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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1326074
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and a little edge creased.

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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1324802
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1984. Very good condition.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Otherwise contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is a little creased at edges and quite badly faded to spine.

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THE BUILDING OF LONDON
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1324319
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 42. Name in ink to top margin of front cover. Small ink stain affects edge of front cover and also most pages. Staples rusty.

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FAMOUS SHIPS
Written by Frank C. Bowen. Illustrated by Frank Mason.
Stock no. 1324318
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 39. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour lithographs throughout. Unpaginated. Foxing to covers. Covers slightly edge worn. Staples rusty. Pencil tick marks and other annotations to title list inside front cover.

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ABOUT A MOTOR CAR
Written by Phyllis Ladyman. Illustrated by Phyllis Ladyman.
Stock no. 1324317
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1948. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 38. Paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A few light marks to covers.

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A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter. Illustrated by Margaret Potter; Alexander Potter.
Stock no. 1324316
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1946. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps with brown border and red title to front. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 37. Slight rubbing to cover edges and slight fading to spine. Some page corners slightly creased. Contents clean.

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BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Walter Trier.
Stock no. 1324313
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 34. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by Delittle, Fenwick & Co. Front cover has large pieces of loss to edges. Covers are slightly grubby and foxed. Foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by Margaret Scott-Brown. Illustrated by Leo Dowd.
Stock no. 1324312
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.33. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight browning to pages else contents clean.

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WATERWAYS OF THE WORLD
Written by W.J. Bassett-Lowke. Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1324311
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 32. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Foxing to covers, textblock and first few/last few pages.

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ALEXANDER THE CIRCUS PONY
Written by Phyllis Ginger. Illustrated by Phyllis Ginger.
Stock no. 1323952
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1943. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 24. Pictorial card wraps. Bright colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Covers are almost detached. Slight loss to corners of front cover. Small tear and slight loss to lower edge of first page. Light page browning else contents clean.

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U.S.A. THE STORY OF AMERICA
Written by Hazel H. Hallinan. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323951
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 23. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed/lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Front cover is detached and slightly edge chipped. Covers lightly foxed. Light page browning else contents clean.

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A BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Aesop; Sheila Hawkins. Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323950
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 22. Oblong format, pictorial paper wraps. Wonderful colour and b/w illustrations. Adapted from Aesop by Sheila Hawkins. Spine has been repaired (attaching previously detached covers). Some slight loss to top edge of front cover. Damp staining to page margins.

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