ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Stock no. 1829269
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Edition. Green pictorial cloth. Colour pictorial endpapers. 16 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 205 pages. Reprint of the 1927 children's edition. Top & tail of spine lightly stained (water mark?), spine is lightly faded. Text block browned with some foxing. Name & address and date in ink to half-title page. Prelims are a little grubby with fingering. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned & grubby, edge-worn with a few small chips at corners, top & tail of spine water stained.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1329070
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition.

Nobody knew where she came from, but for as long as the children could remember, the fairy doll had been at the top of the Christmas tree. Grey cloth, red title to spine and butterfly vignette to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Brown spot to front cover. Light damp staining to lower cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper (also white typing fluid mark). Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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MOOLTIKI AND OTHER STORIES AND POEMS OF INDIA
Written by Rumer Godden.
Stock no. 1329064
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poignant stories bring to life the real India. Bright red cloth, gilt title to spine. 135 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and slightly worn at top edges.

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PLAIN JANE
Written by Barbara Softly. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1329055
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Set in the time of the civil war between Charles I and Parliment. Jane and her twin brother find themselves unavoidable drawn into a struggle while helping their father, who is a leading Royalist. Red boards with black titles and vignette to front cover. 256 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, browned/spotted to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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WINTER'S TALES FOR CHILDREN 2
Written by Caroline Hillier. Illustrated by Meg Stevens.
Stock no. 1328764
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting miscellany of short stories and poems edited by Hillier. Blue boards with gilt vignette to front, red title strip with gilt title. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned, foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel with a couple of small edge tears.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328702
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Some slight scuffing to cover edges. Old tape to pastedowns (also to wrapper flaps), browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Section missing to lower corner of front pastedown (hidden beneath wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and has old tape marks to edges and tape to edges of flaps (as mentioned previously).

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CANDY FLOSS
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1328617
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Candy Floss was a special little doll who brought luck to the little boy who owned her. Blue boards, red titles and vignette to front. Charming colour and b/w illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Some white typing fluid to front free-endpaper and patch of pencil scribble to top corner of same page. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is a little grubby to rear panel, small tear to top of spine.

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MOUSE HOUSE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1328615
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A delightful companion to "The Mousewife". Orange boards, red titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Colour text illustrations throughout. Cover edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly bumped. Light foxing and some grubby fingering to contents. Erased pencil name(?) to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn and is grubby with a biro mark to the title on front panel. Wrapper is foxed on verso.

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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328546
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side. Some lower page corner tips lightly creased. Textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1828767
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the Adventure series. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with slight loss, faded to spine. Slight musty odour present.

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