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DUNCTON RISING
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1108708
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume 2 of The Book OF Silence. Blue boards, gilt to spine. ISBN: 0002239418. A few small marks to outer page edges; some page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE NITEHOOD
Written by Will Nickless. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 1808026
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An animal story. Green cloth with silver title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 135 pages. 9 x 6". Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

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WILBERFORCE AND THE BLUE CAVE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108570
Published by Blackie. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 021689770X. A couple of fox spots to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly browned.

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FORT WILBERFORCE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108569
Published by Blackie. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0216902150. Some browning to wrapper.

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THE MOLE & THE MOUSE
Written by Torfrida Oliver. Illustrated by Elsie Mavrogordato.
Stock no. 1709233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. Small format. White pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Colour plates. Corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Wrapper has a few small closed tears and is a little grubby.

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IF AT FIRST YOU DO NOT SEE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1807947
Published by Andersen Press. 1985. Very good condition.

Caterpillar searches for something to eat but all is not as it seems... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Interesting colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862640210. Top & tail of spines worn, corners lightly rubbed. Fingermarks to verso of front endpaper else contents clean. Lower corners lightly creased where corner was bumped.

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THE STORY OF THE NIBBLER FAMILY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311100
Almost very good condition.

Holborn Series. Pictorial paperwraps. 8 pages with 4 colour text illustrations. The story of a family of mice. Covers lightly edge rubbed, rear cover slightly grubby. Staples rusty.

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THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1401934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Covers a little browned. Inscription in ink to front endpapers. Endpapers are browned. Some light foxing else contents are clean. Couple of pages are wrinkled at the inner margin - a result of the binding process. Price cut dustwrapper is edge worn with loss. Top part of spine has been ton off. Spine is browned and rear panel is grubby.

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THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1501551
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine and some cover edges slightly browned. Endpapers browned. A few light fox spots otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears, creasing and some loss especially at top of spine.

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THE ADVENTURES OF OTAIL AND THE JOLLY HOLLYBOYS
Written by Anne Hope. Illustrated by Gertie Breary.
Stock no. 1310953
Published by J. Salmon. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cardwraps. Blue text. Colour illustrations. Spine is slightly creased/rubbed. Small mark to top corner of front cover. Light crease to lower corner of front cover. Contents clean.

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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON
Written by Hugh Lofting. Illustrated by Hugh Lofting.
Stock no. 2111628
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, purple titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some damp marks to edges. Chipping and fraying to cloth, especially to bottom edge of front cover. Some foxing and page browning, but contents are generally very good. Wrapper is very browned and marked; some damp stains, chipping, with a little loss and tears/creasing.

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