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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1824561
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. A few brown marks to rear board (rust?). Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and is marked to rear panel (rust spots?).

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BENNIE BLACK LAMB
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1324239
Published by John Murray. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pale blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxspots to spine. Endpapers partly browned else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears which have been tape repaired on verso, spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Joseph M. Gleeson; Paul Bransom.
Stock no. 1324237
Published by Garden City Publishing Co.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and title page, b/w illustrations. 249 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. There are markings to the cloth and some scratching to the onlay. Name in ink in belongs to box. Some foxing but contents generally clean.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1324218
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Very slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. A nice copy of the first edition.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS GETS INTO TROUBLE BOOK 2
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1324073
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 2nd Book of Adventures containing, Nicholas Goes to The Sea, The Concert at Catleigh on Sea and The Clown Who Came To Stay. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (some smudging of ink), name and address in belongs to box on same page. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased.

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE
Written by Morris Lurie. Illustrated by Richard Sawers.
Stock no. 1824383
Published by Collins. 1st UK 1969. Almost very good condition.

Eight year old Edward Day, the hippo, trains for the greatest river race of them all - the annual African hippopotamus race. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-library with usual library marks. Spine browned, boards a little discoloured. A few grubby marks to contents.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.

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LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED
Written by Marion Ashmore. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323771
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1931. Good condition.

The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette of Scottie dog to front. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 97 pages. Corners are bumped. Covers are grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323722
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 367 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing to textblock.

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UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323721
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1924. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis plate, a few other colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 287 pages. 8.25 x 5.75". Ninth impression. SPine bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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CHIMPY
Written by Harry Fleming.
Stock no. 1323692
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The idea of selling Chimpy to a zoo was altogether too much to bear... so Trudy and Dennis look to team up with the circus. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. 135 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, a little grubby to rear panel and browned to spine. Verso of wrapper is heavily browned/foxed.

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