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HURRAY FOR PEREGRINE PIG
No author listed. Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.
Stock no. 384217
Published by Ernest Benn. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large square format. Matt pictorial boards. Follow Peregrine Pig's adventures through the full-page colour pictures (no text). Some pages shaped and cut-out to provide 3D scenes. A delightful picture book. ISBN: 0510000916. Small mark to front cover. Contents fine.

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WILD ANIMAL STORIES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Arthur J. Daniels; et al. Illustrated by E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 819382
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book. Printed in Bavaria 867. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with colour illustration of leopard on a tree branch with five monkeys. 6 full page colour three dimensional scenes. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Top corner of spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges pulled. One double page spread with text on one side and three dimensional scene on facing page is detached. Small closed tear with no loss to one lower page margin. A very nice copy. All panoramas in excellent condition. Reduced from £420.

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THE STORY OF JESUS
Written by F. Lucy Rudston Brown. Illustrated by Eileen Watts.
Stock no. 446248
Published by Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Blue boards. Colour pictorial onlay of the head of Jesus Christ. Bookano Living Pictures series. 6 pop-up scenes. Spine worn, with some fading. All pop-ups in very good working order, with a few creases.

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BOOKANO STORIES NO. 4
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 819001
Published by Strand Publications. 1937. Good condition.

With Pictures that Spring Up in Model Form. 5 pop-ups; first one is "Pipes Of Pan". Edges rubbed, corners worn. Backstrip very worn with loss. Pencil tick marks to contents page. Faint pencil inscription to front endpaper. Many of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in with pencil crayon. 'The Enchanted Horse' model is in need of some repair and is missing the horse. Other models in good working order.

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FAMOUS FACES
Written by Norman Messenger. Illustrated by Norman Messenger.
Stock no. 817594
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

You can create more than 2,500 famous celebraties by mixing the famous faces. Hours of fun! ISBN: 075135273X.

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HAPPY SEASONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 813747
Published by Philomel Books. 1990. Fine condition.

A 1990 Appointment Calendar With Revolving Pictures by Ernest Nister. Featuring revolving pictures beautifully reproduced from rare antique originals first published at the end of the 19th century. Beige pictorial glazed boards, spiral bound. Clean and unused.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 627756
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Concertina folds worn leading to two pages being detached and last page fold fragile but holding. Edges rubbed. All figures present and in place. Light page bronwing. Colour illustrations and figures nice and bright.

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LITTLE FOLKS ABC
No author listed.
Stock no. 380016
Published by Margo. Good condition.

A fold-out alphabet book. Colour pictorial boards. 2 letters with little rhymes to each page, colour illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Vertical crack to rear board. Covers grubby. Light crayon marks to a few of the letters and some pages have light vertical creases. Contents generally clean.

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REVOLVING PICTURES
Written by Ernest Nister.
Stock no. 596841
Published by Collins. 1979. Very good condition.

A reproduction from an Antique Book by Ernest Nister. Original published in 1892. Pictures changed by moving the tab. Glazed boards. ISBN: 0001956477. A few marks to covers. All revolving pictures appear to be in very good working order.

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THE JOLLY JIG-SAW BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 596254
Published by John Leng. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

A book containing five jig-saw puzzles, a story about the pictures, and keys for the puzzles to be coloured in. Each puzzles fits into a page and if closed carefully the puzzles remain in position. Pictorial front cover, blue cloth spine. All puzzles complete and in very good condition. Spine and corners a little worn with 2" crack at base of spine. Rear cover slightly grubby. Two of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Front joint cracked at top and bottom. A nice bright copy.

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ROBIN'S JIG-SAW STORY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 596256
Published by John Leng. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

A Jigpuzbuk. A book containing five jig-saw puzzles, a story about the pictures (The Adventures of Lop-Ears), and keys for the puzzles to be coloured in. Each puzzles fits into a page and if closed carefully the puzzles remain in position. Pictorial front cover, red cloth spine. All puzzles conplete although a few pieces have the surface paper missing from the interlock part. The b/w key illustrations have been coloured in. Two of the transparent overlays are present. Contents slightly marked. Front cover bright and clean. Rear cover grubby. Edges and corners slightly worn.

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CHIPPY 'I SQUEAK'
No author listed.
Stock no. 595499
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, shaped book with a picture of a puppy with a slipper in his mouth to front cover. Adventures of Chippy the puppy and Puff the kitten. Part of the 'Collins Squeaker Books' serie. Press the middle of the book and Chippy squeaks! Slim volume just ten pages. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy.

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