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ZOO SPORTS
No author listed. Illustrated by F.J. Sharman.
Stock no. 2128346
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Circa 1935. Good condition.

A Rag Book. Easy-to-read text to most pages, with colour illustrations. Soft cover. 'Chipping' to spine and cover edges - a little fraying to cloth. Illustrations are faded. Quite a strong odour to this book.

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THE LITTLE BROWN BEARS AT THE ZOO
Written by Chris Temple. Illustrated by Chris Temple.
Stock no. 2124957
Published by Lutterworth Press. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Brown Bear Books. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing.

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THE ZOO BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1406349
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1926. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows chimpanzee dressed in red jacket and hat. 6 Colour plates plus 49 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine is bumped and faded with a little fraying to top of spine. Corners bumped and very worn. Some rubbing to board edges. Covers scuffed and grubby. Front endpaper removed. 1 colour plate is MISSING. Front joint and several hinges cracked. Erased blue pencil marks to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Colour pencil lines to front and rear joint. Some marks to page margins. Browning to endpapers.

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ZOO SAINTS AND SINNERS
Written by L.G. Mainland. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 1315575
Published by Partridge. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fore-edge of front cover slightly dented. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a few of the rear pages are very lightly creased.

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ZOO BABIES
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114158
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green boards with red titles and picture of a bear to front cover. Full page two and three colour illustrations. Spine is faded, with chipping. Bumping and wear to edges. A few marks to covers. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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OUR ZOO
Written by Edna Berry.
Stock no. 1501909
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

With the help of the son of the Zoo's Head keeper three children learn about animals and start their own little zoo. Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped with a little wear. Small ink inscription to front pastedown. A little foxing. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge chipped with a faded spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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A BOOK OF KING PENGUINS
Written by T.H. Gillespie. Illustrated by M.E. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1201395
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Green cloth, black titles. B/w photos by M.E. Gillespie of these beautiful birds in the zoological park at Edinburgh. Spine browned. Some foxing to contents.

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A DAY AT THE ZOO - MORE ABOUT DEREK AND JENNIFER
Written by Anne Hope.
Stock no. 594914
Published by J. Salmon. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Couple of corners are creased. Contents are bright.

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WHISKERS AT THE ZOO
Written by E.H.W. Wingfield King.
Stock no. 625940
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1924. Good condition.

As Told by Uncle Teddie. A little girl takes her kitten to the zoo where he has a strange adventure. Small format. Blue cloth, black title to spine & vignette of young girl & boy reading in a wreath. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Covers marked. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. First gathering pulled exposing binding. Else contents clean.

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ZOO SAINTS AND SINNERS
Written by Leslie G. Mainland. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 622305
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 1931. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Secrets of Nature Series. Dark orange cloth with black titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 144 pages. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Couple of hinges pulled. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is a little grubby and a few closed edge-tears.

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LITTLE FOLKS' BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS AT THE ZOO
Written by Blanche Willcox. Illustrated by Charles Collins; E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 726697
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Square format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations with text opposite. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale page browning. A nice bright copy.

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