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THE JOLLY BOOK - SECOND YEAR
No author listed. Illustrated by Beryl Reid; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1404674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Nelson's Children's Annual. Pictorial boards with red spine. Titles and vignette of a girl waving a flag on spine. Front cover shows sailor boy leaving with two girls in the background. Pictorial endpapers. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. Mixture of stories and poems. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Covers generally grubby. Scratches to rear board. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Couple of hinges are cracked. Vertical crease to page 137/138. Endpapers browned. Foxing to page edges. A few grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - THE LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL THIRD YEAR
Written by Edward Shirley; Jacqueline Clayton; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1315068
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1916. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl marching in soldier outfits. 24 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Front cover is a little grubby, as is rear. Prize plate to front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is cracked. Some foxing and fingering and some page margin tears but contents generally clean.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 29TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Written by Alfred C. Playne; Everett Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett; Dorothy Hardy; et al..
Stock no. 1314973
Published by Ernest Nister. 1917. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. There is some slight wrinkling of cloth to rear cover. Frontis has been re-inserted in the incorrect place (before half-title) and is slightly edge-chipped. Light page browning to contents.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 22ND YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Olive Molesworth; L.L. Weedon; Sheila E. Braine; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; E. Stuart Hardy; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1314970
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

22nd year of publication. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows a boy and a girl sledging. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 131 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small indentation to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning throughout, some grubby marks to margins and some light foxing.

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BO-PEEP A TREASURY FOR THE LITTLE ONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1314964
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1900. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows young boy and girl washing dolls in bath tub in front of fire. First story is "Uncle Tom's Story". 8 colour plates plus two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 184 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine bumped, covers grubby and edge worn. Some childish colouring to the b/w illustrations. Page browning, mainly to publication list. Grubby marks to front endpaper and small embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some pulling to the hinges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2005
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1404482
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2005. Very good condition.

No. 70. Front cover shows Rupert skating on ice with Zeph holding onto his scarf. ISBN: 085079305X. Minimal bumping to spine. Small indents to front board. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents very good.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Charles Herbert; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse; Louis Wain; Edith Harries; Marjorie Slade; et al..
Stock no. 1504941
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, red flowers and green leaves, circular pictorial onlay shows boy fishing, girl holding puppy. Red title to front cover, black title to spine. Colour illustrations mounted on brown card. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. First story: Stories of Robin Hood by Charles Herbert, features a few times in book. A couple of b/w illustrations by Wain. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with marks. Light scuffing to onlay. Joints cracked. Dated ink inscription to front endpaper (1928). Foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1980
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2117931
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1980. Very good condition.

Tall format glazed boards - the first Rupert annual in this format. Cover design of Rupert playing with glove puppets. 1st story Rupert and the Flavours. ISBN: 0850790964. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is also faded. Price-cut with inscriptions in ink to belongs to box. Some damp staining to page margins - which is also wrinkling page edges.

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THE HOWARD BAKER EASTER OMNIBUS 1978
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504812
Published by Howard Baker. 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 9. Featuring Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Tom Merry etc. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001388. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. A couple of indentations to rear cover and white marks to top corner area. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to top and bottom edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2004
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1713596
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows Rupert holding baby Ming the dragon. Large format. Colour illustrations. Annual No. 69. ISBN: 0850793009. Corners lightly bumped. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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TOT AND TIM ANNUAL
Written by Laurence Alma Tadema; Alice Massie; Bertha Leonard; Ethel Talbot; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Grace Lodge; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1504777
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1925. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1504771
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Light bump to top of spine. Name in belongs to box in pen. Not price-cut. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, small tear to base of front fold.

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