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OFF AND AWAY! PICTURES AND STORIES FOR EVERY DAY
Written by Fay Inchfawn; Ethel J. Barks; Sheila E. Braine; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; A.L. Bowley; Elsie Blomfield.
Stock no. 1404829
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. 4 colour plates plus two tone illustrations. Endpapers are adverts. Spine bumped and worn, showing webbing, with 2" split to bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed. Some surface paper damage to rear cover which is a little grubby. Front cover slightly bowed and a bit grubby. Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Colouring to many pictures. Pencil drawing to verso of one plate. Faint scribble to a couple of pages plus some grubby marks. A reading copy.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 7TH YEAR
Written by Agness E. Cash; John Lea; Elsie Blomfield; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Elsie Blomfield; A.L. Bowley; Arthur Cooke; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315363
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Front cover shows children watching Santa Claus disappear into a forest. First story is The Brownietown Christmas Alphabet. Colour plates plus b/w and two-tone illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Rear cover is a bit scuffed. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to contents (some heavy). One page corner has not been trimmed correctly during the binding process and is creased.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 2ND YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; Evelyn Everett-Green; Brenda Girvin; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; H.G.C. Marsh; Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1315362
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children in a snowy scene on toy horses. First story is Three Little Sabots. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Joints cracked and endpapers browned. Foxing and some grubby marks to page margins.

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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND PLAY-HOUR COMPANION 1913
Written by W. Francis Aitken.
Stock no. 1315264
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1913. Almost very good condition.

Vol LII. Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and title-label to front. Pictorial onlay to front shows boys playing rugby. 188 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Page browning else contents clean.

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HANDY PANDY! A PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by A. Pembury; Y.B. Sew; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; M. Bowley; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315070
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

By the editor of "The Children's Friend". Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one holding two apples behind her back. Colour plates, two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is "The Nursery Fire" told in verse. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, front cover a little scuffed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and some light fingering.

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INQUISITIVE JESSIE
Written by Mrs. Carus-Wilson. Illustrated by M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1402313
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

The story of inquisitive Jessie Stokes whose curiosity got her in trouble. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. Small format. Spine bumped and worn. Corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges are also rubbed. Covers are a little grubby. Name in ink to endpaper. Endpapers and page edges are browned. Couple of hinges are beginning to crack.

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JEPTHAH'S LASS THE STORY OF A ROUGH NIGHT
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1804601
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1907. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board. 4 b/w plates. Remains of bookplate to front endpaper.

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THE CREW OF THE RECTORY
Written by M.B. Manwell. Illustrated by Victor Prout.
Stock no. 1804569
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt title box to spine. B/w plates. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints weak. All plates present.

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THE KEEPERS OF THE NARROW SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 810256
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

A Story of the Great War. Originally published in 1918 with the title 'The Fritz Strafers'. Red pictorial binding. Colour frontis only. 380 pages. Fading to spine and a few damp fade marks to top and bottom of front cover. Corners are bumped, with some wear and a little fraying of cloth. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Reduced from £120.

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A LITTLE BOY'S TOYS
Written by Meg Wood. Illustrated by Katharine May Roberts.
Stock no. 585239
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Small format. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Lilac decorative boards. Backstrip browned and torn. Front joint cracked. Pages browned.

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TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND WHAT THEY DID
Written by T.S. Arthur.
Stock no. 556015
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red boards, black titles and colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Top of spine split. Corners rubbed. Name and address and presentation stamp on front endpaper. Brown marks to first page else contents generally clean.

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HAPPY ALL DAY!
Written by Brenda Girvin; Josephine Bullen; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry Neilson; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; et al..
Stock no. 728251
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Pictures and Stories for the Little Ones. Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations including dogs and cats by Wain. Spine and corners worn with a couple of small splits to spine. Some scoremarks to covers. Rear cover grubby. Fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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