BALLADS AND LYRICS OF LOVE
Written by Frank Sidgwick. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 1406389
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Introduction by Sidgwick. Top edge gilt, other edges are untrimmed. 10 colour plates. 178 pages. 9.5 x 6.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some fraying of cloth. Spine browned and gilt dulled. Couple of small indents on front cover. Covers unevenly faded and a little grubby. Some hinges are cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and page edges browned. Couple of creases to rear endpaper. A little foxing and fingering.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1404868
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. Spine bumped and browned. Cloth split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Top of boards browned. Inscription in ink to prelim. Endpapers browned. Stitching to top of one gathering of pages undone. Some foxing and light fingering otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND
Written by Abbot Gasquet. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 2116754
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth covers. Gilt decorative and text. A fascinating insight into the English monastic life exquisitely illustrated in colour. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine, with a couple of chips to cloth at top. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing. A few page edges have tears, with a bit of loss, where at one time pages were uncut and they have not been cut neatly.

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ANOTHER KIND OF MAGIC
Written by Mollie Harris. Illustrated by John Ward; John Sergeant.
Stock no. 1713398
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Journeys on foot or bicycle over the hills and in the Cotswold villages. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0701117656. SIGNED by Illustrator 'John Sergeant' with a dedication to front endpaper. Wrapper spine faded and a little grubby.

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THE DREAM DRAGON
Written by Patricia Drew. Illustrated by Patricia Drew.
Stock no. 1810296
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

The dream dragon goes off in search of a friend. Oblong format. Glazed boards. Two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0701150866. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 2114719
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing to corners. Chipping to cloth at top and tail of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby margin marks throughout. Stitching is pulled in a few places.

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STEINLEN AND HIS ART TWENTY-FOUR CARTOONS
No author listed. Illustrated by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
Stock no. 1710303
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1911. Fair condition.

Large format. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations tipped-in on all four corners. With a critical introduction and descriptive notes. Backstrip missing. Rear board detached, front board fragile at binding. All plates present. Fraying to cloth edges. Rippling to cloth on front cover. 1 plate has a large closed tear. Odd margin mark.

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BIRD, BEAST AND FLOWER
Written by Ian Parsons. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 2112600
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. Watercolours by Angel. Poems chosen by Parsons. ISBN: 0701124113. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with a few grubby marks.

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WHITE ROSE AND WANDERER
Written by Molly Holden. Illustrated by Michael Charlton.
Stock no. 2112591
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complex and emotionally-charged family dilemma. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 122 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0701150114. Wrapper is browned, with some edge-creasing and a few closed tears/nicks.

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BARTONWOOD
Written by John Moat.
Stock no. 1605613
Published by Chatto & Windus. 2nd 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interesting, fascinating, strange and magical book in which the hero, a boy with a gift for riddles, fights for the freedom of the wood. The story reaches its haunting showdown on Christmas Eve. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0701123125. Spine bumped.

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THACKERAYANA NOTES AND ANECDOTES
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 2112160
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1880. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt/black vignettes to front cover. Depicting Humorous Incidents in his School Life, and Favourite Scenes and Characters in the Books of his Every-day Reading. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Some foxing and page browning. Page edges are 'scraggy', where some pages have been uncut - but have been 'cut', but not neatly - some tears to these pages.

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CHILDHOOD
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1311253
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. A book of poems. Spine and corners bumped. Covers faded and damp stained, old tape mark to edge of rear cover. Spine slightly darkened. Inscription in ink and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents and some light fingering else clean.

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