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THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD
Written by Charles Brown. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1830706
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1923. Good condition.

Being addresses to children on Bunyan's "Holy War". Red cloth pictorial boards with black titles. 4 colour plates including title page and frontispiece, 4 b/w plates. 130 pages. Spine browned, boards damp stained and browned. Text block lightly browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Lower corner tip removed from page 33/34. One or two minor marks to contents. A working copy.

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THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mabel Peacock.
Stock no. 1329971
Published by The British and Foreign Bible Society. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Specially written by Enid Blyton to celebrate the Bible Society's 150th Anniversary. Green cloth. Orange and black illustrations. 63 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to top and tail of spine and to top edge of rear cover. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims. Prize plate to half title-page. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased but only very minimal loss and is slightly grubby with evidence of small label removed to front panel.

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EVIE AND THE MAN WHO HELPED GOD
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1328640
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 184270219X.

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A THANKSGIVING FOR CHILDREN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1328320
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. A prayer for children with colour illustrations on each page. 6.5 x 6". SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to Jane Mills (dated 1962). Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light page browning to endpapers. Some foxing to contents.

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THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1324999
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Scripture stories for children. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. 4 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Neat name in belongs to box. Page browning to last couple of pages. A few marks to some pages but generally contents clean.

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GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1324998
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Scripture stories for children. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. 12 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Slight musty smell to contents but contents clean.

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STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Robert Barnes; M. Ellen Edwards; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 2140035
Published by Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth. B/w illustrations throughout. 264 pages. In Illustration of the Lord's Prayer. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks and browning to covers. Some fraying to cloth in places. Foxing and browning, with some margin marks to pages.

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UNDER THE STARS
Written by Richard Paterson. Illustrated by Sylvia Green.
Stock no. 1322924
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

First broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for Christmas 1947. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light fading and foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and last few pages.

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STRANGE STORY
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 2131015
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A tale of Christianity set in Roman times. Red boards, gilt title to spine B/w illustrations. 132 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and small nicks; minimal loss.

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THE CHRIST CHILD
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 2126827
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Colour picture to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little scuffing/chipping along cover edges. Pale foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins.

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NEW LITTLE PRAYERS POP-UP BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 2124501
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 3 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 0603020836. Crease to one part of last pop-up, else book in excellent working order.

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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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