER CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Kimber; W.H. Hunter; et al.
Stock no. 1108546
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Red/brown cloth with black titles to spine and front cover, with rabbit vignette also to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Some damp marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Wrapper is nearly torn in two down one fold; chipping and some nicks; a little loss; creased.

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A YOUNG PRETENDER
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1108522
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Some page browning and foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; both flaps have been detached (one now repaired with tape); some loss to tears along edges.

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PLOT FOR THE QUEEN
Written by Margaret J. Miller. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1108521
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 035602671X. Heavy bumping along bottom edge of front cover. Ink stamp to front endpaper.

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