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EVA AND HER PLAYFELLOWS A BOOK OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE YOUNG
Written by C.M. Smith.
Stock no. 1325259
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1862. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt decoration. Cream endpapers. 4 hand-coloured plates (including the title-page). 255 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Covers scuffed. Glue marks to joints. Some hinges pulled.

THE JUVENILE SCRAP-BOOK
Written by Mrs. Ellis.
Stock no. 1325209
Published by Fisher, Son & Co.. Circa 1842. Good condition.

Blending amusement with instruction. Light brown embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine and vignette to front cover. 92 pages plus 2 page publication list. 16 b/w engravings. All edges gilt. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Covers are unevenly faded. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout, mainly to plates unfortunately.

IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

BERTHOLD THE GOATHERD
Written by Marianne Filleul. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323818
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Floral decorated endpapers. 208 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w plates and small text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents generally clean.

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.

GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; E.J. Walker; Lizzie Lawson; et al..
Stock no. 2140038
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Good condition.

Larger format. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning; some foxing; margin marks. Some page corner tips torn off (and missing) but no loss of text, margin tear to last page.

A HOUSE TO LET
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 2140036
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title. Coloured text illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail. Marks to covers, including red marks to rear cover. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Robert Barnes; M. Ellen Edwards; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 2140035
Published by Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth. B/w illustrations throughout. 264 pages. In Illustration of the Lord's Prayer. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks and browning to covers. Some fraying to cloth in places. Foxing and browning, with some margin marks to pages.

SWEET CONTENT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
Stock no. 2140032
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1891. Good condition.

Light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Green and yellow decorations to front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; faded to spine and edge of front cover. Some other marks to covers. Hinges are pulled in various places - so binding is starting to weaken. Foxing.

NURSE HEATHERDALE'S STORY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2140028
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Orange decorative cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w plates. 191 pages plus 55 page publishers booklist. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Some marks, especially to rear cover. Foxing and page browning.

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.

THE ORIEL WINDOW
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1323087
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

Orange cloth wtih black decorations, gilt title to spine. 182 pages plus 2 page booklist to rear. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight fading to spine and cover edges. Ex-libris plate (small) to front pastedown. Ink address stamp to front free-endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to centre of rear pastedown. Endpapers are foxed. Slight musty smell to contents.