THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 2126057
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off.

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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2126022
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. B/w illustrations. 2-3" split to base of spine, with some fraying to cloth. A couple of other smaller splits to spine. Browning to spine. Wear and bumping to corners, with some chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Francis Turner Palgrave. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 2125650
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black titles. 12 beautiful tipped-in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Darkening to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to top edge and some corners.

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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS AND OTHER PLAYS
Written by Edgar A. Browne. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1317376
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Contains: Queen of Hearts; The Frog Prince; Beauty and the Beast; Bluebeard. Beige cloth, brown titles and vignette to front within a yellow oval. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 142 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents.

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A KETTLE FULL OF MAGIC AND OTHER STORIES AND POEMS
Written by Jean Kenward. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2125273
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340423390. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Also a gift inscription (not from author), in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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FORMULA FERRARI
Written by Umberto Zapelloni.
Stock no. 1610411
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. The first official inside story of the most successful team in the history of Formula 1. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0340834714. Spine is bumped and lightly faded.

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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2124594
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1927. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 14 colour plates tipped onto brown card and then tipped onto pages, each with a captioned paper guard. 195 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven darkening to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper; creasing to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing. Frontis has a little surface paper damage to page where it has been mounted - looks like it has come away and been remounted.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1208800
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Spine darkened, covers slightly soiled. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers, title page and some page margins browned. Plates fine.

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ROWAN BARNES-MURPHY'S MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 2123796
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial glazed boards, large format. Pale blue endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. 156 pages. ISBN: 0340501227. Small bookseller label to bottom of front pastedown. A few margin marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears to top and tail of spine, which is also faded.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1507710
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile edition of this classic children's tale. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Blue endpapers. 15 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 254 pages. ISBN: 0340277327. Spine and lower corners bumped. Contained in original glassine wrapper that is slightly marked.

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THE SHELTERS OF STONE
Written by Jean M. Auel.
Stock no. 2123407
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340821957. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1407026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1914. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 SIGNED by Hugh Thomson. White vellum, heavily decorated with gilt. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Top edges gilt. 235pp. 12.5 x 10". A very handsome book. SIGNED by Thomson. This is copy no. 148. Bumping to spine and corners. Covers are grubby and rear cover has a couple of marks. Creasing to front endpaper and prelims including mount and tissue guard for frontis but plate itself is not affected. Browning to endpapers. Some light page browning. Light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges and some fingering. One page and last tissue guard creased. Plates all present and in very good condition.

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