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TRAVELLER'S JOY
Written by Beshlie. Illustrated by Beshlie.
Stock no. 1328670
Published by Granada; Gallery Five Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Some of our most beautiful wild flowers illustrated and accompanied by fascinating text. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0246112468. Minimal bumping to spine and some slight fading to spine and cover edges. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

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WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1328215
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small creases in cloth to edge of front cover and some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins, slight foxing to prelims. Very light patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown. A couple of pages have small margin tears at lower edge. White dustwrapper is nice and clean with some slight foxing.

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WINGS IN THE SUN (BROADCAST ECHOES No. 29)
Written by L. Hugh Newman.
Stock no. 1828283
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A book about butterflies for children. White & blue cardwraps with red title to front. Staple binding. B/w photos. 95 pages including bibliography. Undated. Covers browned with one or two marks. Text block browned but contents clean.

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THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE
Written by Isabel Alexander. Illustrated by Isabel Alexander.
Stock no. 1826106
Published by Penguin Books. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 58. Pictorial paper wraps. colour and b/w illustrations. Spine lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Name in red ink to inside front cover. Staple binding is rusty and rust has bled slightly onto gutter. Contents are very nice.

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TINY TOILERS AND THEIR WORKS
Written by G. Glenwood Clark.
Stock no. 1324654
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with black/brown titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Looks at different little creatures/insects. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light spotting to spines. Pencil scribbles to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins. Red dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly browned.

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JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1324610
Published by George Newnes. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Orange/brown cloth with cream title to spine and vignette/title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few small, light marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Ex Libris plate to half title-page. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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BIRDS OF THE VILLAGE
Written by James Fisher. Illustrated by P.F. Millard.
Stock no. 1323945
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 20. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Initials in ink to front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Remains of a label to inside of front cover. Small chip to lower edge of front cover and a tiny nick to same area of first page (no loss there). Some light fingering else a clean copy.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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NATURE SERIES 1-9
No author listed. Illustrated by Littlewood-Moore.
Stock no. 1323523
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition.

Nine volumes: Bird Painting Book, A Painting Book of Flowers, A Painting Book of British Butterflies, A Painting Book of Tropical Fish, Birds of Lake & Stream Painting Book, The Painting Book of Garden Flowers, Tropical Birds Painting Book, Birds of Hill and Forest Painting book, The Painting Book of Birds of the Aviary. Each book is bound in cardwraps and has beautiful colour illustrations with a b/w version opposite to be painting. Some light browning to covers and rubbing to spines. Contents are unused and clean. A nice set.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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