THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2137986
Published by Michael Dempsey; Studio Vista. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An Agony in Eight Fits. Large format. Beige boards, with black title to spine. B/w line drawings by Steadman. ISBN: 0904518086. Spine very slightly bumped. Minimal browning to spine and cover edges. Light crease to top corner of rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut, unevenly faded and grubby.

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DER OSTERHAS AUF REISEN
Written by Adolf Holst. Illustrated by Ernst Kutzer.
Stock no. 2137767
Published by R. & E. Lenk. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with blue titles and decorations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in German. Endpapers are browned. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit faded and worn to spine; a few marks.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2137480
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Verses by Asquith. Set to music by Alec Rowley. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Slight scuff to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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TIMMY THE TUG
Written by Ted Hughes; Jim Downer. Illustrated by Jim Downer.
Stock no. 1322748
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Blue boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Super colour illustrations. Story in verse. ISBN: 9780500514962. Some rubbing to spine and corners. A couple of light score marks to rear cover. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover.

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THE TYGER VOYAGE
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1322712
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial green boards. Orange endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations facing each page of verse. 30 pages. 10 x 7.75 inches. ISBN: 0224012371. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and minimal fading to spine. Small erasure patch to top corner of front free-endpaper. Reprint in same year as first edition.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb; Ralph Dunstan. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1322270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine with black title. Grey paper boards, large pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates by tarrant, b/w text illustrations by Nixon. Music by Dunstan. 116 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few marks to covers. Small mark to front free-endpaper and a few light fingermarks to page margins.

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TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES AND CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Michael Foss; Lorraine Gerry; Leslie Gerry. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Lawson Wood; Charles Folkard; Dorothy M. Wheeler; et al..
Stock no. 2136303
Published by Michael Joseph. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718115562. Second impression. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BROTHER, BABY AND I
No author listed. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1322249
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of 44 favourite poems and rhymes of childhood, selected and illustrated by Doane. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers edge rubbed. Spine split at top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned, splits at spine ends with loss at base.

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THE BOOK OF GNOMES
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1322248
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, pictorial front board. 8 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. A story told in verse. Spine bumpe and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Some slight scuffing/wear to covers. Small tear to lower margin of title-page. Title-page browned. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally a nice copy of a scarce Nister book.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1322239
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1915. Very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Covers slightly grubby and spine lightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. A few foxspots to textblock. Plates fine.

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STRAWBERRY FAIR AND OTHER RHYMES AND BALLADS
Written by Carole Tate. Illustrated by Carole Tate.
Stock no. 2135939
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Collection of songs, rhymes and ballads capturing the atmosphere and life of the old fairs and markets up to Victorian Times. Superb colour pictures. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001957627. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing throughout and stain to bottom edges of margins to some pages.

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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2135815
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0224026607. A few spots to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small chips to top and tail of spine.

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