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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 2131067
Published by John Hamilton. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Bumping and chipping to corners and top and tail of spine. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing.

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PRETTY PICTURES FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 2130449
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1898. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover. B/w photos. Scarce item. Spine is bumped and browned. Some marks to covers. Front joint is cracked; showing webbing; binding is starting to weaken. Staples have rusted; showing through to pages.

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BO-PEEP'S BUMPER BOOK 1937
Written by Clara Pownall; et al. Illustrated by S. Jacobs; Phyllis Cooper; Mildred Entwisle; et al..
Stock no. 2130318
Published by The Amalgamated Press Limited. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine; onlay to spine; pictorial covers. First story is 'The Smallest Bridge In The World'. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover corners and edges; damp marking to rear cover. Browning and foxing.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - SEVENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Mabel Lucie Attwell; S.B. Pearse; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 2130301
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl giving rabbit a carrot. 320 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; edges have been 'touched up' with colour ink. Uneven browning to spine. Marks to rear cover. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE PANSY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; William Blake; et al. Illustrated by Chloe Preston; Lilian A. Govey; et al.; Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129168
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Edited by Strang. Colour plates, b/w and two-tone illustrations. One corner of onlay to front cover has been torn off. Spine is faded with damp stains spreading to both boards. Bumping and wear to covers and corners. Some foxing throughout. Colour plates are still very good.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 31ST YEAR
Written by Barbara C. Freeman; Norman Hunter; Ruth Ainsworth; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Cicely Mary Barker; Peter Fraser; Kenneth Harrow; et al..
Stock no. 2128131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine with dark titles. Pictorial front cover shows four children at a campfire. Colour plates plus colour and b/w illustrations. Marks to spine; splash mark to top. Scuff marks to covers. Wear and bumping to corners. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

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AIRLINERS OF THE 1930S
Written by John Stroud; Bill Gunston. Illustrated by John Batchelor; et al..
Stock no. 2127798
Published by Phoebus. 1980. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The Illustrated International Aircraft Guide. Colour artwork by Batchelor. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Some browning to cover edges and page edges. A little creasing to corners.

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JOLLY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 2127788
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards show children drawing on blackboard. First story is "The Elf-Girl and the Prince". Pretty colour plates by Temple. B/w illustrations throughout including one small picture by Wain featuring 3 cats in the sea. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to page. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is creased with a few large tears and chips; only a little loss to a couple of corners and top of spine.

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MINI CRUCIBLE
Written by Jane Buck; Claude Koenig. Illustrated by Anthony Abrahams; David Backhouse; David Bailey; et al..
Stock no. 2127737
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. A later addition after 'Crucible' and Crucible 2 exhibitions in Gloucester Cathedral. This shows off some of the artists' other work.

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ALL FEMALE CAST
Written by Ann Elliott. Illustrated by Ann Christopher; et al..
Stock no. 1816467
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Exhibition catalogue of bronze sculpture by an all female cast. Cardwraps. 70 pages.

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SEVEN MASTER PRINTMAKERS INNOVATIONS IN THE EIGHTIES
Written by Riva Castleman. Illustrated by Jim Dine; David Hockney; Jasper Johns; et al..
Stock no. 2126543
Published by The Museum of Modern Art. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Museum of Modern Art New York. Oblong format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0870701940. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE ITS FORM, COLOUR, & HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edwin Foley. Illustrated by Edwin Foley; et al..
Stock no. 2126391
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spines; blind titles and decorations to front covers. With One Hundred Reproductions in Full-Colour Facsimile of Drawings by the Author, and One Thousand Text Illustrations; Correlated Charts of British Woodwork Styles and Contemporaries; Decorative Furnishing Accessories; Principle Trees; &c. Bumping and wear to spines, corners and cover edges. Tear to top of spine on Volume II. Other smaller nicks and chips, with some fraying to cloth. What looks like damp marks to bottom of front cover of Volume II. Spotting to covers. All plates present. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.

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