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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1305091
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Good condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some scuffing to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing to contents.

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THE BAIRN'S TOY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Savile Lumley; et al..
Stock no. 1304630
Published by The Epworth Press. circa 1924. Very good condition.

A book of short stories. Red cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour plates, b/w and two-tone illustrations. First story is "Spritely The Fairy". Spine is worn with a few tiny holes. Corners worn. Covers are a little grubby. There is an inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. There is some page browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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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.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1895
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1801707
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1895. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, a few early Charles Robinson illustrations, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Mr. Old Year" by Mrs. Molesworth. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed with slight loss of surface paper.Joints cracked, hinges tight. A few margin marks but contents generally nice and clean.

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PUCK ON PEGASUS
Written by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell. Illustrated by John Leech; John Tenniel; et al..
Stock no. 1801549
Published by John Camden Hotten. 6th 1869. Fair condition.

Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, bevelled edges, gilt titles, xii and 196 plus four page publisher adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, spine worn with loss to top. Front joint cracked. A few hinges split and one section detached. One or two margin marks but contents generally clean.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 16
Written by Gordon Stables; Talbot Baines Reed; Frederick Treves; W.J. Gordon; Jules Verne; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; H.M. Paget; et al..
Stock no. 1201240
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1894. Slightly better than good condition.

Vol XVI on spine. Large format. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 12 colour plates. Book: all plates present. Slight damage to one plate. Joints cracked. Prelims slightly loose. Some foxing to margins. Name stamp to top and bottom of text block. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine a little faded.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - SEVENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Mabel Lucie Attwell; S.B. Pearse; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1301137
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1919. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl giving rabbit a carrot. 320 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and a little grubby. Corners and cover edges worn. Some rubbing to covers. Browning and light foxing to the rear of the plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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TINY TOT'S FIRST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.e. Houghton; et al..
Stock no. 1301041
Published by Nister & Co.. circa 1929. Very good condition.

No. 3812. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing mother on a bench with little boy and girl reading Tiny Tot's First Book. Contains ABC, Alphabet in writing letters, counting, telling the time, rhymes, short stories etc. B/w text illustrations and a few full-page colour illustrations. Slight wear to top and tail of spine, corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning else contents clean. Small tear to lower edge of rear free-endpaper.

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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.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN SOUTH WALES INCLUDING THE COURSE OF THE WYE
Written by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by D. Cox; et al..
Stock no. 822168
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. 1837. Very good condition.

Dark green leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 48 plates including frontis and title vignette. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Spine edges lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis and title page heavily browned, a few scattered foxspots throughout but generally a bright clean copy.

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THE FIVE TO SEVEN TREASURE BOOK
Written by D.M. Prescott; M.E. Procter; et al. Illustrated by Treyer Evans; et al..
Stock no. 631012
Published by Blandford Press. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges are worn. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing.

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WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1935
No author listed. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman; et al..
Stock no. 819216
Published by Daily Mirror. 1935. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Blue pictorial front board shows Wilfred's underground birthday party. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and covers unusually clean and bright due to presence of glassine wrapper which is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also repaired with tape. Joints starting to crack and have been neatly repaired with glue. Foxing to text block and page browning. A super copy.

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