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PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1303868
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories. Nister book 633. Six stunning three-dimensional stand-up scenes. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. Front cover shows the Babes in the Wood riding on a leaf in the air harnessed to a pair of robins. Green/white floral endpapers. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. Corners and cover edges are worn. There is some scuffing to the covers. Front free-endpaper is missing. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired. From the pop-up scenes there are some flowers missing at the top of the fairy's oar (in the swan picture) and the giant is missing from behind Jack (in the Jack and the Giant picture) otherwise the pop-ups are complete, bright and in excellent working order. The text pages are well fingered and thus a little grubby. A decent copy of a scarce pop-up book.

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THE TEST FLIGHT OF SKY ROBIN
Written by Doris Garn. Illustrated by George J. Zaffo.
Stock no. 1103466
Published by The World Publishing Company. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spiral bound internally. Moveable tabs. The test flight of a new aeroplane. A Rainbow Play book. Edges are worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. All moveables in working order. Some grubby margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with edge wear and some chips.

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MY FIRST JIG-PUZ BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1202200
Published by John Leng & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

5 jigsaw puzzles and story verses. Large format. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. First story/jigsaw is "The Fox Trot". All puzzles are complete with some edge-wear to a few pieces.

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THE WEE LITTLE FLEA CIRCUS
Written by Dan Witkowski. Illustrated by Nathan Jarvis.
Stock no. 1701157
Published by Abracadazzle. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition.

American Edition. Glazed pictorial boards. This books contains 3-dimensional stage, a fabulous family of silly flea-circus puppets. To go with an amusing story that the kids will love. ISBN: 0679876987. All pieces present and unused.

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RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1701043
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Edges are worn, with splits to top and tail of spine. 3 moveable parts are faulty. Top of ladder is missing and red cellophane behind hen is missing.

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BOOKANO STORIES NO. 12
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 822938
Published by Strand Publications. 1945. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing The Golden Fleece. 5 superb pop-up models, including the Gondola and Punch and Judy. B/w illustrations. Edges are worn. Punch and Judy pop-up has small tear. Last page is stuck to rear endpaper. Last story has some pencil drawing.

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BOOKANO ZOO: ANIMALS IN FACT FANCY AND FUN
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 822943
Published by Strand Publications. Circa 1939. Good condition.

Oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. 6 animal pop-ups. B/w illustrations. Title on front cover is "Animal Life In Fact Fancy and Fun". Some surface loss to top of spine. Chipping to cover edges. Spine edges are worn and split. Front joint is partially broken. Pages browned. All pop-ups in very good working order.

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BOOKANO ZOO NO. 1
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 822944
Published by Strand Publications. 1947. Fair condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards and spine. 6 animal pop-ups. Animals in Fact, Fancy and Fun. Surface loss to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint is repaired with tape. Pencil scribble to giraffe pop-up. Tiger's tail and elephant's trunk are missing. The giraffe has a small tear.

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SEW YOUR OWN BEAN BAG FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 822498
Published by Somerville House Publishing. 1998. As new condition.

Everything you need but the beans! Enough fabric to sew three Bean Bag Friends. Choose from Swishy Fish, Fernando the Frog, Diggy Dog and Beatrice Bear! Originally published in the USA - but distributed by Tango Books in the UK, with UK ISBN. ISBN: 185707467X. Still in original shrink wrap, therefore unopened and contents assumed correct.

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SEW YOUR OWN BEAN BAG FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 822501
Published by Somerville House Publishing. 1st USA 1998. As new condition.

Everything you need but the beans! Enough fabric to sew three Bean Bag Friends. Choose from Swishy Fish, Fernando the Frog, Diggy Dog and Beatrice Bear! Originally published in the USA - but distributed by Tango Books in the UK, with UK ISBN. ISBN: 185707467X. Still in original shrinkwrap! Assumed all pieces are present.

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PHENOMENAL FOAM FLYER BOOK
Written by Polick. Illustrated by Molly Zakrajsek.
Stock no. 822505
Published by Innovative Kids. Fine condition.

Make four foam-based flyers. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains foam shapes that fly! Published by Innovative Kids, distributed in the UK by Tango Books. ISBN: 1875075064. A fine copy lightly rubbed at corners. All pieces present and ready to fly!

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DINOSAUR BONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Philip Hood.
Stock no. 822523
Published by Tango Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

Come along on a search for Tyrannosaurus Rex. The book opens out to form a 3-D skeleton that you can hang on your wall. Plus a booklet that explains how dinosaur fossils are found. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857070542. A very nice copy!

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