276.
277.
278.
Topo, A Tale about English Children in Italy
by
G. E. Brunefille
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
Reprint,
published by Marcus Ward in 1881
Pictorial green cloth, decorated in black, and gilt, gilt lettering faded.
Sixth thousand, first edition date was 1878.
Slight wear to corners and sides of spine.
Brown and white frontispiece, highlighted in gilt, forty four black and white pen and ink drawings.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
279.
Toys and Tales from Grandmother's Attic
by
Edie Kraska
1st edition,
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1979
ISBN: 0395285828.
Paperback.
27cm x 21cm.
A workbook and history of fifteen fol-art toys, crafts, plays and stories from the Collection of the Boston Children's Museum.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
280.
Trees Shown to the Children
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1925
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges.
Pages slightly tanned, with some occasional finger-marking to edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
281.
Trees Shown to the Children
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1930
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
282.
Tsugas Children
by
Thomas Williams
1st British edition,
published by Souvenir in 1978
ISBN: 0285623192.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
283.
Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Book
by
Derek McCulloch
Published by Purnell circa 1955
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Contributors include:
Alison Uttley,
Barbara Leone Picard,
Brian Vessey-Fitzgerald,
Antonis Ridge,
Barbara Sleigh, and
Barbara Euphan Todd.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at top of spine and several neat repairs.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
284.
Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Book
by
Derek McCulloch
Published by Purnell circa 1955
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
285.
286.
Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Story Book
by
Derek McCulloch
Published by Sampson Low circa 1950
Quarto.
Green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Minor wear to edges of pages.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
287.
288.
Verses for Children
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn at edges, with some chipping at corners.
Minor wear to covers.
Light foxing to fore-edge and prelims, and intermittently to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
289.
Verses for Children
by
Harry Golding
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
All plates present.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Damage to to 3cm of spine strip.
Hinges slightly strained.
Neat gift dedication on prelims
Foxing to fore-edge and intermittently to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
290.
When we were very young
by
William Feaver
1st edition,
published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1977
ISBN: 0030203015.
Paperback.
20cm x 28cm.
96 pages.
Two centuries of children's book illustration.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
291.
When you look back
by
Eve Knight
1st edition,
published by Cobden-Sanderson in 1933
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
"A collection of letters written to children by illustrious persons."
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
292.
Who am I?
by
Moira Butterfield
with illustrations by
Wayne Ford
1st edition,
published by Belitha Press in 1996
ISBN: 1855615711.
Laminated pictorial covers.
"I am strong and stripy, fast and fierce. I live in the jungle. Who am I?"
Aimed at younger children.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
293.
Woodrow, the White House Mouse
by
Peter W. Barnes
with illustrations by
Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Published by Rosebud in 1995
ISBN: 0963768824.
Signed by the author.
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Book is designed to teach children about the history and architecture of the White House.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
294.
295.
Written for Children
by
John Rowe Townsend
1st edition,
published by Pelican in 1965
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
160 pages.
A brief history of children's literature, from earliest times to circa 1965.
No significant faults.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
296.
Yesterday's Children
by
Githa Sowerby
with illustrations by
Milicent Sowerby
1st edition,
published by Chatto & Windus in 1908
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Twelve colour plates, including tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Light wear to covers and a little soiling.
Spine faded.
Corners bumped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)