1.
The Wonder Book of Children
by
Harry Golding
5th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1924
Quarto, pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
Twelve colour plates.
Pictorial endpapers by Thomas Maybank.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
2.
3.
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: low, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
Children's Verse
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition,
published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
Good Afternoon, Children
with illustrations by
Morton-Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1932
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: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
The Children of Primrose Lane
by
Noel Streatfeild
Published by Collins in 1969
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and has a little wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Children's Children
by
Gertrude Bone
with illustrations by
Muirhead Bone
1st edition,
published by Duckworth in 1908
Brown cloth binding, bevelled boards, gilt lettering.
Top edge gilt.
A country story.
Covers slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Children of the Turnpike
by
Geraldine Kaye
with illustrations by
Gareth Floyd
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976
ISBN: 0340195444.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
12.
The Wonder Book of Wonders
by
Harry Golding
4th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1926
Pictorial boards scratched, and corners bumped.
Inner hinges cracked.
No inscriptions or other marks.
Endpapers by Maybank.
Eight colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by
Robina Singer
with illustrations by
H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
People of Importance
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
James H. Dowd
Reprint,
published by Country Life in 1943
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
Consists of pages of pencil drawings interleaved with short anecdotes of children.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
One or two small marks of the front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
16.
17.
The Children's Tales from Dickens
by
F. H. Lee
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1954
22nd book in Children's Bookshelf series.
Paperback.
Duodecimo.
Light blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
64 pages.
Colour frontispiece by G. Demain Hammond.
Black and white line drawings by Honor Appleton.
Linen backed thin card covers.
Spine stip slightly faded.
Name written neatly on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Stories from Grimm
by
Amy Steedman
with illustrations by
Harry Rountree
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Edited by Louie Chisholm.
Told to the Children series.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Yellow spine.
11cm x 16cm.
Light wear, and a few marks, to covers.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Modern Verse for Little Children
by
Michal Williams
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1955
Poems for children aged fron five to eight-years-old.
Covers slightly worn.
One stamp on front endpaper, no other library marks.
Contents bright and clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
22.
Children's Literature - An Illustrated History
by
Peter Hunt
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1995
ISBN: 0192123203.
Quarto.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Book itself almost pristine.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
25.
The Bumper Book for Children
Published by Collins circa 1958
Pictorial paper covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Contributors include Ivy Wallace, Rosalie Fry, and Cynthia Harnett.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and repaired on reverse with some loss at edges.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)