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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506041
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Slightly better than good condition.

Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with light marks and scratches and foxing to edges. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Faint erased writing to front endpaper and to verso. One hinge cracked. Light browning and a few fingermarks to contents.

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THE FARMER'S BOY
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1505849
Published by George Routledge & Sons. circa 1890. Good condition.

One of R. Caldecott's Picture Book. 9 x 8". 8 colour plus b/w illustrations. 30 pages. Tape stuck along full length of spine. Rear cover partially faded and slightly grubby along bottom edge. Contents detached from covers and string binding broken so pages are loose. A little foxing and an odd fingermark to contents.

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THE FOX JUMPS OVER THE PARSON'S GATE
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1505391
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Bottom 2" of spine split. Covers grubby with some corner creasing. Front cover partially detached from pastedown. Small bookseller's sticker to title page. Neat colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations. Foxing throughout with a few margin marks. Pencil dog doodle to rear pastedown.

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THE BABY'S OPERA
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1314407
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Colour illustrations and text decorations printed by Edmund Evans. Spine bumped. Corners worn with slight loss to lower front corner. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1313162
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Almost very good condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Spine and corners bumped, spine split along rear edge (but not detached). Covers foxed. Initials and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Front joint is broken at lower half, rear joint is cracking. There are a few neat ink entries but generally the contents are clean and mainly unused.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1311052
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310234
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Very good condition.

R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 22 pages. Covers just a little grubby. Small piece chipped from lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ. OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE
Written by Nimrod. Illustrated by H. Alken; T.J. Rawlins.
Stock no. 1707044
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1869. Fair condition.

M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry with his Hunting, Racing Shooting, Driving and Extravagant Exploits. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. 18 hand coloured plates. Two (of 18) plates MISSING. Covers unevenly faded. Edges worn and bumped. Some foxing. Plate margins a little grubby but otherwise bright.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1302889
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Very good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges lightly rubbed and covers slightly scuffed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Joints cracked. Grubby fingering and other marks and light page browning but contents are generally clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1302088
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Slight rubbing to corners of covers. Small white label to rear pastedown. Contents clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 817784
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. One corner creased.

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GAMES OF SKILL AND CONJURING
No author listed.
Stock no. 811534
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1865. Very good condition.

Dark blue embossed cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w illustrations. Small format. Including - Chess; Draughts; Dominoes; Tricks with Cards. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rebacked in matching blue cloth.

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