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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Stock no. 1328507
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front cover - Alice with the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and King of Hearts. 4 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Cloth spine. 140 pages. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small margin tear to one page. Some pale brown stains to contents.

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THE CHURCH CAT ABROAD
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328505
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The church cat and two church mice set out to boost the Vestry Roof Repair fund... Pictorial boards, oblong format. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0333148258. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Child's name in biro to title-page. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is torn at corners and slightly browned at edges.

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ONCE UPON A TIME: A PRINCE'S FANTASTIC JOURNEY
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328504
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The hilarious and fantastic exploits of a prince and his page as they journey through the fairytale world. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333515323. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and worn.

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THE CHURCH MICE ADRIFT
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328503
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Modern Classics series. When Sampson the cat and his friends the mice are forced out of the church by a nasty group of rats, they must come up with a cunning plan - with a very sticky ending! Pale blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781848770621. Tiny nick to top of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Front panel is slightly damaged from damp.

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BABAR'S FAIR
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1328502
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

First published under the title 'La Fete de Celesteville'. Translated from French by Jones. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416933807. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight cracking to spine edges. Contents clean.

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EASTER EGGS
Written by Christoph Von Schmid. Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse.
Stock no. 1328501
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards with red titles. Lovely colour plates with paper guards plus b/w text illustrations. By the author of "A Basket Of Flowers". Covers are slightly worn and grubby. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Page browning to rear endpapers. Foxing to textblock.

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FAMOUS ANIMAL TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1328500
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Grey pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Stories include: The Tar-Baby; How Brer Rabbit Was Too Sharp For Brer Fox; Who Killed Cock Robin?; The Mad Tea-Party; The Three Bears; etc. Spine and corners bumped. Spine worn at top and tail and printed title/illustration rubbed. Corner creases to a couple of pages and tiny margin tear to one page. A nice copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1948 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328498
Published by Daily Express. 1948. Very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. Front cover shows Rupert running with a little dog on a lead. A rainbow is in the background. 1st story is Rupert and Jack Frost. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny amount of loss to top and tail of spine. Lower corner tips slightly creased. Neat name in ink to belongs to box. NOT price cut. Binding error which sees a large vertical crease to page 33/4. Some page browning and some light fingering. Puzzle pages clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1328497
Published by Daily Express. 1974. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert in the snow holding a chick made of snow. 1st story Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and endpapers by Alex Cubie. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Stitching slightly pulled but binding still tight. NO names. Price cut.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1939 (FACSIMILE) - THE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328494
Published by Daily Express. 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile of the 4th Rupert annual (1939). Colour pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Black/red/white illustrations throughout. 125 pages. The 'look and feel' of the original perfectly captured by this magnificent reproduction. ISBN: 085079241X. Covers edge rubbed at corners. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 11 - RUPERT AND THE LITTLE TREE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328493
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Little Tree. Also includes Rupert's Rainy Adventure. Both stories by Bestall, the Little Tree being an original for the series. The Rainy Adventure was published 1942. 20 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Rear cover grubby and creased. Staples rusty. Some light foxing. Some finger creases to page margins. Contents generally clean. Puzzle page clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 12 - RUPERT AND NEDDY
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Enid Ash; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328492
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And Neddy. Also includes Rupert And The Silent Dog, an original Bestall story for this series. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed, rear cover is grubby. Some marks to lower page margins but contents generally clean. Puzzle page clean.

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