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ANIMALS AND THEIR FUNNY DOINGS
No author listed.
Stock no. 383823
Good condition.

A board book. Large format. Red spine covering. Pictorial front board showing a rabbit with a blue jacket and a satchel on his back. Full-page colour illustrations of animals wearing clothes (very cute!) and a small section of text below. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is grubby, lightly foxed and stained, front cover is just a little grubby and lightly scratched. Front and rear joints are cracked. Creases to inner margins. Light page edge browning. One hinge is cracked at top and bottom. Colour are still bright.

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THE MAGIC BOWL AND THE BLUE-STONE RING
Written by R. Andom. Illustrated by Louis Gunnis.
Stock no. 383799
Published by Jarrold & Sons. 2nd Very good condition.

Oriental tales with Occi (or acci)dental fittings. Green cloth, black and red titles and black vignettes. 312 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light browning to spine and light fading to title. Endpapers and outer page edges lightly browned. A couple of light marks to page margins and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack.

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THE WONDER-PATH AND OTHER TALES
Written by K.M. Morton.
Stock no. 383802
Published by George Roberts. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Blue boards, tan spine. Gilt title to spine. 86 pages. 3 fantasy tales. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers and a very small, faint stain to front edge. Spine is browned. Light page edge browning else contents clean.

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THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM
Written by David Belasco. Illustrated by John Rae.
Stock no. 383810
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A harrowing ghost story, novelised from the play. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine, large pictorial onlay to front cover. 344 pages. 3 colour plates (tissue-guard to frontis). Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. A few small ink spots to rear cover and small dent to edge. Some scuffing to pictorial onlay. Grubby fingermark to margin of title-page and a few other margins. Ink stamp (Eastern Oregon State Hospital) to illustrations contents page. Contents generally clean.

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AJAX ADVENTURE ANNUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 819739
Published by Popular Press Ltd.. Circa 1952. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Front cover shows elephant being attacked by a tiger. Contains stories of Plastic Man and Doll Man. Edges are worn and bumped. Couple of hinges are a little pulled. Some pages have a little margin loss.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 630766
Published by Country Life. 2nd 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Contents are slightly pulled from panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrappers. Wrapper has substantial loss to front panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrapper, and some loss to other smaller areas to rear panel.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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RUPERT ACTIVITY BOOK 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 446307
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition.

Recreational and educational for young children. Games, stories and colouring pages. Pictorial paper wraps. Name in red pencil crayon to front cover. Some grubby marks/foxing to covers. Colouring pages have been completed.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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WILD ANIMAL STORIES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Arthur J. Daniels; et al. Illustrated by E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 819382
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book. Printed in Bavaria 867. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with colour illustration of leopard on a tree branch with five monkeys. 6 full page colour three dimensional scenes. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Top corner of spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges pulled. One double page spread with text on one side and three dimensional scene on facing page is detached. Small closed tear with no loss to one lower page margin. A very nice copy. All panoramas in excellent condition. Reduced from £420.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 446204
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 314 pages plus 6 page book list to rear. Colour frontis plus 2 b/w plates. Covers are rubbed with small areas of scuffing. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dampstaining to rear endpapers/pastedown and to top of outer page edges.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 446207
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Half-title page has one *, therefore believed to be 2nd edition. Foxing to spine, margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly marked to spine, with wear to corners.

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SLEEPY TIME TALES OF CANDYTOP CASTLE
Written by Sheila Hodgetts.
Stock no. 446209
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition.

New Five-minute bedtime stories. Small oblong format. Card wraps. Two-tone illustrations. Ink number to front cover. Covers are grubby. Small stain to inside front cover. Pages browned.

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THE STORY OF JESUS
Written by F. Lucy Rudston Brown. Illustrated by Eileen Watts.
Stock no. 446248
Published by Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Blue boards. Colour pictorial onlay of the head of Jesus Christ. Bookano Living Pictures series. 6 pop-up scenes. Spine worn, with some fading. All pop-ups in very good working order, with a few creases.

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