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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN SUMMER
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328786
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1963. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and lightly foxed. Tally no. 100.

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AUTUMN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328785
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1963. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series. 536. Buff pictorial boards. Full-page colour pictures. A couple of small foxspots to prelims else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, last title listed on rear flap is Trees.

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328784
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Minimal foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed and very slightly grubby to rear panel. Wrapper edges are a tiny bit creased. Tally no. 100. A very nice copy.

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KEEPING UP WITH TEDDY ROBINSON
Written by Joan G. Robinson. Illustrated by Joan G. Robinson.
Stock no. 1328783
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reading With Mother series. Cream boards, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE LITTLEST ONE AGAIN
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Grey boards, green titles and vignette. 4 colour plates. 55 numbered pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Some grubby marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to contents.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328781
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1918. Very good condition.

4 pretty colour plates illustrate this collection of poems for young children. Dark brown boards with gilt title and silhouette vignette. Light brown spine with black title. Dark brown endpapers. 45 numbered pages. Cr 8vo. Spine slightly bumped, corners slightly worn. Fading to cover edges. Heavy foxing to contents.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUNG BIRDS
Written by Eric Pochin. Illustrated by Eric Pochin.
Stock no. 1328780
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. Beige boards with brown title and vignette to front. 124 delightful colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, very slightly grubby with a few spots to front panel.

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SEMOLINA SILKPAWS COMES TO CATSTOWN
Written by Gladys Williams. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns.
Stock no. 1328779
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first in the series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers/ Delightful single-colour line drawings. Old tape marks to endpapers and to covers. Some foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a couple of foxspots to rear panel.

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STRAY
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1328778
Published by Walker. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

One summer the proud old alley-cat Pufftail settles down to tell his young grandson story of his life. Humorous, exciting, poignant an shocking by turns, the account of his experiences makes a gripping and highly entertaining tale, with a cast of memorable feline characters. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0744508010. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Pale page browning throughout, light foxing to textblock.

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ESCAPE TO PERSIA
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328774
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 319 pages. Third impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny, light spot to front cover. Endpapers are very slightly browned. Label to half title-page with inscription in ink on it. Contents otherwise lovely and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel and a tiny bit rubbed at corners.

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OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328773
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Salmon cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. 312 pages, top edge red. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock; Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328772
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, black title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 numbered pages, top edge red. Seventh impression (in a 6th printing wrapper). Spine is slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to top margin of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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