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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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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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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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ROBINSON CRUSOE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323635
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. Small stain affects lower corner tips of covers and contents.

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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323633
Very good condition.

York Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 16 pages. 2-tone illustrations. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Staples are rusty. Pale page browning else clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323622
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Colouring contest page has been partly (and neatly) completed. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323619
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Spine is bumped and slightly worn, also slightly browned. Minimal rubbing to corners. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Colouring contest has been partly coloured in (messily but lightly), lower corner of same page is creased.

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