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THE PERVERSE WIDOW AND THE WIDOW
Written by Richard Steele; Washington Irving. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 707167
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Two short stories in one volume. 3 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown card plus b/w text illustrations. Small format. Brown boards with onlay to front. Spine bumped. Name to front pastedown. Slight browning to contents. A nice copy.

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DOROTHY Q
Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Stock no. 712241
Published by Gay and Bird. Very good condition.

Together with A Ballad Of The Boston Tea Party and Grandmother's Story Of Bunker Hill Battle. Black cloth, silver titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. Top edge silver. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing and fingering to prelims. A nice copy.

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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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BRACEBRIDGE HALL
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 327336
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front and spine. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations throughout. Grey/brown endpapers. 284 pages + adverts. 7.5 x 5" Covers and spine darkened. Some joint cracked. Faint inscription to front endpaper. Contents a bit foxed but generally clean.

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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Written by A. Windsor-Richards. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 802708
Published by The Friday Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. Front endpaper removed. Two stamps to prelims and a few grubby marks to pages. Wrapper is bright and clean.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 327642
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Contents a little foxed. Otherwise a delightful copy. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn. SPine of dustwrapper browned and chipped.

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KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 721714
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From Originals Presented By Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished) With an Appreciation by Cundall. Large format. Cream cloth spine with green title, green cloth covers with gilt title to front. Mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light rubbed patch to edge of front cover. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and grubby with some loss at spine and pink watermark to front. A nice copy of a rare book, scarce in wrapper.

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FAMOUS FACES
Written by Norman Messenger. Illustrated by Norman Messenger.
Stock no. 619232
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

You can create more than 2,500 famous celebraties by mixing the famous faces. Hours of fun! ISBN: 075135273X. Spine quite heavily bumped. Couple of small holes to tail of spine.Contents fine.

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FAMOUS FACES
Written by Norman Messenger. Illustrated by Norman Messenger.
Stock no. 675009
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

You can create more than 2,500 famous celebraties by mixing the famous faces. Hours of fun! ISBN: 075135273X. Spine bumped.

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THE OPEN WINDOW
Written by E. Temple Thurston. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 327854
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and borders, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. A few hinges slightly pulled. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents generally clean.

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THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 327454
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Covers marked and bumped. One ink mark to contents (to rear of plate). Otherwise contents bright and clean.

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THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 621519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1928. Very good condition.

The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners rubbed, lower front corner worn. Lower front edge rubbed & fraying. A few marks to rear cover. Top & tail of spine rubbed. Top of spine discoloured. Corners bumped. Contents clean.

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