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LA FAMILLE MISTIGRI
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1323687
Published by Garnier Paris. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to every page. 24 pages, text in French. Staples rusty. Covers very slightly faded at edges with a few small marks to front. A couple of pages are lightly browned else contents clean.

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PLAYTIME
Written by Chas. Herbert. Illustrated by Jaques Browne.
Stock no. 1323684
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Fair condition.

Cardwraps, front shows kittens playing with two girls watching through a window. 2 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Frontis and title-page almost detached, old tape marks to verso of frontis and inside front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Staples rusty.

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OUR TIM PICTURES & STORIES
Written by Edith E. Carter; W. Percival Westell; et al.
Stock no. 1323683
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing portrait of a terrier dog. Colour frontis "waiting for Master". B/w text illustrations and photos. 160 pages. Covers are edge worn. Some foxing to rear cover. Both joints are broken causing front free-endpaper to be almost detached. Contents browned, creasing to rear free-endpaper.

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CHICKABIDDY STORIES
Written by Edmund Mitchell. Illustrated by S. Barham.
Stock no. 1323680
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1921. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with red titles and yellow decoration and chicks, small oval onlay to front. 7 stories. 4 tipped-in colour plates on brown mounts plus b/w illustrations. 110 pages. 7 short stories. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing and fingering to endpapers. Fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine.

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15 NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1323671
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 17. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers have been reattached with glue, some seepage has caused damage to the last page. Some light foxspots but contents are clean. 2nd issue of the 1st edition.

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THE HOLIDAY TRAIN GOES TO AMERICA
Written by Peter Heaton. Illustrated by Peter Heaton.
Stock no. 1323669
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Baby Puffin Book no. 6. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Covers foxed and edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Lower staple has been pulled away from front cover. Neat name written in ink to front cover. Foxing inside covers. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Estella Canziani.
Stock no. 1323667
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st thus 1923. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1902, this is the new and limited edition of 310 copies. Cream vellum spine with gilt title, grey boards. 8 pretty colour plates mounted with tissue-guards plus b/w illustrations. 172 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 204 SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Tissue-guards to plates are browned. A couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots to contents.

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TOBY TWIRL DARES ALL DANGERS
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1323656
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1955. Almost very good condition.

A partly republished version of The New Toby Twirl Colour Strip Adventure Book (first published in 1953). Contains two stories: Toby Twirl and the Rustlers; Toby Twirl and the Magic Boot. Matt pictorial boards (unlaminated) showing Toby Twirl's Adventure Colour Story Book at lower edge of front cover. Covers are edge worn. Rear free-endpaper has been repaired. A few small margin tears and light browning to contents.

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THE GRUFFALO AND THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1323654
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Classic Gift Collection. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Two volumes contained in pictorial slipcase. Walk into the deep dark wood, and discover the Nation's favourite bedtime story, The Gruffalo and its award-winning sequel, The Gruffalo's Child. ISBN: 9781447200611. Child's name in pencil to title-page of The Gruffalo and to front free-endpaper of The Gruffalo's Child. Finger creases to The Gruffalo's Child. Slipcase is very slightly worn with small splits at top of opening.

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MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323645
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Moving pictures, action surprises, hidden images. A reproduction of an antique book originally published by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001384147. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pictures and tabs in good condition.

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MINTY BRAMBLE'S HOUSE IN THE WOODS
Written by Margaret Ross. Illustrated by Margaret Ross.
Stock no. 1323639
Published by Museum Press Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Full-page colour illustrations and b/w drawings. White pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Staples rusty leaving marks to endpapers. Holes to rear joint where staples have been pulled. Contents clean.

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THE THREE BEARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323637
Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Text is blue. Brown and white text illustrations. 8 pages. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Covers edge rubbed. Staple rusty. Contents clean.

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