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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 627756
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Concertina folds worn leading to two pages being detached and last page fold fragile but holding. Edges rubbed. All figures present and in place. Light page bronwing. Colour illustrations and figures nice and bright.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 806406
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An exciting story set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue boards, gilt titles. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Endpapers are maps. 223 pages. Bumping to a couple of corners. Some browning along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis plate. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a couple of small pieces of loss, to top of front panel and top and tail of spine. Grubby marks to rear panel; edge-creasing.

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FROGGETT'S REVENGE
Written by K.M. Peyton. Illustrated by Lesley Smith.
Stock no. 806439
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192715135. Spine and corners are lightly bumped.

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SKYLARK
Written by K.M. Peyton. Illustrated by Liz Roberts.
Stock no. 806440
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192715844. Couple of light marks to pictorial wrapper.

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STEALAWAY
Written by K.M. Peyton. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 806452
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Part of the Shock Shop Series. Black boards, red metalic title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333948238. Light damp mark to front endpaper and next page.

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HELLO WORLD
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 806216
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

Large square format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. As the day begins, Teddy and Baby set out to discover the world around them... ISBN: 074459281x. SIGNED by author to title page. A beautiful copy.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 806236
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Light wear to cover edges. Name and address in ink to half-title page. Dot-to-dot on page 73 completed. Page 96/97 have some surface paper damage. It looks like at one time, the pages got a little damp and the pages were stuck together next to spine. Now some of page 97 (illustration page) has stuck to edges of page 96, making a 1" hole in illustration, so affecting illustration to verso of page 97. Rest of contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-torn and chipped, with only a couple of small chips of loss.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 806249
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Mister Meddle is just like his name! He meddles with everything and everyone and gets into the most surprising mischief. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Repaired margin tear to page 159. Browning to endpapers.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 806195
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Browning to spine, with a little fraying/chipping to cloth to top and tail. Some browning marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges, endpapers, title pages and a few page margins internally. All colour illustrations are present and bright.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 380357
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small black spot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some very slight bookworm damage to endpapers. Contents clean.

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SALE'S SHARPSHOOTERS
Written by Harold Avery. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 380350
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1st 1903. Good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 316 pages with booklist to rear. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers rubbed and slightly soiled on rear. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Page browning to endpapers. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout with some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some hinges cracked.

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IN GRANDPA'S HOUSE
Written by Philip Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 599236
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1986. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370307445. Some light wear to wrapper.

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