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FUZZYPEG GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325551
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Good condition.

Fuzzypeg's exciting first day at school. Blue boards, white titles with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 98 pages. 7 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some chipping to spine and slight loss at base. Small stain to page 36 (affecting the red border of the illustration). A couple of very small margin tears.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325537
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the illustrator with an inscription to Sarah Mills dated 1964. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners.

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A TOUCH OF MAGIC
Written by Geoffrey Morgan. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1325239
Published by Collins. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to 'A Small Piece of Paradise'. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge rubbed, small tear to base of spine.

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THE LAUGHING DRAGON
Written by Kenneth Mahood. Illustrated by Kenneth Mahood.
Stock no. 1325052
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit grubby, is slightly rubbed at edges and has a tear to lower corner of front panel and to base of spine on rear panel.

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FLOWERS OF THE COAST (NN 24)
Written by Ian Hepburn.
Stock no. 1324992
Published by Collins. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 24. Green cloth, gilt titles. 17 colour photos. 43 b/w photos and 14 line drawings and maps. ISBN: 000213067X. Board corners lightly bumped. text block browned and with foxing to top edge. Minor pink crayon mark to half-title page. One hinge pulled but tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to rear panel, faded, minor foxing to front panel, top of spine with the series number is missing.

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PLANT GALLS (NN 117)
Written by Margaret Redfern.
Stock no. 1824772
Published by Collins. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 117 in New Naturalist Series. Much needed insight into the variety of galls of different types caused by a wide range of organisms including fungi, insects and mites. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780002201438. Light bump to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little grubby to rear panel.

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JENNINGS' LITTLE HUT
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1324526
Published by Collins. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering. Top edge red. Colour frontis. 255 pages. Jennings and Darbishire are now in their third term at Linbury Court School and are occupying their leisure time in hut-building... Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning throughout. Top corner tips lightly creased. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with only slight loss and browned on verso.

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TYPICALLY JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1324524
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hair-raising happenings for which Jennings is mainly responsible. Typical! Green mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis by Biro. 159 pages. ISBN: 0001621610. Book leans to one side a little. Small white address label to front pastedown and name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper (the address has been crossed out). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and edges.

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MAID OF THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324516
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library. Blue boards, and top edge blue. 220 pages. 7.5 x 5". Tiny bit of fading to base of spine. Name in ink and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (both neat). Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tape repairs on verso (which have browned with age and this can been seen on front panel). A few tiny, light marks to rear panel.

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JANDY MAC COMES BACK
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324511
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library. Blue boards. 256 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny spot to lower edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tears, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1324227
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and front cover edges. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, slightly browned to spine with 0.5" loss at top.

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HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1324218
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Very slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. A nice copy of the first edition.

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