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A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES VOLUME ONE: BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE 1701
Written by John R. Kenyon.
Stock no. 1805544
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Orange cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 100 pages. ISBN: 0720003717.

BIBLIOTHECA CESTRIENSIS
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2106650
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited. 1904. Very good condition.

Or a biographical account of books, maps, plates and other printed matter relating to, printed or published in, or written by authors resident in the county of Chester. Illustrated with views of old halls in Cheshire. Compiled by Cooke. Large format. Limited to 200 copies. Some wear to covers; a little scuffing and bumping, damp marking to rear cover, with bad wear to top edge. Copy no. 100 (Royal quarto). Some grubby margin marks and a couple of pages have small nicks to edges.

ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC
Written by Mary V. Jackson.
Stock no. 1801950
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 304 pages including index. ISBN: 0859678369. A clean copy in a black pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn and scuffed.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 630284
Published by University of Wales. 1931. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, most of the spine has gone.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT LORD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 596566
Published by Oresko Books Ltd.. Circa 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905368037. A few marks and some uneven fading to covers. Contents are fine.

BOOKSTORE PLANNING AND DESIGN
Written by Ken White.
Stock no. 595929
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Step-by-step guidance through the complex maze of location, budgeting, scheduling, creation of themes, lighting, graphics, floor wall and ceiling surfaces, color schemes... Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 181 pages. Red endpapers. ISBN: 0070698511. Spine and corners bumped, minimal fading to cover edges. Pale page browning else contents clean. Wrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss.

CHILD'S EYE
Written by Gillian Avery.
Stock no. 594498
Published by Channel 4. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

A History of Children's Books Through Three Centuries. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1851440889. A couple of light marks to covers. Corners are lightly creased.

PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 589966
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED by T.E. Schuster on front endpaper. A great copy!

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 585742
Published by University of Leicester. Circa 1970. Very good condition.

Commences with a list of material in the Institute of Education Library as at March 1960. Together with four supplements bringing the information up to date as at March 1973. Contained in card folder.

TRADE & PLUMB-CAKE FOR EVER HUZZA
No author listed.
Stock no. 585771
Published by Toronto Public Library. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cream pictorial card wraps. Catalogue of an exhibition of early children's books from the Osborne collection.

THE SPECIAL COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS (PRE-1914) AVAILABLE IN GLASGOW PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Written by C.W. Black.
Stock no. 585772
Published by Glasgow Corporation Public Libraries. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, grey boards.

BRITISH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BOOKS 1935-1952
No author listed.
Stock no. 694125
Published by Aslib. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

A comprehensive bibliography of British scientific and technical books published during the last quartery of a century (from date of this publication). Red cloth boards, gilt titles. xi and 364 pages. Spine faded. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. Rear endpaper creased. Musty odour present.