LA FAMILLE MISTIGRI
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1323687
Published by Garnier Paris. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to every page. 24 pages, text in French. Staples rusty. Covers very slightly faded at edges with a few small marks to front. A couple of pages are lightly browned else contents clean.

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PLAYTIME
Written by Chas. Herbert. Illustrated by Jaques Browne.
Stock no. 1323684
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Fair condition.

Cardwraps, front shows kittens playing with two girls watching through a window. 2 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Frontis and title-page almost detached, old tape marks to verso of frontis and inside front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Staples rusty.

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OUR TIM PICTURES & STORIES
Written by Edith E. Carter; W. Percival Westell; et al.
Stock no. 1323683
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing portrait of a terrier dog. Colour frontis "waiting for Master". B/w text illustrations and photos. 160 pages. Covers are edge worn. Some foxing to rear cover. Both joints are broken causing front free-endpaper to be almost detached. Contents browned, creasing to rear free-endpaper.

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TOBY TWIRL DARES ALL DANGERS
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1323656
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1955. Almost very good condition.

A partly republished version of The New Toby Twirl Colour Strip Adventure Book (first published in 1953). Contains two stories: Toby Twirl and the Rustlers; Toby Twirl and the Magic Boot. Matt pictorial boards (unlaminated) showing Toby Twirl's Adventure Colour Story Book at lower edge of front cover. Covers are edge worn. Rear free-endpaper has been repaired. A few small margin tears and light browning to contents.

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MINTY BRAMBLE'S HOUSE IN THE WOODS
Written by Margaret Ross. Illustrated by Margaret Ross.
Stock no. 1323639
Published by Museum Press Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Full-page colour illustrations and b/w drawings. White pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Staples rusty leaving marks to endpapers. Holes to rear joint where staples have been pulled. Contents clean.

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THE TALE OF THE FAITHFUL DOVE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323617
Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st USA 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Beige cloth with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. A few small damp(?) spots to top edge of rear cover. Front endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners. Wrapper is brpwned, particularly to spine. A nice copy of the first edition, first issue, USA edition.

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SAND-HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824202
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Doggle (a mongrel) is the hero of the story. Cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Reprint. Cloth spine browned to top & tail. Corners of boards rubbed, some browning to board edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is worn and browned to spine, rear panel is grubby.

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DUCKS AND DRAKES
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824201
Published by Collins. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three children are sent to stay on a farm where they find Mother Hubbard and subsequently a little farm of their own. Brown cloth, white titles. Large format. Attractive colour and b/w illustrations. Fading to top and lower edge of front board. Large gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, fading to spine, and a few marks.

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THE BEST OF AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Margaret Clark. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 1824194
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Retold by Margaret Clark. A selection for younger chldren "to dispel altogether the 'preacherly' tone from the best of Aesop's shrewd and funny stories". Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 61 pages. ISBN: 0744510090. A lovely copy.

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PENDENNIS THE PELICAN
Written by Eric Joysmith. Illustrated by Eric Joysmith.
Stock no. 1323477
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red cloth, cream title and illustration to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers partly browned. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Front joint is partly cracked at top and bottom. Some hinges cracked.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

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