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CHUCKLES
Written by Jessie Pope. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1826484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover showing kitten and puppy. Blue cloth spine. Colour plates and two-tone illustrations throughout. Minimal text in verse below pictures. Board edges rubbed and worn. Boards grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers and text block. A few margin marks. All plates present. Musty odour present.

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FLAP YOUR WINGS
Written by P.D. Eastman. Illustrated by P.D. Eastman.
Stock no. 1826362
Published by Collins. 1972. Very good condition.

A Collins Early Bird Book. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381571. Rear board lightly faded. Green pen mark to last printed page else contents clean.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1325735
Published by Country Life. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. Heavy foxing to endpapers, some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some slight loss.

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GREY RABBIT AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325726
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Burgundy pictorial boards. Burgundy and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners. A super copy.

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BLACK BRAMBLE WOOD
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325664
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

One of the Potter Pinner books. Square format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are slightly grubby with indentations (possibly the book has been leant on for colouring?). Spine bumped with fading to top and tail. Corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Small amount of loss to corner of one page. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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PETER RABBIT STORYTIME
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1325652
Published by Ted Smart; Frederick Warne. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large (in comparision to the normal Potter books) format. Tales from Beatrix Potter. 4 volume set. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Books are fine. Dustwrapper are edge creased. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn.

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A MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE RABBIT TALES OF DANGER AND DARING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1325649
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 196 pages. ISBN: 9780723267850. Tiny spot to front cover else a fine copy. Contained in a matching slipcase with printed price blotted out on lower edge.

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THE SHEEP-PIG
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mary Rayner.
Stock no. 1325616
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of a pig which thinks it's a sheepdog. B/w text illustrations. Winner of the Guardian Childrens's Fiction award 1984 and made into the film "Babe". Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0575033754. Third impression of the first edition. Spine very slightly bumped with a little fading to top of spine. Some foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

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LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Hajime Kijima. Illustrated by Setsuko Hane.
Stock no. 1325614
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little white hen who outwits the fox and his cunning tricks. Colourful pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0356025039. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Ester Garcia Cortes.
Stock no. 1325611
Published by Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Illustrated Classic. Peach and cream decorated boards with green title to spine and green vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781786171870. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. White pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased with a few tiny marks.

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THE HAPPY TALE OF MONTY MOUSE
Written by L. Van Bree. Illustrated by Nans Van Leeuwen.
Stock no. 1325602
Published by Young World Productions. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Tall format (11.75 x 5.75"). Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations every page. First couple of pages are torn at inner margin. Printed price inside front cover is blotted out.

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UNCLE REMUS AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris.
Stock no. 1325600
Published by James R. Osgood, Mcilvaine & Co.. 1st 1893. Good condition.

Red cloth spine with gilt title. Blue patterned cloth with gilt title lable to front cover. 12 b/w plates. 357 pages, top edge gilt. Book leans to one side. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and covers a little grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Joints and some hinges cracked showing webbing beneath and causing contents to be a little loose.

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