FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209006
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 11th 1927. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some slight darkening to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge is gaping - exposing stitching/webbing. A few corners creased and some light margin marks.

PETER AND WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford.
Stock no. 1209004
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

The first full-length novel featuring Peter Pan who originally appeared in a section of J.M. Barrie's The Little White Bird. A successful play was staged in 1904 entitled Peter Pan Or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Following the success of the play Hodder & Stoughton extracted a number of chapters from The Little White Bird and republished them with illustrations by Arthur Rackham with the title Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens. It wasn't until 1911 that the play was adapted and expanded to novel length and this is the offering we have here. The binding is dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine a white decorative border to front cover with a white vignette showing Peter Pan with two mermaids and the crocodile. The book is beautifully illustrated in b/w by Bedford with a title page, frontis and 11 other plates (13 plates in total). 267 pages. Printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly marked. Gilt publisher name to base of spine has faded. Front joint is cracked showing webbing. Some of the plates are loose but all are present. Some hinges cracked. There is foxing throughout. Top edge of textblock is a bit dusty.

PINK PIGS IN MUD
Written by Betty Youngs. Illustrated by Betty Youngs.
Stock no. 1830875
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

On Ted Hollins' farm there are yellow chicks, pink pigs, white sheep, green frogs and many more... Betty Youngs' beautiful emproidered pictures create an exciting colour recognition for the very young. Oblong format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Minimal text. Colour pictorial endpapers. Not paginated. ISBN: 037030344X. Fading to spine vertically. Boards clean. Neat name in ink to title page. Contents clean.

THE RAIN DOOR
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1830873
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harry finds the rain door one hot summer Thursday and enters a fantastical world where he has an exciting adventure in place behind the weather. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0575030976. Boards clean and bright. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.

THE SICK COW
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1830872
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first Bobby Brewster story by H.E. Todd. This particular sick cow goes "Bow-wow" instead of "Moo". Cloth pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340186755. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is stuck to the boards with clear laminate, is faded to spine and rear vertical edge of spine and has a name in ink to top of front flap. Contents are clean although there is a odour of damp present.

YOUR PANTOMIME BOOK
Written by Patrick Barrington. Illustrated by Anne Grahame Johnstone; Janet Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1830871
Published by The Heirloom Library. Slightly better than good condition.

An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.

THE TALKING PARCEL
Written by Gerald Durrell.
Stock no. 1330702
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful, fast-moving fantasty which is a delicioous blend of adventure and lovely Durrell humour. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0001848283. Spine and corners bumped. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears at top edges.

THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330701
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Spine bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge browned and lightly creased at edges.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1830867
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Measles; Slippery dip; Toppling Boxes; Apple: these are a handful of the expressive headings given to this collection of brief incidents - each one occupying no more than a page, and told in very simple language - which together form a kaleidoscope of typical events in the everyday life of a small child. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Single-colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0207951160. Browning to text block and endpapers else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little browned and worn at corners.

SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330690
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some small, light marks to covers. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and textblock. Half title-page is browned. Some light spotting and fingering to page margins but generally contents clean.