LILLIPUT LYRICS
Written by William Rands. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1331378
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and title page. B/w text illustrations throughout. 329 pages, all edges pink. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are foxed and a bit grubby, spine slightly browned. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Fingering to page margins throughtout. Foxing to textblock and prelims.

ALLIGATOR PIE
Written by Dennis Lee. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld.
Stock no. 1831480
Published by Key Porter Books. Circa 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Collector's edition of the 1974 Canadian children's classic. Tasty, delicious nonsense of Alligator Pie. Blue paper boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Poems for children. 64 pages. ISBN: 9781552633380. 8th printing. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else book and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and clean also.

COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330975
Published by William Heinemann. 1989. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and cover edges are faded. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

JOHN AND ME & THE DICKERY DOG
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1831111
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

A book of children's rhymes about a dog. Blue and gold mottled boards, light blue cloth spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 143 pages. Spine & boards browned and stained. Top front edge of spine is frayed. Board edges are rubbed and worn. Text block browned. Small doodle in ink to front endpaper. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight. A few grubby marks to contents.

OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1831030
Published by Faber & Faber. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. Cream cloth with red title to spine and picture of two cats dancing to front cover. Colour illustrations, 50 pages. Ninth impression. Some foxspots to cloth boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Blue ink smudges to page 37 and facing illustration (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) - not too bad. Else contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned, worn at top & tail of spine with slight loss.

ALBERT AND BALBUS AND SAMUEL SMALL
Written by Marriott Edgar. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1330860
Published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Circa 1970. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial onlay 'The Doctor Visits Young Albert' to front cover. Cardwraps. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains 12 poems. Priced at 40p to front cover. Foxing to contents throughout. Light browning to covers.

A FAMILY TREASURY OF POETRY
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830980
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First published as A New Treasury of Poetry by Blackie and Son Ltd 1990. Delight in language and delight in life sing through the pages of this rich collection of poetry for the young. Selected and introduced by Neil Philip. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0751305065. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

A NEW TREASURY OF POETRY
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830975
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

English poetry celebrating rich traditions in poetic forms--from early robust ballads and folk verse to breathtaking gems from such moderns as Yeats and Dickinson. Selected and Introduced by Philip. Burgundy boards with silver title to spine. Small b/w wood engraving illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0216928893. Gift inscription in ink to title page else a lovely copy. Light grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly browned to spine, small stain to rear panel.

A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830968
Published by Granada. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. A story in rhyme. Matt cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. 41 pages. ISBN: 0246113251. Boards very slightly grubby, spine slightly faded. Small annotation in ink to verso of front endpaper. Pale foxspot to verso of front endpaper and the half-title page. Tiny nick to top edge of page 27/28. Else contents clean.

FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209010
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 7th 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some slight loss. Grubby marks to verso.

TWELVE SONGS FROM 'PLAYTIME & COMPANY'
Written by E.V. Lucas.
Stock no. 1209008
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Music by Herman Finck. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to base of spine. Minimal page browning to endpapers. Contents lovely and clean. Orange dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn (but no loss) and has a large tear to front panel.

TEDDY BEAR AND OTHER SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209007
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown paperboards, cloth spine. Words by Milne, music by Fraser-Simson. Delightful decorations by Shepard. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some sligh foxing to contents (mainly to prelims) and also to title-label on front cover. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some light fingermarks to page margins.