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THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Allan Carter; et al..
Stock no. 1302567
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The Big Books series edited by Herbert Strang. Pictorial boards and spine (monkey to spine). 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Sai the Panther". Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is just a tiny bit grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 116
Written by Doris Pocock; Alfred Judd; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Harry Rountree; D. Newsome; Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 385985
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front board (illustration by Lawson Wood) of dog harassing jester. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 476 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers scuffed and a little scratched. First gathering of pages (prelims) detached - held in by small piece of tape. Name in ink to front endpaper. Old glue marks to inner margins of endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Contents are generally clean.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 385119
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. circa 1947. Very good condition.

An Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Slight foxing to contents. Small stain to edge of front cover affecting first few pages. Slight musty smell to contents.

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THE TALE OF CHICKABOO CHICK
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 448352
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis and 7 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Corners worn and bumped. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and prelims. Slight odour to book.

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THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 436310
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 3rd 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Top of spine has roughly 1/2 cm missing. Gift inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. 2" tear vertically up one page, next to spine. Contents are still bright. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, with a few inch edge-tears, that have been repaired to verso with sticky tape. Some small pieces of loss to corners. Grubby marks to rear panel. Overall, still a very good copy of this rarer ladybird title.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 594297
Published by Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Some wear and light chipping to cover edges and corners. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Colour plates are still beautifully bright! Scuff marks to rear cover.

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THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435543
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. 1cm to base of backstrip is chipped away. Front joint split, binding is weak. Some light scuffing to covers. Small tear hole to top of spine. Contents are lovely and bright and clean.

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THE FLICKERDICK
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435130
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Some light wear to corners and cover edges, and a few marks to rear cover. Contents are beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with 1.5" loss to base of spine, top of spine torn for 1.5". A few other closed tears that have been repaired with sticky tape to verso. Some small surface paper patches of damage.

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MR. MOLE'S HOUSE WARMING
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435133
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Tasseltip Tale. Ladybird Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is bumped. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Pictures are lovely and bright. A couple of light margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is a bit creased, edge-torn and chipped, with 1" loss to base of spine, 1.5" loss to rear flap and a large repaired tear to rear panel.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 435131
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. A few patches of sticky tape residue to rear cover and small patch of surface paper damage. Corners are bumped and worn. Contents are tight, bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is badly torn to rear cover and spine and has been messily put back together; alot of creasing to rear panel, patch of surface paper damage to top of front panel. Large closed repaired tear also to front panel.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 739689
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Contents are detached from covers but very clean. Wrapper is edge creased and torn with a few pieces of loss to front corners, grubby with light pencil marks to rear panel.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Ravenor Bullen; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 739451
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board shows a girl at the seaside listening to a shell. Green pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates mounted on brown paper (2 cat plates by Wain and 5 plates by Aris), numerous b/w text illustrations throughout (including many non-cat illus by Wain). 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn, edges rubbed. A couple of scratch marks to front cover and covers slightly grubby with foxing on rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. One colour plate (of a teddy) is lightly creased and one Wain plate has a light corner crease. Contents are clean.

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