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MOWGLI'S BROTHERS
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Christopher Wormell.
Stock no. 1507557
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The first story of the Jungle Books illustrated with evocative woodcuts. Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0001938398. Spine bumped. Faint mottling to covers, light fading to top edges, small white spots to bottom edges of covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few chips and tears, spine browned, folds foxed. Panels grubby with two patches of label residue to front panel. Blue stain from cover at bottom of front panel, more visible on verso.

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MASTER MOUSE THE MADCAP
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1507494
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt titles, pale green decoration and large pictorial onlay. 8 stories. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine bumped, wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers a little grubby with scratch to rear cover. Browning to endpapers and bookseller's label to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Just a few marks to contents.

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A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1507486
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. circa 1944. Very good condition.

Large format 13 x 10", pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations and short stories. Wear to spine, staples rusty. Covers very slightly grubby with some darkening to front cover alongside spine. Neat, large ink inscription to inside of front cover. Just a few fingermarks to contents.

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EMERGENCY MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1609532
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Henry in hospital dreams of mice in hospital. Delightful colour illustrations. White glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0905478312. Spine and corners bumped; spine a little browned. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page.

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LIZZIE TALES: BOOK ONE LIZZIE IN AFRICA
Written by Mary Entwistle. Illustrated by Ingall.
Stock no. 1507464
Published by Edinburgh House Press. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Lizzie the Lizard says good-bye to her mother in England and sets off to see the world. Hiding in an aeroplane, Lizzie flies over the sea and is soon in Africa. She has many adventures and finds friends everywhere. Small format. Green pictorial boards. Ttree-tone illustrations. Spine lightly bumped. Light stain to front cover and some fading/discolouration to top part of front and rear cover. Small amount of erased writing to front endpaper. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tiny chips and small tear to bottom of front fold. Also very slightly grubby, small price sticker to front flap.

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HEYO, BRER RABBIT!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1507449
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Brer Rabbit and his friends, retold from the original. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 10 x 7.5". Red, grey and white illustrations throughout. 128 pages. Top front corner bumped. A couple of very small marks to covers. Just a little light browning to endpapers and light foxing to text block. Text pages clean. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and top corner of front panel. A couple of horizontal tears to spine with a few white labels stuck to verso to strengthen/repair. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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SELECTED FABLES
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Eunice Clark. Illustrated by Alexander Calder.
Stock no. 1609314
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1st thus 1968. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. With 48 illustrations. Translated by Eunice Clark. Covers wrinkled and unevenly faded; laminate is lifting in places. Contents clean and bright.

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THE LITTLE CAT BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1507244
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670912867. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby on rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE AEROPLANE
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 1507201
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 3. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with a few marks. Ink name, address and date to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to title page. Just an odd mark to contents.

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FIRST SNOW
Written by Peter McCarty. Illustrated by Peter McCarty.
Stock no. 1507162
Published by Balzer And Bray. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It's a day of firsts for Pedro..First snowfall. First snow angel. First taste of a snowflake. All the joy, magic, and wonder of a child's first experiences. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 9780062189967. A lovely copy contained in a dustwrapper that has a lightly faded spine.

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THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1507133
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1950. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards with brown titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Most hinges cracked so binding feels loose. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby with a few marks.

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