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THE DONKEY RUSTLERS
Written by Gerald Durrell. Illustrated by Anne Mieke Van Ogtrop.
Stock no. 1329069
Published by Collins. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green mottled boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some very slight staining to lower eges. Small dent to lower edge of rear cover. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some light damp staining to lower corners of endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is creased to front flap.

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THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Diana Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328849
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Duggie is left to look after Tammy the small grey donkey... Blue boards, silver title to spine. 191 numbered pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and slightly chipped, grubby to rear panel.

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ABOUT BARNEY
Written by Anne Casserley. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1328385
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Barney was the Farmer's donkey and when there was trouble he was usually at the bottom of it! Yellow cloth, blue title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small, faint mark to front cover. Endpapers partly browned, slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and browned to rear panel and spine

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THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY GOES VISITING
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by George Alterndorf.
Stock no. 1325029
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

White cloth with blue titles and vignette to front cover. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 229 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Cloth slightly grubby. Foxing, mainly to textblock and prelims, other other light marks to page margins.

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SCARECROW SAMBO
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323344
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sambo is a doorstop, very much loved by Apricot the kitten and Mokey the donkey. Oblong pictorial boards, 6.5 x 9". Red cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed and a little grubby.

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DEEP SEA MOKEY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323342
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format, 6.5 X 9". Green paperboards with pictorial front board. Orange cloth spine. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. The underwater adventure of a little toy donkey. Some light foxing to rear cover. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown marks to top edge of most pages. Stitching has been pulled causing contents to be loose. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, some light browning and foxing and verso very browned.

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PEDRO AND ANGELIQUE
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 2138159
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pedro was a market boy who grew vegetables for a living. Angelique was his little donkey, and they were very happy together until one day... Blue paper boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. Wear to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and foxed with some tears and chips; loss to top of spine.

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THE MILLER, THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Brian Wildsmith; Jean De La Fontaine. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 2135191
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Miller and his boy took their donkey to market to sell him... Pictorial paperboards, blue cloth spine. Colour illustrations thoughout. Small fade mark to base of spine. Some bumping to corners. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and small tears, but minimal loss.

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PEDRO AND ANGELIQUE
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 1108833
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pedro was a market boy who grew vegetables for a living. Angelique was his little donkey, and they were very happy together until one day... Blue paper boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. Boards clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to endpapers and a few margin marks else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightlly worn at edges with small chips, heavily foxed.

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THE ADVENTURES OF METHUSELAH
Written by P.R. Bowring; J.W. Dinnage. Illustrated by G.P. Richards.
Stock no. 1807051
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A true story. The Donkey Club was founded by the authors in 1951 when there was very considerable traffic in donkeys from Eire for the meat trade. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn at corners, a few small closed tears & chips to edges and grubby.

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STIGGLES
Written by K.K. De Karroff. Illustrated by Margery Colman.
Stock no. 449477
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some browning to covers. Couple of corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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RAINING CATS AND DONKEYS
Written by Doreen Tovey. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 591952
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks and a couple of very small edge-tears.

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