SUN BABIES
Written by Cornelia Sorabji.
Stock no. 2130304
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1929. Good condition.

Large format. Grey boards with pictorial onlay. 8 Studies in colour by G.H. Spine is very browned with splits and fraying to cloth. Browning and spotting to covers. Score mark to onlay to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. Grubby marks to pages. A working copy!

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A LITTLE BOOK OF OLD RHYMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2129892
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, black titles to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. Decorated endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Foxing to outer page edges and some internal pages. Wrapper is price-cut with name in ink to front flap; couple of closed edge-tears; some grubby marks.

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MY BOOK OF ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129672
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Picture-Book For Little Folk. First animal is 'The Wolf', last animal looked at is 'The Whale'. Some scuffing to covers. Wear to spine; small nicks to top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are partially cracked. Some foxing throughout.

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LESLIE DEXTER CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 2129099
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth. Front covers shows ship at docks, spine shows sailor looking out. Yellow/cream titles. 6 b/w plates. Top edge blue. 255 pages. Light bumping along cover edges. A few marks and light foxspots to outer page edges. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to base of spine; a few marks; some chips and nicks, but minimal loss.

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THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2128140
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A fantastic collection of nursery rhymes! Soft green leather/suede covers, gilt titles. . Gilt page edges. Colour frontis piece. Some two tone colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Larger format. Heavy wear and some damage to cover edges. Pastedowns are starting to come away from suede at edges; also creased. Marks to covers; a few nicks. Some damp marks along a few edges. Some margin marks, but contents are still generally very good in this more unusual format of this title!

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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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THE THREE JOVIAL PUPPIES
Written by E.D. Cuming. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 2127501
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, dark pictorial covers. Colour illustrations and rhymes. A tale of three foxhound puppies. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Foxing and some page browning. Appears to rear joint has been repaired.

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THE STORY OF THE FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2126686
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Large colour illustrations pages, with text on opposite page. Some b/w illustrations. Rebacked, with new cloth spine, but still retains original colour pictorial endpapers, which have been restuck. Uneven fading to cover edges; some marks. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. A few grubby finger marks. Text pages are uncut at long edge (published like this). Colour illustrations are lovely and bright.

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TENNYSON'S GUINEVERE AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 2126384
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Deluxe white binding with gilt titles and decorations to spine, gilt illustration to front cover. 24 tissue-guarded tipped-in colour plates, mounted on green card. 12 full-page b/w illustrations and other decorations. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Green pictorial endpapers. Wear to a couple of tiny nicks to cloth at top and tail of spine. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some pages internally. Contents page has corner creased. All plates are present and are in gorgeous condition!

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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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THE BIG BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2125303
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with super gilt titles and vignettes of animals to front cover and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 28 colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 293 pages. Spine is bumped and faded. A few small splash marks to rear cover. Name in ink to half-title page. Foxing heavy to prelims, lightly to other areas, including page margins. Frontis is creased to edges with a couple of small edge-nicks. All plates present.

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JOLLY OLD SPORTS
Written by Frank Adams. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2124745
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1922. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine with light blue/green boards; colour pictorial onlay to front cover. With 36 full-page colour illustrations. Splitting to cloth spine, with some fraying at edges. Fading/browning to cover edges. A few scuff marks and some indentation marks to covers. Heavy foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Illustrations are beautifully bright. Just a few small page margin tears and marks, otherwise contents are very good indeed!

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