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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

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THE LITTLE CAT BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1507244
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670912867. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby on rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE AEROPLANE
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 1507201
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 3. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with a few marks. Ink name, address and date to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to title page. Just an odd mark to contents.

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THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1507133
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1950. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards with brown titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Most hinges cracked so binding feels loose. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby with a few marks.

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SPOTTY
Written by Margret Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1813606
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1972. Very good condition.

Spotty is a rabbit. Cream cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0701102039. Boards scuffed. Faint grease stain to front board. A few marks to contents but illustrations nice and bright.

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PIG TALES
Written by Miriam Dixon. Illustrated by Miriam Dixon.
Stock no. 1507100
Published by Collins. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 4 x 4". Top staple holding contents to covers is almost detached from covers, bottom staple is slightly pulled. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is chipped and very slightly edge worn. Fox spots to top edge of rear flap.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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TALES FROM THE MARBLE MOUNTAIN
Written by Hugh Gardner. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1316401
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Contains Part I Beyond the Marble Mountain. First published 1948. Part II, Back To The Marble Mountain, first published 1949. Turquoise boards with gilt title to spine. 249 pages. B/w text illustrations. The fortunes and adventures of Bear, Goat, Owl and Ostrich. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, large piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE WANDERINGS OF MUMFIE
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1316399
Published by John Murray. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and spine and has some loss to top of spine.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BINKLE AND FLIP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1406491
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. A few light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and some pages. A few light foxspots and a little light fingering otherwise the contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some tears. Spine is faded and rubbed. Rear panel is grubby. Dark marks to verso of spine.

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THE PROMISED ONE
Written by David Alric.
Stock no. 1813297
Published by Bladon Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Lucy, a schoolgirl of eleven, finds that the animals of the world have been expecting her for more than a million years. She is the only person on earth with her awesome and extraordinary powers and her destiny is to save the planet. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 310 pages. ISBN: 1904218393. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page. Corners bumped & rubbed. Prologue page lightly creased. Small name in ink to front pastedown.

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POGO'S HOUSE
Written by Jo Norling; Ernest Norling.
Stock no. 1406416
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of Lumber. Cream pictorial cloth with green and brown titles and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. 8 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing mostly to page edges.

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