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BLACKIE'S LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL 1923
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Natalie Joan; Nina K. Brisley; Ethel Talbot; Alice Talwin Morris; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Frank Hart; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328618
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with black title. Front cover shows children feeding the birds. First story is 'The New Ball Goes to See'. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are very lightly browned. Some light foxing to textblock. A nice copy.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S DIARY FOR 1920
Written by Lilian Holmes. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325407
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. 1920. Good condition.

Small format. Beige cloth with large colour only to front. 6 colour plates with verses on the rear. Spaces for each day of the year plus other sections at rear. Covers warped. Joints and hinges cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents unused but foxed.

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JOSEPHINE AND HER DOLLS
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325064
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth. 12 mounted colour plates (with tissue-guards) plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Bump/dent to top edge of rear cover. White cloth slightly grubby, spine browned. Some light foxing to prelims. Tobacco smell to contents.

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THE CHILDREN'S KING ARTHUR
Written by F.H. Lee. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2136291
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles to front and spine. Colour frontispiece by Rowland Wheelwright. B/w illustrations. 78 pages. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit scuffed to front panel.

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THE THIRTEENTH ORPHAN
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1321791
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Endpapers decorated with fairies. Colour frontis. B/w plates and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light dusty mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss and grubby on rear panel.

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JOE RABBIT AND GIANT FINN MCCOUL
Written by George C. Nash. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1321785
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red titles and vignettes. 159 numbered pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some light rubbing/bumping to cover edges. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to contents and some small marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some marks and browned to spine.

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BUSY LITTLE FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Ethel K. Burgess; Harold Earnshaw; N. Buchanan; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1320060
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, front shows two children gardening, Blackie's picture Books advert to rear. 8.5 x 6". Full page colour illustration to insides of covers. Stories and rhymes with b/w illustrations. Rear cover is a little grubby. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Split to lower 2" of spine. Some slight fingering to page margins.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - NINTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Constance Heward; Dixon Rutherford; et al. Illustrated by Peter Fraser; Honor C. Appleton; Hilda Cowham; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1318355
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows black cat and white dog, blue spine with white titles and horse's head. First story is 'The Housing Problem'. 287 pages plus one page book list. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Small dent to top edge of rear cover. Vertical crease to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Heavy foxing to contents, mainly textblock and some other marks.

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JOSEPHINE KEEPS HOUSE
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2130344
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. 8 coloured illustrations plus b/w drawings. 63 pages. 7 x 5.5". The Miniature Series. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Colour frontis is creased. Wrapper is grubby with some wrinkling; appears to have damp marking to verso.

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JOSEPHINE KEEPS HOUSE
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2125664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Buff paper-covered boards with cream cloth spine. Colour onlay to front cover. 8 exquisite colour plates plus 16 b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Damp/splash mark to top corner of front cover and along top of rear cover. Spine is grubby. Some foxing. All plates present.

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COLLINS' CHILDREN'S ANNUAL
Written by Katharine Tynan; Christine Chaundler; Ethel Talbot; Katharine Oldmeadow; et al. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton; A.A. Dixon; Agnes Richardson; R. James Williams; et al..
Stock no. 2125067
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format, cloth spine, front cover shows two children sledging, three stood behind. 5 colour plates plus 23 full page colour illustrations, b/w illustrations to text. 184 pages. First story is Chris's Knight by Tynan. Heavy bumping and wear along cover edges and to spine; some chipping. Fading to spine. Foxing to rear cover and throughout book.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Written by William Blake; Thomas S. Seccombe. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1406398
Published by Herbert & Daniel. Slightly better than good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration. Preface by Seccombe. 12 colour plates with captioned paper guards by Appleton. 49 pages. Decorated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and board edges browned. Covers a little grubby. Front endpaper has been REMOVED. Joints and several hinges cracked. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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