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FLORIAN'S FARMYARD
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1328971
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Florian is one of the smallest Shetland ponies ever bred (only 30" high). This book is about all the interesting characters that the author met among Florian's companions. B/w photos throughout by Money. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper has small tears at corners and the printed price to front flap has been crossed out with pencil.

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TOPSY AND TIM'S CHOCOLATE COOK BOOK
Written by Jean Adamson. Illustrated by Jean Adamson.
Stock no. 1328970
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Join Topsy and Tim in making their favourite chocolate recipes, including Chocolate crispies, truffle mice and many more. ISBN: 0216913624. Some foxing to contents. Light browning to spine edge of front cover.

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THIS REALM
Written by Diane Elson. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328969
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poetry and prose by various authors (Longfellow, Blake, Thackeray, etc). Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437377059. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly grubby. Spine of wrapper is browned.

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WHILE THE BELLS RING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1328967
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. A story about people and the Yorkshire Dales. 96 pages. ISBN: 024189932X. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is browned with damage at base of spine.

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MISCELLANY ONE
Written by Edward Blishen. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith; Charles Keeping; Victor G. Ambrus; et al..
Stock no. 1328966
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book that has something for every young reader! Short-stories by well known authors, such as Rosemary Sutcliff and Eric Allen. There are also poems of all sorts scattered throughout the book. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. 202 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine.

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PICTURE AND PLAY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Mrs. Strang's Playbooks series. The Unbreakable Books. A board book with 6 thick board pages, each with large colour illustrations and a couple of sentences below. Pages bound together with 3 pieces of cloth. Slight wear to corners. Name in ink across top margin of rear cover. Some slight grubbiness to rear cover. Some marks to page margins but illustrations still bright.

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OUR DARLINGS' PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328964
Very good condition.

Mrs Strang's Play Books series. A board book. Colour illustrations with text below to each page. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light browning to cover edges. Prize plate to inside front cover (partially covering the first illustration by E. Dorothy Rees). Rear cover is slightly grubby. Contents are bright and clean.

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THE FOXWOOD COLLECTION
Written by Cynthia Paterson. Illustrated by Brian Paterson.
Stock no. 1328963
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four classic Foxwood tales: Robbery at Foxwood; The Foxwood Kidnap; The Secret Valley and The Magic Sleigh. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 126 numbered pages. ISBN: 0091768950. Light evidence of a pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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WALLACE AND GROMIT THE WRONG TROUSERS: STORYBOARD COLLECTION
Written by Brian Sibley.
Stock no. 1328962
Published by BBC Worldwide Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authentic and uncut storyboard of the film. 175 pages. Illustrated throughout with sketches and stills from the film. Oblong format. Green boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. 175 pages. ISBN: 0563380845. Spine and corners bumped. Some evidence of erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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PUFFIN 50TH ANNIVERSARY STORYBOOK BOX
Written by Barbara Euphan Todd; Norman Hunter; E.B. White; et al.
Stock no. 1328952
Published by Puffin Books. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Containing 10 great puffin story books. Also includes a little booklet entitled "The Story of Puffin Books" by Sally Gritten and "Fifty Puffin Years A Celebration in Poetry". All paperbacks with b/w illustations. Books look unread. Some volumes have light foxing/browning to page edges. The box is rubbed at edges, slightly grubby and scuffed.

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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328951
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink and another name blotted out to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn, slightly marked to front panel with a tear to top spine corner and spine is slightly browned.

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THE FAITHLESS LOLLYBIRD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Stories of magic, mystery and miraculous surprise. ISBN: 0224013327. Spine bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

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