FUNNY FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Sybil Tawse; et al..
Stock no. 1406283
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Nelson's fireside library. Green cloth with pictorial onlay, gilt titles and pale green borders. 8 colour plates to contents. Pictorial endpapers. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light fading to rear cover which also has a couple of marks. Inlay to font cover is a little scuffed. Endpapers browned. Small mark to top of front pastedown. Inscription to verso of frontis. Heavy foxing to pages 78-80. Some light fingering.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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POCOMOTO AND THE DESERT GOLD
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1506266
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The driver of the stage-coach has been hit by a bullet. Poco and Tim Bladen search for the unknown gunman and thus become involved in a hunt for treasure in the bad lands of the Pecos country. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, couple of light bumps to lower edge of front cover. Name and date in ink to front endpaper plus small ink date stamp. Front joint ever so slightly cracked. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Text pages clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with small chips to base of spine. Rear panel and spine grubby/foxed, same on verso.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Almost very good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid.
Stock no. 1505805
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey boards, pictorial onlay. Charming tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations. The Jingle Books No. 2. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and marked with lots of light scratches to onlay. Joints have been strengthened with tape, neatly done. Endpapers a bit grubby and browned. Rusty marks to pages alongside spine from staples. A couple of numbers in child's writing to verso of half-title page. A few marks to contents, some creases and a few fox spots. All plates present, small mark to frontis and last plate.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1405242
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some fading to spine. Front cover and edges rubbed and worn. Rear cover grubby and marked. Top of rear board next to spine badly bumped. Top inner corner of contents also bumped. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges pulled. Dated inscription to front endpaper. Page 17/18 is detached from book. Browning to endpapers. A few small marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THROUGH THE WOOD
Written by Harold Avery. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1505698
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

A picture book. Large format 11.5 x 9.5", cloth spine and pictorial boards show boy watching weasels. 24 colour plates. 50 pages. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at ends. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby. A few marks/fingermarks to contents. Margin tear to first text page. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. All plates present.

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THE CHUMS
Written by John Hassall. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1405170
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

An account of the sports of Reggie Wynne and Billy Grove for one year. Red cloth spine. Red pictorial front board with cream titles. 'TNS' logo on rear board. Full page colour illustrations opposite a page of text. Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Front board is scratched. Some bubbling to paper on rear board and rear pastedown. Small patch of paper missing on rear board affecting some writing. Boards are generally grubby. Rear joint badly cracked. Small blind stamp to rear endpaper. Some black spotting and browning to endpapers. Transfer of colour from some colour illustrations to opposite page. Some foxing and fingering.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - SECOND YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1404674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Nelson's Children's Annual. Pictorial boards with red spine. Titles and vignette of a girl waving a flag on spine. Front cover shows sailor boy leaving with two girls in the background. Pictorial endpapers. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. Mixture of stories and poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Covers generally grubby. Scratches to rear board. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Couple of hinges are cracked. Vertical crease to page 137/138. Endpapers browned. Foxing to page edges. A few grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THE LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL THIRD YEAR
Written by Edward Shirley; Jacqueline Clayton; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1315068
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1916. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean.

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THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T MAKE FRIENDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1404277
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Fawn pictorial cloth, gilt title box to spine. All edges olivine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed and a little faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some light foxing and fingering otherwise contents are clean. Text block edge scuffed.

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PARTNERS
Written by H.F. Gethen. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1504247
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1933. Very good condition.

A School Story. Beige covers with oval pictorial onlay, Dark brown borders and titles. 4 colour plates. 302 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Large presentation inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and foxing, mainly to text block and prelims. Contents otherwise very good.

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