THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb; Ralph Dunstan. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1322270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine with black title. Grey paper boards, large pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates by tarrant, b/w text illustrations by Nixon. Music by Dunstan. 116 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few marks to covers. Small mark to front free-endpaper and a few light fingermarks to page margins.

BROTHER, BABY AND I
No author listed. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1322249
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of 44 favourite poems and rhymes of childhood, selected and illustrated by Doane. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers edge rubbed. Spine split at top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned, splits at spine ends with loss at base.

THE BOOK OF GNOMES
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1322248
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, pictorial front board. 8 colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. A story told in verse. Spine bumpe and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Some slight scuffing/wear to covers. Small tear to lower margin of title-page. Title-page browned. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally a nice copy of a scarce Nister book.

THINGS
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2135584
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Humourous colour illustrations. ISBN: 034027445X. A few knocks/bumps along cover edges; a few marks. Foxing/marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

LESSONS IN LINE FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by A.H.S.; Geoffrey Ryley. Illustrated by Evelyn Beale.
Stock no. 1321771
Published by Elliot Stock. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth with vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the composer to verso of front free-endpaper (** Hastings withe the Composer's kind regards). Spine and corners bumped. Small worn patch to lower edge of front cover. Small, light stain to rear cover. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.

FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1321681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's inscription in ink to front endpapers. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with some tiny tears and slightly grubby to rear panel. 'New' price label of 2/6 net to front covering original printed price.

TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 2134931
Published by William Darton And Son. Circa 1845. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. B/w illustrations. Wear and scuffs to covers/edges; a bit of chipping to spine. Name label and inscription in ink to front pastedown/endpaper. This book was gifted to and belonged to Godfrey Wedgwood - Great grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and partner in the firm from 1859-1891. Foxing and page browning.

RURAL SCENES: OR, A PEEP INTO THE COUNTRY. FOR YOUTH
Written by Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 1821826
Published by R. Yorke Clarke And Co.. 8th 1948. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Eighth edition. A book of childrens rhymes. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. 87 b/w engravings. Covers browned and stained. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents browned and a few grubby marks.

LET'S HAVE A BITE! A BANQUET OF BEASTLY RHYMES
Written by Robert L. Forbes. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1320433
Published by Overlook Duckworth. 1st USA 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With thirty-three delicious poems by Robert Forbes and zany illustrations of each featured creature (look out for a secret critter peeping out from each page) by a master cartoonist Ronald Searle, these wildly playful rhymes and charmingly intricate illustrations will keep readers seven to seventy coming back again and again. Blue boards, black titles. Colour illustrations throughout. 79 pages. ISBN: 9781590204092. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light evidence of erased pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents are beautiful. Dustwrapper is slightly browned and edge rubbed, remains of a sticky label to rear panel.

MY POETRY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134184
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1859. Good condition.

Smaller format. Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. 3 Kronheim plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning with some uneven fading to cover edges and spine. Split/tear to cloth to one edge of cover; some fraying to cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little writing to front pastedown. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot.

STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1319068
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing Shock-Headed Peter. Colour printed on one side of page only. 24 numbered pages. The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Cover edges rubbed. Light finger creases to pages and some foxspots but generally contents clean.