1.
Betty's Diary
By
Dorothy Russell
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
1st Thus edition, circa 1918, Blackie.
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on spine.
261 pages.
Five colour plates.
Narrow picture onlay beneath titling on the front cover.
The covers soiled and heavily worn.
Corners soft and spine ends beginning to fray.
Floral decoration around picture onlay has faded.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on the half-title.
Pages generally clean, although there is a little fingermarking.
Binding is tight.
Reading condition.
2.
Jackanapes and Other stories
By
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
1st Thus edition, 1937, Thomas Nelson and Sons.
Duodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
257 pages.
Contains four short stories.
Two page catalogue at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Generally close to 'Very Good'.
Good condition.
3.
Josephine Goes Travelling
By
Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1950, Blackie.
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
13cm x 18cm.
Pink pictorial endpapers.
Undated edition, probably 1950s.
Light wear to covers and spine edges.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Very good condition.
4.
Josephine Keeps School
By
Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Reprint, circa 1950, Blackie.
Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
64 pages.
8 colour plates.
Covers clean and tight, minor faults only.
Name on front endpaper in childish script.
All plates present.
The final page is tanned, other pages white.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition.
5.
The Best Teddy Bear Ever
By
Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1948, Nelson.
Children's Own series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
96 pages.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Foxing on fore edge and prelims.
Some foxing to edges of pages.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
6.
The Children's Greek Stories
By
F. H. Lee
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Reprint, 1942, George G. Harrap and Co.
Paperback.
Pictorial covers.
78 pages.
"Book Production War Economy Standard" edition.
Contains 21 shortened stories.
Colour frontispiece.
Line drawings in text.
Spine strip worn, with 1cm loss at each end; strengthened with tape.
Some brown spots on half title and fore edge.
Light spotting on several pages.
Reading condition.
7.
8.
The Children's Jacknapes
By
F. H. Lee
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Reprint, 1960, George G. Harrap.
An abridged edtion of Julia Horatia Ewing's 'Jackanapes'.
Orange boards with black lettering.
Dustwrapper worn, with 7cm loss at top of back.
Book itself generally VG, with neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
9.
The Children's Second English Fairy Book
By
Adair Forrester
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Reprint, 1942, Harrap.
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
62 pages.
Colour frontispiece, black and white drawings in the text, a number of them coloured in.
Covers a little soiled.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Prelims somewhat discoloured.
There has been some childish scribble, erased, but with the indentations still showing.
The text is reasonably clean and firm.
Reading condition.
10.
The Children's Tales from Dickens
By
F. H. Lee
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Reprint, 1954, Harrap.
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.
11.
The Secret Passage
By
Dorothy Russell
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1920, T. C. & E. C. Jack.
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
17cm x 22cm.
183 pages.
Covers soiled and heavily worn, with a patch of pink staining at lower corner (contents not affected).
Spine strip worn and darkened.
Contents a little shaken.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition.
12.
The World's Best Stories for Boys & Girls
By
Winifred Biggs
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1930, T. C. & E. C. Jack.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
624 pages.
A compendium of excerpts and short stories by various well known authors.
Contributors include: Nesbit, A. A. Milne, Richmal Crompton, Ewing, Farjeon, Lang. de la Mare, and Twain.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat scuffed.
Gilt lettering faded.
Contents slightly shaken.
Foxing on prelims and endpapers.
A number of the illustrations have been neatly coloured-in.
Some damage to final two pages where they appear to have been peeled apart.
Reading condition.
13.
Where the Dolls Lived
By
Mrs. H. C. Cradock
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1925, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Quarto.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Four colour plates.
Contains references and illustrations which may be considered offensive by contemporary standards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat gift dedication, dated 1926, on front endpaper, and small ink blot at top right corner.
Stitching has pulled slightly at p33.
Pages slightly tanned, with some intermittent but not too obtrusive finger-marking at edges.
Very good condition.