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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE WISH FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328089
Published by The House Of Grant Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No 9. Red pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text. 11 pages, easy to read text. Fading to spine, slight rubbing to cover edges. Neat no '6' written to top margin of front cover. Foxspots to textblock.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE GOBLIN CAVE
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328088
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1938. Very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No 10. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations. Spine slightly faded and rubbed. Pencil mark (doodle) to publisher's logo on rear cover. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE ROOK AND THE MAGPIE
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328087
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No 11. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations (featuring fairies). Spine faded and rubbed. Ink no. '6' written to top margin of front cover. Foxing to page edges.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE MOON FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328086
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No. 12. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations. Spine slightly rubbed. Foxing to page edges.

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THE U-BOAT
Written by Eberhard Rossler.
Stock no. 1828358
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st UK 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large, square format. The evolution and technical history of German submarines. 384 pages. B/w photos and technical diagrams. ISBN: 0853681155. A few minor marks to rear board. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1328085
Published by Lutterworth Press. Fair condition.

In The Little Books series. Pictorial front board. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip is badly damaged with loss. Corners worn. Front joint between endpaper and half title-page is cracked. Some foxing to contents else contents clean.

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THE CROOKED BROWNIE AT THE SEASIDE
Written by Ruth M. Arthur. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1328084
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1942. Good condition.

Small format. Cream boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Backstrip is missing. Covers slightly grubby. Some light marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE BRITISH PRE-RAPHAELITE ILLUSTRATORS: A HISTORY OF THEIR PUBLISHED PRINTS
Written by Gregory R. Suriano.
Stock no. 1828356
Published by Oak Knoll Press; The British Library. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. With critical biographical essays and complete catalogues of the artists' engravings and etchings. A comprehensive study of the Pre-Raphaelite graphics, lavishly embellished with more than 525 illustrations. Revised and expanded edition (of the book originally published as The Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators). Large format. Dark blue cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Blue marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0712306943. Base of text block slightly grubby else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to lower rear panel edge.

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ARTHUR HUGHES: HIS LIFE & WORKS
Written by Leonard Roberts; Stephen Wildman. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
Stock no. 1828355
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A catalogue raisonne compiled by Roberts with a biographical introduction by Wildman. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 308 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1851492623. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut else a lovely copy.

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SANCTUARY: THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Written by Steve McCurry; John Guy.
Stock no. 1828354
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. A sublime portrait of the buildings, sculpture and people of Angkor. Introduction by John Guy. Oblong format. Black textured cloth boards, black title to spine, publisher to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0714841757. Board edges lightly knocked else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine (no title visible) and is slightly grubby.

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THE STORY OF MOTHER HUBBARD AND THE SILVER SIXPENNY
Written by Ethel Talbot. Illustrated by H.K.A. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1328082
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis (not by Robinson), b/w text illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn and some dents to cover edges. Some light foxing and fingermarks else contents clean.

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LITTLE DOTS' DOG BOOK
Written by Gladys M. Spratt. Illustrated by Peggy Lumley.
Stock no. 1328081
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn. Small nick to edge of front cover. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

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