BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1506036
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Fair condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Joints badly cracked, holding by threads, a few hinges cracked too so binding feels weak. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Last text page partially detached. A few marks to contents. All plates present but one is detached.

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THE GOLD THREAD
Written by Norman MacLeod. Illustrated by M. Bowley.
Stock no. 2121692
Published by Valentine & Sons, Limited. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Dark maroon cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 6 chromolitograph plates, including frontis. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Front joint is a little cracked. Some pale foxing. Colour plates are lovely and bright!

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 1506027
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top third of spine faded. Covers slightly grubby with some light scratches. Ink inscription to verso of frontis and belongs to box completed in frontis. Light browning and foxing to contents. Colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations.

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IOLANTHE
Written by W.S. Gilbert. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1506024
Published by G. Bell And Sons, Ltd.. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Or The Peer and the Peri. Red cloth covers with gilt titles and decorative gilt border to front cover. 8 colour plates. 50 pages. 9.5 x 7.25". A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with some darkening. Small bump to lower edge of front cover. One hinge cracked. Small pen mark to rear endpaper. Some light browning and an odd fox spot. A couple of corner tips creased. All plates present.

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RUPERT A BEAR'S LIFE
Written by George Perry. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315890
Published by Pavilion Books; Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Rupert traced from the Fleet Street circulation battles through to the present day. Packed with illustrations including rare material never before published. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 169 pages includes bibliography of the Rupert annuals. 9.75 x 7". ISBN: 0907516769. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper just a little edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND JOY
Written by Horatius Bonardd.
Stock no. 1506022
Published by H.J. Drane. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth covers, autumn leaves to front cover with gilt titles, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8". Each page has a verse/song and a beautiful floral colour illustration. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers a little grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to contents. Foxing/browning, mainly to endpapers. 37 written to last page. Colours still bright.

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THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2121591
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Pictorial onlay to covers; white titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Split nearly all way down front side of spine; so webbing etc. underneath can be seen. Marks and wear to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. A reading copy. No date or printer's code, quite an early reprint.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by W. Davenport Adams; Catharine Shaw. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe; Harry B. Neilson; Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1315885
Published by John F. Shaw. circa 1910. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children playing in a rock pool. Mounted colour plates plus full-page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cr 4to. 336 pages plus 4 page book list at rear. First story is "In the Days of Chivalry". Covers are edge worn, spine and corners bumped and spine slightly darkened. Fingermarks to page margins. Small stick sticker to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one of the mounted plates.

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A BABY SISTER FOR FRANCES
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 2121584
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations. Frances the appealing little badger who is the heroine of 'Bedtime for Frances', has now acquired a baby sister! ISBN: 0571092284. Book has been covered with clear adhesive film. Some uneven browning; a few grubby marks. Creasing to corners. A few marks to outer page edges.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506020
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded and silver rubbed. A few marks to covers and two scratches to onlay. Joints cracked, rear joint showing webbing. Label, with name on, stuck to front endpaper covering writing, label partially removed below. Edge of front endpaper creased with small tears. Contents generally clean, all plates present.

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THE SMITH FAMILY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2121577
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations to text. 87 pages. Approx. 9 x 7". Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All colour plates are present.

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TABLE, LAY YOURSELF!
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1315875
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Oblong format. White cloth spine with red dots, pictorial cardwraps with moveable tab to front cover. 8 pop-up scenes with moveable tabs. Red biro scribble marks and blue biro child's name to front cover. Covers slightly browned. Old tape(?) mark to edge of front cover. Pop-ups appear to be in good working order.

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