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THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1326303
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1951. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Based on 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter. Words & music score by Dudley. Blue & white illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (Happy Brithday). Contents are clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES WITH PICTURES THAT SPRING TO LIFE
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1326301
Published by Strand Publications. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Bookano Series with 4 colour stand-up models. Eight stories. Colour pictorial endpapers, frontis and title page plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. Tinder Box pop-up is creased to tree as usual. Snow Queen pop-up needs a minor repair to get a couple of the pieces to stand up and the Swinherd pop-up has a crease to the princess.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1952 - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1826983
Published by Daily Express. 1952. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards - Rupert waving from tree branch. 1st story Rupert & the Mare's Nest. 120 pages. 10 x 7 ins. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to base of spine. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT Price-cut. Contents very nice.

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THE SECRET OF THE VILLA ROSA
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1326296
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Uncle Joe invites the Buckinghams to stay with him in the romantic medieval town of Orvieto, he little realises the danger he is leading them into... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 157 pages. ISBN: 0001606034. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, some slight loss to top of spine.

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FEE FI FO FUM
Written by Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1326295
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of fairy stories retold from a somewhat different angle, not so much for children as for their mothers and fathers... Red cloth. 230 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed at edges. Tiny hole to centre of spine.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326294
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with white paper reinforcements and some foxing on verso.

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OH! POOR AMELIA JANE!
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1326293
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Text in script. Colour illustrations. Covers are browned, grubby and edge rubbed. Contents browned, foxed and slightly grubby. Some ink writing and small doodles to last page and inside rear cover.

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SIMPLE SUSAN
Written by Maria Edgeworth; Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Olive Allen.
Stock no. 1326292
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

Retold by Louey Chisholm. "Told to the Children" series edited by Louey Chisholm. Pale green boards, pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 111 pages. 5.75 x 4.75". Spine bumped and slightly browned. Some slight browning to spine edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES FLIES NORTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Will Narraway.
Stock no. 1326290
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small brown spot to centre of front cover else covers bright and clean. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped, small piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326289
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police. Yellow boards, black title to spine. 184 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing and page browning to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, foxed on verso and has some slight surface damage to rear panel.

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BIGGLES' CHINESE PUZZLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326288
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss to base of spine, fading to spine and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1326287
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to spine and cover edges. Endpapers browned and lightly foxed, a few foxspots to textblock. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge chipped and worn with some slight loss and front flap is almost detached.

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