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FURTHER TALES OF MR PENGACHOOSA
Written by Caroline Rush. Illustrated by Peter Rush; Caroline Rush.
Stock no. 1817581
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The redoubtable Mr Pengachoosa finds himself in fanciful situations quite unsuited to hamsters in general, but than, of course, he isn't a 'general' sort of hamster at all... Each story is founded in the real world of a girl and her pet hamster and each returns to it after considerable flights of fancy... Pink boards, gilt title to spine and vignette of hamster to front board. B/w illustrations. A little loss to margin of gutter edge of front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and yellowing tape to verso at edges.

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THE MITTEN
Written by Jan Brett. Illustrated by Jan Brett.
Stock no. 2130734
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Ukranian Folktale adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 039921920X. Reprint. American edition.

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NOAH AND THE DEVIL
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130732
Published by Clarion Books. 1st USA 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania. ISBN: 0618117547. Wrapper has small nicks to a couple of corners.

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WHEN JESSIE CAME ACROSS THE SEA
Written by Amy Hest. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Stock no. 2130709
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744540879. Some light edge-wear to wrapper, which is slightly faded to spine.

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TO HELL WITH DYING
Written by Alice Walker. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter.
Stock no. 2130708
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Circa 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Dark pink cloth spine, with gilt title. Pink covers with gilt title to front. Colour illustrations. American edition. ISBN: 0152890750. 2nd printing (b). Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins internally. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Margaret Early. Illustrated by Margaret Early.
Stock no. 2130707
Published by Walter McVitty Books. 1st AUSTRALIA 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Red/pink covers with gilt title to spine. Australian Edition. Retold by Early. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0949183792. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to top and tail of spine.

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THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130702
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The youngest son's quest for the golden bird, the golden horse and the princess from the golden castle. Retold from the Brothers Grimm by Neil Philip. Colour illustrations. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0316705225.

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KING MIDAS
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130701
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Square format. Colour illustrations. Retold by Philip. ISBN: 0316705217. Slight fade to spine, which also has small bumps to top and tail.

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KATTIE OF THE BALKANS
Written by F.O.H. Nash. Illustrated by J.M. Pollock.
Stock no. 2130682
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

An amazing adventure in which Bunnie is mistaken for Kattie and is taken far away into the wilds of Silaria, captive in a strange land. Beige pictorial boards (apparently covering green cloth covers). Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 152 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chips to corners (can see green cloth). Grubby marks to covers. Gift plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Margin marks, including small damp marks and glue residue to page edges.

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CIRCUS DAYS AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 2130674
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine is darkened to top of spine. Bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; also foxed.

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PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.

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THE BEWITCHED BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Charles Duncan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2130668
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stories of unusual happenings including a clock which makes faces, a duck which loses its quack and trees which run away. Light brown cloth. B/w illustrations. 8 x 5". 109pp. Spine is faded. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to corners.

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