THE HORKEY
Written by Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1501264
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1882. Fair condition.

A Provincial Ballad. Beautiful colour text illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Cloth spine. All edges blue. Cr 4to. Spine, corners and covers very worn and grubby. Ink name to front cover. Joints and some hinges cracked. Two gatherings, pages 17 to 32, detached but present. Next gathering almost detached as is rear endpaper. Numerous marks to contents but all still perfectly readable. A reading copy.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1207674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Covers edges browned. Covers a bit grubby. Boards a little bowed. Endpapers browned. A little foxing to endpapers and page edges. Colour plates bright.

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THE STORY OF FOUR LITTLE SABOTS
Written by Dora W. Merritt; Dora W. Pearsall. Illustrated by Dora W. Merritt.
Stock no. 1207654
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books Series. Small format. Light blue paperboards, dark blue title and decoration. Dark blue cloth spine, with silver title. Colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. Wrapper internally foxed and torn at edges with some loss.

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EARLY IN THE MORNING
Written by Charles Causley; Anthony Castro. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501204
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of new poems, set to music by Castro. Beautifully illustrated in full colour and b/w throughout. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 63 pages. 8 x 10". ISBN: 0670808105. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to text block edge. Some pale page edge browning contents otherwise clean and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with fading to spine and adjoining panel edges. Foxing to inside of flaps.

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THE YOUNG MAN OF CURY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501092
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333538129. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Odd fox spot to contents. Wrapper is foxed on verso and a little edge creased with tiny split near top of spine.

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A CAT AND MOUSE LOVE STORY
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501089
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, glazed pictorial boards, gorgeous colour pictures. ISBN: 0434980455. Spine and corners a little rubbed. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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DRAGON BAKED BREAD
Written by Warren Lee Cohen. Illustrated by John M. Ssebulime.
Stock no. 2107234
Published by Temple Lodge Publishing. Circa 2005. Very good condition.

On the day of the Fall Harvest Feast, the baker's old cart collapses and fall into the moat, turning his flour and yeast into a doughy mess. How is the royal feast to be saved? Told in rhyme. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902636708. SIGNED by author, with dedication. Bumping to spine and cover edges. Contents are lovely and bright.

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MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1107009
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some uneven fading to covers. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some foxspots and edge-nicks.

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QUEER CREATURES
Written by E.S.T.. Illustrated by E.S.T..
Stock no. 1307031
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, grey pictorial boards. 80 pages. B/w text illustrations. Verses describing very peculiar creatures! Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Some discolouration to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint broken at lower 4" (causing first couple of gatherings to be part detached). Contents clean.

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THE STORY OF FOUR LITTLE SABOTS
Written by Dora W. Merritt; Dora W. Pearsall. Illustrated by Dora W. Merritt.
Stock no. 1305293
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books Series. Small format. Light blue paperboards, dark blue title and decoration. Dark blue cloth spine, with silver title. Colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Publisher's file copy with "property room not to be taken away" ink date stamp to front endpaper of book and to both panels of wrapper. Contents of book are clean. Wrapper is edge chipped and grubby.

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THE ALL-NITE CAFE
Written by Philip Gross.
Stock no. 1204361
Published by Faber & Faber. Circa 1993. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Poetry for teenagers. Winner of the Signal Poetry Award 1994. ISBN: 0571167535. SIGNED by author. 4th printing.

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