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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1324244
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1930. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. 310 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers discoloured. Endpapers lightly browned, some foxing to contents.

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THE FLAME-FLOWER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Jas. F. Sullivan. Illustrated by Jas. F. Sullivan.
Stock no. 1324242
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 285 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE CHRONICLES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1324241
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 280 pages. Colour frontis and 7 other colour plates. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0192745026. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing else contents clean.

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PIERRE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1324240
Published by Harper & Row. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A coutionary tale in five chapters and a prologue. Reinforced library binding (bigger than the normal Nutshell edition). Blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/rubbed with a gold Harpercrest sticker to spine.

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BENNIE BLACK LAMB
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1324239
Published by John Murray. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pale blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxspots to spine. Endpapers partly browned else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears which have been tape repaired on verso, spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

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THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; R.P. Keigwin. Illustrated by Johannes Larsen.
Stock no. 1324231
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st UK 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Keigwin. Oblong format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with silver title to front cover. 24 full-page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and some light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, slight loss to spine ends.

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THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324229
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Almost very good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splash mark to rear cover. Small ink stamp initials to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents and a few other small margin marks. One hinge cracked.

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THE DICTIONARY OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
Written by Alan Horne.
Stock no. 1324225
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Information about some 1,000 British illustrators, the lesser known as well as the masters in the field. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 456 pages. ISBN: 1851491082. Spine very slightly bumped. A nice, bright copy.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARWHOPPLE
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1324219
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. White dustwrapper is ever so slightly grubby and foxed on verso.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1324218
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Very slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. A nice copy of the first edition.

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A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1324202
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. 248 pages. ISBN: 1904417787. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Name in ink to title-page. Textblock is slightly grubby. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

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