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ESCAPADE
No author listed. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 2128485
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Red and white decorated boards. Silhouette illustrations. Story of a lost canary. No Text. ISBN: 0333285426. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are excellent!

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1815767
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. ISBN: 0333284534. A few minor foxspots present.

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ESCAPADE
No author listed. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1208865
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Red and white decorated boards. Silhouette illustrations. Story of a lost canary. No Text. ISBN: 0333285426. Spine rubbed at base. Wrapper very lightly creaed at edges.

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AN EDWARDIAN SUMMER
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407098
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An enchanting little picture book without words capturing the outward and visible signs of Edwardian England. Oblong format. Green boards with gilt title. No Text. 5.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333194276. Bumping to spine and corners plus a little to board edges. Small indent to front board. Browning to some page edges. Crease to top of rear endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tear to top of front panel. Browning to spine, flaps and verso.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407097
Published by Atheneum. 1st USA 1981. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue cloth with red titles. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. 5.5 x7" ISBN: 0689501919. Small bump to side of boards. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light foxspots to verso.

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A DREADFUL OF DRAGONS
Written by Peggy Blakeley. Illustrated by Frank Francis.
Stock no. 2123242
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. And other collections of creatures and people and things put together for fun. Colour illustrations. Very little text. ISBN: 0713615559. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Uneven browning to covers.

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HENRY IN LOVE
Written by Peter McCarty. Illustrated by Peter McCarty.
Stock no. 1507163
Published by Balzer And Bray. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker. Then there's Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel. This is the story of how one blueberry muffin makes all the difference. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 9780061142888. Three small marks to one page otherwise a lovely copy. Dustwrapper has a slightly faded spine and a couple of faint marks.

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FIRST SNOW
Written by Peter McCarty. Illustrated by Peter McCarty.
Stock no. 1507162
Published by Balzer And Bray. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It's a day of firsts for Pedro..First snowfall. First snow angel. First taste of a snowflake. All the joy, magic, and wonder of a child's first experiences. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 9780062189967. A lovely copy contained in a dustwrapper that has a lightly faded spine.

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LET'S PRETEND
No author listed. Illustrated by I. Bennington Angrave.
Stock no. 1813857
Published by Nelson. Almost very good condition.

16 colour plates with one line of text to each. Blyton liked these plates so much that she used them in the copy of her book of the same name. Large format. Stiff cardwraps. Spine rubbed, boards browned and rubbed at corners. One or two grubby marks to contents. A hard to find copy.

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AN EDWARDIAN SEASON
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1406630
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fourth of Goodall's excursions into the Edwardian era follows the course of the London 'Season'. An enchanting evocation of a vanished age. Double-page colour spreads say it all without the need for text. Maroon boards, gilt titles and border. 5.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333264584. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light mark to top of rear board. End papers lightly browned. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn. Spine and folds sunned. Red mark to top of rear panel on verso which corresponds to mark on rear panel.

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FIRST STEPS
Written by Mabel A. Marsh. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Angusine Macgregor; J.H. Hartley; Florence Hardy; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505974
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

A Picture Reading Book for Little Folks. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother in a chair reading this book to her little toddler, white border. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, heavy wear to corners and some wear to cover edges. Front joint split for half its length. One hinge badly cracked. Name erased from front pastedown and belongs to box. All lower page corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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JANE AND JEREMY
Written by Anne Rochester. Illustrated by Anne Rochester.
Stock no. 1505094
Published by Standard Art Book Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A Puck Book. Pictorial stiff card wraps 9.5 x 7". Pretty, full page, colour plates with minimal text below. Damage to card covering spine, quite a bit missing. Wear to corners and cover edges. Creasing to both lower corners. Covers slightly grubby. Puck book symbol on title page has been scribbled over. Illustrations are still bright and pages are clean. Small brown spot inside rear cover.

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