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THE ADVENTURES OF JACK
Written by Frances Brundage. Illustrated by Frances Brundage.
Stock no. 2114699
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Fair condition.

Large format (tall). Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers are foxed and grubby, with chips and tears to corners. Some creasing to covers. Contents are detached from covers. Small inscription in ink to first page. Grubby margin marks.

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THE SACRED BULLOCK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mazo De La Roche. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1313014
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 221 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pastedowns very lightly browned else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is lightly worn.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

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GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

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INSPECTOR MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1312726
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0905478843. Minimal rubbing to corners, spine very slightly sunned. Name and date in black biro to front endpaper. Some light foxing to endpapers else contents clean.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS AND TIMOTHY No. 6
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1710945
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1954. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Wrapper spine faded. A little edge wear to book and wrapper.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1710936
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Area of surface loss to front panel. Edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE
Written by Michael Hoeye.
Stock no. 1312526
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A Hermux Tantamoq adventure. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Blue endpapers. 261 pages. ISBN: 0670913065. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Light page browning throughout. Contains a bookmark promoting the title.

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COMPLETE VERSION OF YE THREE BLIND MICE
Written by John W. Ivimey. Illustrated by Walton Corbould.
Stock no. 1312442
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Pink pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some very slight fading to cover edges. A few large but light foxspots to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above and is just a little grubby.

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VELVET PAWS AND SHINY EYES
Written by Carol Cassidy Cole. Illustrated by Dudley Ward; Leo. L. Stead.
Stock no. 2114353
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

"The Adventures of a Little Boy in Nature's Wonderland among Furry Friends and Feathery". Pockets contain card models of animals which can be taken out and made to stand up. B/w illustrations. Pretty pale blue pictorial boards. 232pp. 8.5 x 6.5". An unusual novelty book. Spine appears to have been repaired - still has a couple of splits to top and tail. Scuffing and wear to covers; a few grubby marks. All characters that stand up are still present in their correct places. A few page margin marks. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Couple of page corners have chips of loss. A cute book - in good condition for it's age - with all pieces present!

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COMIC CAPERS OF BUNNIKINS
No author listed. Illustrated by A. Fairfax Muckley.
Stock no. 1502494
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Title to front cover is spelt 'Bunnykins', title to half-title page and title page is spelt 'Bunnikins'. Pictorial covers show rabbit wedding, black and red titles. 4.75 x 6.5". Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 47 pages. Easy-to-read text. Backstrip is missing and has been replaced with brown tape. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby. Both joints cracked. Final page has loss from being previously stuck to pastedown. Last colour plate partially detached. Contents generally clean.

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