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THE SILVER SHIP
Written by Cynthia Asquith; Angela Thirkell; Flora Klickmann; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; H.M. Brock; A.K. MacDonald; et al..
Stock no. 1312284
Published by Putnam. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

New Stories, Poems & Pictures for Children collected by Asquith. Large format. Light blue cloth, green titles. Colour plates, black and white illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S SONG BOOK
Written by Alfred W. Tomlyn. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Harry Rountree; A.E. Jackson; et al..
Stock no. 1312273
Published by Andersons-Edinburgh-Limited. Very good condition.

Brown decorated material covers. Title in gilt to front cover. 8 colour plates by Lawson Wood and others. Spine and corners bumped. Ink address stamp (bookseller?) to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, contents clean.

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FARM FRIENDS
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Cecil Aldin; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1312271
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover. Full-page colour and b/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Loss to base of spine and a few marks to rear cover. One b/w illustration has been coloured in with pink pencil. Contents generally clean.

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POPPETY'S BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 1312066
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. An anthology of mainly verse, one short story. 15 pages. Paper covering of backstrip is mostly chipped off. Small patch of surface paper damage and a small crayon mark to front cover. Prize plate and name in ink to top margin inside front cover (which is a colour plate). Some yellow crayon to one illustration. Small biro mark to first text page. Surface paper torn from top corner of inside rear cover (also a colour plate).

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LITTLE TALES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Lucy Laing; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Lilian Rowles; et al..
Stock no. 2113101
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows two rabbits and mouse fishing. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story "On guard". The Pinnacle Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing to covers and edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing; mostly to outer page edges.

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JACK FROST DAYS
Written by John Lea; Ethel Talbot; Edith Millard; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Agnes Richardson; Alice M. Cook; N. Parker; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 2113059
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Collins Picture BOok. Front cover shows children sledging. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper, with inscriptions in ink. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL
Written by Nellie Fielding; Ethel Talbot; John Lea; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Savile Lumley; Harry Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1311837
Published by The Epworth Press; J. Alfred Sharp. circa 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board showing children on tricycle with dog running beside them. First story is "The Young Adventurers" by Fielding. Colour plates plus b/w and two-colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and a little grubby on rear panel, tape repairs/reinforcements on verso.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR STORIES, JIGSAWS AND PAINTING
Written by Charles Perrault; A.A. Milne; Richmal Crompton; et al. Illustrated by Rene Cloke; et al..
Stock no. 2112942
Published by Daily Express. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Two jigsaws (one each to pastedowns). Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'Riquet With The Tuft' by Perrault. Spine is grubby and worn. Corners are bumped. Jigsaws are COMPLETE and present. One painting has been completed.

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THE KING OF THE CATS
Written by Geoffrey Summerfield. Illustrated by Louise Voce; Martin White; Colin Smithson; et al..
Stock no. 1502159
Published by Ward Lock Educational. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 29 short stories. Colour and b/w illustrations. 94 numbered pages. ISBN: 0706240235. Slight bumping and wear to some corners otherwise a lovely copy.

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GREEN FIELDS
Written by Hilda T. Skae; Cecily M. Rutley; Theodora Wilson Wilson; et al. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; A.E. Jackson; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1311788
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Stories and verses. Large format. Green cloth spine, front board shows a girl with dolls and a puppy under an umbrella, sheltering from the rain. First story is "Peter's Adventure Under The Sea" by Rutley. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small, light damp stain to edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, old price in biro to front pastedown.

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ACTING GAMES
Written by Freda Collins. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1311306
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Revised and Enlarged edition. 14 little plays for any number of children to take part. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, section to lower edge of front panel almost torn off.

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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND VOLUME XL JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1900
Written by E. Harcourt Burrage; S.L. Heward; Mabel Quiller-Couch; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1108608
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 1900. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A monthly magazine for boys and girls. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine is mottled/damp marked. Corners are bumped, with some chipping. Page browning.

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