PERONNIK
No author listed. Illustrated by Christiane Lesch.
Stock no. 1831085
Published by Inner Traditions International, Ltd.. 1st thus 1984. Almost very good condition.

A French Fairy Tale of the Grail Quest. Peronnik is a poor country orphan who, after many knights have failed, enters the castle Kerglas of the wicked magician Rogear in order to retrieve the stolen lance and cup. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Text in English. ISBN: 0892810610. Board edges rubbed, spine faded. Some foxing throughout.

HOW TOM BEAT CAPTAIN NAJORK AND HIS HIRED SPORTSMEN
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1831084
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

This is the story of Tom who likes to fool around. His aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong thought he was playing, and that too much playing was bad for kids. So she called in Captain Najork to teach him a lesson. But - it turns out fooling around was the exact thing to do to teach Tom what he needed to learn.Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781406343830. A lovely copy.

FOXIE THE SINGING DOG
Written by Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Illustrated by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire.
Stock no. 1831083
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

One day Foxie's owner's pranks go too far when he lures his dog out onto the busy city streets with a tasty bone and loses her. Foxie is soon rescued by a roly-poly circus-animal trainer who spots her flair for singing and adds her to his act, alongside a piano-playing cat and a strutting rooster. Oblong format. Pictorial cloth boards. Library binding. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Boards faded. Corners lightly rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Despite the fading, this is a lovely book.

HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330905
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing throughout. Some light corner tip creasing. Small brown mark to top margins of last few pages. A decent copy of a scarce first edition.

THE TERRYTOON SPACE TRAIN
Written by Barbara Waring. Illustrated by Irv Gershen.
Stock no. 1831073
Published by Purnell. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

A Mighty Mouse adventure as seen on TV. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped and worn. Light wear to lower corner of front board. Boards scuffed. Contents clean.

THE FLOWER MAKER
Written by Alan Blackwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1831072
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Peter Pollen made very pretty flowers, his friend Bumble Bee worked happily together. Peter made the flowers and the powder scents, Bumble Bee picked up the powder with his feet and sprinkled it over the flowers... Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0723810389. Damp stain to lower edge of front board. Rear board is unevenly faded. Spine faded and worn at base. A few handling marks and creases to contents.

GUMDROP ON THE MOVE
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1831071
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books. 1985. Very good condition.

Gumdrop is sold - and has one new owner after another as each one finds him not smart enough, or not fast enough, or not big enough... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340104627. Seventh impression. Spine slightly faded, worn at base. Lower edge of boards knocked (minor). Contents just slightly grubby. A decent copy.

CHRISTMAS AT HOGWARTS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Ziyi Gao.
Stock no. 1831070
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogawarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.' So begins Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. With text drawn directly from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and luminous artwork by Ziyi Gao, Harry's very first Christmas amongst friends is now fully illustrated for the whoe family to enjoy in an enchanting new festive tradition. Large format. Matt pictorial boards, gilt titles. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781526677082. A lovely copy.

THE VICTOR BOOK FOR BOYS 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831068
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is The Pigeon That Won the V.C. 125 pages. Spine faded and lightly shelf-worn to top & tail. Else, boards clean. Text block browned. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents clean.

HARRY POTTER: A MAGICAL YEAR
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay.
Stock no. 1831067
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Jim Kay's Illustrated Editions of J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter novels have bewitched a generation. Brimming with magic, this glorious volume brings together a selection of his iconic illustrations - including previously unseen preparatory sketches and drawings - all paired with 366 unforgettable quotations from the series. Enjoy a little bit of Harry Potter magic every day of the year. Matt pictorial boards, colour illustrations throughout. 239 pages. ISBN: 9781526640871. Second printing. A nice, clean copy.

THE GIANT FISH
Written by Svend Otto S.; Joan Tate. Illustrated by Svend Otto S..
Stock no. 1831066
Published by Pelham Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Peter and Jake are always talking about the fish they are going to catch. "When I go fishing," said Peter, "you wait and see, I'll catch a giant fish."... Oringinally published in Danish, this is the English language edition, translated by Joan Tate. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0720713803. Corners lightly worn. Boards clean. Inscription in ink and a small red mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean.