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KATE GREENAWAY'S PAINTING BOOK
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1316434
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

Green pictorial card wraps. Outlines from various Greenaway works for Boys and Girls to paint. 9.5 x 7". Front cover shows two girls with doll and paint brush. Chipping (some loss) to spine and cover edges. Some light page browning and foxing. Contents clean and unused.

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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 FARM
Written by Martin Merrythought. Illustrated by F. Daws; Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1316430
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Young Briton Toy Books. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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OUR LITTLE ONES' ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316429
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. 4 large colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Animals featured include Horses, Donkeys and Zoo animals. Covers have been leant on for writing. Splits to spine causing pages to be split at inner margin. Contents lightly browned with some grubby fingermarks but generally clean.

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BENEATH THE HILL
Written by Jane Louise Curry.
Stock no. 2123013
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks, but minimal loss; cup ring and some other marks.

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THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR TALES FOR THE AGELESS
Written by J.C. Mardrus; Hans Christian Andersen; Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Sylvain Sauvage; Everett Gee Jackson.
Stock no. 1316424
Published by The Limited Editions Club. 1949. Very good condition.

Three volumes in slipcase: Ali Baba; The Ugly Duckling; The Sleeping Beauty. Large volumes (12.25 x 8"). Each volume is cloth bound with colour illustrations. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Copy no. 853. Ali Baba is SIGNED by Ardizzone and Ugly Duckling is SIGNED by Jackson, Hersholt and Schwartz. Each volume is slightly bumped and rubbed to spine, Ali Baba has a small nick to centre of spine. There are some light fingermarks to page margins but generally the contents are clean. The slipcase is worn and the spine of the slipcase is browned.

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RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGARMAN, THIEF
Written by Marcus Crouch. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1507025
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Folk tales from around the world. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 25 tales. B/w illustrations. 179 pages. ISBN: 0192781111. Top edge of text block foxed. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge worn with isbn label to rear flap.

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TALES FROM THE MARBLE MOUNTAIN
Written by Hugh Gardner. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1316401
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Contains Part I Beyond the Marble Mountain. First published 1948. Part II, Back To The Marble Mountain, first published 1949. Turquoise boards with gilt title to spine. 249 pages. B/w text illustrations. The fortunes and adventures of Bear, Goat, Owl and Ostrich. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, large piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE WANDERINGS OF MUMFIE
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1316399
Published by John Murray. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and spine and has some loss to top of spine.

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THE LITTLE TRAIN
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie.
Stock no. 1316398
Published by Max Parrish. 1st thus 1957. Slightly better than good condition.

Red boards, gilt vignette of train to front cover. Large colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Easy to read text. 36 pages. 8.5 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and with little indentation marks to fore-edges (teeth marks?). A brown spot to page edges/margins and some light foxing and fingering. Blue crayon marks to pages 4&5 otherwise contents clean.

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LONE STAR AND THE STAR OF THE SEA
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 1813342
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A graphic novel in which magic and hope conquer many troubles in a journey of peace and freedom. Oblong format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550520. SIGNED by the author with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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PLAYWAYS ANNUAL
Written by Enid Blyton; et al.
Stock no. 1813337
Published by Playways Office. 1955. Very good condition.

Full length Blyton story is 'The very big secret'. Blue spine, pictorial boards, colour plates and two tone text illustrations. Edges and corners of boards worn. Boards a little scuffed. Name and address in belongs to box. Crossword puzzle on page 41 neatly completed in pencil.

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