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A CHRISTMAS CHILD
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1329948
Published by Macmillan & Co.. Circa 1881. Good condition.

A Sketch of a Boy-Life. Red decorative cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 7 bw plates. 223 pages. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Foxing to contents.

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"CARROTS:" JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1829369
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with red titles and borders. 7 b/w illustrations including frontis. 241 pages. Reprint. Mark to top of spine (horizontally) and light fading to base of spine. Boards otherwise clean. Foxing mainly to text block, endpapers and some margins. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Top corner of page 195 and 197 is mis-cut as too large and therefore folded over (binding error). Pictorial dustwrapper has loss to base of spine (in line with the fading to spine), top of spine and corners lightly worn and chipped, overall is grubby with green marks to rear panel and foxing.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1328414
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1878. 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". Spine and covers worn and marked with fraying of tail ends of spine and light paper loss at corners. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Front joint was broken but has been repaired, although the inner margin of the front free-endpaper has torn. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Rear joint cracked.

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ALADDIN'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1323510
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1876. Almost very good condition.

Containing Aladdin, The Yellow Dwarf, Princess Belle-Etoile and The Hind in the Wood. Blue cloth with white titles and illustrations. 24 full-page colour plates. Possibly the rarest of Walter Crane's works. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some very slight loss of cloth to top of spine. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Cover edges slightly darkened. Heavy foxing to contents and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. A couple of small closed margin tears. A very decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE ADVENTURES OF HERR BABY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2140039
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1881. Almost very good condition.

Pale pink pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 171 pages, all edges stained pink. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Browning to covers, with some other marks. Ex-Lib. with some usual markings; surface paper damage and inserts to prelims. Some foxing and margin marks.

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THE TAPESTRY ROOM
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2140026
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1885. Good condition.

A Child's Romance. Red cloth with black vignette of girl looking behind a curtain. Black endpapers. Eight b/w illustrations by Crane, seven of which are full page. 237 pages plus catalogues. 7 x 4.5". Dated from catalogue at rear (May 1885). Spine is a bit cocked and browned; bumping and wear. Corner are bumped. Front joint is weak and cracked - can see webbing through; some hinges internally are pulled. Rear joint also a bit cracked. Page edge browning.

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LITTLE MISS PEGGY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1323085
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1887. Almost very good condition.

Orange decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 195 pages. Catalogue to rear dated September 1887. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, spine darkened with some slight fraying of cloth to edges. Tissue-guard to frontis is browned. Some page corner tips are creased.

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CARROTS JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2139972
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; blue decorations to front cover. 7 b/w plates. Spine is faded. Some marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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GRANDMOTHER DEAR
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322997
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and dark blue vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations. 262 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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TWO LITTLE WAIFS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322996
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1920. Very good condition.

Pale blue decorated cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 216 pages. 7.25 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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TELL ME A STORY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322906
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1885. Good condition.

Red decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 196 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded, cover edges slightly darkened. Hinges cracked. Front free-endpaper removed.

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ROSY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1322902
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1886. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt border decoration to front. B/w plates. 204 pages, no booklist. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink and name/date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. A few hinges pulled causing contents to be slightly loose in binding.

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