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DICKENS' DREAM CHILDREN
Written by Mary Angela Dickens; et al. Illustrated by Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 675939
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Golden Treasury Library. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents bright. Wrapper is grubby and small piece missing to top of spine.

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TRESOR DES FEVES
Written by Charles Nodier; George Sand; Leon Goslan; Alfred De Musset; P.J. Stahl. Illustrated by Tony Johannot; Maurice Sand; et al..
Stock no. 983857
Published by J. Hetzel Et Cie. Circa 1850. Almost very good condition.

Contains: Tresor Des Feves, Fleur Des Pois, Le Genie Bonhomme by Nodier; Aventures Du Prince Chenevis by Goslan; Les Fleurs Des Bois by Musset and Stahl. Pages: 325. Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering on spine.Text in French. Extensively illustrated in b/w. Corners worn. Spine has small split. A few foxspots. Undated but believed to be around 1850. Reduced from £125.

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TREASURE TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 802778
Published by Art & Humour Publishing Co.. Good condition.

Large format. Grey cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows children dressed as pirates. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Corners worn. Spine bumped and creased. Covers grubby. Christmas greetings sticker on title page. One page loose with frayed edges, page margins browned. Some hinges pulled.

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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL 28TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 571202
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial front cover showing girl and dog. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is "In Blackberry Time". New cloth spine. Edges worn, rear board grubby, page edges browned. Reduced from £95.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XLIV
Written by Percy F. Westerman; Herbert Strang; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; H.M. Brock; Chris Heaps; et al..
Stock no. 692245
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A Magazine for Boys. October 1920-March 1921. Spine browned and bumped. Corners slightly bumped. 2 small dents to top edges of front cover and lower edge of front cover. Rear cover marked. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to margins of title and following page. Pages lightly browned.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 305513
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Front cover still bright and clean, rear cover a little scuffed. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean, name in pencil on front endpaper.

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THE FIFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee; et al..
Stock no. 803120
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red cloth spine. Gilt titles. Coloured endpapers and illustrations. 192 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Spine has damp-stain mark. Inscriptions in ink to verso of half-title page and title page. Wrapper is edge-torn and creased with some loss which has been neatly disguised with colour photocopy beneath.

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THE FIFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee; et al..
Stock no. 803977
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red cloth spine. Gilt titles. Coloured endpapers and illustrations. 192 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Boards a little grubby to edges. Light crease mark to front board. Pictorial wrapper is torn and creased with some loss. Ink inscription to verso of front endpaper.

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IN DOORS AND OUT
Written by Clifton Bingham; Mrs. Percy Dearmer. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 326269
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

'Pictures and stories for little folk'. Red pictorial boards, large format. Grey endpapes. Packed with colour, two-tone and b/w plates and text illustrations, including one b/w doggy illustration by Wain. First story is 'The Snow Man'. Boards worn with pencil marking to rear board. Spine and corners bumped. Contents a little spotted. One colour plate badly creased and tape repaired. One joint cracked. Some colouring to a couple of illustrations. A nice reading copy.

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TONS OF FUN FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Freda M. Rose; et al..
Stock no. 376925
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Good condition.

Bright yellow pictorial boards. Front cover (illus by E. Dorothy Rees) shows children and a dog in a boat. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners rubbed. Pages browned. Title page has centre picture removed. One hinge cracked.

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LOOK AT THIS!
No author listed. Illustrated by Frederick Parker; Rene Cloke; Cyril Cowell; Frank Adams; et al..
Stock no. 403570
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A book of coloured pictures. A board book. Yellow pictorial covers. Green cloth spine. 7 x 5.5". Covers edge worn and a bit grubby. Contents generally lovely and bright.

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