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THE ADVENTURES OF ANTONY ANT AND THE EARWIG PIRATES, GREGORY GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRUISE OF THE SAUCY WALNUT
Written by D.H. Gilmore. Illustrated by D.H. Gilmore.
Stock no. 1325050
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. 1980. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial glazed boards. Brown endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 154 pages. 9.75 x 7.5". ISBN: 0207137544. Spine and corners bumped. Slight browning to page margins.

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THE TRAIL OF THE SANDHILL STAG
Written by Ernest Thompson Seton. Illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Stock no. 1825291
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1899. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. 112 pages. B/w plates plus small text illustrations. Boards a little creased, small mark to front cover. Endpapers browned. Minor foxing present. Small red pencil marks to front endpaper. Middle hinge pulled but binding tight. One or two grubby marks to contents.

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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1325032
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A board book. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations to each page with text below. A nice copy, some slight fingering to page margins.

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THE LITTLE DOG OF FO
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325012
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How little lion made amends for his crime (he kills a gazelle when the animals are commanded by Fo not to kill) and won back the favour of Fo (Buddha). Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571108970. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned.

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ANIMALS' BUDGET
Written by J.H. MacNair; Isabel Harrow; Bertha Leonard. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy; K. Nixon; K. Harrow.
Stock no. 1325001
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Daytime Books No. 1. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows calves and a kitten. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. A few marks to spine and small piece of surface paper torn from front spine edge. Some browning to contents else clean.

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110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CALICO THE WONDER HORSE OR THE SAGA OF STEWY SLINKER
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 1324387
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red pictorial cardwrap. B/w illustrations throughout in strip format. 5 x 8". Covers edge worn and foxed. A few pin holes to front cover affecting preliminary pages. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Walter Trier.
Stock no. 1324313
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 34. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by Delittle, Fenwick & Co. Front cover has large pieces of loss to edges. Covers are slightly grubby and foxed. Foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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KIOU THE OWL
Written by Vassilissa. Illustrated by Romain Simon.
Stock no. 1324305
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st UK 1982. Very good condition.

Pere Castor Books. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0233975055. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A-/ written in biro to front pastedown. A few light marks to rear endpapers. Contents clean.

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CUCKOO
Written by Lida; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Rojan.
Stock no. 1324304
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Good condition.

Pere Castor's Wild Animal Books no. 8. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour lithographs. Text by Lida, translated by Fyleman. Fifth impression. Name and address in pencil inside front cover. Foxing to contents. Page corner tips creased. Covers edge worn and grubby. Both flaps are torn at folds to lower 2"

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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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