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.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1316416
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1919. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles with gilt vignette. 40 tissue-guarded tipped in colour plates. xxiv and 143 pages. Spine bumped at top and tail with very slight wear, corners very slightly rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name plate to front pastedown. All plates present and in fine condition. Foxing otherwise contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE MARIGOLD PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial covers show two children sat on brick steps. Kate Greenaway illustrations to paint, some in colour with same illustration opposite. Instructions on rear pastedown. 33 pages. Covers grubby with browning and stains. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, small sharp bump to front edge of faded spine. Front cover is slightly bowed. Small dark mark to text block. Light stains to outside edges of endpapers and a few pages otherwise contents clean and unused.

CAROLS
No author listed. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 1506935
Published by Alexander Moring Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth with gilt title and onlay. 14 carols. 6 double page spread colour plates; 5 other colour plates. 43 pages. 10.25 x 8". Spine faded and bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Uneven fading to front and rear cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Tiny hole to front joint. One hinge cracked. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light page edge browning. All plates present.

BALLADS AND LYRICS OF LOVE
Written by Frank Sidgwick. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 1406389
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Introduction by Sidgwick. Top edge gilt, other edges are untrimmed. 10 colour plates. 178 pages. 9.5 x 6.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some fraying of cloth. Spine browned and gilt dulled. Couple of small indents on front cover. Covers unevenly faded and a little grubby. Some hinges are cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and page edges browned. Couple of creases to rear endpaper. A little foxing and fingering.

THE INVISIBLE PLAYMATE & W. V. HER BOOK
Written by William Canton. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1406378
Published by Isbister & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1899. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Two b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Bottom corner of front board badly bumped. Bump also to side of front cover. Mark to rear cover. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Foxing especially to endpapers page margins.

AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406360
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth with dark titles to spine and front. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. 80 pages. Wonderful! A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is lightly browned. Light foxing to covers. Rear joint cracked. One plate detached. Foxing throughout. Light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and bottom of spine sn top of both panels. Browning to spine and panels, Some marks to spine.

THE SNOB
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406296
Published by Laurence and Bullen. 1st 1904. Slightly better than good condition.

Some episodes in a Mis-spent Youth. Green pictorial boards with typical Aldin full page illustrations. Rebacked spine is bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Joints cracked. Staples are rusty. Name to front pastedown. Crease to top corners of front endpaper. Light browning to pages. Some foxing and grubby marks.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
Written by Mel Calman. Illustrated by Mel Calman.
Stock no. 1506718
Published by Methuen London Ltd. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Some sketches from a cartoonist's life. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 105 numbered pages. ISBN: 0413588408. Signed by author, with inscription, on front endpaper. A little fading to base of spine and edges of covers alongside. Faint erased pencil writing to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small marks, very light browning to spine area.

DARK ESTUARY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2122674
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A source of abiding delight to all those who love wildfowl and the lonely firths of Scotland. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 15 glorious colour plates plus b/w drawings. SIGNED by author to dedication page. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks with a little scuffing to covers. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with edge-tears and chips; some repairs; only a little loss. Wrapper also has some grubby marks.

CAT O' NINE TALES
Written by Jeffrey Archer. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1506689
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The fifth collection of short stories from the master storyteller. These yarns are ingenioulsly plotted, with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions, and with the added bonus of illustrations by Ronald Searle. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781405032575. A nice copy.

LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506651
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Olive green spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Blue edges. 64 pages. 9.25 x 6". Printed by Edmund Evans. Spine and corners bumped and worn, nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Covers grubby, spine darkened. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Both joints cracked. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Nick to outside edge of rear endpaper.