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SMOKE AND FLUFF
Written by W. Perring; A.J. Macgregor. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1318604
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 7th 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Pale blue boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. B/w illustration to endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped, some browning to cover edges. Split to lower 1" of rear edge of spine and some water(?) damage to lower edges of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased. Some pulling of hinges causing contents to be slightly loose.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1317769
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 9th 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Revised verses by Perring. Spine slightly bumped. Faint stain to rear board. Front board slightly bowed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light damp stains to top edges of endpapers and preliminary pages. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with light damp stains on verso.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2129021
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 417. Green boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Large page tear to first text page (between 3-4").

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THE STORY OF SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Evelyn Bowmar.
Stock no. 2124963
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Top 1-2" of spine are split (both sides), with some creasing. Smaller split to base of spine. Light damp mark to bottom of rear cover. A bit of surface paper damage to front endpaper/pastedown, where something was once stuck. Couple of closed margin tears to endpapers. A few margin marks. Illustrations are in excellent condition. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips, with some substantial loss to edges.

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THE BUILDER
Written by I.& J. Havenhand. Illustrated by John Berry.
Stock no. 2124350
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Series 606B. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper has ink stamp to rear flap; fading to spine; couple of tears and chips.

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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 2124324
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Some remains of label, with surface paper damage to front endpaper. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some edge-creasing and nicks to corners; blue pen ink to corner of front flap, with date in ink.

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IN THE WILDERNESS
Written by Derek McCulloch. Illustrated by Septimus E. Scott.
Stock no. 1609809
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 8th 1951. Very good condition.

by 'Uncle Mac' of the BBC. Illustrated boards. Full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. name in ink to front endpaper. Surface paper split and lifting along rear joint.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1208884
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 7th 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Red boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slightly torn at base of spine. Writing erased from front endpaper and book list at rear. A couple of small margin marks else contents clean. Wrapper is worn at folds with slight loss at corners and closed tears at spine and rear fold.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 2123808
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 3rd 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Revised verses by Perring. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with chipping; 2-3" split to base of spine; a few chips of loss.

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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1316804
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower corner of front cover. Some light marks to page margins and musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with small tears at corners. Small hole to lower corner of front panel. 10 of series 497 titles listed on rear flap.

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DOWNY DUCKLING
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1406986
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Series 401. Brown boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners and board edges. Small splits to bottom of spine. Name in child's handwriting to front pastedown. Transfer of parts of some pictures to opposite page - possibly a printing error. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears and chipping. Small area of loss to top of wrapper. Wrapper is grubby.

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THE STORY OF JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Ruth Murrell.
Stock no. 1406617
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 5th 1958. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 413. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little darkened. Light creasing to title and first couple of pages. Some light foxing to page edges otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some small tears. Slight loss to bottom of spine. Inscription to front flap in child's handwriting. Browning and foxing to verso.

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