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COMIC & CURIOUS CATS
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1329018
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Each page starts with 'I love my cat with a... and goes through all the letters of the alphabet. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0575025921. SIGNED by the artist to top margin of title-page. Previous owners name in pencil to top of front free-endpaper. Foxspots to contents. Spine is bumped and faded.

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CHRISTMAS!
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 1329016
Published by Collins. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

A picture book without words, a series of over 90 full colour illustrations giving a nostalgic account of a family at this very special time of the year. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001846493. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slight crack in laminate to base of spine. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Jackie Morris.
Stock no. 1329015
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lyrical and humorous creation stories. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0571202004. Vertical crease to front panel of wrapper, wrapper is slightly edge creased and has a small nick to one of the top corners.

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DR. SEUSS FROM THEN TO NOW
No author listed. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1329013
Published by Random House. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition organised by the San Diego Museum of Art. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0394892682. Minimal bumping and rubbing to corners. Some foxspots. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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SONGBIRD STORY
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jill Dow.
Stock no. 1329012
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two songbirds soar among the leaves and branches, filling the woods with their singing. Then along comes the birdcatcher with his traps.... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711207186. Spine is faded else a fine copy.

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THE LITTLE BEAR STORIES
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329008
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A beautiful volume containing the four stories about Little Bear and Big Bear: Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?; Let's Go Home, Little Bear; You and Me, Little Bear and Well done, Little Bear. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744581540. Some very light/faint foxing to top edge of textblock.

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GRAHAM OAKLEY'S MAGICAL CHANGES
No author listed. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1329006
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1979. Almost very good condition.

Ingenious split pages create 512 weirdly different and amusing scenes (no text). Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333258169. Spine and corners rubbed and worn, spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and to lower margin of title-page. Some slight wrinkling to the front pastedown and a few light foxspots else contents clean.

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THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE
Written by Helen Craig. Illustrated by Helen Craig.
Stock no. 1329005
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A sparkling 'new' interpretation of one of the most popular and entertaining of all Aesop's Fables. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525047. Merry Christmas from Walker sticker to front panel of wrapper else fine.

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RABBIT
Written by Alison Catley. Illustrated by Alison Catley.
Stock no. 1329004
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter - in exquisite tempera paintings. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0091744083. Old price label to rear panel of wrapper else a fine copy.

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BADGER'S RACE
Written by Alison Catley. Illustrated by Alison Catley.
Stock no. 1329003
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Boastful fox challenges dear old Badger to a race... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0091761743.

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KATHLEEN HALE ARTIST ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Margaret Drabble. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1329002
Published by The Gekoski Galley; Frederick Warne. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Catalogue of 24 plates from the retrospective exhibition shown at the Gekoski Gallery. Includes a short biography of Hale. Grey cardwraps. Limited edition of 750 copies. ISBN: 0952716909. Some scuffing/rubbing to cover edges. Some faint foxing else contents clean.

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THE LITTLE CATS ABC BOOK
Written by Martin Leman. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1329001
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fat cats, thin cats, sleepy cats, shy cats, all in brilliant colours. With rhyming couplets for each letter. A beautiful book. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 9". ISBN: 0575055944. Pale browning to spine. Some light foxing to contents.

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