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THE JUNGLE SCHOOL OR DR. JIBBER-JABBER BURCHALL'S ACADEMY
Written by S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 710177
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners worn. Boards grubby. Bottom board edges a little scuffed. Contents browned at edges. One plate detached with slight creasing at margins. Front joint beginning to crack. Couple of hinges cracked.

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ROBBUT A TALE OF TAILS
Written by Robert Lawson. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 714819
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Robbut was a Rabbit of imagination and daring but without much common sense! Green cloth spine and rear cover. Green pictorial front board. Delightful b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. 2" closed tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Purple pictorial wrapper is worn at edges with loss and has a large tear to lower spine.

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SUSIE AND ALFRED IN THE NIGHT OF THE PAPER BAG MONSTERS
Written by Helen Craig. Illustrated by Helen Craig.
Stock no. 728833
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Susie and Alfred the two little pigs have a terrible quarrel... Charming colour pictures. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0744502632. SIGNED by author on title page. Slight wear to corners. A nice copy.

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MORE JUMBO STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 719550
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, cream titles. Full-page colour illustrations and b/w pictures to text. Story in verse. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Name and address in belongs to box. colouring to first couple of b/w illustrations. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE STORY OF GINGER HARE
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 573842
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

The Uncle Toby Tales. Orange cloth spine, pictorial boards. Super colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Corners lightly rubbed. Rear board a little unevenly faded. Contents near fine. A lovely copy.

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THE STORY OF GINGER HARE
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 720038
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Uncle Toby Tales. Orange cloth spine, pictorial boards. Super colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Corners slightly worn, board edges just a little faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Musty smell to contents. A lovely copy.

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SITTING DUCKS
Written by Michael Bedard. Illustrated by Michael Bedard.
Stock no. 720282
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2000. Fine condition.

Each day at the Colossal Duck Factory, newly hatched ducks roll off the assembly line, destined for the plates of hungry alligators... Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. ISBN: 0744575303. SIGNED and dated with illustration of duck head to frontendpaper by Bedard. Very slight bumping to corners. Contents as new.

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ANYBODY AT HOME?
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 729990
Published by Chatto & Windus. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Spiral bound stiff card wraps. Full-page colour pictures which fold out/lift-the-flap to reveal a new scene. Covers worn along spine edge and edge rubbed. Slight creasing to covers. Ink name stamp and tiny booksellers sticker to inside of front cover. Some light creasing to folded flaps and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents very good.

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WILLOW WITCHES BROOK
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 722638
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Good condition.

One in the series of Potter Pinner books. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Spine and cover edges faded. Corners slightly worn. Pencil doodle to rear board (faint). Small flower doodle to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Front joint cracked.

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SLAPPY
Written by Elsie Church. Illustrated by Cathryn Taylor.
Stock no. 723288
Published by Collins. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Bonnie Book. Slappy doesn't like being a duck! Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Slight wear to corners. Lower corner of title page torn out. Some grubby marks to page margins and some light foxing. Small worn spot to top edge of rear cover. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and edge-worn with some loss to rear panel and a grubby mark to rear panel.

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SEVEN FOR A SECRET (NEVER TO BE TOLD)
Written by Clive Woodall.
Stock no. 724377
Published by Ziji Publishing. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

The sequel to One For Sorrow. Man and nature are at war with each other. Which is darker - evil from without or from within? Orange pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0715634135. SIGNED by author to title page. Minimal rubbing to cover corners.

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MISTER FOX
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus.
Stock no. 738889
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Almost very good condition.

Comus is the pseudonym of R.M. Ballantyne. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front. Eight colour plates. Contains music accompanied by the verse and a short story. Spine and corners worn. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (4.5 x 1") affects the lower edges of the front endpapers and first 12 pages (including 3 plates - margins only, pictures not affected). Previous owner's name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a small closed tear and light creasing to front endpaper. Not as bad as it sounds, still a nice copy.

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