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GOLD GORSE COMMON
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1328479
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. The Potter Pinner series. Text in script with pretty colour illustrations to text. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine darkened. Heavy pencil pricing to front free-endpaper. Pencil name to belongs to box (attempt has previously been made to erase it).

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THE MAGIC PUDDING
Written by Norman Lindsay. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Stock no. 1328416
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1968. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Jubilee Edition of 2000 copies. Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 171 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Faint damp stains to covers. A few foxspots to endpapers. Some slight page wrinkling to first 20 pages at lower margins. Unfortunately there are damp stains at the lower inner margins of the colour plates (the actual illustrations are not affected). Damp damaged dustwrapper has large piece of loss to lower edge of front panel, is edge worn, torn and creased and is price-cut.

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THE GREAT MENAGERIE AN ADAPTION OF THE ANTIQUE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328390
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin. 1979. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 6 pop-up pages. ISBN: 0722656483. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Colour from the small cloth tabs has transferred to the pages.

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ABOUT BARNEY
Written by Anne Casserley. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1328385
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Barney was the Farmer's donkey and when there was trouble he was usually at the bottom of it! Yellow cloth, blue title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small, faint mark to front cover. Endpapers partly browned, slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and browned to rear panel and spine

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RONNIE RABBIT
Written by T. Payten Gunton. Illustrated by Frank Rogers.
Stock no. 1328384
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1949. Good condition.

Stiff cardwraps with pale grey linen cloth covering. Four colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 104 pages. 7.75" x 5.75". Foxing to covers and some slight fraying of cloth to spine ends. Endpapers browned.

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THE DAY JEAN-PIERRE WENT ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi.
Stock no. 1328374
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Exciting adventures of a guinea-pig. Colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Small mark to title-page (from erasure of old pencil price), light foxing to top edge of textblock otherwise a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with slight browning to spine.

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BABAR'S KINGDOM
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1328363
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1970. Almost very good condition.

Little Babar Books 7. Smaller format, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416154808. Old price sticker to rear cover. Some slight scuffing to cover edges. Musty smell to contents.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328325
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 52 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly foxed and edge rubbed.

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GULLIVER GUINEA-PIG'S MAGIC DIARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328322
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1st 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jack and Jill book no. 7. Buff boards, black titles and illustration. Bright colour pictures throughout. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE MOUSE, THE RABBIT AND THE LITTLE WHITE HEN
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Jennie Corbett.
Stock no. 1328321
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. No. 3 in the Cowslip Books Series. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Small patch of damage to top edge of front cover where it has been bashed. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE HIGH HILLS
Written by Jill Barklem. Illustrated by Jill Barklem.
Stock no. 1328271
Published by Collins. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Brambly Hedge story. Glazed pictorial boards (a little bigger than the 'normal' Brambly Hedge books). Cute colour pictures. Wilfred and Mr. Apple have to face the dangers of unfamiliar territory. It requires all Wilfred's ingenuity and skill to get them home safely to Brambly Hedge! ISBN: 0001839640. Wrapper is price-cut.

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SUMMER STORY
Written by Jill Barklem. Illustrated by Jill Barklem.
Stock no. 1328270
Published by Collins. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Brambly Hedge series. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Dusty Dogwood and Poppy Eyebright decide on a very unusual setting for their wedding ceremony! ISBN: 0001839233. Second impression, same year as first impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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