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A QUIET NIGHT IN
Written by Jill Murphy. Illustrated by Jill Murphy.
Stock no. 1710265
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Fine condition.

Mr and Mrs Large arrange a quiet night in on Mr Large's Birthday, but as usual in the Large household, things do not quite turn out as planned! A story of a family of elephants. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525667.

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MUMFIE'S UNCLE SAMUEL
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1311601
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mumfie returns home to find terrible things happening. Mummy Jumbo's house had been burnt down; Uncle Samuel was kidnapped and there were "lurkings"... Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright pink and blue full-page pictures plus b/w drawings. 190 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Spine bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss to spine and tape repairs on verso. Uncommon in dustwrapper.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1310749
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Scuffing/scratch marks to rear cover. Joints are cracked/broken but the binding is still holding. Evidence of old tape repairs to rear joint (tape now missing). Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some slightly grubby marks and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI
Written by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1401654
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1942. Good condition.

Five short stories. Red pictorial card wraps. Black titles to spine. Five full page colour illustrations plus b /w text illustrations. 79 pages. Spine is split at top and bottom with slight loss of backstrip. Covers a bit grubby. Some joints are broken where backstrip is missing but binding generally firm. Bookplate to front endpaper. 5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from bottom of one page. Large crease to top of a page. Pages a little browned.

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MR. BUNNILUMP'S ADVENTURES
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1309708
Published by Marcus Harris & Lewis Ltd.. Good condition.

Mr. Bunnilump is an elephant. Large format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Covers are marked. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some colouring to contents and erased doodles to rear endpapers. Erased pencil writing to top edge of title-page.

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JIMMY THE BABY ELEPHANT
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1204471
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1927. Nearly fine condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations.

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BABAR KEEPS FIT!
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1204175
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

The Adventures of Babar on Television. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Base of spine chipped. Laminate chipping to sides of spine.

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JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

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JIMMY THE BABY ELEPHANT
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 820182
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1927. Very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Backstrip worn, covers a little grubby. Staples rusted. A few small marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 630036
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Third English Edition. Very large format 14.5" x 10.5". Grey cloth spine, red pictorial stiff paper boards. Blue pictorial endpapers depicting elephants. 40 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed, corners worn, boards a little scuffed. Contents clean and bright.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 630032
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers lightly scratched. Top & tail of cloth spine worn, a couple of holes to cloth of spine. Tape marks to front & rear joints and some pages, front & rear joint pulled. Small closed tear to title page. A few grubby marks to contents. Repaired tear to page 21 with yellow tape mark. Some edge-loss to rear pastedown. Still a nice book.

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IORWERTH A'R ELIFFANT
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 809905
Published by Dref Wen. 1st 1990. As new condition.

Gumdrop and the Elephant. Text in Welsh. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855960052.

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