NEW PLAYS FROM OLD STORIES
Written by Hermon Ould. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402702
Published by Oxford University Press. 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains three stories (Peter the Pied Piper, The Princess in the Sleeping Wood, Rip van Winkle) adapted into plays. Black boards with gilt titles to front and spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Fading to gilt on spine and some of gilt on front cover. Front endpaper is MISSING. Browning to endpapers which are also a little grubby. Some foxing and a few margin marks.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1502852
Published by Peter Lunn Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

World favourite Library for Boys and Girls. Beautiful colour frontis and 9 b/w full-page illus. Grey cloth covers, gilt vignette and title. 224 pages. Cr 8vo. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. 15 written in pen plus grubby fingermark to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a grubby rear panel and spine.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1711382
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Modern bindning. SIGNED by illustrator ''To my friend Isaac Jones this '20 year old' with all best wishes Edmund Dulac Xmas 1948". This copy has been rebound with new endpaper, it has been done in the style of the original with 3/4 cloth and cream spine with the original title part of the spine laid on to the new spine. A little light foxing. All plates present.

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THE SACRED BULLOCK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mazo De La Roche. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1313014
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 221 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pastedowns very lightly browned else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is lightly worn.

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SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stock no. 1313013
Published by Milner And Sowerby. 1861. Good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 384 pages plus 32 page publisher catalogue to rear. A series of travel letters. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked. Some pale foxing and light page browning else contents clean. A couple of pages have not been trimmed correctly (binding error) causing the lower margins to be slightly misaligned.

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HOW WE USED TO DRESS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502816
Very good condition.

Presented by OXO Ltd. Pictorial card wraps, rear cover is advert for Oxo. From 10th Century - Anglo Saxons to early 20th Century - Edwardian. Colour illustration, small amount of text, illustration to paint and short rhyme to each page. 14 pages. A few light spots to front cover. Light crease to top corner of rear cover and last couple of pages. A few fox spots to contents and covers. Contents used.

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WILLIAM AND CHERRY
Written by Merula Salaman. Illustrated by Merula Salaman.
Stock no. 1711375
Published by The Cresset Press. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Charming colour and two tone illustrations. Text in script. The Story of William Matthew Walker and his Cow Cherry Brandy. Corners worn. Front joint cracked.

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MANDRAGORA'S DRAGON
Written by Irene Elmer. Illustrated by Ruth Van Sciver.
Stock no. 1402689
Published by Abingdon Press. circa 1964. Very good condition.

Porridge, the horse, has been retired and is bored. He persuades the gray barn cat to tell him a story. Oblong format. Blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few marks to the covers. Front endpaper is heavily creased with a tear. Couple of small marks otherwise contents are clean.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1312975
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1888. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Spine is rubbed. Covers ever so slightly marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name in ink on verso. Some light foxing and fingering throughout. Book leans to one side a little.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1312972
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. 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. Spine and corners bumped and covers edge rubbed. Some light scuff marks to rear cover. Foxing to prelims and catalogue pages. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 1312968
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes. Dark green and gilt pictorial cloth. 12 b/w plates plus portrait of Henty and a plan. 392 pages plus 32 pages catalogue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small nicks to top and tail of spine. Some erased pencil doodles to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to half-title. Hinges cracked and some fingermarks to page margins. Endpapers browned.

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