THE POETICAL EPITOME; OR ELEGANT EXTRACTS ABRIDGED
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821067
Published by C. Dilly. 1791. Almost very good condition.

From the larger volume, for the improvement of scholars at classical and other schools, in the art of speaking, in reading, thinking, composing, an in the conduct of life. Small, fat, square format. Three-quarters calf leather binding. Marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Pictorial title page. Marbled text block. xx and 532 pages. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Corners worn. Binding tight. Initials in ink to title page. Foxing and browning throughout. Text block is browned.

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MY POETRY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134184
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1859. Good condition.

Smaller format. Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. 3 Kronheim plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning with some uneven fading to cover edges and spine. Split/tear to cloth to one edge of cover; some fraying to cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little writing to front pastedown. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot.

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STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1319068
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing Shock-Headed Peter. Colour printed on one side of page only. 24 numbered pages. The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Cover edges rubbed. Light finger creases to pages and some foxspots but generally contents clean.

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MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES
Written by F.E. Weatherly.
Stock no. 1318965
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Large format. 13 x 10 inches. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. 8 chromolitho moveable pictures. Pull the tab and the picture changes. B/w illustrations. Text in verse. Spine bumped and some light rubbing to cover edges. A few light spots to front edge of spine and some light scuffing to rear cover. Generally covers bright. Joints are cracked. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. The second moveable image is not working - could possibly be repaired. Otherwise, all others in excellent working order. Some light foxing and page browning and the pull-tabs are just a little grubby from fingering. Overall a super copy of a scarce moveable book.

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THE GOOD CHILD'S YEAR BOOK
Written by Violet Jacob. Illustrated by Violet Jacob.
Stock no. 1318806
Published by Foulis. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with title-label, grey boards with title-label to front cover. 67 pages. Colour illustrations. Verses for each month of the year. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Remains of front panel and front flap of wrapper. Top edge of rear cover is faded.

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FULL OF FUN
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2132546
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Front board shows cat at a writing desk with 3 kittens behind. Colour mounted frontis plate, two dogs playing at the sea-side. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats! 87 pages. 10 x 8". Spine has faded to brown, with some other marks; appears to have been repaired to top and tail at some point. Heavy scuffing and surface paper damage to covers. Corners are bumped and very worn. Joint/hinge between title page and frontis is cracked, showing stitching and webbing. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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THE JACKIE JACKDAW BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2132543
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Off-white cloth with orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations accompany short verses for children. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endppaer. Margin marks and some foxing. A couple of small page margin tears.

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THE GOOD CHILD'S YEAR BOOK
Written by Violet Jacob. Illustrated by Violet Jacob.
Stock no. 1318654
Published by Foulis. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine with title-label, grey boards with title-label to front cover. 67 pages. Colour illustrations. Verses for each month of the year. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to covers. Inscription in pencil and a light pencil doodle to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to prelims and last few pages. Rear joint is partially cracked.

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RONDE ENFANTINE
Written by Louis Ratisbonne; Jeanne Rivet. Illustrated by H. Ney.
Stock no. 1318576
Published by Choudens. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. White boards, illustration to front. Blue endpapers. Colour illustrations. French text and musical score. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges slightly worn. Rear cover is marked and front cover slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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HEITERE BILDER FUR UNSERE KNABEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318560
Published by Braun & Schneider. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

"Cheerful Pictures For Our Boys". Large format. Red cloth spine, card wraps. Hand-coloured illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Rhymes in German. Covers are browned, slightly worn at corners and slightly damp stained at lower edges. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents are clean.

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STORY PLAYS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
Written by Mary Leora Hall; Sarah Elizabeth Palmer.
Stock no. 2132131
Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial cloth. Musical score, some b/w drawings. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Couple of nicks to cloth on corners. Spotting and foxing to some pages.

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HILL TOPS AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Lydia Crowe. Illustrated by Lydia Crowe.
Stock no. 1318297
Published by Arthur Wigley & Sons Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt vignette and title. Decorated endpapers. Lovely b/w text illustrations throughout. 82 pages. 9 x 7.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Grubby fingermarks to verso of title-page. Some light foxing and marks to endpapers.

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