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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2136915
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 6th 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Pink boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Name in ink to top of title page. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks; small brown stain to rear panel.

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POPINJAY STAIRS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 2136914
Published by Vanguard Press. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 081490758X. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner on front endpaper. Couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Small sticker has been removed from front pastedown - so showing surface paper lifting. Wrapper has slight fading to spine.

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COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1322715
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to lower cover edges. Spine and spine edges slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE TYGER VOYAGE
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1322712
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial green boards. Orange endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations facing each page of verse. 30 pages. 10 x 7.75 inches. ISBN: 0224012371. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and minimal fading to spine. Small erasure patch to top corner of front free-endpaper. Reprint in same year as first edition.

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A DARK, DARK TALE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1322711
Published by Andersen Press. 1985. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal text. The story of cat and a mouse. ISBN: 0862640016. Some slight bumping to spine. Inscription in ink and a name plate to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2019
Written by Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1322708
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a cycling bear! ISBN: 9781405294447. Slight wear to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2009
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1322705
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert riding in a 'Fish-Plane' with pilot; friends watching from below. ISBN: 9781405244015. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and a small nick to top front edge of spine.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2136899
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards. Charming colour illustrations. ISBN: 0603015689. Bumping and some chipping to spine and corners. Stitching is a little pulled in places. Page edges are browned with foxing.

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TO THE RESCUE
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 2136894
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

A tale of a London Prentice Boy. White and cream boards with gilt title and picture to front. 40 pages. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to base of spine and a couple of corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning; Some page corner creasing; A few small page margin tears. Fingering marks to some margins.

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GREY RABBIT AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2136891
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy pictorial boards. Burgundy and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Page 7 has a few creases. A few margin marks. Wrapper is browned to spine with a few nicks and chips; scuffing in places.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2136890
Published by Collins. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. A few knocks/bumps along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges; some other page browning. Wrapper has a few closed tears and chips; minimal loss; A few marks and a little surface paper damage to rear panel.

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BLACK HUNTING WHIP
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 2136888
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Mrs Thornton acquires an old house in which Dion finds a diary of a boy telling the story of the Black Hunting Whip. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine is very browned. Rest of covers have uneven fading to edges and other marks. Bumping to corners. Names in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks/stains.

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