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THE MOTOR CAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325101
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

A small, shaped book. 13 pages told in verse how a group of children take a motor car. Heavy vertical crease to front cover. Covers rubbed and otherwise lightly creased. Child's name and address in heavy pencil inside front cover. Centre pages are detached but still present. Some grubby marks to pages (small ink splodge to one page).

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THE BOO-BOOS AND BUNTY'S BABY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140943
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue/green boards with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, plus dark green line drawings. Spine and edges are browned; some foxing and fading to covers. Initials and date in ink to belongs to page. Foxing throughout, but not too much to colour plates, which are still lovely and bright! Small writing to top of title page in ink.

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BUNTY AND THE BOO-BOOS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140942
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Good condition.

Small format. Dark green/grey boards with white titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Contains 14 colour plates, including frontis, plus green line drawings. Bottom 1" of spine is MISSING; rest of spine has splits to side. Wear and loss of white title to spine and front cover. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Name in ink to belongs to page. All plates are present and generally bright - some grubby marks to margins. Small margin tear to front endpaper. Creasing to page and some plate corners.

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THE TALE OF THE TABBY TWINS
Written by Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1406448
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, green and white text illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine and board edges browned. Covers grubby. Light browning to endpapers. Foxing and fingering to some pages. Light marks to the margins of a couple of plates and to verso of another. Plates are otherwise in very good condition.

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THE THREE BAD BANTAMS
Written by Kathleen Mv. Harke. Illustrated by Kathleen M.V. Harke.
Stock no. 2120398
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 39 pages. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A bit of scuffing and some marks to covers. Inscription to front pastedown. Page browning and a few margin marks, but illustrations are lovely and bright!

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FAIRY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2119054
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The 'Attwell Kiddies' Story Book. Beautiful mounted colour plate to front cover and colour frontispiece. Two-tone illustrations. Contains very short versions of 'Robinson Crusoe'; 'Aladdin'; Jack the Giant-Killer' and 'Tom Thumb'. A thin booklet style item. Some creasing to covers; a few marks. Foxing/browning to some pages.

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COMFORTING THOUGHTS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1402623
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Golden Thoughts Booklet. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. Approx 5 x 3.5 inches. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby. Staples a little rusty. Contents clean.

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BETTY'S LAMB
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1402428
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Small format. Top of book is shaped like the lamb's head and back. Full colour illustration to middle pages. Two tone illustrations. Unpaginated A little wear to cove edges. Small split to top of spine. New staples. Small piece of tape stuck to inner margin of a couple of pages. A little foxing to page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean.

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THE MAGIC FLYING BOAT
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Owen.
Stock no. 1502075
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Fair condition.

A Valtay Book. Emma and Pip visit some of the characters from Mother Goose with Mr. Minty. Small oblong format 5.5 x 4.5". Paperwraps. Full page colour illustrations with text opposite. Contents detached from covers. Staples rusty. Covers edge worn and creased with some marks to centre of rear cover. Closed tear to inside corner of rear cover. Small doodle to inside of front cover otherwise contents generally clean.

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BILLY AND BETTY AT THE SEASIDE
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1309479
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Valentine;'s Chummy Books. Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Light creases to covers. Staples rusty. Some light foxing at page edges. A nice copy of this scarce little book.

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THE TALE OF PRISCILLA PURR
Written by Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2109601
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Small format. Red boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 plates of which 13 are colour and 1 is b/w, green and white text illustrations. Browning to spine and cover edges. Some bumping to spine and corners. Wear to cover edges. Some foxing. Light margin marks. Illustrations are lovely and bright!

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THE TALE OF THE TABBY TWINS
Written by Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1308109
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, green and white text illustrations. Covers are grubby, there is slight wear to base of spine. A couple of hinge are partly cracked. Some light fingering else contents clean. There is a light tobacco smell to the contents.

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