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BAMBI - A LIFE IN THE WOODS
Written by Felix Salten. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1328814
Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. 1st USA 1928. Very good condition.

First edition, US. Translated by Whittaker Chambers. Green cloth covers, gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. 26 b/w illustrations. 293 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine bumped, top corners slightly bumped. Edge of rear cover is slightly stained. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

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A FOREST WORLD
Written by Felix Salten; Paul R. Milton; Sanford Jerome Greenburger. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1328813
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration to front. 274 pages, fore-edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Last few pages have been roughly opened after the binding process causing ragged edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn and torn with minimal loss. Rear panel is a bit grubby.

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MARLFOX
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Fangorn.
Stock no. 1328809
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Redwall series. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0091768500. Dustwrapper is bumped. Some erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning to contents else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges and is faded to spine.

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LORD BROCKTREE
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Fangorn.
Stock no. 1328808
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Tale of Redwall. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0091768772.

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MOLE'S CASTLE
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328807
Published by The Falcon Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Woodland Series. Yellow boards, black title to spine. 4 colour plates plus 2 colour double-spreads which were used as endpapers in the cloth edition. B/w text illustrations. 167 numbered pages. 2nd printing (cheap binding). Endpapers browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby at edges. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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THE EDUCATED PIG
Written by Monica Walker. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1328800
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a little pig whose adventures began when it was found that he could count. Pictorial boards. Colour text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn.

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THE RAM OF SWEETRIVER
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328799
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling story of the flock's long and arduous journey to find new pastures and safety from the floods. By the author of the award-winning Animals of Farthing Wood. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 214 pages. ISBN: 0091650704. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to top of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly creased, there is a mark to top edge of rear panel.

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DAGGIE DOGFOOT
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mary Rayner.
Stock no. 1328797
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Daggie was born with strangely misshapen feet - his mother is convinced that they've been given to him for some special purpose; she is proved right! ISBN: 0575027673. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Duswrapper is bright.

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MR. TWINK TAKES CHARGE
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328793
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

More tales of the inscrutable feline detective. Mr. Twink is a black cat. This is the second in the series of nine tales. Green boards, black title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and a little grubby.

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MR. TWINK FINDS OUT
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328792
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. Red cat vignette to front and title to spine. B/w illustrations. Another story of Mr. Twink the Siamese cat detective. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small brown spot to edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut, grubby and edge rubbed. Damp stain to wrapper spine and small red mark to lower edge of front panel.

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CLEVER MR. TWINK
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328791
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine, black vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Mr. Twink is a cat. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and rear endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, edge chipped and slightly grubby.

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SEMOLINA SILKPAWS COMES TO CATSTOWN
Written by Gladys Williams. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns.
Stock no. 1328779
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first in the series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers/ Delightful single-colour line drawings. Old tape marks to endpapers and to covers. Some foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a couple of foxspots to rear panel.

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