PUNKY MOUSE FOR A DAY
Written by John Moreton. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2123590
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, white title to spine and dark vignette to front cover. A mouse didn't seem a very exciting present, but no pet could have been more unusual than Punky. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and small chips and nicks.

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COUNT BAKWERDZ ON THE CARPET
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2123587
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

And other incredible stories. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations to text. 125 pages. 8 x 5.5". ISBN: 0370301617. Foxing to outer page edges.

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SIMPLE TALES FOR THE VERY YOUNG
Written by Doris Rust. Illustrated by Cecil Elgee.
Stock no. 2123580
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, dark red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 6 tales. Damp mark to bottom edge and spine. Splash mark to top edge of outer page edges, going to page margins. Wrapper is price-cut with heavy browning/foxing, especially to rear panel; a few closed tears and nicks. White marks to front panel.

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WOG AND WIG
Written by Winifred Humphreys. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2123576
Published by Franklyn Ward & Wheeler Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The story of two lovable little rabbits and their adventures with the rascally Tom Fox in Savernake Forest. Delightful colour plates and silhouette chapter headings. Pictorial boards, brown cloth spine. 28 pages. Pencil marks to front cover. Wear to corners. Name to front pastedown. Some light foxing. Contents are still very good.

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ENID BLYTON PRESENTS MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2123534
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A Werner Laurie Show Book Series A No. 2. Oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. A brilliantly coloured showbook, based on the Victorian Peepshow. Fold-out theatre at the end of the book and pages of characters to press out. Bumping to top and tail of spine, with some chipping of paper cover. Some foxing to pages internally. Contents are UNUSED!

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1507719
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. This is the reprint with 4 stories and 120 cut-outs (although cover says 200 cut-outs and five stories are listed in contents). Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light stain to bottom corner of front cover. Small dark spot to spine. Pen inscription to title page and belongs to box completed. A couple of hinges cracked. Odd fox spot and mark to contents. Cut-outs complete and unused.

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LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Wilhelmina Stitch.
Stock no. 1507713
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Very small format 3.5 x 2.5". Muted multicolour paperwraps with blue titles. Numerous short stories which rhyme. 87 pages. Wear to spine. Lower corner tips creased on front cover and first few pages.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY'S ANNUAL 1939
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1507711
Published by News Chronicle Publications. 1939. Fair condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a snow scene with a tortoise being surprised by a snow ball. Colour frontis + 4 other colour plates. Two-tone and b/w strip pictures. First story is 'The Shipwrecked Mariner'. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby, pencil scribble to front cover. Ink name stamp and a couple of letters and lines to front endpaper, drawing to verso. Front joint and a few hinges cracked. A few margin tears, some marks and colouring to contents, also foxing. One plate is MISSING, two are present but detached, one of these has a margin tear. A decent reading copy.

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THE QUEEN WHO CAME TO TEA
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1507704
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The delights of an Edwardian childhood captured by Helen Bradley's incomparable pictures. Large oblong format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0224015451. Top of spine bumped. Slight fading to bottom edges of covers and small mark near title. Just a few fox spots to margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn, base of spine and bottom edge of front panel slightly faded, flaps browned.

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THE WATERBOYS AND THEIR COUSINS
Written by Charles Dickens Lewis. Illustrated by E.H. Suydam.
Stock no. 1507701
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. circa 1918. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories to help children understand and enjoy the wonders of country life and the growing of food products in the garden. The Waterboy is a water molecule that dances down from the clouds and visits all the plant folk i.e. The Bean-Baby, Mother Corn Stalk etc. Beige cloth covers with brown and blue vignettes and titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 172 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. A lot of foxing to verso of half-title and title page, just a couple of spots elsewhere. Dustwrapper has a few tears and some loss, mostly from ends of spine and folds. A bit grubby and spine and folds darkened.

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THE CHILD'S LIVINGSTONE
Written by Mary Entwistle. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1507690
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige matt boards with large pictorial onlay and dark titles, 8 x 7.25". Illustrated with 6 colour and 6 b/w full page illustrations, incl. front cover. 32 pages. Minimal bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few fox spots to covers and contents. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and slightly grubby, front panel and spine darkened.

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