OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310567
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. A nice copy.

OUR DARLINGS
Written by Esther Branthwaite; Duncan McLaren; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1310566
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows young boy sailor with a small girl on his shoulder. First story is "Molly's Decision" (this is a long story serialised throughout the annual) by Branthwaite. Colour plates mounted on green paper plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded with small dark mark to centre. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers browned, small piece chipped from lower edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. One plate has slight damage to edges, one mount has very slight paper damage to verso.

OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1501367
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children carol singing. Tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Includes 3 colour plates by Wain plus some b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and board edges worn. Small pieces of paper missing from both front and rear board. Front board lightly scratched. Tiny hole near to centre of front endpaper. A little foxing and one or two marks otherwise contents generally clean.

LITTLE FOLKS 1918
Written by Anne Dickson; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2109574
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1918. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. First story 'In sound of the Guns by Anne Dicks' Endpapers creased. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Covers mottled and scuffed.

THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Allan Carter; et al..
Stock no. 1302567
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The Big Books series edited by Herbert Strang. Pictorial boards and spine (monkey to spine). 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Sai the Panther". Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is just a tiny bit grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

LITTLE FOLKS VOL 116
Written by Doris Pocock; Alfred Judd; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree; D. Newsome; Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 385985
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board (illustration by Lawson Wood) of dog harassing jester. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 476 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers scuffed and a little scratched. First gathering of pages (prelims) detached - held in by small piece of tape. Name in ink to front endpaper. Old glue marks to inner margins of endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Contents are generally clean.

THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 385119
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. circa 1947. Very good condition.

An Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Slight foxing to contents. Small stain to edge of front cover affecting first few pages. Slight musty smell to contents.

THE TALE OF CHICKABOO CHICK
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 448352
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis and 7 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Corners worn and bumped. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and prelims. Slight odour to book.

THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 436310
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 3rd 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Top of spine has roughly 1/2 cm missing. Gift inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 2" tear vertically up one page, next to spine. Contents are still bright. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, with a few inch edge-tears, that have been repaired to verso with sticky tape. Some small pieces of loss to corners. Grubby marks to rear panel. Overall, still a very good copy of this rarer ladybird title.

THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 594297
Published by Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Some wear and light chipping to cover edges and corners. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Colour plates are still beautifully bright! Scuff marks to rear cover.

THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435543
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. 1cm to base of backstrip is chipped away. Front joint split, binding is weak. Some light scuffing to covers. Small tear hole to top of spine. Contents are lovely and bright and clean.

THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435130
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Some light wear to corners and cover edges, and a few marks to rear cover. Contents are beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with 1.5" loss to base of spine, top of spine torn for 1.5". A few other closed tears that have been repaired with sticky tape to verso. Some small surface paper patches of damage.