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OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.W. Bayes; T. Dalziel; J.B. Zwecker.
Stock no. 2133898
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Card wraps. With upwards of 100 illustrations. New (cloth) spine; original covers, which have browned; some tears and creasing; numbers in ink to bottom of front cover. Appears to be ex-lib., but with minimal markings. Foxing and marks.

PHILIP AND ARTHUR, OR THE CHATTERTON CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318795
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1867. Almost very good condition.

Very small format (4.5 x 3"). Green embossed cloth covered cardwraps with gilt vignette to front. 96 pages, all edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Colour frontis. Covers edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1318257
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 22 pages. Name in ink to top edge of front cover, corner tip torn from same. Covers sligthly grubby. Contents generally clean.

THE GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2128680
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Being the stories of The golden goose, The three bears, The 3 little pigs, and Tom thumb. Green pictorial cloth with red title to front and gilt title to spine. Numerous drawings in colour and b/w. Unpaginated. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Neat colouring to verso of front endpaper and frontis.

THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Reginald Birch.
Stock no. 2126490
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, with black titles and decorations. 15 b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front endpaper appears to be MISSING. Some foxing.

THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2126051
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 84 pages. Early Reprint. Backstrip has been re glued (appears to have at one time been detached). Some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks and the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight.

KATE GREENAWAY'S PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2125981
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

Outlines from various Greenaway works for Boys and Girls to paint. Green pictorial boards. 62 pages. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout to paint. (No text). Front cover shows two girls with doll and paint brush Foxing and some dark patches to covers. Contents are very good - no page has been painted!

OUR HOME RAILWAYS PART 9: THE NORTH EASTERN
Written by W.J. Gordon.
Stock no. 1816235
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Red cardwraps with colour pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w photos. B/w and colour plates. Part 9 of a 12 part series. Covers edge worn and faded at spine. Front cover starting to split from contents at top and tail. Some browning to contents.

THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 1208841
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages. All plates present. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed with slight loss of colour. Covers marked, mainly at edges. Bookplate and name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Contents clean.

THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Hartley Coleridge.
Stock no. 1208783
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1899. Good condition.

Being lives of the most distinguished persons that have been born in, or connected with, those provinces. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. Portrait frontis plus one other b/w portrait plate. 480 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped. Covers soiled. Names and dates in ink on verso of front endpaper. Prelims very browned. Some margin marks and foxspots but contents generally clean.

KATE GREENAWAY'S PAINTING BOOK
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1316434
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1910. Very good condition.

Green pictorial card wraps. Outlines from various Greenaway works for Boys and Girls to paint. 9.5 x 7". Front cover shows two girls with doll and paint brush. Chipping (some loss) to spine and cover edges. Some light page browning and foxing. Contents clean and unused.

THE MARIGOLD PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial covers show two children sat on brick steps. Kate Greenaway illustrations to paint, some in colour with same illustration opposite. Instructions on rear pastedown. 33 pages. Covers grubby with browning and stains. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, small sharp bump to front edge of faded spine. Front cover is slightly bowed. Small dark mark to text block. Light stains to outside edges of endpapers and a few pages otherwise contents clean and unused.