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FIRST FRENCH READING-BOOK
Written by Louis Philippe R.F. De Porquet.
Stock no. 2123743
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 23rd 1853. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Or Petites Histories, Interessantes, Instructives et Morales. 23rd edition. Covers are unevenly faded and browned. Splits to spine, with some chipping and loss. Foxing and browning, with damp marks to a few pages. A reading copy.

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THE CHURCH MISSIONARY JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR 1858
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123740
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1858. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth. Volume VII, New Series. Spine is browned. Some bumping to cover edges and pages.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407097
Published by Atheneum. 1st USA 1981. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue cloth with red titles. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. 5.5 x7" ISBN: 0689501919. Small bump to side of boards. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light foxspots to verso.

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SUNNY HALF-HOURS
Written by Aunt Charlotte.
Stock no. 1316433
Published by Dean & Son. Very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front. 8 colour plates. 32 pages. Short stories. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Joints cracked. Pale page browning and grubby fingermarks to some pages else contents generally clean.

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THE SEVEN WISE SCHOLARS
Written by Ascott R. Hope; Dr. R. Macfie. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1406462
Published by Blackie & Son. 1887. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 223 pages + 32 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splits in cloth at top and bottom of spine. Covers are marked and grubby. Some hinges are cracked. Name and date to front flyleaf. A little foxing. Grubby marks to some margins.

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MISS CHILCOTT'S LEGACY
Written by H. Louisa Bedford. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1406459
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 3 b/w plates. Floral decorated endpapers. 215 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Bubbling to the cloth on rear panel. Large inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing and margin marks. Couple of hinges are cracked.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOLS 43 & 44
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; W. Heath Robinson; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1506676
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1896. Good condition.

2 volumes bound in one. Dark green textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 12 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 2.5" split to top of front edge of spine. Covers a little grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper and pencil writing to pastedown. Front joint cracked by index and first page of index is partially detached. One gathering pulled with ragged edges. Foxing and browning to pages and plates, worst at edges. All plates present.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1892-3
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405765
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1893. Slightly better than good condition.

Black textured cloth, gilt title to spine.Beautiful chromolithograph plates. B/w text illustrations. Contains January 1892 to December 1893. Spine bumped and worn with splits to bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a little marked. Joints beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Front endpaper missing. A few pages are partially detached. Foxing throughout, especially to endpapers. Grubby margin marks. Closed tear to top of one page.

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THE CHILD'S OWN MAGAZINE 65TH VOL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506139
Published by The Sunday School Union. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows two children with apples looking at parrot. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w illustrations. 144 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Slight loss from ends of spine. Some light marks and scratches to covers. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. Some light browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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