PHILIP AND ARTHUR, OR THE CHATTERTON CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318795
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1867. Almost very good condition.

Very small format (4.5 x 3"). Green embossed cloth covered cardwraps with gilt vignette to front. 96 pages, all edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Colour frontis. Covers edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

ALWAYS HAPPY!
Written by Maria Elizabeth Budden.
Stock no. 1318793
Published by Grant and Griffith. 1850. Good condition.

Or, anecdotes of Felix and his sister Serena written for her children by a Mother. 16th edition. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 172 pages plus 8 page publication list to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight damp staining and light marks to covers. Foxing and page browning to contents. Musty smell to contents.

SHORT STORIES FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY - SWEDEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318790
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1851. Almost very good condition.

Small fromat. Embossed grey cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 198 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

THE OLD WOMAN AND HER CHICKEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318702
Published by Darton & Co.. Circa 1856. Good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates (with tissue guards) to include title-page. Half title-page states "There is No Such Thing as a Trifle". 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Darkening to covers. Foxing to textblock. Grubby fingermarks to page margins thoughout. Musty smell to contents (tobacco?).

A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.

RED SNOW AND OTHER PARABLES FROM NATURE
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Stock no. 1318038
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1862. Good condition.

Third Series. Small format (5 x 3.5"). Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front cover. 187 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Covers are grubby, worn at spine and corners. Joints cracked. Textblock is a little grubby.

THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
Written by Elizabeth Turner.
Stock no. 1318037
Published by John Harris. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Small format, 5 x 3.75". Cardwraps. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Facsimile of 1807 edition. Adverts to rear of the book dated 1899-1900. Covers are grubby and edge worn. Tiny booksellers sticker inside front cover. Front joint is reparied with white paper. Contents are browned. Contained in custom made blue cloth covered box.

GILL'S EARLY STEPS IN DRAWING AND READING
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317879
Fair condition.

Series D. 24 cards contained in a box. Drawings to one side with write-up on the other. For example, card one shows 'The Water Can' and has a write up about Water. The box is very worn and split. The cards are grubby. Unfortunately card 17 is MISSING from this set.

MY MOTHER
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus; Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 2130362
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Good condition.

An adaptation of the poem by Ann Taylor, with a prose version and two musical settings. Comus is the pseudonym for R.M.Ballantyne. Large format. Green embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. 32 pages. 8 attractive colour plates. The story of a kitten. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks and uneven fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Creasing and a few margin tears, foxing, including to plate pages. Frontis is very creased; appears to at one time have been folded. Some damp marks. A reading copy.

THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 1208841
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages. All plates present. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed with slight loss of colour. Covers marked, mainly at edges. Bookplate and name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Contents clean.

THE GIRLS AND I
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1208826
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black title and vignette plus gilt border to front. Gilt title and decorations to spine. 192 pages. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. One plate missing. Spine browned. Covers slightly soiled. Endpapers browned, rear endpaper soiled. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents very good.

THE AFFECTIONATE PARENT'S GIFT
Written by Henry Sharpe Horsley.
Stock no. 1315143
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1st 1827. Good condition.

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward". Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.