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NURSERY RHYMES AND NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND
Written by James Orchard Halliwell.
Stock no. 1828276
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 5th Almost very good condition.

Fifth edition. Collected by J.O. Halliwell. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine and vignette to front, black decoration to spine & front. xiv and 351 pages. Undated. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. A few light marks to rear board including a crease to cloth. Text block browned. Scattered foxspots throughout. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

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NURSERY RHYMES AND FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1327910
Published by Treasure Press. 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Charming full-page colour pictures. Originally published by Ward Lock in two volumes. 190pp. Cr 4to. ISBN: 090740751X. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Slight marking/foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Vita Sackville-West. Illustrated by Philippe Jullian.
Stock no. 1828235
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, red titles. An essay on the history of nursery rhymes. Pink illustrations. Endpapers and text block browned. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and chipped to spine & corners, grubby.

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MOTHER GOOSE - THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327889
Published by Heinemann. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One volume edition. Green cloth covers, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. 13 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 159 pages. 8 x 6". Spine slightly faded and bumped at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Pale foxing to endpapers. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby, edge chipped/torn with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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ALBERT, 'AROLD AND OTHERS
Written by Marriott Edgar. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1828144
Published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Very good condition.

Wonderfully humourous soliloquies including the famed "Lion and Albert". Complemented by Hassall's ingenious drawings. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay showing Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom at Blackpool. Two-tone drawings throughout. Contains 12 poems. Publication is undated. Covers are grubby and rubbed at corners. Pictorial onlay to front cover is creased. Text block grubby. A few marks to contents.

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YOUNG HOPEFUL
Written by Jennie Dunbar. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1828136
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers. Black vignette and title. Illustrated endpapers. B/w text illustrations throughout. 78 pages. Small rust spot to top edge of front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents. Cream pictorial dustwrapper also has a small rust spot to top edge of front panel, is very grubby and has a mark from the remains of a label to front, edge-worn.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S JOHN GILPIN AND OTHER STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1327764
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House That Jack Built, The Frog He Would A-Wooing Go and The Milkmaid. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. Mustard yellow endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 80 pages. 12 x 8.5". ISBN: 072322062X. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased.

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JOURNEY THROUGH TIME IN VERSE AND RHYME
Written by Heather Thomas.
Stock no. 1327756
Published by Rudolf Steiner Press. 1st 1987. Almost very good condition.

Poems collected by Thomas for teachers of children. Green cardwraps. 373 pages. ISBN: 0854406867. Covers creased, fading to spine. Foxing to covers and some page margins/textblock. Pale page browning. Light crease to top corner of first few pages.

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LAND OF SWEET SURPRISES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327746
Published by Collins. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A Revolving Picture Book. 1st published by Nister around 1897. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictures changed by moving the tab. ISBN: 0001956906. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Tabs work.

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1327695
Published by Calla Editions. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Blue/green cloth with cream titles; pictorial onlay to front. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Originally published in 1919 by Nisbet & Co. This Calla edition is an unabridged republication and contains all the colour and b/w art from the original. Text has been reset. ISBN: 9781606600023. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners, else a fine copy.

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A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS
Written by Florence Harrison; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Nina K. Brisley; Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1327691
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth,black titles to spine. 4 colour plates including 2 by Harrison (one with fairies!), numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing else contents clean.

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MY FIRST BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES & POEMS
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1327680
Published by Chancellor Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A timeless collection of beautifully illustrated best-loved nursery rhymes and poems. Square format. 126 pages. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780753720479. Evidence of erasure of an old pencil price to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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