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THE SPIDER'S PALACE
Written by Richard Hughes. Illustrated by George Charlton.
Stock no. 1321637
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, gilt titles, gilt whale vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light darkening to cover edges. Grubby erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is foxed and browned with some stains.

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SIXPENNY WONDERFULS 6D GEMS FROM THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320956
Published by Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of the front covers of books first published between 1880 and 1914. ISBN: 0701139366. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Erased pencil markings to endpapers.

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
No author listed. Illustrated by Irana Shepherd.
Stock no. 1319596
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1977. Very good condition.

A Peepshow Book. Red pictorial glazed boards. Tie the front and back covers together to display. ISBN: 0701122234. Spine faded and slightly rubbed at top and tail. Contents fine.

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LONDON THE BIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1818737
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

822 pages. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. A definitive account of the city. ISBN: 1856197166. Two small grease spots to rear board and slight discolouration.

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THE HITLER EMIGRES: THE CULTURAL IMPACT ON BRITAIN OF REFUGEES FROM NAZISM
Written by Daniel Snowman.
Stock no. 1818466
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Cultural Impact on Britain of Refugees from Nazism. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0701168803. Text block browned. Pencil erasure marks on front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby to spine.

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FLYING AN EPITOME AND A FORECAST
Written by Claude Grahame-White.
Stock no. 2131577
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; foxing; also to page margins. Wrapper is very badly damaged; torn with half of spine MISSING: other pieces are taped back together on a white sheet of paper (now browned); tape marks etc.

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THE TUNNEL THROUGH TIME A NEW ROUTE FOR AN OLD LONDON JOURNEY
Written by Gillian Tindall.
Stock no. 2127136
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, maps and photographs. ISBN: 9780701188658. Spine slightly cocked. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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LEGENDARY BALLADS
Written by Frank Sidgwick. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 2125318
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine; blind title to front cover. A nice selection of verses with colour plates to contents. Includes Robin Hood. Red stain to rear cover and along edge of back of spine. Lighter stain to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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WHERE'S MY BABY?
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 2125250
Published by Chatto & Windus; Jarrold & Sons. Circa 1950. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards, spiral bound. Large open-out colour illustrations with small paragraph of text opposite. A lovely learning book for children. Scuffing and wear to corners and edges of covers. A few marks also to covers. Light foxing to some pages. Illustrations are still lovely and bright.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1814763
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards a little marked but gilt to front still bright. Cloth backstrip has been re-glued directly to spine, loss to top & tail, touched up with blue ink to sides. Rear hinge pulled. A few marks to contents. A few scattered foxspots. One plate has a corner crease.

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SIMPLE SIMON
Written by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 1609538
Published by Chatto & Windus. 2nd Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange illustrated boards, black titles. Some fading to spine and board edges. Browning to endpapers. Wrapper is foxed, torn and chipped with loss.

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SPOTTY
Written by Margret Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1813606
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1972. Very good condition.

Spotty is a rabbit. Cream cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0701102039. Boards scuffed. Faint grease stain to front board. A few marks to contents but illustrations nice and bright.

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