1. Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Browning, Gareth H.

The Children’s Book Of Wild Flowers And The Story Of Their Names. Illustrated by M. C. Pollard.

London / Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1929. 16 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages, 50 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Sunning to spine, chipped dustjacket, slightly shaken, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

4. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Robinson, Charles.

The Secret Garden. Illustrated.

Second edition. Reprinted. London, Book Club Associates, 1976. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages. 8 original colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Charles Robinson. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition throughout.

5. Carlsen, Jesper and others.

Plys årbog for børne- og ungdomslitteratur (Plush: Yearbook for Children’s and Youth Literature). 1985.

Denmark, Forlaget ARNIS, 1985. 20 cm x 26.9 cm. 121 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. As new with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tear to lower rear cover. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

7. Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses / The Music by the earliest Masters. Engraved & Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

London / New York, Federick Warne and Co., c. 1877. Octavo. 56 pages. 11 full-page illustrations by Crane. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Pages detached. But all illustrations in very good condition. Cover stronger worn ! Inscribed: “Chrissie Begg – All good wishes for Christmas from Florence Miller”.

8. Crockett, S.R.

Sweetheart Travellers – A Child’s Book for Children, For Women, And for Men. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.

Third Edition. London, Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1896. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 305 pages. 69 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original patterned green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Spine and front board carry inlaid pictorial images. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Minor abrasions in gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong.

9. De Brunhoff, Laurent.

Serafina The Giraffe.

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm. [26 pages] Abundant colour illustrations by author throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original richly illustrated orange cloth] lettering to spine. Good- condition. Minor rubbing to board corners. Cracks along length of both gutters between pastedowns and endpapers and at hinge of spine. Binding is tender at hinges but textblock is solid. Interior bright and clean with hint of foxing to edges. Ownership stamp of Charles U. Kruger, Educational Consultant’, in Switzerland on rear endpaper.

10. Farrar, Frederic W.

Eric, or, Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. With an Introduction by John Rowe Townsend.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1971, 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fading to upper and lower outer hardcover. Foxing and fading to edges and both endpapers. Fading to spine of dustjacket and minor fraying. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.