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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1897
Written by Various. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1331463
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth (illustration by Robinson) with gilt titles. Colour (chromolithograph) frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. 412 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some stitching pulled but binding still tight. A couple of page corner tips torn off but no loss of text.

IN THE MASTER'S GARDEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hines; et al..
Stock no. 1330427
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Very good condition.

A daily companion for a month (a devotional companion). Brown cloth spine, cream boards with illustration to front. Black endpapers. Beautiful chromolithograph and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers just slightly marked. Light foxing and page browning else contnets clean. Cracking to joints with glue repair to front joint.

OUR BIRTHDAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Alice Price; F. Corbyn Price.
Stock no. 1329131
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

With spaces for autographs and poetical quotations for every day in the year. Blue cloth spine. Floral decorated boards. Brown endpapers. Beautiful chromolithograph illustrations for each month of the year. Spaces to write names. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper (dated 1899). Some hinges cracked. A few ink entries.

OUR GARDEN
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1329083
Published by SPCK. Circa 1884. Good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with red spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn. Spine is worn and faded with splits. Fingermarks to page margins throughout. Front joint is a little cracked at top.

PANSIES
Written by Clifton Bingham; Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1328973
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1933. Good condition.

White cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. White covers are grubby, ink imprint to front cover. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Staples rusty. A few small brown spots to some page margins.

"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1895-97
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328413
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897 Good condition.

Contains Jan 1895 to Dec 1897. Dark blue textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 40 chromolithograph plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light page browning and foxng. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

A RABBIT'S TALE
Written by G.R. Glasgow.
Stock no. 1323557
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Some slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

SNAPDRAGON
Written by L. Haskell.
Stock no. 1323552
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

EARLY DAYS FOR 1878
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323274
Published by Wesleyan Conference Office. 1878. Almost very good condition.

Third Series. Vol II. Cream bards with colour picture to front (girl sniffing a flower). 190 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour chromolithograph frontis. Spine and corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Covers grubby. Large but neat inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some fingering and foxing but generally contents clean.

TALES FROM NURSERY LAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 1321519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. 64 pages. Colour illustrations. Re-backed with blue cloth spine. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and a little grubby. New endpapers. Contents are browned and well fingered.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).