Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
12 tipped-in colour plates, one by Louis Wain.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and rather scuffed.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents good, but pages slightly tanned, with a small amount of intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Beige pictorial glazed boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
94 pages.
39 illustrations by Louis Wain (red, black and blue) both full page and in the text.
The Little Soldiers are cats, the hero of the story is Tommy Catkin, who rises through the ranks to captain, and marries the King's daughter.
Boards generally clean and firm, occasional spotting.
Closed tear in paper of upper board, 9 cm. from lower edge.
Spine has been professionally relaid.
New endpapers.
Half title foxed and slightly chipped at edges.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Pages are white and clean, occasional wear at edges.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, 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: low, Confidence: medium)

Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Endpapers foxed.
Label and library stamped on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

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: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges, and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Foxing to fore edge.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents edgeworn and slightly tanned, but generally good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

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: low, Confidence: low)

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: low, Confidence: low)

Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Other illustrations black and white.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip darkened and slightly soiled.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
Four colour plates.
Front endpaper missing.
Covers worn at edges.
Inner hinges cracked.
Foxing to prelims, endpapers and fore edge.
Contents generally VG.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
A little scribble on front cover.
Names in Belongs To box.
Mark where prize label or bookplate removed from front endpaper.
Child's writing on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents generally good, but small patch of scribble in margin of plate facing page 15, and in margin of page 25.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

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: low, Confidence: low)

6th book in Famous Five series.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, dark blue and black.
Illustrations b/w and monochrome, no frontispiece.
Covers age-darkened and slightly soiled.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Name on prelims.
Some spotting on fore edges.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
23cm x 28cm.
52 pages.
Colour illustrations on every page, some accompanied by short text or poems.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Boards soiled.
Edges and corners heavily bumped.
Spine worn and a little faded.
Inner hinges cracked.
Pastedowns and endpapers foxed.
Contents in good condition, but light fingermarking to edges of pages throughout.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Covers scuffed and worn at edges.
Some spotting on fore-edge.
Neat gift-dedication on front paste-down.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Binding strained, and contents a little shaken.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Octavo.
Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
364 pages.
Edge of page block olivine.
Pale green patterned endpapers.
Four colour plates.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Mark on front pastedown where prize label appears to have been removed.
Some light foxing to prelims and adjacent to plates.
Contents clean, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Inner hingers cracked.
Some marks and soiling to front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of title page.
Contents good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
93 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Front endpaper blue, depicts a de Haviland Mosquito.
Back endpaper green, depicts a Tiger Moth seaplane.
No date or publisher's details.
Covers scuffed, and worn at edges.
Contents clean and unmarked, but p13/14 is loose.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

A Breton family discover the capital city.
Large quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards with red cloth spine.
Spine professionally relaid.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Faint damp marks at corners of front cover (contents not affected).
Vertical crease on front endpaper.
Contents generally clean.
Some wear to page edges.
Small closed tears on the fore-edge of a few pages.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)

'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: low, Confidence: low)

Quarto.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
412 pages.
Tissue guarded frontispiece plus six colour plates, mostly on religious themes.
Covers worn at edges.
Name on reverse of front endpaper.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)