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ANNE OF WINDY WILLOWS
Written by L.M. Montgomery.
Stock no. 1317447
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Embossed title to front cover. Colour frontis. 296 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Some light faded patches to spine (where dustwrapper has small pieces missing) and covers ever so slightly marked. Heavy foxing to contents, mostly to prelims and outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss to spine edges, tape repairs on verso, rear panel slightly grubby and spine slightly faded.

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ROBIN HOOD HIS MERRY EXPLOITS
Written by Charles Wilson. Illustrated by R.C. Smith.
Stock no. 2125367
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue leather spine and corners, blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. All Time Tales Series. Top little piece of spine MISSING. Wear and some splitting to base of spine. Browning to corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some page edges are torn, into margins. Appears some pages and uncut edges, and they've been 'opened' untidily for someone to read the story.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2124960
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, with black titles. Front cover shows a girl offering her cheek to a boy for a kiss. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine is unevenly faded. Corners are bumped and worn, with a little chipping. Inscription in ink and ink stamp name to front endpaper. A few light margin marks. Contained in a LATER wrapper (3/6 net) which is torn and creased, with loss to top and tail of spine and a couple of edges; faded to spine.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2124834
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

reddish brown cloth spine with black title. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is unevenly faded. Wear to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has bottom 3" of spine MISSING; smaller piece of loss to top of spine. Horizontal, repaired tear across full width of front panel; some other chips and tears with small bits of loss.

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AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2123907
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. 1" near top of spine has paper torn off, showing webbing beneath. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to letter on title on pictorial onlay. Browning to endpapers; a couple of foxspots. Contents are still very good.

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PAM'S SECRET-HOUSE
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2123831
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Paperboards, colour pictorial onlay. Colour illustrations of Pam and her dollies. Colour pictorial endpapers. Small format. A few marks to covers; bumping to corners and a couple of cover edges. Name and address in pencil to verso of front endpaper and verso of half-title page, else contents are excellent.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 1814771
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. Possibly a proof copy as there are three pages with ink corrections to spelling, these three pages are listed on the front flap of dustwrapper. Light browning to horizontal edges of boards. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn, and tape mark to tail of spine and gutter edges.

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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1208893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Dark grey boards, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Beautiful colour plates. Music by Horace Mansion. Songs in French. All plates present. Spine bumped, corners worn. Wear to lower edges. Covers scuffed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Closed tear to lower margin of page 15. Contents clean.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
Stock no. 1814767
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth. Gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Blue pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Front board a little marked and pictorial onlay scuffed. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. All plates present with some pale foxing to margins. One hinge pulled.

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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1208799
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Green boards, blue cloth spine. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. Beautiful colour plates. Music by Horace Mansion. All plates present. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners worn. A few very small scuff marks to onlay. Endpapers browned. Some foxspots to contents. Two pages have small closed tear at lower margin. Plates clean and bright.

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POLLYANNA OF THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
Written by Harriet Lummis Smith.
Stock no. 1507668
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles and border to spine and front cover. 208 pages. Spine faded. Top rear corner bumped. A little foxing/darkening to top edges of covers. 1" square blue label to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. A few fox spots to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to ends of spine and folds. Spine faded. A couple of small marks to rear panel.

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AMELIARANNE CAMPS OUT
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1407081
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1945. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth spine with pictorial boards. Colour endpapers. Superb colour illus throughout. Also b/w illus surrounding text. Spine and corners bumped. Corners worn. Spine faded especially at top and bottom. Small bumps to bottom of rear board. Board edges rubbed. Some foxing to covers. Light foxing to endpapers and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears including to front fold. Creasing to top and bottom of panels. Loss to top and bottom of spine and bottom of front panel. Wrapper is foxed and grubby.

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