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THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323298
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

The Captain Series. Pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean.

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JOHN AND NANBAREE
Written by Doris Chadwick. Illustrated by Margaret Senior.
Stock no. 2140603
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. An Australian Story. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owners on half-title page., Spine is faded/mottled. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is foxed with a faded spine; some edge-wear.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 2138019
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes. Cream and blue decorated cloth. 4 colour plates by Anderson, b/w text illustrations by other artists. 282 pages. Bumping to spine. Some browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; some repaired with tape to verso; some grubby marks.

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THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1322634
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Peerless series. Green boards, black titles. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Heavy foxing, mainly to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed and has slight loss to spine and corners.

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DANCING PEEL
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Esme Verity.
Stock no. 1322549
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth, gilt title to spine. A story about dancing, riding and people who were so different they thought they must detest each other... Undated, early reprint. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to textblock. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing to prelims. Textblock a little grubby. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby.

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THE STEEPLE A BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Gordon Whitehead; Harold Avery; A.S. Jackson; Arnold Haythorne.
Stock no. 1321012
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. Happy Hours Series. Slight bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers; some indentation marks and rust to rear cover. Some foxing to pages.

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THE OLD MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320450
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover and spine. Red pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners are worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Covers are lightly scratched. Some light foxing to contents.

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THORNTREE MEADOWS
Written by Roger Nett. Illustrated by John Nash.
Stock no. 1320445
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A pig, a hippo and an aardvark and their adventures. Red boards, black title to spine. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers a little warped. A few tiny foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with heavy foxing.

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JOLLY MOTOR RIDES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2133453
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 4 colour plates by Kennedy. B/w illustrations. Spine is bumped and browned. Grubby marks and scuffs to covers. Binding is weak and starting to break in places. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins. Small name and address label stuck to rear pastedown.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - NINTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Constance Heward; Dixon Rutherford; et al. Illustrated by Peter Fraser; Honor C. Appleton; Hilda Cowham; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1318355
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows black cat and white dog, blue spine with white titles and horse's head. First story is 'The Housing Problem'. 287 pages plus one page book list. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Small dent to top edge of rear cover. Vertical crease to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Heavy foxing to contents, mainly textblock and some other marks.

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LITTLE FOLKS' PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; Constance Heward; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1318325
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1921. Good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shwoing girl and boy running after a small dog with a doll in its mouth. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. An anthology of stories and verse, first story is "Betty". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn with some small indentations. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover and spine edge browned. Small brown stain to edge of front cover and "Miss Ruck" and "5" written in red biro to top of front cover. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, name and date in ink to free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents (including a few plate margins but pictures unaffected).

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DUMPY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1317888
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story 'Little Pink Pig and His Three-Legged Stool'. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Light foxing to contents.

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