THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

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FARMYARD FAVORITES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1201099
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1900. Nearly fine condition.

Paper covered linen wraps and pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. A clean bright copy with remains of inscription to outside of rear cover.

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COSEY CORNER
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant.
Stock no. 449023
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Green and beige pictorial cloth. 18 b/w plates. 282 pages. Book: all plates present, book plate to front pastedown. Corners, top and tail of spine bumped and rubbed.

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OUR PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 448837
Published by The Alexandra Publishing Co.. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations plus two-tone pictures. 8 pages. Untearable book. Spine a little torn. Corners rubbed. Pages slightly crinkled. A nice example of an early untearable book.

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WHYS AND OTHER WHYS OR CURIOUS CREATURES AND THEIR TALES
Written by Harry B. Neilson; S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 384774
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 109 pages, all edges gilt. Full-page and text illustrations in b/w throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers just a little bit grubby. Front joint cracked. Some very slight fingering to page margins. A tiny nick to edge of rear pastedown. A lovely copy of this attractive book.

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THE MYSTERY AT SHONCLIFF SCHOOL
No author listed. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 820608
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1894. Good condition.

By the author of Mr Burke's Nieces, Daisy's Dilemmas, etc. Grey cloth boards with green vignettes, green title block with gil ttitles. 4 b/w plates. This story originally appeared in Little Folks Magazine. Boards grubby and worn at corners, spine has some fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. List of illustrations almost detached from centre section. Staple binding is rusty. A few grubby marks to contents.

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MISTER HORN AND HIS FRIENDS; OR, GIVERS AND GIVING
Written by Mark Guy Pearse.
Stock no. 384329
Published by Wesleyan Conference Office. 1879. Very good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette, black floral decorations. Cream endpapers. 119 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Lengthy inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing throughout, mainly to page edges. Contents and covers clean.

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WILD ANIMAL STORIES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Arthur J. Daniels; et al. Illustrated by E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 819382
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book. Printed in Bavaria 867. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with colour illustration of leopard on a tree branch with five monkeys. 6 full page colour three dimensional scenes. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Top corner of spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges pulled. One double page spread with text on one side and three dimensional scene on facing page is detached. Small closed tear with no loss to one lower page margin. A very nice copy. All panoramas in excellent condition. Reduced from £420.

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A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 819213
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection. Blue pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. First edition produced in 1897 but dated 1898. Front cover marked and title rubbed. Spine lightly worn but gilt title bright. Corners lightly worn. Bookplate to front endpapers. All plates present. Scattered foxing and margin marks throughout.

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FAIRY TALES AND ROMANCES
Written by Count Anthony Hamilton.
Stock no. 383546
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1st 1849. Good condition.

Translated from the french by M. Lewis, H.T. Ryde and C. Kenney. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and blind stamped decorations. Pale yellow endpapers. 562 pages. B/w fronis portrait of the author. Spine and corners worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Grubby marks to some page margins throughout and some light foxing. There is a musty smell to contents (as usual with books this old!). A decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE MAGIC MIRROR
Written by William Gilbert. Illustrated by W.S. Gilbert.
Stock no. 383552
Published by Alexander Strahan. 1st 1866. Good condition.

A round of tales for young and old. Purple cloth with gilt titles and decorative borders. 290 pages, all edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine faded and rear cover just lightly spotted. Front joint is cracked and a couple of hinges also cracked. Light foxing throughout. A few marks to page margins but contents are generally clean.

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OUT ON THE PAMPAS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Frank Feller.
Stock no. 818985
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. Circa 1897. Very good condition.

The Young Settlers. Blue ribbbed cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped. Spine browned. Front and rear joints cracked. Endpapers browned and foxed.

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