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THE CHILD'S OWN STORY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Jerram.
Stock no. 2134930
Published by Darton & Co.. Circa 1847. Almost very good condition.

Tales and Dialogues for the Nursery. Smaller format. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Third edition. 2 volumes in one - 1843 + 1840. Engraved plates. Scuffing and wear to covers, some marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning throughout, a few 'splash' marks to pages. Corner tips to a couple of pages appear to have been repaired.

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VISIT TO THE FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321167
Published by Dean & Son. Good condition.

Dean's Gold Medal Series. Red pictorial paper wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with names of animals featured below. Covers are worn. Spine has been reinforced.

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THE DANDY LION
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2134718
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Nister No. 584. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial paper covered boards shows Fully clothed Dandy Lion in top hat with a billboard in the background. Colour frontis of 'The Stork and the Owl'. B/w illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Damp mark down edge of rear cover. Some scuffing. Award plate to front pastedown. Page browning; some other marks to pages.

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WHEN ALL IS YOUNG
Written by Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Stock no. 2134716
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show young girl in a blue & white pinafore holding a baby and watching a kitten and puppy at her feet. Verse for children. Colour chromolithographic illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine. Scuffing and marks to covers. Has possibly been rebound or restitched at some point; the front fly-leaf is now missing. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. Illustrations are still bright.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2134709
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Almost very good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and marks to covers. Wear to cloth corners, which have a little fraying to cloth. Foxing throughout. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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SUNNY FACES, BLESSED HANDS, LOVING WORDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321135
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1880. Very good condition.

Little Alice's Library. Small format. Brown decorated cloth with a small, oval onlay to front cover. 64 pages. Colour chromo frontis. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight spotting to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper.

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THE FUGITIVES OR THE TYRANT QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Stock no. 1320996
Published by J. Nisbet; James Nisbet & Co.. 1st 1887. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 431 pagesl, 8 page booklist to rear. Black endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine faded, bumped at top and tail with small splits/some wear. Slight fading to spine edge of rear cover. Small, light stain to front cover. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by George R. Halkett.
Stock no. 1320484
Published by Thos. De La Rue & Co.. Circa 1882. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. 25 pages. Covers are grubby and worn, splits to spine with some sticky paper repairs. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Front cover and first page are almost detached. Contents are browned and slightly grubby.

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LITTLE PLAYS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Mrs. Chisholm.
Stock no. 2134263
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1st 1872. Almost very good condition.

With Hints for Drawing-Room Performance. Green cloth with gilt title to front cover. 3 lithographic illustrations. Contains: The Hunchback; The Prince With the Nose and The Fairy. Uneven mottling to covers - possibly has been damp at some point. Foxing to outer page edges and some internal pages.

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TEN TALES WITHOUT A TITLE
Written by Edith Carrington. Illustrated by W. Weekes.
Stock no. 1320425
Published by Griffith Farran & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing a variety of animals looking at Raven on fence. 10 colour (chromolithograph) plates plus b/w text illustrations. 212 pages. Professionally re-backed, new spine bumped at head and tail. Covers are worn and grubby, some surface paper loss. New endpapers. Grubby fingermarks and foxing to contents. Lower corner of last page torn off (no text missing).

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WALTER CRANE'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1320310
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Comprising of The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet and The Baby's Own Aesop. Ltd edition of 500 copies in the UK and 250 copies in the USA. White spine with gilt title, pale brown cloth. 192 pages with top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed. Colour illustrations throughout. This is copy no. 489. White spine is grubby and split at edges. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby/marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light foxing and light fingermarks to page margins.

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