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HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610115
Published by Ernest Nister. c. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. 5 beautiful fold-down full-page chromo-lithographed layered scenes. B/w illustrations. Board corners worn with some surface loss; spine scuffed at top & tail with fading and slight fraying of cloth. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Hinges strengthened with bookbinding tape. One pop-up scene is edge creased, with corner repair. Scattered foxing.

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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.

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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.

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JAN OF THE WINDMILL
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by Mrs. Allingham.
Stock no. 1316853
Published by George Bell & Sons. 3rd 1884. Almost very good condition.

Town and Country Series. Third Edition. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette of windmill and black borders to front cover. 7 x 4.75". Eleven b/w illustrations. 310 pages plus 24 page book list. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to half-title page. Some light page browning.

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FIRST FRENCH READING-BOOK
Written by Louis Philippe R.F. De Porquet.
Stock no. 2123743
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 23rd 1853. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Or Petites Histories, Interessantes, Instructives et Morales. 23rd edition. Covers are unevenly faded and browned. Splits to spine, with some chipping and loss. Foxing and browning, with damp marks to a few pages. A reading copy.

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THE CHURCH MISSIONARY JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR 1858
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123740
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1858. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth. Volume VII, New Series. Spine is browned. Some bumping to cover edges and pages.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407097
Published by Atheneum. 1st USA 1981. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue cloth with red titles. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. 5.5 x7" ISBN: 0689501919. Small bump to side of boards. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light foxspots to verso.

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SUNNY HALF-HOURS
Written by Aunt Charlotte.
Stock no. 1316433
Published by Dean & Son. Very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to front. 8 colour plates. 32 pages. Short stories. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Joints cracked. Pale page browning and grubby fingermarks to some pages else contents generally clean.

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THE THREE GOOD FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506743
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A Coloured Picture Book For The Nursery. Containing nursery rhymes and Little Red Riding Hood plus sixteen coloured (chromolithograph) illustrations. Untearable - pages mounted on cloth. Brown decorated cloth with gilt title labels and small oval floral onlay to front cover. Large format 11.5 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some darkening to cover edges. Onlay and gilt on front cover ribbed. A few short scratches to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents but colours are bright and pages are generally clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOLS 43 & 44
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; W. Heath Robinson; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1506676
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1896. Good condition.

2 volumes bound in one. Dark green textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 12 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 2.5" split to top of front edge of spine. Covers a little grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper and pencil writing to pastedown. Front joint cracked by index and first page of index is partially detached. One gathering pulled with ragged edges. Foxing and browning to pages and plates, worst at edges. All plates present.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.

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