THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209017
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Dark green boards, white lettering. 85 pages. Colour illustrations. A couple of pages have small marks at inner margins. Stitching showing in two openings but binding still firm. Minor fading to covers and spine, small pale mark to publisher imprint on front cover. Small repaired area to base of spine (professional). Later printed glassine wrapper (possibly 3rd printing as it states "New Books for 1904"), torn with small areas of loss (mainly to spine) and later paper restoration to spine and edges. A nice copy of the 2nd printing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209016
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated brown cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light stain to rear cover. Some light fingering to textblock and page margins A lovely copy of the deluxe edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330824
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2015. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. Books are fine. A few of the wrappers are slightly creased to spines and a couple have creases to rear panels else bright. The paper covering of the box is lifting from one corner slightly. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY: TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830962
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nine tales from Chaucer retold by Serraillier in straightforward, modern language, omitting all the rhetoric digressions that a modern reader would find tedious. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 144 pages. ISBN: 0722655312. Boards clean. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Small brown mark to half-title page and title page vertical edge. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, a little grubby/scuffed and has a few closed tears to top rear edge.

LANTERNS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830961
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A beautifully descriptive recollection of a child's Christmas at a country rectory; her final Christmas before her life alters forever. The story begins with an old lady watching the snow start to fall on Christmas Eve, and she remembers. She's the only one left who remembers. Purple cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Purple and white decorated endpapers. B/w wood engraving illustrations. 70 pages. ISBN: 1902421019. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards clean and bright. Minor corner crease to a couple of pages else a lovely copy contained in publisher's red card slipcase with very light wear.

TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830958
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Green endpapers. 195 pages. ISBN: 0091801664. Hinge split between page 184 and 185 otherwise binding is tight and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

THE HISTORY AND REMARKABLE LIFE OF THE TRULY HONOURABLE COLONEL JACK
Written by Daniel Defoe. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830952
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1967. Almost very good condition.

The story of Colonel Jack, an illegitimate child who faces hardship from an early age. Originally published in 1722. Yellow pictorial cloth with black title block and gilt title to spine. Full page black and brown wood engravings. 318 pages. Spine is grubby and the title block is scuffed. Boards a little grubby. Spine very slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn and split at corners, scuffed on ends.

BIGGLES AND THE LITTLE GREEN GOD
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330805
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. 179 pages. ISBN: 0340041943. Slight bumping to top of spine. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and with some light foxing on verso.

BIGGLES SEES TOO MUCH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330804
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 156 pages. The final complete Biggles novel to be issued. ISBN: 0340042362. Minimal bumping to spine. Light browning to endpapers. Small light mark to fore-edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is complete and bright. A super copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330803
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few small light marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is grubby.

BIGGLES PIONEER AIR FIGHTER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330802
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 184 pages. ISBN: 0603034055. Pale page browning else contents fine. A nice, bright, sharp copy.

BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR POLICE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330801
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. 183 pages. ISBN: 060303408X. Laminate cracked at rear edge of spine. Light vertical crease to front cover. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Two ink name stamps - one to front free-endpaper and one to rear pastedown. Contents otherwise fine.