THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
Written by A.S. Pushkin; Hannah Waller.
Stock no. 2119295
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red cloth, black title to spine. 22 pages. Translated by Waller. Foxing to covers. Wrapper is unevenly faded with a bit of foxing and some edge-creasing.

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THE FABER BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 2119193
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Designed for those aged 8-14. A collection of poems that show a wide range of mood and sentiment. Pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few page corner creases. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped; with some loss and browned.

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SMILE-A-WHILE
Written by Angel Davis. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson.
Stock no. 1315201
Published by St. Catherine Press. 1918. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream front board with colour illustration of an elephant reading a book. Spine and rear cover are white. 77 pages. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations throughout. A book of verse for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A nice copy.

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PICNIC ON THE MOON
Written by Brian Morse. Illustrated by Joep Bertrams.
Stock no. 2118461
Published by Turton & Chambers. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

48 new and amusing and thoughtful poems for young readers. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 187214800X. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE COURTSHIP AND WEDDING OF THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314919
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. Good condition.

Pleasure Books. Small, thin format (15x12cm). B/w illustrations. Yellow paperwraps. Covers edge rubbed with a couple of small tears to front edges. Inscription in ink to title-page. Contents have been professionally glued into covers. 1 small tear to edge title-page. Some light foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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COME HITHER VOLUME II
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Diana Bloomfield.
Stock no. 2118036
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of poems. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w wood engravings to text. ISBN: 0722654715. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine and edges; some foxing.

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CALICO PIE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1504888
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1940. Very good condition.

Small format 4.5 x 3.5". Pictorial boards show birds flying to a tree, cloth spine. B/w illustrations. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, and odd fox spot otherwise contents clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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THE HAUNTED VALLEY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404245
1st 1981. Very good condition.

Wartime poems. White cardwraps with dark titles and border to front cover. 44 pages. SIGNED by author to inside front cover. Couple of text corrections written in ink otherwise contents are clean.

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THE FARMER'S BOY
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

One of Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. 8 delightful colour illus. B/w text illus. 30 pages.9.25" x 8.25". Colour illustrated boards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. First and last pages lightly browned and foxed otherwise contents bright and clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314508
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood. Large square format 9.25 x 8.25". Orange cloth with dark orange and black pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, light stain to base of spine and spine edge of front cover. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned, some light foxing to contents.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1504300
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Slightly better than good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is bumped and worn with small splits at either end. Vertical crease to centre, small nick to cloth near middle, also darkened. Wear to corners. Some small marks to covers including repair to tear in cloth on front cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked, rear joint partially cracked. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents very good, all plates present.

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