NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 1203662
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. A Lone Pine adventure. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper a little grubby with some edge-wear and small tears.

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THE BEASTS CHOIR
Written by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1803252
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of delightful poems translated by Rumer Godden from the original French. Some poems reveal a humourous perception of each animal's nature, and all combine to harmonise and give glory to The Lord of Creation. Written by the French poet and mystic, Carmen Bernos De Gasztold, the translation has achieved the spirit of the original text. A book for all ages. Some scattered very pale foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned at spine.

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BOY
Written by Paul Manning. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1303977
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st USA 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A verse and beautiful picture on every page. Glazed pictorial boards. A Merry-Go-Rhymes book. 5.75 x 4.75". ISBN: 0027622517.

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FOUR FEET BY TWO
Written by Edric Vredenburg.
Stock no. 1104995
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1892. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Animal Talks and Tales. 8 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Edges are worn. Some foxing. Pages browned. A few small closed tears to some page margins. All plates present.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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THE GREY RABBIT
Written by May Gladwin. Illustrated by May Gladwin.
Stock no. 1104994
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. Spine worn. Covers are marked and scuffed. Some margin marks.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1104993
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Light page browning.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1995
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1104948
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1995. Fine condition.

No. 60. 75th anniversary edition. Front cover shows Rupert on winged horse. ISBN: 1874507465. Still in original shrink wrap, which is becoming a little ragged at edges. Couple of corners have become bumped.

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THE BLUE DRAGON FLY
Written by M.M.H..
Stock no. 1104929
Circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards with gilt titles and borders. Two-tone illustrations. 53 pages. Covers are very grubby and foxed; small split to top of spine and worn corners. Some foxing. Inscribed by author 'For Queenie, with love from the author, Christmas 1898'.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1303954
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby on rear panel and slightly worn at top and tail of spine. A nice copy of the scarce first edition.

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MARGERY MERTON'S GIRLHOOD
Written by Alice Corkran.
Stock no. 1303938
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 286 pages plus 32 page catalogue at rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small bubbles in the cloth on rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown (name crossed out). Some fingering but contents generally clean. Last page of catalogue is slightly torn at inner margin.

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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1601309
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth covers with bevelled edges, pictorial onlay of Samuel Whiskers to front. 21 x 16.5cm. Colour and b/w illustrations. 69 pages. Spine bumped, edges rubbed, boards unevenly discoloured. Book is affected by damp with staining and red 'bleeding' to page edges (especially towards the front of the book). Inscription in ink (dated 1909) to front endpaper. Scattered foxing. Text is legible and illustrations are clean.

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THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.
Stock no. 1303911
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout (some heavy). First gathering of pages is loose. White pictorial wrapper is grubby, creased and edge worn, 1.5" loss to top of spine and slight loss to base, a few repairs on verso.

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