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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325566
Published by William Heinemann. 1910. Very good condition.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book, one pair of plates are on facing pages. 62 text pages. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small split to top of spine. Some light marks to covers. Evidence of removal of a small label to front pastedown. Some light margins marks else contents clean. All plates present, one is lightly creased but the others are fine.

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WISE OWL'S STORY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325552
Published by Collins. 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 000194102X. 15th impression. Base of spine is slightly bumped, a couple of tiny dents to cover edges. Dustwrapper is bright and cleann with just a little rubbing at edges.

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FUZZYPEG GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325551
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Good condition.

Fuzzypeg's exciting first day at school. Blue boards, white titles with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 98 pages. 7 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some chipping to spine and slight loss at base. Small stain to page 36 (affecting the red border of the illustration). A couple of very small margin tears.

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JAMES AND THE DIESEL ENGINES
Written by Christopher Awdry. Illustrated by Clive Spong.
Stock no. 1325550
Published by Kaye & Ward. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

The Railway Series No. 28. Small oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0718208552. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some finger creases to pages and some small yellow marks.

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FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325546
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Sixth impression. Spine bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock, light browning to verso of frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Front flap of dustwrapper is missing, remainder of wrapper is creased and torn with loss to top and tail of spine and also to top rear corner.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325537
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the illustrator with an inscription to Sarah Mills dated 1964. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners.

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GREY RABBIT FINDS A SHOE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325536
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 63 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". ISBN: 0001941224. SIGNED by the illustrator with an inscription to Sarah on verso of front free-endpaper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Biro doodles to a number of the pages throughout. Small black mark to margin of pages 14/15. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on front panel and worn to spine. There is a small biro mark to lower edge of front panel.

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LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1325535
Published by Methuen. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition.

A pictorial slipcase containing two paperback books: The Little Grey Men and The Little Grey Men Go Down The Bright Stream. Both books have b/w illustrations. Spines of books are faded. Some foxing to textblock and light page edge browning. Slipcase is also faded to spine and is bashed at base causing creasing and a split. Evidence of removal of a label to one panel.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1325531
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, with black titles. Front cover shows a girl offering her cheek to a boy for a kiss. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Spine is sunned. Small brown spot to front pastedown. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is from a later reprint (c1943) and is edge worn with slight loss.

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BERTIE BEAR'S CIRCUS
Written by Geoffrey Higham. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1325530
Published by Edmund Ward. Very good condition.

The Sunset Series No. 1. Small square format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light foxing to contents.

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