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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 378399
Published by Griffith and Farran. 1st 1862. Almost very good condition.

Embossed green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 176 pages, all edges gilt. 6 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small marks to covers and gilt dulled on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. A few small closed tears to page margins and some corner tips creased (including one plate). Grubby fingermarks to some margins and a couple of pages creased. Still a nice copy of this Victorian children's book.

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A SUMMER IN A CANON
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 378358
Published by Gay and Bird. 2nd 1895. Very good condition.

A California story. Blue cloth with pale blue decoration and gilt titles. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing. One hinge cracked. Some grubby fingermarks throughout.

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LE PETIT POUCET
No author listed.
Stock no. 591734
Published by Vagne. Very good condition.

Large format. Red boards with elaborate gilt title and decorations. Full-page colour pictures. Text in French. Front board marked. Contents clean and bright.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 591163
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Book: all plates present. Inscription in ink to half-title. Boards scuffed.

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BOTH SIDES THE BORDER
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 591118
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. Navy blue and brown pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges green. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Some slight foxing to contents. Top and tail of spine bumped. Small scratch to front cover. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present. A nice bright copy.

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GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING
Written by Lord Houghton. Illustrated by Walter Severn.
Stock no. 739083
Published by Day & Son. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Purple embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to front. Attractive illustrations with decorated text and paper guards. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Previous owner's name and date and ink to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. Some light foxing but contents generally bright and clean.

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THE VOICES OF SPRING FLOWERS AND OTHER TALES
Written by M.S..
Stock no. 589729
Published by William and Robert Chambers. 1862. Good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and small vignette to front cover. B/w frontis. Chamber's' Library for Young People Second Series. Joints cracked. Top and tail of spine chipped. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents page detached.

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LUCKY DUCKS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan.
Stock no. 589505
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1891. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Title on front is "... and Other Tales". Top and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped. Contents near fine.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 738407
Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Spine bumped and rubbed at head and tail. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Some light scuff marks to covers. Name in pencil to front pastedown. A few hinges cracked. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy.

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LASSES AND LADS
Written by Theo Gift. Illustrated by Edith Berkeley.
Stock no. 738345
Published by Griffith Farran & Co.. 1888. Good condition.

St. Pauls Series. Monotint Books. Pictorial cardwraps. All edges gilt. Two-tone illustrations to text. Covers grubby, rear cover discoloured with stain to lower corner, lower corner of rear cover and last 15 pages nibbled off. A good reading copy.

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ROUGH THE TERRIER: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
Written by Emily Brodie. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 738344
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 95 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some marking to covers. Name in ink to rear pastedown. 1 page corner tip creased. Fingering to contents but generally clean.

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LITTLE BLUE HOOD
Written by Thomas Miller.
Stock no. 738342
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Co.. 1st 1863. Almost very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title label to spine. Colour frontis (printed by Edmund Evans). 132 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. A couple of white spots to rear cover. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top and tail of spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Foxing to margins of frontis plate. Some light fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean.

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