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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE WICKED WOOD-CUTTER
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 2125259
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 4. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Grubby marks to covers. Bumping and wear along edges and to corners. Some page edge browning and foxing, a few light margin marks, but contents are very good.

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THE PODGY-PUPPY BOOK
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2125206
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo. The Podgy-Puppy who gets out of his cage during a holiday and plays the following pranks. Red cloth, with large pictorial onlay to front cover, which shows Podgy Puppy with a chewed slipper! B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Spine is bumped and faded. A few marks and spotting to covers. A little chipping to couple of corners of onlay. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are still very good indeed!

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LITTLE BROWN HEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 2125121
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25"). Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bump to top of spine. Home made 'library ticket' to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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THE LITTLE BROWN BEARS AT THE ZOO
Written by Chris Temple. Illustrated by Chris Temple.
Stock no. 2124957
Published by Lutterworth Press. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Brown Bear Books. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing.

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A BOX OF TRICKS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1815596
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Poor condition.

Invented and drawn by G.E. Studdy; Explained by George Jellicoe. Orange pictorial boards. Blue endpapers showing Bonzo Pup. Colour plates plus blue & white illustrations. VERY fragile. A reading copy only. Backstrip worn away and lower half of contents thus loose. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name and address in pencil to verso of same. Binding extremely fragile. Grubby marks to contents.

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HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610115
Published by Ernest Nister. c. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. 5 beautiful fold-down full-page chromo-lithographed layered scenes. B/w illustrations. Board corners worn with some surface loss; spine scuffed at top & tail with fading and slight fraying of cloth. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Hinges strengthened with bookbinding tape. One pop-up scene is edge creased, with corner repair. Scattered foxing.

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HAROLD AND THE DUCK
Written by Bruce Robinson. Illustrated by Sophie Windham.
Stock no. 1317178
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harold (the dogs) life changes when an egg hatches and a bossy and domineering duck is born.... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747576009. Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to lower cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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THE SO SAFE STORE
Written by Marian Sugden. Illustrated by Marian Sugden.
Stock no. 2124009
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Brown pictorial boards. Brown, black and white illustrations throughout. SIGNED by author, with length dedication to front endpaper. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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LEANDER THE GANDER
Written by David Stearns; Sharon Stearns. Illustrated by Sharon Stearns.
Stock no. 2123986
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Thin, but tall (large) format. A Tuck Book. Colour illustrations. A couple of horizontal marks (possibly creases?) to covers. Wear to cover edges. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; repaired to verso with magic tape.

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GEOFFREY'S SORE THROAT
Written by Maria Sutherland. Illustrated by T.J.C. Walsh.
Stock no. 2123858
Published by Sherbourne Publications. 1ST 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1872547109. SIGNED by author to verso of free front endpaper.

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THE FANCIFUL FROG
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 2123856
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A classic story of the princess and the frog with a twist in the tale and a happy ending. Told in rhyme. Small format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550513. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper, with dedication to previous owner.

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BUSTER BROWN'S LATEST FROLICS
Written by R.F. Outcault. Illustrated by R.F. Outcault.
Stock no. 2123848
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1905. Poor condition.

Large oblong format. Stiff card covers. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Sold W.A.F. (With All Faults - too many to list!). Creasing to covers. Marks to some pages. Pages, especially last 8 to rear are very torn to edges, with some loss.

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