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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1325017
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Lower corner tip of front cover is slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean but with a slightly smell of tobacco.

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THE ROAD TO CAMLANN
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1325016
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The last in the Arthurian triology. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text decorations. ISBN: 0370303849. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpapers. Name and address in pencil and also an embossed 'from the library of' stamp to rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is faded at spine and edges. Remains of a label to rear panel.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE PINK ELEPHANTS
Written by Mary Maloney. Illustrated by Bridget Moss.
Stock no. 1325015
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink decorated cloth. Grey pictorial endpapers. 94 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Slight tobacco smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly chipped.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325014
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial wraps. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Originally published in 1934 with 4 colour plates. Covers are foxed, small tear to top edge of front cover. Foxing to page edges. Contents are bright and clean.

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THE SLY CORMORANT AND THE FISHES
Written by Aesop; Brian Patten. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325013
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Adaptations into poetry of the Aesop Fables. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Superb colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722653603. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

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THE LITTLE DOG OF FO
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325012
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How little lion made amends for his crime (he kills a gazelle when the animals are commanded by Fo not to kill) and won back the favour of Fo (Buddha). Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571108970. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned.

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THE BIRTH OF JESUS
No author listed. Illustrated by R. T. Cowern.
Stock no. 1325011
Published by Folding Books Ltd.. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

A Peepshow Books. Opening out into six delightful 'pop-up' scenes with small paragraphs of text to bottom of scene. A lovely book! Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Printed price on rear cover (7s 6d) has been crossed out (but still visible) with small ink price written beside it.

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POPINJAY STAIRS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1325010
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1973. Good condition.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. Brown cardwraps. 175 pages. ISBN: 0333000000. Covers rubbed and a bit grubby, names in ink to top of front cover. Foxing to contents. Faint smell of tobacco. A couple of pages are vertically creased.

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WONDERFUL DAYS
Written by Austin Latham. Illustrated by Muriel Dawson.
Stock no. 1325008
Published by Cecil Palmer. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Children's verse. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Pencil scribbles to rear cover, some light marks to front cover. Foxing and fingering throughout. Evidence of heavy pencil writing to front free-endpaper (partially erased).

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FRANCIS COUDRILL'S HANK T.V PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Coudrill.
Stock no. 1325007
Published by Publicity Products Limited. Very good condition.

A Colossal painting book. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Illustrations of Hank and friends for you to colour. Contents are lightly browned but clean. Small nick/tear to top edge of last page.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2014
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alex Cubie; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1325006
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2014. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a lantern through the snow. Contains stories and activities from the 1978, 1980, 2001, 1982 annuals. Includes stories by Stuart Trotter and new illustrations. ISBN: 9781405272087.

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ANIMALS' BUDGET
Written by J.H. MacNair; Isabel Harrow; Bertha Leonard. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy; K. Nixon; K. Harrow.
Stock no. 1325001
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Daytime Books No. 1. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows calves and a kitten. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. A few marks to spine and small piece of surface paper torn from front spine edge. Some browning to contents else clean.

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