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PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 2135648
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; foxed with grubby marks to rear panel.

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THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 2135646
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Each tale has an historical introduction, showing the development of the story. Colour & b/w illustrations. 255 pages. ISBN: 0192115596. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER'S TOP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2135616
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy textured boards. Gilt titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading to covers. Few small knocks along cover edges. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. Foxing; heaviest to prelims and outer page edges, but some also throughout book.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2135611
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. 9.5 x 6.25". 175 pages. ISBN: 0670802417. Light edge-creasing to wrapper; spine a bit sunned.

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BAD DAD
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 2135608
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The story of a father and son on a thrilling mission to right a wrong and take on the villainous Mrs. Big! ISBN: 9780008164652.

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THE WORLD'S WORST CHILDREN
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 2135606
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Are you ready to meet the world's worst children? 10 delightully dreadful tales within.... White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008197032. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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THE TWINS AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 2135603
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A school story for girls. Yellow cloth with blue lettering. 8 b/w drawings. 217 pages. Fading and foxing to spine. Mottling/foxing to rest of covers. Bumping to corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning; some light foxing. Contents are still very good. Wrapper has bottom 2-3" of rear panel and base of spine torn off and MISSING; other corners of loss; front panel is mostly complete.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S CHILDREN'S BOOK 1929
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2135599
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows about twenty small characters including tin soldier and large yellow duck in blue bonnet. 8 gorgeous colour plates and numerous b/w drawings. Large format. Onlay to spine has chipping and a bit of loss in places. Onlay to front cover has scuffing and marks. Foxing and browning to various degrees throughout. 8 colour plates are all present.

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CARAVAN FOR THREE
Written by Ursula Bloom. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 2135590
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Three children set off for their holidays in the caravan driven by the colourful Mr. Pepper. Blue cloth, dark blue titles to spine and small vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 217 pages. Spine and cover edges are faded. Spine is also foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped with some loss to top and tail of spine; rear panel is almost detached from spine; fading and browning; marks.

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THINGS
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2135584
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Humourous colour illustrations. ISBN: 034027445X. A few knocks/bumps along cover edges; a few marks. Foxing/marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE SNEEZE
Written by David Lloyd. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 2135578
Published by J.B. Lippincott. 1st USA 1986. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. American Edition. ISBN: 069400135X. Foxing to endpapers.

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THE LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY, AND THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR
Written by Don Wood; Audrey Wood. Illustrated by Don Wood.
Stock no. 2135575
Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

A beautifully illustrated, easy to read book. Large colour illustrations to each page with a small paragraph of text. Unpaginated. 10.75 x 9.75". ISBN: 0859531821. Fading to edge of front cover next to spine.

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