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RUPERT A BEAR'S LIFE
Written by George Perry. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2131184
Published by Pavilion Books; Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Rupert traced from the Fleet Street circulation battles through to the present day. Packed with illustrations including rare material never before published. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 169 pages includes bibliography of the Rupert annuals. 9.75 x 7". ISBN: 0907516769. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine.

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THE OOJAH ANNUAL 1937
Written by Flo Lancaster. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre.
Stock no. 2131183
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1937. Good condition.

Pictorial paper boards depicting Oojah and his band. Illustrated endpapers. Colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. 124 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Splitting to sides of spine, with chipping; some loss to top and tail. Wear and scuffing along cover edges. Front endpaper appears to have been very neatly removed! Foxing. Ink to illustration on page 75.

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FASCINATING STORIES FOR GIRLS
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson; Ethel Talbot; Mary Shrewsbury; Barbara E. Todd; et al. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley; G.E. Studdy; et al..
Stock no. 2131182
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Jolly Bookshelf series. Yellow pictorial covers, tennis player to front, hockey player to spine. 9 stories and 1 poem. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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LITTLE BROWN HEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 2131162
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25"). Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping along cover edges. Some foxing.

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SAVING SINBAD!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2131152
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A doggy-eyed view of life in a busy Cornish fishing village. ISBN: 1842700081. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper, which has some light edge-creasing. A few small knocks to cover edges.

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TROUBLESOME TOPSY AND HER FRIENDS
Written by May Baldwin. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2131140
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 6 pretty colour plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Cup ring marks to front cover; some darkening along cover edges. Some scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to prelims, outer page edges and page margins. All plates present.

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BEARS BACK IN BUSINESS
Written by Margaret J. Baker. Illustrated by Daphne Rowles.
Stock no. 1817764
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout of teddy bears! Name in ink to front endpaper has also imprinted to top of dustwrapper flap. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and browned to spine.

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TEDDY TAIL'S ANNUAL 1935
No author listed. Illustrated by Herbert Foxwell; Ruth Cobb.
Stock no. 1817718
Published by Daily Mail. 1935. Very good condition.

Packed with colour and b/w pictures and stories of Teddy Tail and his chums. Pictorial front cover showing Teddy Tail in an aeroplane. Red cloth spine. 124 pages. First story is Teddy Tail Finds Santa's Sack. Edges rubbed, corners worn.Name in belongs to box. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Page 16-19 detached. Page 48 has closed tear to lower gutter edge (no loss). 1.25" x 0.5" loss of surface paper to rear pastedown.

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HAPPY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by K. Harrow; et al..
Stock no. 1317826
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Edited by Mackintosh. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing two young girls baking. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Heavy foxing to contents.

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JUST WHAT I LIKE
Written by K.E. King; A.R.T. Haverfield; Norman Hunter; Madeline Barnes; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Warwick Reynolds; Gordon Robinson; Florence Mary Anderson; Ruth Cobb; et al..
Stock no. 1317823
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards with cloth spine. A collection of short stories by various authors. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story 'The Little Brass Knob'. Spine bumped. Corners worn. Covers slightlty edge rubbed. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Frontis is part detached at top.

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THE DRAGON WITH A THOUSAND WRINKLES
Written by Mary Daem. Illustrated by Marc Tolon Brown.
Stock no. 1817706
Published by Ginn and Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

A Magic Circle Book. The story of William the Dragon. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 15 pages. Boards scuffed. '20p' and name in ink to front endpapers.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF PRAYERS
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1317810
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0416596401. Light wear to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut, creased to front flap and has a small brown (burn?) mark to top edge of rear panel. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly faded.

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