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PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 1609016
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine, and board edges, are scuffed. A little light scattered foxing.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2122555
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st USA 1922. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine, black and gold decoration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w text and full-page illustrations. A book written in 1915 "for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing" - A.A. Milne. Originally published in 1917 with illustrations by H.M. Brock. 358 pages. U.S. Edition. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Bottom corner of front cover has a small nick, with tiny fraying to cloth. Endpapers are browned. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; large piece of loss to top of spine; small loss to other corners; creased. Wrapper also has some foxing and a few small splash marks.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR STORIES, JIGSAWS AND PAINTING
Written by Charles Perrault; A.A. Milne; Richmal Crompton; et al. Illustrated by Rene Cloke; et al..
Stock no. 2112942
Published by Daily Express. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Two jigsaws (one each to pastedowns). Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'Riquet With The Tuft' by Perrault. Spine is grubby and worn. Corners are bumped. Jigsaws are COMPLETE and present. One painting has been completed.

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DOG STORIES FROM PUNCH
Written by A.E. Beercroft; L.R. Brightwell; E.V. Lucas; A.A. Milne; et al. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 1302820
Published by Clement Ingleby. 1st 1926. Good condition.

Grey cloth spine with gilt title, marble-effect boards. B/w text illustrations. 94 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine bumped nad rubbed, corners worn. Damp stains to covers also affecting the endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled/cracked.

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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 807680
Published by Stanley Paul. 1925. Nearly fine condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial pastedown to front cover. 12 stories each with a beautiful full-page colour plate. 105 pages. 12 x 9". Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed else an exceptionally bright grubby. Wrapper is grubby with approximately half of rear panel missing and has been pasted on to a piece of white card. Reprint in year of first publication. 6th edition. Reduced from £150.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738962
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition bound in limp olive green morocco with gilt decorations to front cover and spine. Pink pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Spine is browned and worn. with slight loss to top. Edges are rubbed with slightly worn corners. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Previous owner's inscription in ink to half-title page. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A couple of hinges slightly cracked, some light fingering to page margins. Very light browning to half-title page and light creasing to last page. Contents generally very clean.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 738899
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed to head and tail, spine has faded patches to centre and base. Lower edge of rear cover is very slightly faded. Covers generally bright and clean. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. One hinge cracked. A few very light finger marks to page margins. The book itself is a nice, clean copy. Original wrapper is in two halves (detached along rear edge of spine), spine is browned and has 2.5" loss at top, 1" loss at centre and slight loss at base, also patch of loss to top corner of rear panel. The wrapper looks as though it was originally too small for the book (0.5cm too small along top edge).

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PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 325571
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st thus 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Boards a little edge worn. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn with one closed tear to rear.

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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 731268
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1925. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette to spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 12 beautiful colour plates. 105 pages. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear, spine has faint staining (possibly from damp). Pictorial onlay to front cover has some slight loss and small closed tears (neatly reapired) to margin. Inscription in ink to verso of title page. A couple of the plates have faint crayon marks, one has small mark to margin,and one has creases to lower corner. Still a nice copy.

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