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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2130295
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Square format. Decorated endpapers. Printed in colours by Edmund Evans. "A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes and Tunes". Companion volume to "The Baby's Opera". Rebacked (new spine). Original covers; some paper chipping, with loss. Heavy wear and bumping to corners. Contents have some tape/paper repairs to binding/pages. Chipping to page edges, some browning. A reading copy.

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MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2130192
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards, silver title to spine and very small vignette to front board. Green endpapers. 6 double-sided colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations to text. 153 pages. ISBN: 0434958581. Heavy bump to edge of front cover. Bumping to corners. A few marks to covers. Contents are lovely and bright. Wrapper is creased with small tear hole near top of spine and another couple to corners.

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THE TOYMAN AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Mary Dobson.
Stock no. 2129893
Published by Humphrey Milford. Circa 1956. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Title to front cover is: The Toyman and Other Songs of India For Children. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges.

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A LITTLE BOOK OF OLD RHYMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2129892
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, black titles to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. Decorated endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Foxing to outer page edges and some internal pages. Wrapper is price-cut with name in ink to front flap; couple of closed edge-tears; some grubby marks.

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THE JACKY DANDY SONG BOOK
Written by Deborah Niland. Illustrated by Deborah Niland.
Stock no. 2129831
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Music by Patrick Niland. Large format. Green boars, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Musical score. ISBN: 0340266155. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper has tiny nicks to a few corners/edges.

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THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2128140
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A fantastic collection of nursery rhymes! Soft green leather/suede covers, gilt titles. . Gilt page edges. Colour frontis piece. Some two tone colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Larger format. Heavy wear and some damage to cover edges. Pastedowns are starting to come away from suede at edges; also creased. Marks to covers; a few nicks. Some damp marks along a few edges. Some margin marks, but contents are still generally very good in this more unusual format of this title!

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THE THREE JOVIAL PUPPIES
Written by E.D. Cuming. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 2127501
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, dark pictorial covers. Colour illustrations and rhymes. A tale of three foxhound puppies. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Foxing and some page browning. Appears to rear joint has been repaired.

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THE SHOEING OF JERRY-GO-NIMBLE AND OTHER DIALECT POEMS
Written by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe; et al. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 2127301
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Dark yellow/orange cloth with black titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to rear cover. Bookplate and tape marks to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S NAMES
Written by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 2127220
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1969. Very good condition.

An ABC of children's names and rhymes! Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0603047556. Corners are bumped. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. A few page edges are creased.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE No. 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 2126738
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Contains The Three Jovial Huntsmen; Sing A Song For Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; The Farmer's Boy. Grubby marks and scuffs to covers. Couple of holes to cloth to front cover. Some foxing.

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TOPSY
No author listed. Illustrated by J. Farrar.
Stock no. 2126733
Very good condition.

A Rhyming Story. 'Title' on front says 'A Present From Topsy'. A shaped book with easy-to-read print and colour illustrations. Wear to spine, with small split to base. Some foxing. Staples have rusted.

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THE STORY OF THE FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2126686
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Large colour illustrations pages, with text on opposite page. Some b/w illustrations. Rebacked, with new cloth spine, but still retains original colour pictorial endpapers, which have been restuck. Uneven fading to cover edges; some marks. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. A few grubby finger marks. Text pages are uncut at long edge (published like this). Colour illustrations are lovely and bright.

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