CARAVAN SCHOOL
Written by Carol Forrest.
Stock no. 2134370
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 192 pages. Some browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning and a few foxspots. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips/nicks, but minimal loss.

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SCOUTS OF THE BAGHDAD PATROLS
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.
Stock no. 1320523
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Pale brown pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. 4 colour plates. 303 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few dents to cover edges. Front free-endpaper removed. Half-title and rear free-endpaper is browned. One plate is detached but still present. Some small marks to margins.

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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2134320
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. Good condition.

Extracts from the diary of a Mongrelian named Gibus, so-called, says his master, because his face reminds him of his opera hat when it is shut up! Large format. Light brown pictorial cloth. Delightful and amusing colour plates plus a few b/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, which is browned and also has some margin chips and tears. A few gatherings are pulled - with a few leaves starting to come loose next to spine - some are torn. One page has large tear, but does not obstruct text on either side.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2134318
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1931. Good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gold title to front and spine. Front cover has gilt border. 4 sepia plates. 228 pages. Spine is very faded with a couple of small tears/chips to cloth - some fraying to cloth. Bumping and wear to corners; marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims, but also to other pages throughout book. Grubby marks to outer page edges.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

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ANIMAL PLAYTIME
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1320518
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fox with cockrel. B/w illustrations throughout. Some cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover illustration is still bright. Some slight chipping of paper covering to spine. Small binding error of crease in paper to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of title-page (dated 1909) and one name crossed out and replaced with another. Some slight foxing and fingering to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2014
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alex Cubie; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1320500
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2014. Very good 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. Title-page is creased. Minimal rubbing to top of spine.

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THE STAFFORDSHIRE TERROR
Written by Patricia Beatty.
Stock no. 2134298
Published by William Morrow & Company. 1st USA 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A gripping novel, set in present day California, involves a girl's love for her pet and the netherworld of fighting dogs for sport. Blue boards, black title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 0688222013. Pale foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has a few tiny edge-chips.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1320489
Published by Peter Hansens Forlag. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Text in Danish. Limited edition. Large format, green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Each of the 51 tipped-in colour plates are mounted on a separate sheet of heavy brown paper with captioned tissue guards. Except for the frontis, the plates are all bound together after the text. This is copy NO. 180 with prineted signature of Arthur Rackham. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Ink writing to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Browning to contents.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2134281
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 16 gorgeous colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 6th printing. Slip case is very good - a few marks and scuffs.

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THE PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Judith Elkin. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1320483
Published by Viking. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670820563. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of some pencil erasure and also a label removed from front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, sunned to spine.

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LITTLE PLAYS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Mrs. Chisholm.
Stock no. 2134263
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1st 1872. Almost very good condition.

With Hints for Drawing-Room Performance. Green cloth with gilt title to front cover. 3 lithographic illustrations. Contains: The Hunchback; The Prince With the Nose and The Fairy. Uneven mottling to covers - possibly has been damp at some point. Foxing to outer page edges and some internal pages.

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