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FLUTES AND CYMBALS
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2127665
Published by The Bodley Head. 1973. Very good condition.

Poetry for the young. Large format. Orange pictorial boards. 103 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370010906. Bumping to a couple of corners and cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning.

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THE SHOEING OF JERRY-GO-NIMBLE AND OTHER DIALECT POEMS
Written by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe; et al. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 2127301
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Dark yellow/orange cloth with black titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to rear cover. Bookplate and tape marks to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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TENNYSON'S GUINEVERE AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 2126384
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Deluxe white binding with gilt titles and decorations to spine, gilt illustration to front cover. 24 tissue-guarded tipped-in colour plates, mounted on green card. 12 full-page b/w illustrations and other decorations. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Green pictorial endpapers. Wear to a couple of tiny nicks to cloth at top and tail of spine. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some pages internally. Contents page has corner creased. All plates are present and are in gorgeous condition!

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Francis Turner Palgrave. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 2125650
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black titles. 12 beautiful tipped-in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Darkening to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to top edge and some corners.

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THE BOY'S BOOK OF BALLADS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Gilbert.
Stock no. 2125319
Published by Bell & Daldy. 1st 1861. Good condition.

Purple cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. Illustrated with 16 engravings on wood from drawings by John Gilbert. Includes Robin Hood. Spine is very darkened, with damage and a bit of loss to top; some other splits and fraying to edges. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and grubby marks to endpapers and page margins.

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LEGENDARY BALLADS
Written by Frank Sidgwick. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 2125318
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine; blind title to front cover. A nice selection of verses with colour plates to contents. Includes Robin Hood. Red stain to rear cover and along edge of back of spine. Lighter stain to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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A KETTLE FULL OF MAGIC AND OTHER STORIES AND POEMS
Written by Jean Kenward. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2125273
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340423390. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Also a gift inscription (not from author), in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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ORIGINAL RIDDLES IN RHYME
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees.
Stock no. 2124069
Published by Geographia Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Colour illustrations. Some wear to cover edges; a bit of scuffing. Creasing to endpapers. Some margin marks.

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LULLABY-LAND
Written by Eugene Field. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2124003
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head; Charles Scribner's Sons. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with blind titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Songs of Childhood. Bumping to corners. Uneven browning to covers. Grubby marks to endpapers and a few page margins.

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LITTLE POPPET BOOK OF ROAD SAFETY
Written by Kathleen Holroyd. Illustrated by Gerritt Vandersyde.
Stock no. 2123992
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Some scuffing to spine. Contents are bright and clean.

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A CHILD'S VISIONS
Written by Daphne Allen. Illustrated by Daphne Allen.
Stock no. 2123991
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

White cloth, gilt title to spine. Large colour onlay to front cover. Colour tipped in plates and b/w text illustrations portraying biblical scenes. SIGNED by Illustrator to Half-title page. Couple of corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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THOSE MAGNIFICENT SHEEP IN THEIR FLYING MACHINE
Written by Peter Bently. Illustrated by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1316991
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

A ripping, round-the-world adventure as the magnificent sheep take to the skies in their spiffing, yellow flying machine. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781849396349.

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