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THE KNEE-HIGH MAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Julius Lester. Illustrated by Ralph Pinto.
Stock no. 692337
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of six animal tales from American Black Folk Literature. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582162602. Corners lightly rubbed. Some light finger creasing to page corners. Price-cut pictorial wrapper rubbed at corners with slight wear to top front edge.

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POSTMAN JOE
Written by Jane Pilgrim. Illustrated by F. Stocks May.
Stock no. 619664
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards with orange/red spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340172398. Spine and title to front cover faded. Name in ink and writing to front pastedown. Small biro scribble to title page top margin. One page has small vertical crease to margin else contents clean and bright.

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POSTMAN JOE
Written by Jane Pilgrim. Illustrated by F. Stocks May.
Stock no. 803791
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1973. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards with orange/red spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340172398. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to some page edges. Binding a little loose to top and bottom.

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THE MARGARET AND MARY BAKER STORY BOOK
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 328939
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition.

Containing The Dog,The Brownie & The Bramble Patch - The Little Girl Who Curtsied To The Owl - The Lost Merbaby. Yellow cloth covers, blue vignettes to front, rear & spine. B/w silhouette illustrations throughout. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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JINNIFER OF LONDON
Written by Barbara Nixon. Illustrated by Barbara Nixon.
Stock no. 718473
Published by Guilford Press. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The adventures of Jinnifer - quite the prettiest of a large family of cats. Illustrated to text in colour and b/w. 94 pages. Orange cloth covers. Spine and cover edges faded. Covers grubby. Corners worn. Erased pencil marks to front pastedown and crayon marks to rear pastedown. Front joint is partly cracked. Contents are clean.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 621095
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Bottom front corner slighly chipped. Contents fine.

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THE STORY OF SAMMY STICKLEPIN
Written by Margaret Alleyne. Illustrated by Mary Robinson.
Stock no. 714801
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Front endpaper missing. Contents clean. Damp staining and wear to base of spine on back of the book. Pretty pictorial wrapper has some slight loss to lower edge and an old tape repair to rear fold.

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TIM MINDS THE SHOP
Written by Ella Monckton. Illustrated by Patricia Turner.
Stock no. 662485
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1957. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Prettimouse series. Small format. White pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper price-cut with corners lightly rubbed.

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LUDMILA A LEGEND OF LIECHTENSTEIN
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Franz Deak.
Stock no. 623542
Published by Michael Joseph. 1955. Very good condition.

The charming tale of a little Liechtenstein cow. Red cloth spine, green patterned boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed, lower corners worn. Small patch of surface paper loss to rear board. Endpapers browned, contents clean.

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GRAN'POP'S ANNUAL
Written by Arthur Groom. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 718066
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth backed boards showing Gran'pop riding on the back of an elephant through a snow scene. First story "Gran'pop's Great Idea". Colour frontis plate. 2-tone illustrations to text throughout. 10 x 7.5". 124 pages. Corners worn, edges slightly rubbed. Name in belongs to box erased. One page has closed tear. Contents are clean.

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MOLEPIE
Written by Will Nickless. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 315580
Published by John Baker. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Rotherside Saga Continued. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 133 pages. 9 x 6". Boards slightly damp marked, endpapers slightly marked otherwise very good. Lovely pictorial dustwrapper, price-cut and slightly edge worn.

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HAPPY RETURNS
Written by Isobel St. Vincent. Illustrated by Ernest H. Thomas.
Stock no. 316715
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrations. A few colour plates. 99 pages. Oblong, 7.5 x 10". Covers ever so slightly grubby. Spine and corners bumped. A nice copy.

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