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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626881
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Contents detached from covers. Covers scuffed, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 2 b/w illustrations have some blue crayon colouring, a few pencil marks. Top & tail of sections worn else text block still tight.

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TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 650153
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

The true spirit of the original Tales presented in an easy and attractive form. Red cloth, gilt titles. 12 colour plates. 245 pages All plates present. Spine worn at top and slightly faded. Corners bumped. Light foxing to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1975
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 650262
Published by Daily Express. 1975. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert talking to a Merboy who is in the sea and holding a shell of fruit. 1st story Rupert and the Little River. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. Spine a little rubbed to head and tail. Name in belongs to box. Inscription in ink to title page. price-cut but reinserted with tape.

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MY ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 650445
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

A nursery picture book in colour. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. Boards worn to edges. Name and address in belongs to box. Contents clean.

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NODDY'S ONE, TWO, THREE BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 650483
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1961. Almost very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Features lots of gollies. Spine repaired with clear tape. Pastedown puzzles completed in pencil. Contents very good indeed.

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NODDY'S AEROPLANE PICTURE BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 650503
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.; Dennis Dobson. Circa 1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Slim format. ISBN: 0361005237.

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FIVE FOR SILVER
Written by Frances Berrill. Illustrated by Marjorie Tomes.
Stock no. 650564
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1946. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pink cloth. Black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Cloth dampmarked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents bright. Wrapper worn with loss to spine and price-cut.

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MRS CLUCKABIDDY'S FRIENDS
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 650565
Published by Figurehead. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream paper wraps with pictorial wrapper attached. Colour and b/w plates. Minimal foxing. Wrapper very slightly worn at edges.

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SHIFTA!
Written by R. Forbes-Watson. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 650964
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1958. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A real understanding of the Somali tribesmen of Kenya. Oxford Children's Library. Blue boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. New front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper price-cut.

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SOME MILESTONES IN AVIATION
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 650977
Published by John Hamilton. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles to spine. 32 b/w photos. 39 page catalogue to rear dated Spring 1936. Spine a little bumped. Damp stains to lower edges of covesr, some light wrinkling of pages due to damp. Very slight damage to front pastedown. Some very slight foxing. Contents lovely and bright. A nice copy of this scarce Johns title. Not dated - possibly a first edition.

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THE ANIMAL BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 651035
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Vignette of fawn to front cover. B/w illustrations. 152 pages including index. Names to front pastedown. Covers a little dusty at edges. Pictorial wrapper chipped at corners with loss. A nice copy of the first in this edition.

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MY DIARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 651420
Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown pictorial cloth. A Victorian diary with 3 dates per page. A small b/w engraving for each date plus colour plates. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Contemporary presentation inscription to front. Some neat entries, mostly modern but a few by original owner. Cloth very slightly rubbed and nicked to top and tail of spine. A very nice item.

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