New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. 0810980819. 4to. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus throughout with coloured and b&w plates and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More about A TREASURY OF THE GREAT CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS

Methuen & Co., 1926. 13th edn. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt ruled boards with gilt decoration on upper board, top edge gilt, with illus endpapers (lightly bumped at at head and tail of spine and corners - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. x + 99, illus with b&w drawings and... More about WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG

Boston: Little Brown, 1922. Signed and inscribed by the author on front endpapers dated June 1924. 8vo. Original decorated pictorial green cloth (edges a little scuffed - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 204, illus with 4 coloured plates and b&w drawings in text by Rhoda Chase (some light spotting to... More about THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN

William Kidd, 1830 - 1831. 7 vols bound in 1. 8vo. Contemporary blue cloth with faded plate inset on upper board, all edges gilt (poor - repaired splits at edge of spine, boards rubbed and corners bumped). Pp. 36 [&] 36 [&] 36 [&] 36 [&] 36 [&] 35 [&]... More about OLD BOOTY A Serio-Comic Sailor's Tale [&] THE MARCH OF INTELLECT A Comic Poem [&] THE...

Blackie and Sons, 1916. 1st edn. 4to. Original green cloth with coloured plate inset in upper board (corners a little bumped and faint discoloring at head and tail of spine), dustwrapper (edges chipped with partial loss at head and tail of spine - in protective wrapper). Pp. 49, illus with... More about OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FABLES

Dargaud, 1970. 4to. Original pictorial laminated boards (head and tail of spine lightly scuffed - otherwise VG). Pp. 46, illus throughout with the coloured cartoon strips (previous owner's inscription on verso of front free endpaper). More about LUCKY LUKE Le Pied-Tendre

B. T. Batsford, 1985. 0713407190. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (two small closed tears at head of spine and top edge of top cover - otherwise VG, not price clipped). Pp. 255, illus with b&w plates throughout (no inscriptions). More about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1600 TO 1900

Wills & Hepworth, 1964. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 50, illus with coloured plates by Martin Aitchison (no inscriptions). More about GAMES WE LIKE Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme 9 a

Collins, 1947. 1st edn signed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (some fading and corners bumped - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (bottom part of spine missing - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w drawings by Joyce Bruce (bottom page edges lightly... More about THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS

Collins, 1944. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original brown lettered yellow cloth (lower half of spine a little discoloured), dustwrapper (partial loss to bottom third of spine and upper cover - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255, illus with b&w drawings by Joyce Bruce (previous owner's neat inscription... More about THE WOODS OF WINDRI

T Fisher Unwin, 1914. 1st edn 9th imp. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt (edges rather rubbed and scuffed and boards a little discoloured; fore-edge spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 296 + publisher's catalogue, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's 1916 gift inscription on half title;... More about THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS

Religious Tract Society, c. 1911. 8vo. Original decorated red cloth (VG). Pp. 127, illus with coloured frontispiece and title page (1911 Sunday school prize plate on front paste-down). More about SAVED FROM THE WRECK

Macmillan, 1959. 1st edn. 8vo. Original brown lettered yellow cloth (VG), dustwrapper (minor wear, VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 246, illus with b&w drawings by J. S. Goodall (previous owner's ink inscrition and bookplate on front endpaper). More about QUEEN MOST FAIR