THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1894
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al; Ascott R. Hope. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; A. Hallward; et al..
Stock no. 1330501
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1894. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "A Long Ago Piano" by Mrs. Molesworth. Covers are edge worn and grubby, spine is browned. Some hinges pulled, joints cracked, this causes contents to be little loose but still tightly bound. There is a small hole to the centre of page 63/4 and a couple of large tears.

THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1893
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; G.C. France; C.S. Flint; et al..
Stock no. 1330500
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Ducks, not Geese" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Name in ink to title-page. Endpapers are browned and there is some light fingering to page margins but the contents are generally clean. There are some small margin tears at lower edges.

THE TOBY BUDGET VOLUME III
Written by Gunby Hadath; E. Talbot; Nancy M. Hayes; Leslie Wood; Bessie Marchant; Percy F. Westerman; et al; Stanley Phillips. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre; Donald R. Sexton; et al..
Stock no. 1830611
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split.

THE FOLIO GOLDEN TREASURY
Written by James Michie; et al. Illustrated by Simon Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1830569
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition.

The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in English Language chosen and introduced by James Michie. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett. Leather spine with gilt titles. Yellow cloth boards with repeating pattern. B/w wood engravings. 733 pages including index. Top edge yellow. Tiny fox-spots to text block, not affecting contents. Last few pages have been miscut by binder so top corner of page is folded in a crease. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked.

OPEN THE DOOR
Written by Margery Fisher; Eleanor Farjeon; Charles Kingsley; Leila Berg; et al. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330415
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt vignette to front cover plus gilt title label to spine. Red bookmarker ribbon. B/w illustrations. Jacket designed by Edward Ardizzone. Margery Fisher's own choice of stories from books by famous writers of today and yesterday. ISBN: 0340037091. Covers are slightly edge rubbed. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a few felt-tip pen marks to front panel.

GOLDEN SUNBEAMS VOL. I 1897
Written by E.A. Bulley; Christina Rossetti; Maud Carew; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; George Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1330406
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1897. Very good condition.

December 1896 (no. 1) to Novemeber 1897 (no. 12). Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front cover. 192 pages. Packed full of b/w illustrations, including some early work by Charles Robinson. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and grubby. Prize plate (name blotted out) to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Contents are well browned but otherwise are clean. Endpapers are slightly grubby.

THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine

THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1931
Written by T.F. Wilson; J. Lawrence Cooper; Randolph Mitchell; et al.
Stock no. 1330265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards showing a water scene, 3 boys in speed boat, with two behind on a board. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'When The Toddlet Scored' by Wilson. Covers are edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Spine is browned and vertically creased with small splits to top and tail. Name, address and date in belongs to box. Contents are browned, a few foxspots to margins.

TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Jane Penoyre; et al.
Stock no. 1830251
Published by Somerset Books. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book, illustratd by photographs and drawings of local stones, building styles, house plans, roof structure and the more decorative features of the houses, explores the local traditional buildings thate extend in date here, from the late thirteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings and plans. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861834075. Reprint. Tiny pinhole to lower front spine edge and light rubbing to base of spine. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some minor foxing to verso, not visible to front.

THE CRACKERJACK BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Terence Delaney; Edward Boyd; Jane Shaw; et al.
Stock no. 1830099
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

An anthology of stories, articles, picture stories, puzzles and games, and poems. First story is The Elfin Oak by Terence Delaney. Blue glazed pictorial boards show four children on a roller coaster ride with the fun fair in the background. Two-tone illustrations throughout. 188 pages. Top and tail of spine lightly worn with small split to either side. Boards bright. Text block browned. Some pale foxing throughout. Page edge browning. Contents otherwise clean. Slight musty odour present.

THE DAISY CHAIN
Written by A.L.O.E.; et al.
Stock no. 1329944
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1880. Good condition.

A picture story book for children by A.L.O.E. (C.M. Tucker) and other favourite writers. Black spine. Pictorial front board showing three children fishing. 6 chromolithographs. B/w chapter headings and tailpieces. 72 pages. Backstrip and Frontis are both MISSING from this copy. Covers are marked and scuffed, corners are worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots and some light fingermarks to page margins. A couple of corner tips creased. Contents generally bright and clean.

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER AND OTHER TALES
Written by John Ruskin; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1329933
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Also contains: The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ten Pieces of Gold by Mrs. Craik; The Golden Apples of Lough Erne told from traditional sources. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, 4 by Rountree to the first story. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cloth covers marked. Plates all present, a couple have creased/ragged margins. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges cracked but binding still tight.