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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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THE SCHOOL IN THE FOREST
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Dewar Mills.
Stock no. 1316847
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles to front cover and spine. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages, top edge stained green. Spine and corners bumped and spine worn. Some light spotting to lower edge of rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE FABER BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
Written by Barbara Ireson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2123818
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

A nice selection of short stories. B/w text illustrations throughout. Card wraps. 189 pages, including index. ISBN: 0571132782. Covers are unevenly browned, with a few marks. Light creasing to corners.

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BABYHOOD STEP BY STEP THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
Written by Priscilla Pointer.
Stock no. 2123801
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1946. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Title to front cover is: Our Baby, The First Five Years. Space left for all babies progress. Some light bumping to spine. A little browning. All contents are clean and have not been filled out. Contained in original colour pictorial sleeve, which has split down one side and grubby marks; chipping etc.

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ROWAN BARNES-MURPHY'S MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 2123796
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial glazed boards, large format. Pale blue endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. 156 pages. ISBN: 0340501227. Small bookseller label to bottom of front pastedown. A few margin marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears to top and tail of spine, which is also faded.

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TIMOTHY AND MADAM MOUSE A NON-ABC BOOK
Written by Jane Thayer. Illustrated by Don Madden.
Stock no. 2123794
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1972. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Not a traditional ABC book - but still teaching children their letters. Two-tone illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437794091. Small splits to top and tail of spine, with a little loss. Wear along cover edges. Small patch of surface paper damage to top of front cover. Foxing to covers. Some browning to pages.

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KANGAROO COOLAROO
Written by Lydia S. Eliott. Illustrated by Joyce Horne.
Stock no. 2123788
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Coolaroo, a tiny kangaroo. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; some small chips and nicks; scuffing and grubby marks.

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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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NURSE MATILDA
Written by Christianna Brand. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2123737
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title and decorations to covers. Endpapers are red. B/w text illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0747576750. 2nd impression. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some wear.

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ROALD DAHL
Written by Jeremy Treglown.
Stock no. 2123721
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571165737. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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LOOK! LOOK!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1814644
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. Easy to read text. Bright colour pictures. An animal version of a cops and robbers story. ISBN: 0862647584.

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