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THE FOUR CATS OF THE TIPPERTONS
Written by Julia Goddard.
Stock no. 2129993
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two blue cloths with gilt titles. Leaf vignette. And Other Stories about Animals. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth. Scuffing. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby marks to pages.

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THE NECESSARY CAT
Written by Nicola Bayley; John Keats; William Wordsworth; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1317694
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word. Poems and pictures of cats. Brown pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744519241. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased to rear panel and ever so slightly edge rubbed.

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CATS AND KITTENS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2128233
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition.

Larger format. Card wraps. Colour pictures to inside front and rear covers. Rest of illustrations are black an white. Easy-to-read text. A thin book - not too many pages long. Shows distinctive Wain cat depictions. Wear to spine. Creasing to cover corners. A few light foxspots. Name in ink to top of title page.

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TIDDLES OR THE VANISHING CAT
Written by Diana Noel. Illustrated by Margaret Milnes.
Stock no. 2127782
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Large pictorial stiff card covers. Colour illustrations. Tiddles devours a pot of Vanishing Powder... Some bumping to corners. Wear to covers; a few scuff marks. New stitching to binding (staples are missing). A few margin marks. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

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A CAT AND MOUSE LOVE STORY
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2127695
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, glazed pictorial boards, gorgeous colour pictures. ISBN: 0434980455. Some fading to spine.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2127497
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. What appears to be 'repairs' to top and tail of spine. A few small splits/nicks to spine, with a little fraying to cloth. Uneven fading to covers. Corners are bumped, with wear. A couple of score marks to rear cover. Margin tear to front endpaper, which also has a couple of partially erased children's names. Foxing. B/w illustration to page 54 has some colouring to it.

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FELIX ET FURIOSO
No author listed. Illustrated by Pat Sullivan.
Stock no. 2126823
Published by Hachette. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Card wraps. Cartoon style strips, two colour illustrations. Text in French. Appears that part of backstrip/spine is missing - stitching can now be seen. Creasing and some wear to covers. Grubby marks. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2125120
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Very small format, 10.5 x 10.5cm. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping to spine. Wear to cover edges. Home made 'library ticket' to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few small chips and tears; browned and grubby; minimal loss.

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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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NICHOLAS CATCHES THE CROOKS
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1208828
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Nicholas Book No. 7. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners slightly worn. Edges rubbed. Name in belongs to box erased with black ink. First few pages have light brown stains, remainder clean. Wrapper is creased and edge-torn with loss.

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KATY THE KITTEN
Written by Patience Powell. Illustrated by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 2123595
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Peekobook. Very small format (5 x 3.5"). Dark yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Small tear crease to middle of spine. Wear and chipping to top and tail of spine and corners. Staples have started to rust. Some page browning.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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