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SLIMTAIL'S FRIENDS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1328033
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some messy colouring to b/w illustrations (up to page 43). Dustwrapper is grubby with loss to spine and corners.

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MERRY SLIMTAILS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1328032
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles and decorations. Front endpapers are a map. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Third impression. Spine and corners bumped. Messy colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Poor dustwrapper with substantial loss to spine and top edge of rear panel. Front panel is torn into two halves. Some colouring to the wrapper.

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MORE SLIMTAILS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1328031
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth with green title and vignette. Front endpapers are a map. B/w text illustrations. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing. Neat colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel. Neat colouring to the b/w figures on rear panel.

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MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS
Written by Gerald Durrell; Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 1828281
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth with burgundy title on spine. Brown and cream decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Introduced by Michael Morpurgo. Second printing. A few pale foxspots to spine. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed (VG+).

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TIM MOUSE
Written by Judy Brook. Illustrated by Judy Brook.
Stock no. 1327906
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1966. Good condition.

Oblong format. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page with text below. Covers are worn and grubby with some small white correction fluid marks and split at top of spine. Name in ink to grubby front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks and creases to page margins and some white correction fluid marks. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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SLIMTAIL'S FRIENDS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1327895
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to cover edges and to spine. A couple of small marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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FOXEY BRUSHTAIL
Written by Agness E. Cash. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1828137
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 1st thus 1933. Almost very good condition.

New Edition. Small format. Cream, red and blue decorated boards, pictorial onlay to front cover (design by Ernest Aris). 4 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Boards browned, lightly rubbed at corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Centre hinge is pulled but binding is tight. Grubby finger marks to contents.

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LITTLE RICHARD AND PRICKLES
Written by Patricia M. Scarry. Illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres.
Stock no. 1327744
Published by Collins. 1972. Good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Richard is a little rabbit and Prickles is a little hedgehog. ISBN: 0001381512. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped and worn, top of spine has been repaired with clear tape. Some marks to pages and some creases. Red biro mark to rear free-endpaper.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1327742
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"The Gateway Library". Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut. 302 pages, General Literature catalogue to rear (8 pages). 7 x 4.5". 39th edition. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and lightly browned to spine.

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BOBBY ROBIN AND THE WORM
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327741
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Pictorial cardwraps. 28 pages. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Staples starting to go rusty. Pencil name erased from top margin of title-page.

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MR. BUFFIN AND HIS GREY MARE
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327739
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Green pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink to top margin of title-page (erased pencil scribble through the name). Staples starting to go rusty. Contents clean.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1327734
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Gilt title to spine. 240 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Spine slightly bumped. Some light finger creases to first few pages and a couple of page margins are slightly creased. Dustwrapper rubbed/creased at top edge (where it has been moved in and out of the slipcase), small tear to top of spine. Slipcase has a few very small marks at top edges.

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