THE STORY OF SNIPS
Written by Angusine MacGregor. Illustrated by Angusine Macgregor.
Stock no. 1309804
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey pictorial boards. Oblong format. Lovely colour illustrations. Pages uncut and printed on one side only. Cover edges are worn. Spine is grubby. Front joint is completely broken, front free-endpaper torn and creased. Rear joint is cracked but not broken and free-endpaper chipped/torn. Staples rusty. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed but generally good.

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HAPPY PLAYHOURS
Written by L. Haskell; Helen J. Wood; et al. Illustrated by W. Rainey; et al..
Stock no. 1309802
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1902. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two children on a sledge. Blue floral patterned endpapers. Chromolithograph frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners worn. Some light scuffing/marks to rear cover and a small piece of surface paper damage to top edge of rear cover. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents browned and fingered, some hinges cracked.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by G.M. Anson.
Stock no. 1309768
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gold cloth, red title and vignette to spine and red vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plate plus 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Light foxing else contents clean. Later dustwrapper (lists a Dimsie book published in 1942 and is a few mm too short for the book!) is price-cut with a few small tears at edges, minimal loss to base of spine. Wrapper is also just a little grubby.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1309762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Fair condition.

Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8.25 x 6.25". Spine worn with old tape marks to spine and also to edges of covers. Corners worn. Covers scuffed, small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Small splash marks to margins of pages 90 & 91, contents are well fingered with light foxing. A decent copy of a very early reprint.

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HANUKKAH!
Written by Sara Freedland. Illustrated by Sue Clarke.
Stock no. 1401456
Published by Robson Books. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of Hanukkah is illustrated with coloured three dimensional collages. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0860517446. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Contents are fine except for box used to make dreidl which is a little creased.

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MR. BUNNILUMP'S ADVENTURES
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1309708
Published by Marcus Harris & Lewis Ltd.. Good condition.

Mr. Bunnilump is an elephant. Large format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Covers are marked. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some colouring to contents and erased doodles to rear endpapers. Erased pencil writing to top edge of title-page.

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MORE FAIRY TALES
Written by Marjory Bruce. Illustrated by Nora Fry; Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1309707
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Pictorial front board. Red cloth spine. Four colour plates by Appleton. B/w illustrations by Fry. 120 pages. Large format (10 x 7.5"). Covers are edge worn. Split to rear edge of spine has been repaired with glue. Spine edge of front cover is torn and creased but has been repaired. Heavy pencil writing partially erased to front pastedown. Light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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THE FRANK ADAMS BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1309671
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers edge worn and slightly damp stained. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Crayon marks and a patch of surface paper damage to top margins of a couple of pages. Some light fingering.

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IN SEARCH OF WONDERLAND
Written by Derek McCulloch.
Stock no. 1309647
Published by E.K. Cole Ltd.. circa 1952. Very good condition.

The great story of television. Pictorial paperwraps. 34 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Some light foxing to front cover. Top of spine ever so slightly nicked.

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THE HORKEY
Written by Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1501264
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1882. Fair condition.

A Provincial Ballad. Beautiful colour text illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Cloth spine. All edges blue. Cr 4to. Spine, corners and covers very worn and grubby. Ink name to front cover. Joints and some hinges cracked. Two gatherings, pages 17 to 32, detached but present. Next gathering almost detached as is rear endpaper. Numerous marks to contents but all still perfectly readable. A reading copy.

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BOM GOES TO THE CIRCUS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1309597
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

Small strip book format. Red cloth spine. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Two tone illustrations throughout. 92 frames. Covers slightly edge worn with light vertical creases and rear cover slightly browned. Some pale damp stains to page edges and light corner tip creases else contents clean.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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