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ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 571717
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1919. Fair condition.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board, showing 5 clothed dogs in a theatre box. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Covers worn with slight staining to edge of rear board. Joints very cracked. Bookplate to front pastedown. (Endpapers missing??). Some pale foxing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF THE PIG FAMILY
Written by Arthur S. Gibson. Illustrated by Arthur S. Gibson.
Stock no. 571841
Published by Griffith and Farran. Very good condition.

Oblong format. B/w illustrations. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Spine faded. Corners and edges worn. A few finger marks to page margins.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 690396
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. Tiny strip torn from margin of front & rear cover & latter half page margins. Spine rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Centre page detached. Staples rusted.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 677854
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A Picture Ladybird book. Purple pictorial cardwraps. The story of a sneaky cat. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 072149689X.

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THE KNEE-HIGH MAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Julius Lester. Illustrated by Ralph Pinto.
Stock no. 692337
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of six animal tales from American Black Folk Literature. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582162602. Corners lightly rubbed. Some light finger creasing to page corners. Price-cut pictorial wrapper rubbed at corners with slight wear to top front edge.

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POSTMAN JOE
Written by Jane Pilgrim. Illustrated by F. Stocks May.
Stock no. 619664
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards with orange/red spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340172398. Spine and title to front cover faded. Name in ink and writing to front pastedown. Small biro scribble to title page top margin. One page has small vertical crease to margin else contents clean and bright.

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POSTMAN JOE
Written by Jane Pilgrim. Illustrated by F. Stocks May.
Stock no. 803791
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1973. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards with orange/red spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340172398. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to some page edges. Binding a little loose to top and bottom.

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THE MARGARET AND MARY BAKER STORY BOOK
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 328939
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition.

Containing The Dog,The Brownie & The Bramble Patch - The Little Girl Who Curtsied To The Owl - The Lost Merbaby. Yellow cloth covers, blue vignettes to front, rear & spine. B/w silhouette illustrations throughout. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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JINNIFER OF LONDON
Written by Barbara Nixon. Illustrated by Barbara Nixon.
Stock no. 718473
Published by Guilford Press. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The adventures of Jinnifer - quite the prettiest of a large family of cats. Illustrated to text in colour and b/w. 94 pages. Orange cloth covers. Spine and cover edges faded. Covers grubby. Corners worn. Erased pencil marks to front pastedown and crayon marks to rear pastedown. Front joint is partly cracked. Contents are clean.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 621095
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Bottom front corner slighly chipped. Contents fine.

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THE STORY OF SAMMY STICKLEPIN
Written by Margaret Alleyne. Illustrated by Mary Robinson.
Stock no. 714801
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Front endpaper missing. Contents clean. Damp staining and wear to base of spine on back of the book. Pretty pictorial wrapper has some slight loss to lower edge and an old tape repair to rear fold.

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TIM MINDS THE SHOP
Written by Ella Monckton. Illustrated by Patricia Turner.
Stock no. 662485
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1957. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Prettimouse series. Small format. White pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper price-cut with corners lightly rubbed.

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