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LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 690422
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An anthology from Victorian children's books and periodicals in the collection of Anne and Fernand G. Renier. Colour & b/w illustrations. Grey cloth. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to endpapers. Wrapper price-cut with lightly rubbed corners.

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THE GENTLE HERITAGE
Written by Frances E. Crompton. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 690581
Published by A.D. Innes & Co.. 1896. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some neat colouring. Top and bottom of spine worn.

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JAN OF THE WINDMILL
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by Mrs. Allingham.
Stock no. 553242
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1890. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette of windmill to front cover. Eleven b/w illustrations. Fifth edition. Spine bumped with slight damage at base. Corners rubbed. Joints cracked. Foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Name in ink to front endpaper. One or two margin marks but contents generally clean. One page has a closed tear.

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DEVON BOYS
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 989110
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1887. Good condition.

A Tale of the North Shore. Pages: 384. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled endpapers and edges. 12 b/w plates by Gordon Browne. Contents very good indeed. Boards worn. Front board almost detached.

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THE COTTAGER'S FRIEND VOLUME VI AND VII
No author listed.
Stock no. 989109
Published by John Mason. 1842. Very good condition.

The Cottager's Friend and Guide of the Young for the Years 1842 and 1843 (2 volumes in 1) Pages: 196, 196. Contemporary three-quarter red leather with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. Engraved frontispieces. Corners worn.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 987834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 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. Undated but pre 1910. Corners worn. All plates present.

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AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 302005
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1871. Good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Comprising of Joseph and his Brethren, The Story of King David, The Wonders of Providence and The Proverbs of Solomon. Large square format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 24 pages of illustrations (2 to a page). Spine and corners are worn and slightly damaged with some darkening to cover edges. Front and rear joints are cracked and have possibly been repaired. Foxing and finger throughout and a couple of small marginal closed tears.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 606453
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Slightly better than 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. Very very slight light foxing to prelims otherwise a nice clean copy.

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NORMAN AND ADA; or, THE FIRST VISIT
No author listed.
Stock no. 317565
Published by Seeley, Jackson, Halliday. 1868. Good condition.

By the author of "True Stories For Little People" etc. Burgundy cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Black endpapers. 2 hand-coloured illustrations. 3 other b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cloth split to front side of spine. Some light stains to cover edges. Pages a little grubby with some slight tears. Generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian children's book.

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UNDER MOTHER'S WING
Written by Lucy Clifford. Illustrated by J.K..
Stock no. 330517
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

Short stories and poems. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. 32 pages. Spine professionally rebacked, new endpapers. Corners slightly worn, some loss of paper to rear side of spine and a couple of small tears to front side. Contents a little grubby and foxed.

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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 379614
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 slightly bumped. Covers a little darkened. Grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout (including to plate margins but actual illustrations still lovely and bright). Foxing to tissue-guards. A light scratch mark to margin of frontis affects the picture a little bit.

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PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT GREECE
Written by Peter Parley.
Stock no. 713508
Published by T. Allman. Almost very good condition.

Small format, 4.75 x 3.75". Brown embossed cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine. B/w frontis and illustration to title page. 184 pages. Corners bumped, spine worn at top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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