ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

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THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by James Stevens Curl; Susan Wilson. Illustrated by James Stevens Curl.
Stock no. 1829443
Published by Oxford University Press. 3rd 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. Comprehensively revised and expanded in collaboration with Dr. Susan Wilson. Navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings. xxii and 1017 pages. ISBN: 9780199674985. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SUMMER VISITORS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1329172
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

It was another world and he didn't like it... Michael Taylor had looked forward for months to summer camp in Yorkshire, but now he was there he longed to be home again... Yellow boards, burgundy title to spine. 232 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light damp staining to covers. Light creasing to lower corners of preliminary pages. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is stained (tea/coffee?) but this shows mainly on the white rear panel.

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TEENY-WEENY AND BABY BUNNY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1329060
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A Teeny Weeny Book. Very small format. approx " 2.75 x 3.5". Green paper boards with red spine and yellow titles. Teeny-Weeny is a little girl. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded and worn with some loss of surface paper at top of spine. Foxing to textblock. Name in ink to top margin of free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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WINTER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329058
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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SUMMER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329057
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

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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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ROUGH WATER
Written by Roland Pertwee. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1328933
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Continuing the story of the Islanders in the west country. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned and lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped, spine slightly browned.

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THE HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS
Written by D.W. Yalden; U. Albarella.
Stock no. 1829170
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reviewing our knowledge of avifaunal history over the last 15,000 years, setting it in its wider historical and European context. Dark navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. vi and 263 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199217519. SIGNED by Derek Yalden with personal gift inscription to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC CONCISE EDITION VOLUMES 1 AND 2
Written by D.W. Snow; Christopher M. Perrins.
Stock no. 1829137
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A two volume set based on The Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour map to endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations and distribution maps throughout. ISBN: 019854099X. Volume 1 - spine is concave but the binding is tight. Contents of both volumes are clean. Dustwrapper of volume I is creased and faded to spine. Dustwrapper of volume 2 is lightly faded to spine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FOLLOW THE FOOTPRINTS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328835
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Author's first book. An adventure story of two children, who embark on a hunt for ancient treasure from their new home in Cumberland. Cream cloth. B/w text illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Mark to top of spine and covers (small) and small mark to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE GREAT GALE
Written by Hester Burton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328832
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library No. 12. The story of the floods that swept the Norfolk coats in 1953. Red boards, silver title to spine. 207 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192770527. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink and a crease to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a couple of small, light marks to rear panel.

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