1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Grey boards with dark blue lettering.
Picture onlay front cover.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings, both full page and in text, plus four colour plates.
Covers soiled and a little worn.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Light green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Endpapers repeat cover design.
Three colour plates by Brock, line drawings in the text by Randolph Caldecott.
Dustwrapper worn and creased, and has old vinyl lamiante applied.
Light wear to covers.
School library marks on prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Reissue of 1899 edition.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
Twelve colour plates.
Several black and white drawings.
Covers slightly discoloured.
Plates all very good.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Spine edges worn.
Back edge of spine split.
Gilt decoration faded and dimmed.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Black decoration on spine.
20cm x 28cm.
192 pages.
Illustrated with a mixture of black and white drawings and coloured line drawings.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Ends of spine bumped.
Spine strip split down front edge.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some of the black and white drawings have been reasonably neatly coloured-in by a child.
Plate entitled 'The Visitor' has been neatly attached to the back pastedown using adhesive fabric tape.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
288 pages.
Copiously illustrated with line drawings in the text, plus six full page sepia illustrations and four colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Some soiling to front cover
Marks on one or two pages.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Edited by Columbus.
Quarto.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
267 pages.
'Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour'.
Illustrated with four colour plates, plus numerous black and white drawings, many in text and margins.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and slightly soiled.
Covers firm.
Corners bumped.
Fore edges clean.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Red boards with black lettering and decoration.
Illustrated woth line drawings by the author and other and with coloured black and white photographs.
Covers worn.
Some small chips to edge of spine.
Front inside hinge cracked.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

'A Book of Pictures and Stories for Little Folk.'
Matt pictorial covers, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering, picture of three children reading a book.
Grey endpapers, neat gift dedication on reverse.
Two colour plates, numerous black and white and two tone drawings, both full page and in the text, numerous full page engravings, including one by Louis Wain.
Corners and spine ends are a little worn; some fingermarking throughout book, in general though, contents are white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Edited by John R. Crossland
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
467 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Lettering on spine has faded.
Dated from a school prize label on f.e.p.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 18cm.
112 pages.
Colour frontispiece by H.M.Brock.
12 black and white drawings by S.B.Pearce.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Endpapers tanned.
Some light foxing to edges of page block.
Gift label on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
71 pages.
The book has been professionally restored, having a new spine and endpapers.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
Nine of the illustrations, the chapter headings, are coloured.
The front cover illustration is that used to illustrate 'Common Nouns'.
Boards bumped at the edges and corners.
Vertical crease to the front cover.
Some discolouration to covers.
The text block is tight.
Pages are clean and white.
Neat signature from a previous owner at the top of the front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
77 pages.
Eight colour plates, including frontispiece.
Numerous black and white drawings.
This title was originally published in 1919, with a cover illustration by Anne Anderson.
This edition was republished in the 1930s with a different cover, to fit in with the other books which Blackie was publishing at that time.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip slightly soiled.
Plates VG.
Occasional marks on some pages.
Contents generally close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Gold paper-covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Some of the characters and stories might be considered politically incorrect, by contemporary standards.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Belongs To box completed.
Address at top of first page.
A number of the line drawings have been coloured in neatly, but rather garishly.
Contents otherwise in good condition.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Pale green boards with dark blue lettering and decoration.
Eight full-page colour wash illustrations.
Black and white line drawings in text.
Covers slightly soiled.
Spine strip and corners worn.
Bookplate on front pastedown.
Neat dedication on half-title.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Grey pictorial covers, black decoration, black lettering on spine.
Slight wear to spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings in the text.
Very occasional spotting, but in general the pages are white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Playtime series.
Quarto.
Cream pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
No. 3406.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations on every page.
Artists include M. Foster, Louis Wain, and P. B. Hickling.
14 pages have attributed drawings by Louis Wain.
A number of other pages may also have unsigned drawings by Louis Wain.
Covers worn at edges and lightly soiled.
Corners bumped.
3cm. closed tear in paper covering at outer edge of front cover.
Hinges and spine have been tightened and strengthened professionally.
Illustrations on 10 pages coloured in by children, using poster paint.
Some fingermarking and light staining.
Pages are lightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
283 pages.
Eight leaves of photographs, line drawings by Baden-Powell.
Dustwrapper chipped and soiled.
1 cm. loss at dustwrapper spine ends, corners also affected.
Dustwraper heavily repaired, mostly on the reverse.
Covers firm and undamaged, but lightly worn at edges.
Name on front endpaper.
Light spotting on fore edge, has not bled through onto text.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
316 pages.
Illustrated with lack and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some foxing at edges of page block.
Contents mostly clean and unmarked.
A few pages spotted.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Music by Ralph Dunstan.
Large quarto.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
Large picture onlay front cover.
Four colour plates, plus black and white drawings.
Corners and edges of covers slightly rubbed.
Neat name and address on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)