THE SECRET OF GREY WALLS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1402637
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fourth title in the Lone Pine series. Grey/beige cloth, red titles and Lone Pine vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Endpapers are maps. Spine, corners and bottom of front board are bumped. Slight browning to board edges. Name, address and date in ink to front endpaper. Couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots and some light page browning. Creasing to a few pages (caused by binding process). Dustwrapper is worn and creased with loss to top of spine and front panel. Some closed tears. Rear panel is grubby.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1402630
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, with gilt title labels. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. 4 colour plates. 336 pages. Purple endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Corners and board edges rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Gilt worn in places. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rear joint beginning to crack. Some hinges are cracked. Heavy browning to half title and last page of text. Some foxing and grubby marks. Slight musty smell. Five colour plates present with one plate ("What a dear coat") appearing twice.

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1808945
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Nicola Bayley Miniature Collection. Small format. Glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Slight loss to lower corner of free front endpaper and small hole to spine otherwise a fine copy.

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ELOISE
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1808932
Published by Simon & Schuster. Circa 1970. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book for precocious grownups, about a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel. Large format. White boards with red titles. Two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 067122350X. 16th printing. White boards are stained. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a few small chips and is grubby to rear panel.

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SUNNYSIDE TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1808926
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl on barrel in the sea. Colour plates and b/w illustrations, all by the same artist, a few very similar to the style of Arthur Rackham. First story is "John, Topsy and the Raven". Lower edges rubbed, corners worn. Small patch of surface paper loss to top front corner of cover. A few stains to cloth spine. Belongs to box completed in pencil. Page browning else contents fine.

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COMFORTING THOUGHTS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1402623
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Golden Thoughts Booklet. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. Approx 5 x 3.5 inches. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby. Staples a little rusty. Contents clean.

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YOUNG SIX-FOOT
Written by Mrs. Charles Garnett.
Stock no. 1502688
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1883. Very good condition.

And what became of him. Green boards with gilt titles and foliage decoration. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 80 pages plus 4 page publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Ink stamp and presentation inscription to front endpaper plus a few small marks to endpapers. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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THE STORY BOOK OF SUGAR
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 1312840
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Story Books of Foods From the Field series. Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. 32 pages. Spine and corners bumped, nick to base of spine. Small spot to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and grubby. Slight loss to top and tail of spine and light foxing on verso.

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THE STORY BOOK OF WHEAT
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 1312838
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Story Books of Foods From the Field series. Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. 32 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. A couple of page corners creased. Some light fingermarks to margins. Two pages are slightly damaged (surface paper) where there were once stuck together (text unfortunately affected). Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with slight loss at corners, child's pencil/crayon doodles and foxing on verso.

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AUNT LOUISA'S JUMBLE PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W.H.C. Groome; et al..
Stock no. 1312788
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. 3 b/w text cat illustrations illustrating "The Egg Pie" by Wain. Colour frontis. Packed with b/w illustrations by various artists. Covers worn and grubby. Spine worn. Joints cracked, sellotape repairs to rear joint. Inscription in ink to half-title page, the free-endpapers are possibly missing (if there were any). Small piece torn from top inner corner of half-title. Contents are foxed and browned but generally clean.

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THE PROCESSION
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1312787
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The story of a little girl who joins a colourful procession, which takes her through woods and desert, over the sea, up and mountain, etc. Large oblong format. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations to every page. ISBN: 0460057804. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few small light marks to covers. Pale browning at inner margins of endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with large pieces of loss at edges.

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LITTLE WHITE BARBARA
Written by Eleanor S. March.
Stock no. 1808883
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Small format. Printed to one side of pages only. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. Dumpy Book No. 18. Spine lightly browned. Pages have finger creasing and one or two grubby marks. Overall a lovely example.

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