THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1884-1885
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506105
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1885. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains January 1884 to December 1885. Dark spine with gilt raised bands and titles, red title block. Grey boards, dark corners. 26 mounted colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby and marked. Dark outlines to front endpaper of something previously kept in box. Rear joint just starting to crack. Ink writing to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing, marks and small margin tears to contents. Browning, mainly to pages opposite plates. 25 plates present, one has margin tear and one has margin loss.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1882-1883
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506104
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1883. Almost very good condition.

Contains January 1882 to December 1883. Dark textured spine with gilt bands and titles. Marbled boards, dark corners. 26 colour plates, one different to title listed. Spine bumped and worn with some loss from top and small splits to base. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers scuffed. Foxing throughout. Browning mainly to pages opposite plates. All plates present but one has vertical crease.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1898
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506082
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with black borders and decoration around gilt title block. 13 chromolithograph colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with darkening to spine and some edges. Front joint cracked next to frontis and frontis partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims, small hole to rear endpaper. Publication list is browned. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

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BRIGHT EYES
Written by Mrs. L. Shorey; et al.
Stock no. 1405339
Published by George Stoneman. 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

An annual for young folks. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing a boy and girl fishing. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Little Browns of Hollow Glen" by Mrs. L. Shorey. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small patches of surface paper damage to rear cover. Front cover is grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Name written on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages plus brown marks to several pages where something has possibly been pressed into them.

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TO TELL THE KING THE SKY IS FALLING
Written by Sheila E. Braine. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
Stock no. 1505737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1902. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and light green title and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine darkened and gilt dulled. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint and a few hinges cracked. Prize plate to front endpaper. A couple of corners creased. Some grubby marks to contents, most to pages near front of book. Some browning and a few fox spots.

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SUNNY DAYS
Written by L.T. Meade; George Manville Fenn; Evelyn Everett-Green; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Ada Dennis; et al..
Stock no. 1404989
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1906. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine is a little faded. Couple of deep scratches to front board. Light marks to rear board. Board edges a little scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Rear endpaper torn by margin with some browned taped mending a couple of tears. Both joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges cracked. Browned tape to hinge of several pages including frontis and title page. One colour plate is creased. Some fingering and page browning otherwise contents are generally clean.

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AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME VISITOR
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 1315542
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1870. Almost very good condition.

Comprising: The Birthday Party; Children's Lullabies; The Courtship, marriage, death, and burial of Cock Robin; The King, Queen and Knave of Hearts. Large format. Purple pictorial cloth with gilt. Easy to read text. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) illustrations, some double-spread. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Embossed booksellers stamp to top corner of front free-endpaper, lower corner of same page creased. Some light foxing but the contents are very clean.

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BO-PEEP
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315530
Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.. circa 1883. Good condition.

A Treasury For the Little Ones. Green, red and blue decorated cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. All edges are gilt. B/w illustrations. 188 pages + booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light fading and staining to lower corner of front cover. Foxing and some fingering to page margins. Staples rusty.

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WINTER FUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505327
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1903. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children skating, title in red and green is snow covered. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some pale browning to cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Presentation inscription to front endpaper. Staples rusty. A few marks to margins but generally clean. Some light foxing and browning to contents. Large crease to one page corner.

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PICTURES FOR HAPPY HOURS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315390
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. circa 1879. Good condition.

The Cosy Corner Series. Blue cloth, gilt title blocks, black and gilt decorations with pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Joints are broken but stitching still holding. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1315237
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt. Edges olive green. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates plus 1 map and 7 battle-field plans. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Illustrations to spine and front cover rubbed away slightly. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents throughout and light page browning to the catalogue pages at rear.

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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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