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THE TINY FOLKS' ANNUAL
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; Millicent Sowerby; Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324838
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Fair condition.

Edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Blue boards, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Front shows a boy and a girl on a toy horse. Colour frontis and illulstrations, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is grubby and faded at edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some light foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR BOYS 25TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al; Jeffrey Havilton. Illustrated by .
Stock no. 1324834
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1932. Good condition.

Beige cloth with illustrations to front and spine. First story is "Bonne Chance!" by A. Lloyd Owen. Colour plates plus b/w plates and text illustrations. 292 pages. Covers are grubby with damp stains to lower edge of front cover. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents and textblock, some light fingering to page margins.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR BOYS 23RD YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Humfrey Jordan; Gunby Hadath; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall; Marcia Lane Foster; Terence Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 1324833
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board shwoing sailors on a sailing boat with another in the background. Large pictorial onlay to red cloth spine. First story is "The Master" by Jordan. Colour and b/w plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and covers edge rubbed. Foxing to contents, heavy to textblock.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR BOYS 32ND YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Major Charles Gilson; C. Fox Smith; Alex E. Urquhart; et al. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1324784
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1939. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles and vignettes to front and spine. 192 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "Exchange No Robbery" by Gilson. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some marks to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing. Price-cut wrapper is worn and chipped with loss, spine is browned and there is a creased tear to rear panel.

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HOLOCENE EXTINCTIONS
Written by Samuel T. Turvey.
Stock no. 1825072
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Edited by Turvey. Describes and anlayses the range of global extinction events which have occurred during the Holocene period from the end of the last glaciation. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780199535095. Board corners bump-ed and rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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SHAKESPEARE'S PRINCES OF WALES: ENGLISH IDENTITY AND THE WELSH CONNECTION
Written by Marisa R. Cull.
Stock no. 1825056
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Spotlightinhg the abundance of princes of Wales - English and Welsh alike - appearing onstage in the late Tudor and early Stuart period. New insights not only into that period's politics and theater, but also in to a title that survives, in continued complexity, to this day. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780198716198. Boards lightly bumped at corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR SCOUTS 1ST YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan; et al.
Stock no. 1324763
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1919. Fair condition.

First year of publication. Green cloth spine, pictorial front cover showing Scout with flag and bugle. First story is "Luck of the Leopard" by Stacey Blake. 4 colou plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper has been blotted out with blue biro scribbles. Belongs to box filled in. Small word in ink to verso of frontis. Frontis is detached but still present. Heavy foxing and some fingering to contents. Hinges are a little pulled causing contents to be slightly loose (binding still tight).

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR SCOUTS 2ND YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; John Martin; W. Percival Westell; Harold Avery; et al. Illustrated by Savile Lumley; N. Sotheby Pitcher; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Green pictorial front board shows a boy scout in shorts with a union jack flag and a castle in the background. First story is "Hogmanay Camp" by Martin. 4 colour plates. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to cover edges. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Thora Stowell; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by E.E. Brier; A.H. Watson; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324758
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board shows two children on a swing "ever so high!". First story is "Six and Twenty Fairy Cows". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations to text. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Jocelyn Oliver; M.A. Peart; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by E.E. Brier; M.D. Johnston; A.H. Watson; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324757
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows children in sailing boat "happy days". Colour frontis. B/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "One Last Ride". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled and cracked but binding still tight.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Margaret Baker; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; H.R. Millar; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324756
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "Our Ship". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story is The Fairy Tree. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly browned. Some hinges pulled. A little foxing to contents, mainly at page edges.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324755
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "The Swing". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story: The Mill Wheel. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers are grubby. Inscription in pencil to verso of frontis. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Foxing to contents.

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