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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328325
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly foxed and edge rubbed.

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THE SEED FAIRIES
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328324
Published by The Modern Art Society Ltd.. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Small format (16cm x 11.5cm). Grey boards, light blue titles and vignette to front cover. 6 tipped-in colour plates. 38 pages. Undated, possibly first edition. Covers slightly grubby. Spine bumped with small split repaired at base. Foxing to contents. Plates fine. Book opens to frontis/title-page.

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GULLIVER GUINEA-PIG'S MAGIC DIARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328322
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1st 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jack and Jill book no. 7. Buff boards, black titles and illustration. Bright colour pictures throughout. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE MOUSE, THE RABBIT AND THE LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Jennie Corbett.
Stock no. 1328321
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. No. 3 in the Cowslip Books Series. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Small patch of damage to top edge of front cover where it has been bashed. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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A THANKSGIVING FOR CHILDREN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1328320
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. A prayer for children with colour illustrations on each page. 6.5 x 6". SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to Jane Mills (dated 1962). Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light page browning to endpapers. Some foxing to contents.

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NO MISTAKING CORKER
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Anne Bullen.
Stock no. 1328316
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library. Blue boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with slight loss at spine and corners.

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FRENCHMAN'S SECRET
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1328315
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Lindsey finds an old map and begins to puzzle over the mysterious Frenchman's secret. Is there treasure buried in the dam? Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328313
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Damp(?) spotting to front cover. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a few edge tears, spine is slightly grubby and damp stained.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1328309
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine and front cover, with black line decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at base. Faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. Some light creases to prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners, crease/tear to top edge of front panel.

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RUPERT GOES HIKING - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 17 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1328308
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 0361029594. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers bright. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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GNOMES
Written by Wil Huygen. Illustrated by Rien Poortvliet.
Stock no. 1828520
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Poortvliet and his scientist friend Wil Huygen had spent over twenty years observing the life and work of the Gnome, and their report at last shatters the age-old myths of song and legend. A book full of lore and history... and fun for, of course, all these factual data are invented. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gnome vignette to front board. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages are not numbered. ISBN: 0810909650. Minor foxing to text block. Front free-endpaper lightly creased and has a light pencil erasure mark. Minor foxing to rear endpaper else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and laminate protecting the dustwrapper is creased across the middle.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1963
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328287
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows pirates peeping through the title. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Laminate at spine edges is cracked. Details have been erased from belongs to box. Small biro writing to a couple of pages. Long repaired tears to 2 pages and a some other margin tears.

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