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THE BEDTIME BOOK
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1313582
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Good condition.

Large oblong book, 8 x 10". Cloth bound pictorial boards. Full page colour illus throughout accompanied by adaptations of well known nursery rhymes. Printed one side of paper only. 103 pages. Covers are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers have been replaced. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins/edges. Generally contents clean.

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THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR SEVEN AT A BLOW
Written by Frederic B. Saywell. Illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey.
Stock no. 2114799
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin tear to page 38. A couple of light creases.

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NURSERY VERSES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 2114787
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

Facsimile edition of 1920's original. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 070636371X. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents are excellent.

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OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by J. Rontgen; R.H. Elkin. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 2114540
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1917. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. Pretty colour pictures, each with verses with music on facing pages. Spine and corners are a bit bumped and worn; some browning to spine. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE WHIMSY BOOK
Written by Constance E. Rowlands. Illustrated by Constance E. Rowlands.
Stock no. 1109377
Published by Wright's Coal Tar Soap. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations with rhymes below. Scuffing and marks to covers. Binding is a little off centre - possibly been repaired with glue at some point. Creasing to some page corners; couple of small nicks/tears. Page edge marks.

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HAPPY FANCIES
Written by M.M. Gell; et al. Illustrated by M.M. Gell.
Stock no. 1109337
Published by Warrillows Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows a girl holding a Chinese lantern. 4 colour plates and other b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing and margin marks to contents. Some hinges are pulled.

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THE HUMPTY DUMPTY NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 2114427
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial board showing child sitting on a wall. Numerous chromolithograph illustrations. Colour frontis and title page. Spine is grubby/browned. Corners worn. Rear board scuffed. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Some foxing and page margin marks and a couple of small margin tears.

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RIGMAROLES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred H. Miles. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Henriette Ronner; Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 1312524
Published by S.H. Bousfield & Co. Ld.. 1st 1900. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and black vignettes. 160 pages. B/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby, pencil scribbles to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges cracked/pulled. Some grubby marks to page margins.

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COMPLETE VERSION OF YE THREE BLIND MICE
Written by John W. Ivimey. Illustrated by Walton Corbould.
Stock no. 1312442
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Pink pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some very slight fading to cover edges. A few large but light foxspots to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above and is just a little grubby.

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FUN WITH MRS THUMB
Written by Jan Mark. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2114259
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mrs. Thumb is a genteel wooden doll living quietly in her doll's house when one day, the cat comes to play... Text in rhyme. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525349. Light wear to spine and corners. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a little edge-creasing.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2113886
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Proof copy in paperwraps. ISBN: 0224011731. Contents detached from covers. Browning and a little creasing to paperwraps spine.

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TEDDY TAIL'S BOOK OF CHILDREN'S SONGS
Written by T.J. Hewitt. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1312188
Published by Ken Publications. Almost very good condition.

Large format, red card wraps. Popular nursery rhymes set to music. Illustrated throughout with two-colour illustrations surrounding music/text. Covers slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Page corner tips lightly creased throughout.

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