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THE EXTRAORDINARY TUG-OF-WAR
Written by Letta Schatz. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1328680
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Oblong format. Full page colour illustrations. Hippopotamus tugged and Elephant tugged. The rope grew tighter - but nothing happened! ISBN: 0370015037. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to textblock but contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn with large tears and slight loss.

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MR PLUM'S PARADISE
Written by Elisa Trimby. Illustrated by Elisa Trimby.
Stock no. 1328679
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

White pictorial boards. Colour pictures to every page. A new life began for Mr. Plum on the day he decided to turn his dreary backyard into a garden. ISBN: 0571106463. A few tiny nicks to lower edges of covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a small piece missing to top of spine and a large tear to front panel.

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WINNIE-THE-POOH A POP-UP BOOK
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard; Chuck Murphy.
Stock no. 1328678
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1990. Very good condition.

Winnie-the-Pooh in pop-up form with decorations after the style of Ernest H. Shepard adapted by Chuck Murphy. Blue pictorial glazed boards. First story is Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees. Paper engineering by Keith Moseley. ISBN: 0416498809. Foxing to contents else clean. Pop-ups and moveable parts all complete and working. Pale browning to spine and front cover.

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WHAT MADE TIDDALIK LAUGH
Written by Joanna Troughton. Illustrated by Joanna Troughton.
Stock no. 1328677
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 2nd 1986. Nearly fine condition.

A lively legend from Australia, retold by Troughton. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Second edition (first published 1977). ISBN: 0216904315.

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DINOTOPIA: A LAND APART FROM TIME
Written by James Gurney. Illustrated by James Gurney.
Stock no. 1328676
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Land Apart From Time where dinosaurs and humans live peacefully together. Oblong format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0751370002. Some very slight fading to lower cover edges. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly sunned to spine.

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THE CAT WHO CAME TO STAY
Written by Lesley Fotherby. Illustrated by Lesley Fotherby.
Stock no. 1328675
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854791060. Foxspots to last couple of pages. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at top of spine with some foxing on verso.

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LASS
Written by Roland Gebauer. Illustrated by Cheri Bladholm.
Stock no. 1328674
Published by Thomas Nelson Inc.. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story for children based on the best-selling book "Lessons from a Sheepdog" by Phillip Keller. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0849914493. Old price-sticker (yellow) to front pastedown. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Penney.
Stock no. 1328673
Published by The National Trust. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An enchanting collection of fairy tales, with paintings by Ian Penney linking the stories to National Trust properties. ISBN: 0707801885. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine and spine edges of wrapper are faded.

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THE RED DEVIL AND OTHER TALES FROM THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by D. Wardale.
Stock no. 1828982
Published by D. Wardale. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red paper boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out plan to rear. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. vi and 522 pages including index. ISBN: 0952999803. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red and black dustwrapper is a little scuffed, lightly rubbed at edges, and is lightly faded to spine.

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THE S.E.5 FILE
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Gordon Page.
Stock no. 1828981
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 0851302467. Spine is faded to a lighter blue. Contents clean.

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THE CAMEL FILE
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Gordon Page.
Stock no. 1828980
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 272 pages. ISBN: 0851302122. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn, light rubbing to board corners. Boards are scuffed and just a little grubby. Lower corner tip cut from title page. Contents are clean.

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FAIRCHILD-REPUBLIC A-10 THUNDERBOLT II (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1828979
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The A-10 story ws born in the skies above Vietnam and came of age over the Cold War battle zones in Europe. Large format. Crowood Aviation Series. B/w and colour photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263244. A lovely copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and is slightly faded to spine.

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