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HARRY'S HOME
Written by Laurence Anholt. Illustrated by Catherine Anholt.
Stock no. 1328657
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1st USA 2000. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Harry's home is in the city, but one day he goes to visit his grandad who lives far away on a farm. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780374328702. SIGNED by the artist to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed at spine and corners.

CALAMITY
Written by Camilla Ashforth. Illustrated by Camilla Ashforth.
Stock no. 1328656
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial laminated boards. A sweet simple story with delightful water colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 9". ISBN: 0744525780. Top of spine is quite badly bumped, causing some slight creasing to page margins. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with crease at top of spine.

RAYMOND BRIGGS BLOOMING BOOKS
Written by Raymond Briggs; Nicolette Jones. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1328654
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exploration of Raymond Brigg's work from the time he left art school and began illustrating other people's texts, right up to his most recent publications. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224064789. Minimal bumping to spine. A few light marks/foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing to edges.

THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1328652
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One fine spring day a down-at-heel minstrel finds a beautiful egg on the seashore. To help it hatch, he plays a tune on his harp. Out comes a dragon pup, no bigger than a kitten - and a special friendship is born. This book tells of the adventures of the pup and the minstrel. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 42+ pages. ISBN: 0744521742. Spine and corners bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and faded to spine.

PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1328650
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Foxing else contents clean. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1328648
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Revolting! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fungus coming in the window. Colour illustrations throughout with the text. ISBN: 0241895537. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly browned. Dent to edge of rear cover. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.

MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Chris Beetles. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1328647
Published by Pavilion; Michael Joseph. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A tribute to Attwell's enduring talent and style with biographical summary, colour illustrations and bibliography. ISBN: 1851452826. Slight bumping to spine. Foxspots else contents fine.

SIXTEEN STRING JACK AND THE GARDEN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Tom Pow. Illustrated by Ian Andrew.
Stock no. 1328646
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Where Peter Pan began. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781780272269.

GRANDFATHER'S PENCIL AND THE ROOM OF STORIES
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1328645
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

As a little boy sleeps, his pencil begins to write... Cream glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862644577. Spine is slightly faded, and a little fading to front spine edge. Contents fine.

ROMANY WOOD
Written by Beshlie; David Walser. Illustrated by Beshlie.
Stock no. 1328644
Published by Hart-Davis Educational Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beshlie lives the life of a gypsy, roaming the countryside in a caravan and studying nature at first hand. She transfers her observations into pictures which are an absolute delight. Pale green boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7.5 ins. ISBN: 029812047X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale browning to page edges. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

IN SEARCH OF UNICORNS
Written by Susannah York. Illustrated by Wendy Hall.
Stock no. 1328641
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340179333. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light vertical marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and discoloured to rear panel.

EVIE AND THE MAN WHO HELPED GOD
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1328640
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 184270219X.