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PLAYBOX ANNUAL 1913
No author listed. Illustrated by S.J. Cash; Hilda Cowham; E.M. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1506177
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1913. Good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour plates, b/w and two-tone illustrations. 208 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with some light scratches and browning. Ink name to front endpaper. Front joint three quarters broken between frontis and title page. A few marks and some fingering to contents but many pages are clean.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1506153
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Some bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint partially cracked, one hinge cracked. Belongs to box on front endpaper completed in pen. Light foxing, fingermarks and a few marks to contents but many ages are clean. All plates present.

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THE CHILDREN'S TREASURY OF PICTURES AND STORIES No. XVIII
Written by Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Robert Hudson; et al; Edward Shirley. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1506094
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title and vignette, cream pictorial boards with picture of children in boat in night sky to top half, black title to bottom half. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. 4 Colour plates by Anderson, b/w text illustrations throughout. Brazil story is While Frank had Measles. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Spine faded. Covers grubby and marked. Light crease to rear cover. Both joints and a couple of hinges cracked. Ink presentation inscription to verso of frontis. Some marks to contents but most pages are clean. A little foxing/browning. All plates present.

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HOLIDAYS
Written by Chas. Herbert. Illustrated by Jaques Browne; Leigh Kidman; Levine Helmer; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1506065
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front cover shows girl and three puppies. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint cracked next to frontis and one hinge cracked. Some light browning and foxing to contents. All plates present. Neat colouring to some of the b/w illustrations.

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LITTLE FOLKS' BOOK OF COLOURED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Lawson Wood; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1506060
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial covers, front shows boy eating slice of melon. Full page colour illustration to each page, 12 in total, with title below. 10.25 x 8. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks/fingermarks to contents, mainly to margins. Colours still bright.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1506036
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Fair condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Joints badly cracked, holding by threads, a few hinges cracked too so binding feels weak. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Last text page partially detached. A few marks to contents. All plates present but one is detached.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 1506027
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top third of spine faded. Covers slightly grubby with some light scratches. Ink inscription to verso of frontis and belongs to box completed in frontis. Light browning and foxing to contents. Colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506020
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded and silver rubbed. A few marks to covers and two scratches to onlay. Joints cracked, rear joint showing webbing. Label, with name on, stuck to front endpaper covering writing, label partially removed below. Edge of front endpaper creased with small tears. Contents generally clean, all plates present.

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FIRST STEPS
Written by Mabel A. Marsh. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Angusine Macgregor; J.H. Hartley; Florence Hardy; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505974
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

A Picture Reading Book for Little Folks. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother in a chair reading this book to her little toddler, white border. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, heavy wear to corners and some wear to cover edges. Front joint split for half its length. One hinge badly cracked. Name erased from front pastedown and belongs to box. All lower page corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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HOLIDAY STORIES
Written by M.I.K. Carruthers; Violet M. Methley; Constance Heward; Barbara E. Todd; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; E. Dorothy Rees; Norman Sutcliffe; Hilda Cowham; et al..
Stock no. 1505973
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1937. Very good condition.

Stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children and trunk. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A couple of marks to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Contents very good.

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PLAYTIME AT THE FARM
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Foster; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1505970
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

The Playtime Series. Cloth spine, oval on front cover shows three children on gate, goose below, daisies in corners, red and green titles. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. No. 3404 Spine bumped and worn. Heavy wear to corners. Covers a bit grubby. Joints cracked, rear one badly. Prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Some light foxing, browning and an odd mark to contents.

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FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND A CALENDAR FOR 1912
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hines; Eddie J. Andrews; et al..
Stock no. 1505944
Published by Ernest Nister. 1912. Very good condition.

A calendar for the year 1912. Beautiful chromolithographs. 6 x 4.5". White cloth spine. Cream covers with blue titles and decoration. Colour chromolithographs. Green illustrations on pages with verses and months. Covers slightly grubby with a little bubbling to front cover and faint stains, looks like been splashed with water. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Staples strating to rust. Contents clean and colours bright.

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