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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 814035
Published by Castell Brothers. 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Front pastedown has advert for P.J. Lloyd's Tea. Rear pastedown has Calendar for 1893 also advertising Lloyd's Tea. P.J. Lloyd were tea men in the Bristol and Bath area. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents very clean and bright.

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EXCELSIOR
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Alice Price; F. Corbyn Price.
Stock no. 381158
Published by Meissner & Buch. Almost very good condition.

A poem. Grey cloth spine, pictorial front board. 7 full page chromolithograph illustrations, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Some page browning and foxing (particularly to inner margins) else contents clean.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 738407
Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Spine bumped and rubbed at head and tail. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Some light scuff marks to covers. Name in pencil to front pastedown. A few hinges cracked. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 737615
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers a little scratched. Inscription in ink to top margin of half-title page. Front free endpaper missing. Light foxing and fingering to contents. One page has a small ink mark to margin.

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A SIX-YEARS' DARLING
Written by Ismay Thorn.
Stock no. 585095
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Attractive colour pictorial front board showing children with snowman. B/w illustrations. Beautiful colour frontis. Subtitled "Trix in Town". Book: book plate to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to page margins. Page edge browning.

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HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 584129
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly marked. Corners worn. Rear cover scratched and grubby. Front cover slightly grubby. Foxing to front endpaper and some foxing to contents. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 1 page has closed margin tear. Some finger marks to page margins.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1892
Written by C.J. L'Estrange. Illustrated by M.J. Dicksee; et al..
Stock no. 583463
Published by Ernest Nister. 1892. Fair condition.

Large format. Bright blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 2 chromolitho plates, numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. A few pages detached. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis detached and pasted onto white paper, to stop any further edge chipping.

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SAND CASTLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 734641
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Covers and spine a bit scuffed. Tiny, faint name to top corner of rear cover. Contents a bit browned but otherwise bright and clean. A super copy of a delightful book.

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LITTLE CHICKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 733508
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. A lovely bright copy of this sweet little book. Pale page browning and very pale browning on rear cover.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1906
No author listed.
Stock no. 986586
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1906. Slightly better than very good condition.

16 chromolithograph plates. Professionally rebound with burgundy cloth spine, beige boards. January 1906 to May 1907. Contents fine, boards lightly rubbed.

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THE CHILD CHRIST AND HIS MOTHER
No author listed.
Stock no. 722644
Published by De Wolfe-Fiske & Co.. Circa 1890. Very good condition.

With Songs of Christmastide. Small square format. White cloth with circular colour illustration and gilt title to front. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. A couple of hinges slightly cracked. Some light foxing to prelims. A nice bright copy.

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