BILL BADGER AND THE PINE MARTENS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1319037
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Covers edge rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and chipped with loss, also edge rubbed.

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MISS FLUFFY BEAR'S SCHOOL
Written by E.E. Ellsworth.
Stock no. 1319035
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

6 delightful stories with b/w illustrations in Blackie's Easy-To-Read Series. Light brown cloth with dark brown titles and vignette of fox to front. Child's ink marks to front free-endpaper and to small illustration on title-page, a few light fingermarks to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, rear panel is a grubby.

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THE FOURTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; et al..
Stock no. 1319031
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Green boards. Gilt titles. Colour illustrations. First story is "Silly Sammy". Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and creased, loss to top of spine and 2" loss to base (further tears to spine).

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THE THREE RAILWAY ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by William Middleton.
Stock no. 1319023
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The first title in the Railway series. The three engines all lived in the same shed and worked on the same railway... Small oblong format. Cream boards with green title and border to front cover. 62 pages. Colour illustrations. The first printing WITHOUT the advert at the rear of the volume for Thomas the Tank Engine which was published in 1946 and the use of the term fat director which is present on pages 40, 42, 52, 54, 56 and 60. In the 1947 edition and after he was renamed famously The Fat Controller. Covers slightly edge worn, some light foxing to covers. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Stitching slightly pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some small, light fingermarks to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and slight loss and grubby. Still a nice, desirable copy of the scarce first edition with very scarce original dustwrapper.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133295
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spotting to covers. Bumping to covers. Some hinges are pulled; a few gatherings are detached/stitching is broken. Chipping to page edges; a little loss; foxing. Wrapper is badly creased and torn with some loss; most of picture to front is complete.

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MERRY AND BRIGHT
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133294
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful full-page colour illustrations of doggies. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks/browning to covers. Foxing throughout.

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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133293
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Very 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. A few grubby marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133292
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Corners are a bit bumped. Grubby marks to covers. A few prelim pages are detached, but still present. Some foxing, including to outer page edges.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 2133290
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. 1" tear hole to top of spine; a little fraying to cloth. Chipping and bumping along cover edges and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and margin marks throughout. Front joint is partially cracked.

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MOUFFLOU
Written by Ouida. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133288
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. The story of a poodle. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. All plates present.

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WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133287
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuffs and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. A few margin marks. One plate is detached.

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MY DOG
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133286
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Stories of a cute little bulldog. Translated by A. Teixera de Mattos. Tan cloth, brown titles. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. A few knocks to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. A few hinges are a little pulled.

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