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SELWYN THE SEALION
Written by Myrtle Jerrett. Illustrated by Myrtle Jerrett.
Stock no. 736197
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fact the Selwyn was proved a dunce turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Oblong format. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Colour lithograph illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, minimal loss to top and tail of spine, grubby and foxed.

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MY BOOK OF CATS & KITTENS
No author listed. Illustrated by Masha.
Stock no. 626385
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

An anthology of prose & stories for children. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Two-tone & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381342. Insect damage to bottom corner of last few pages and to the rear endpapers. Slight lingering smell present.

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GODHANGER
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 582094
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper; dreading his death-dealing daily round; terrified that they'll be next on the bloody gibbet... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407785. Some edge-creasing to pictorial wrapper.

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MY BRIMFUL BOOK
Written by Dana Bruce. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor; Margot Austin; Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 582146
Published by Collins. 1965. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark red titles to imitation cloth covers. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Favourite poems of childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes and Animal Stories. Edited by Bruce. Cover edges are worn. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is very edge-torn and chipped with pieces of loss to edges and some repairs with sticky tape.

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BROWNIE
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 581612
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1977. Very good condition.

The Adventures of a Naughty Little Rabbit. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207134847. Corners are bumped and worn. Pages have a crease vertically down the middle.

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WALT DISNEY PRESENTS THE BAMBI BOOK
Written by Walt Disney; Mel Crawford. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 581322
Published by Purnell. 1971. Very good condition.

A Purnell Shaped Book. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 036102004X. Covers are a little creased. Light foxing to a few pages.

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PADDY'S EVENING OUT
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 581224
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format with halfpage pictures to change the scene. ISBN: 0333148428. Spine and corners are bumped, with light chipping to top and tail of spine. Pencil scribble to front pastedown and name in felt pen to top of front pastedown. Contents are very good indeed!

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THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626236
Published by Figurehead. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Brown/grey pictorial paper wrapper is edge-worn and has white mark to spine.

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LITTLE CAT LOST
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by James Boswell.
Stock no. 626218
Published by Barrie & Rockliff. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The hero of this tale is a white cat who doesn't let his deafness bother him. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w & two tone illustrations. Name in ink to front endpaper. Orange pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners, lightly faded at spine with 1" closed tear to top of spine.

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THE PERSIAN LADY
Written by Charles Burrard Nelson. Illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson.
Stock no. 626086
Published by Figurehead. 1930. Very good condition.

A whimsical woodland mystery. Grey buckram, black title and vignette of cat's paw prints to front and spine. With delightful sketches by the author. 64 pages. B/w plates. Light page browning and a few tiny foxspots present.

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ENID BLYTON'S SECOND BRER RABBIT BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 578934
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine split for 2" from base and 1" from top. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper torn with loss.

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WHISKERS AT THE ZOO
Written by E.H.W. Wingfield King.
Stock no. 625940
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1924. Good condition.

As Told by Uncle Teddie. A little girl takes her kitten to the zoo where he has a strange adventure. Small format. Blue cloth, black title to spine & vignette of young girl & boy reading in a wreath. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Covers marked. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. First gathering pulled exposing binding. Else contents clean.

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