THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1320341
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Spine slightly bumped with browning/foxing, small brown spot to front cover and some slight discolouration to rear cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A few small marks at page margins. Price-cut wrapper is chipped at edges with loss, grubby and foxed on rear panel.

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THE LEPRECHAUN COMPANION
Written by Niall Macnamara. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320337
Published by Pavilion Books Limited. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Looking at the link between leprechauns and the other faery folk of Ireland, and at their cousins in neighbouring countries - brownies, boggarts, piskies, spriggins, kobalds and many more. Large format. Cream pictorial padded boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862051933. Spine slightly faded. Small nicks in covers to front edge of spine.

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OXO ROAD SAFETY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320334
Published by Oxo Limited. Almost very good condition.

A painting book presented by Oxo. Oblong format, pictorial paper wraps. Pictures to colour. Covers slightly grubby at edges. Child's name written twice at top of front cover. Two of the b/w illustrations have been partly coloured in.

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HENRI IV
Written by G. Montorgueil. Illustrated by H. Vogel.
Stock no. 1320311
Published by Boivin & Cie, Editeurs. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Collection D'Albums Historiques series. Title on front cover is "Henri IV Roy de France & Navarre". Large format. Green pictorial cloth. 70 numbered pages, the leaves are tipped onto stubs. Colour illustrations throughout and includes 4 double-spread illustrations and 4 colour plates mounted on green paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. There is light page browning else the contents are clean.

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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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JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1320291
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1936. Fair condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates by Brisley. 303 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners are bumped. Covers grubby and rubbed. Front joint is cracked with free-endpaper missing. Small booksellers label to front pastedown. 1 plate is missing. Foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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TOM THUMB: A BURLETTA
Written by Henry Fielding; Kane O'Hara. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1821080
Published by Joseph Thomas. 1837. Almost very good condition.

No. 4 Thomas's Burlesque Drama. Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O'Harra. Paperwraps bound in three-quarter calf leather with gilt title to spine and marbled paper boards. B/w illustrations. 34 pages plus 2 page publisher adverts and several blank pages to rear. Marbled endpapers. Spine browned, leather edges rubbed. Heavy foxing to prelims and blank pages to rear. A few grubby marks to contents.

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DAME PERKINS AND HER GREY MARE
Written by Lindon Meadows. Illustrated by Phiz.
Stock no. 1821069
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1st 1866. Almost very good condition.

Or, The Mount For Market. Purple cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front cover. Colour illustrations. All edges gilt. Ex-lib with usual library labels and markings. Spine browned, boards discoloured and marked. Corners worn. Front endpaper missing. Joints cracked but binding tight. All plates present. Some grubby marks to contents.

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NODDY'S SHOP OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1320090
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Five little card wrap books contained in box shaped to look like a sweetshop with opening door at front. The books are generally very good with some foxing and light page browning. The front cover of book 1 has indentations to front cover (from heavy pencil marks?) and a small stain to top edge of rear cover. The box is worn, grubby and foxed on the inside with a tape reinforcement to the shop of the shaped section of the shop (on the verso).

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LES AVENTURES D'UNE SOURIS VERTE
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1320065
Published by Garnier Freres. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. 32 pages. Text in French. Spine is slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents are browned.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND STORY BOOK
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel; Helen Haywood.
Stock no. 1320063
Published by Shaw's Children'S Books. Good condition.

Large, tall format (13 x 8.25"). Yellow pictorial cardwraps (cover illustration by Helen Haywood). 16 pages. Colour text illustrations. Covers are lightly creased and foxed. Staples rusty. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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BUSY LITTLE FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Ethel K. Burgess; Harold Earnshaw; N. Buchanan; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1320060
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, front shows two children gardening, Blackie's picture Books advert to rear. 8.5 x 6". Full page colour illustration to insides of covers. Stories and rhymes with b/w illustrations. Rear cover is a little grubby. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Split to lower 2" of spine. Some slight fingering to page margins.

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