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WE ARE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2131199
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two traditional rhymes from Mother Goose. Oblong format. Buff boards, dark brown/red title to spine. Full page illustrations - little text. ISBN: 0062050141. Foxing/spotting to endpapers, page edges, but illustrations are still lovely and bright.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF PRAYERS
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1317810
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0416596401. Light wear to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut, creased to front flap and has a small brown (burn?) mark to top edge of rear panel. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly faded.

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THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET A TALE IN FIVE CURLS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by W. Weekes.
Stock no. 2131122
Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stiff card covers. Chromolithograph illustrations. Binding has possibly at one time been neatly repaired. Wear to spine. A few marks to covers, including inscription in ink to top of front cover. Inscription in ink also to title page. Some 'spotting' to illustrations - it appears that there has been some transfer of colour to text pages opposite.

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I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2130821
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Packed full with colour and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. "The Schoolchild's Pocket Book", a book of rhymes. Originally published by Williams & Norgate Ltd in 1947. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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THE OLD MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2130756
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1938. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover and spine. Red pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. 96 pages. Chipping to edges and corners of covers and spine; some loss. Damp mark to front cover. Lengthy inscription in ink to verso of 2 plate page. Grubby margin marks; some foxing.

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NEW PICTURES IN OLD FRAMES
Written by Gertrude M. Bradley; Amy Mark. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 2130744
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Mark + Moody Limited. 1894. Good condition.

Large format. Blue boards with gold titles and decorations. Being a Book of Verse for Girls & Boys. Written in Old French Forms. B/w illustrations. Uneven browning/fading to covers. 1.5" loss to paper cover at base of spine; 1" loss to top. Bumping and wear, with some chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing is heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges and last few pages. 2" closed tear to half-title page.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130654
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of classic nursery rhymes selected and illustrated by Hague. Red cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards with blind stamp vignette of a ship to front board. Colour illustrations to text throughout. ISBN: 0416494307. Wrapper is unevenly browned.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130600
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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CALENDARBEARS A BOOK OF MONTHS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130599
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0805038183.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 2130370
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Heavy wear to covers; scuffing, bumping. Some page creasing. Browning and grubby marks to pages. One of last pages has surface paper damage/lifting.

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NEW RHYMES FOR NURSERY TIMES
Written by Edith A. Steinthal.
Stock no. 2130363
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board, stiff card pages each with a rhyme and colour illustration. Oblong format. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping. Scuffing to covers. Browning and foxing to some pages; a few creases. Binding starting to become a bit weak in places.

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MY OWN NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 2130306
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother reading a book to her children. 4 plates. B/w illustrations. Slight bowing to covers. Darkening to spine. Wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and marks throughout.

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