Happy Go Lucky; Tinker Tailor; Rainbow Gold; Humpy & Grumpy

A lovely collection of four pocket sized, hardcover children’s books in good condition. Published between Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, an alliance famous for manufacturing beautifully illustrated books for younger readers. Paper covered boards feature eye catching colour on lays; spine panel on ‘Happy Go Lucky’ has worn revealing binding beneath; coloured pattern endpapers clean throughout; full colour frontispiece plates and charming line illustrations very good throughout. pp32. Bindings holding although very tender in places throughout the set. ‘Barbara’ or ‘Barbara Knowles’ pencilled in a child’s hand to front flyleaves and title pages.

A really lovely surviving set of 4.