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LITTLE RICHARD AND PRICKLES
Written by Patricia M. Scarry. Illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres.
Stock no. 1327744
Published by Collins. 1972. Good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Richard is a little rabbit and Prickles is a little hedgehog. ISBN: 0001381512. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped and worn, top of spine has been repaired with clear tape. Some marks to pages and some creases. Red biro mark to rear free-endpaper.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1327742
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"The Gateway Library". Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut. 302 pages, General Literature catalogue to rear (8 pages). 7 x 4.5". 39th edition. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and lightly browned to spine.

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BOBBY ROBIN AND THE WORM
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327741
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Pictorial cardwraps. 28 pages. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Staples starting to go rusty. Pencil name erased from top margin of title-page.

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INK AND THE MILK
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327740
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Red pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples starting to go rusty. Name in ink to top margin of title-page (pencil name erased below).

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MR. BUFFIN AND HIS GREY MARE
Written by Robert Hartman. Illustrated by Robert Hartman.
Stock no. 1327739
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very good condition.

One Shilling Buffin Books series. Green pictorial cardwraps. 30 pages. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink to top margin of title-page (erased pencil scribble through the name). Staples starting to go rusty. Contents clean.

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THE GREEN CHILDREN
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1828015
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Winner of the Arts Council Award for the best children's book 1966-1968. A mysterious folk tale from our early history. Boards rubbed & worn at edges. Base of spine bumped. Rear board lightly scuffed. Minor knock to top edge of boards. A few minor marks to contents else clean.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1327734
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Gilt title to spine. 240 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Spine slightly bumped. Some light finger creases to first few pages and a couple of page margins are slightly creased. Dustwrapper rubbed/creased at top edge (where it has been moved in and out of the slipcase), small tear to top of spine. Slipcase has a few very small marks at top edges.

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MEETING HILL: BB'S FAIRY BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1327701
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Well known fairy tales retold. Light blue cloth covers, silver gilt titles to front and spine. 15 beautiful colour plates and some b/w chapter illustrations. vii and 140 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Fading to covers. Light page browning and foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. White dustwrapper is foxed, slightly grubby with some very slight loss at top edges.

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THE SNOW QUEEN: A TALE IN SEVEN STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Anthea Bell. Illustrated by Yana Sedova.
Stock no. 1327699
Published by Michael Neugebauer Ltd. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The perfect way to experience Andersen's masterpiece! Retold by Bell. A minedition book. Large format. Pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations. ISBN: 9789888240203. Minimal bumping to lower corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper.

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THE NUTCRACKER
Written by Sarah L. Thomson. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1327697
Published by SeaStar Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1587172542. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges.

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1327695
Published by Calla Editions. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Blue/green cloth with cream titles; pictorial onlay to front. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Originally published in 1919 by Nisbet & Co. This Calla edition is an unabridged republication and contains all the colour and b/w art from the original. Text has been reset. ISBN: 9781606600023. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners, else a fine copy.

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IN WHEELABOUT AND COCKALONE
Written by Grace Rhys. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Megan Rhys.
Stock no. 1327694
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1919. Very good condition.

Green cloth, black title and vignette to spine and large colour onlay to front cover (illus Tarrant). 4 colour plates featuring fairies by Tarrant. B/w text illustrations by Rhys. 238 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Small imperfection in cloth to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing else contents clean.

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