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INDEX TO CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Arthur D. Mortimore.
Stock no. 1801957
Published by D. Mortimore. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Indexing nearly 4000 books available in British libraries in 1975 and 1976 and intended to help librarians, teachers and parents to find the books that children ask for. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 191 pages. ISBN: 0950566500. Ex-lib with library plate to front pastedown and stamps to text block & verso of title page. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is browned at spine and lightly scuffed.

COLLECTING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1801956
Published by Diamond Publishing Group. 3rd 2007. Very good condition.

Third Edition, completely revised and updated. Compiled by Book And Magazine Collector, Britain's Leading Publication for book and magazine collectors. Listing over 15,000 titles by the most collectable authors with values of first editions. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photo illustrations. 413 pages. ISBN: 9780953260171. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. A couple of grubby marks to endpapers and text block, contents clean.

ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC
Written by Mary V. Jackson.
Stock no. 1801950
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 304 pages including index. ISBN: 0859678369. A clean copy in a black pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn and scuffed.

P.G. WODEHOUSE A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CHECKLIST
Written by Eileen McIlvaine; Louise S. Sherby; James H. Heineman. Illustrated by Peter Van Straaten.
Stock no. 1801922
Published by James H. Heineman. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This comprehensive bibliography and checklist opens wide the doors to the books, plays, verse, short stories and lyrics of P.G. Wodehouse. This volume is directed to the scholar, the researcher, the collector, the casual reader and, not least, to the fan of the man whom 20th century literary giants have called "The Master". Large format. Grey cloth boards with gilt plum titles. Plum, patterned endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. xlix and 489 pages. ISBN: 087008125X. Small plain white sticker to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Purple pictorial wrapper is edge-worn. A nice copy.

SHARING THE EARTH
Written by J.M. Fladmark.
Stock no. 1801834
Published by Donhead. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Local Identity in Global Culture. Papers presented at the Robert Gordon University Heritage Convention 1995 and edited by Fladmark. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. xviii and 381 pages. ISBN: 1873394195. A fine copy in a matching pictorial wrapper which is lightly creased at corners.

RANSOME FOREIGN LEGION
Written by Arthur Ransome; Robert M. Thompson.
Stock no. 385755
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A study of the many translations of the twelve Swallows and Amazons books of Arthur Ransome. Large format. Red boards with gilt titles. 120 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight markings to textblock edges and a few light fingermarks to page margins (mainly at prelims). Dustwrapper is just lightly creased at top edges.

RECORD SOURCES FOR LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Philip Riden.
Stock no. 820480
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

A guide for local historians to the main archival sources available to them in England and Wales. Coverage extends from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. Batsford Local History Series. Laminated pictorial boards. ISBN: 0713447265. A nice copy.

HANDLIST OF THE CONTENTS OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE
Written by N.W. Kingsley.
Stock no. 628279
Published by Gloucestershire County Council. 1988. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Spiral bound. ISBN: 0904950670.

THE KENNEL CLUB YEAR BOOK 1996/1997
No author listed.
Stock no. 806116
Published by The Kennel Club. 1996. Almost very good condition.

Red card wraps. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT LORD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 596566
Published by Oresko Books Ltd.. Circa 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905368037. A few marks and some uneven fading to covers. Contents are fine.

CHILD'S EYE
Written by Gillian Avery.
Stock no. 594498
Published by Channel 4. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

A History of Children's Books Through Three Centuries. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1851440889. A couple of light marks to covers. Corners are lightly creased.

PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 589966
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED by T.E. Schuster on front endpaper. A great copy!