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TRYLLA AND OTHER SMALL FRY
Written by Gunnar Gunnarsson. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1104093
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners are bumped. Tape marks to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is torn with loss and some tape repairs.

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HIGH IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Paul McCartney; Geoff Dunbar; Philip Ardagh. Illustrated by Geoff Dunbar.
Stock no. 1202498
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A quest to save enslaved animals everywhere! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0525477330. Bumping and wear to top edge of front cover. Wrapper is a little scuffed, with edge-creasing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BINKLE AND FLIP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1702597
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1950. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pencil marks to prelims. 1 illustration coloured in. Wrapper has closed tears, repaired to verso with tape, and some chips of loss.

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LUDMILA A LEGEND OF LIECHTENSTEIN
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Franz Deak.
Stock no. 1202356
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The charming tale of a little Liechtenstein cow. Red cloth spine, green patterned boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut and torn with loss.

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DUNCTON RISING
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1302710
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 of The Book OF Silence. Blue boards, gilt to spine. ISBN: 0002239418. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy in like dustwrapper.

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LOUIS WAIN'S ANIMAL SHOW WITH STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE
Written by Louis Wain. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1801849
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial paper boards showing two tabby cats and a dog to front, red title to front, black title to spine. B/w animal illustrations throughout, many of cats and dogs. Not paginated. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Much of back strip missing but title can be made out. Boards have a nice, clean appearance. One or two minor margin marks and tiny tears else contents nice. A nice copy of a scarce Wain title.

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THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Allan Carter; et al..
Stock no. 1302567
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The Big Books series edited by Herbert Strang. Pictorial boards and spine (monkey to spine). 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Sai the Panther". Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is just a tiny bit grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

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MOUSE IN THE MOON
Written by Jo Holleyman. Illustrated by Jo Holleyman.
Stock no. 1302095
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pictorial boards. 30 pages. Full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge torn and creased but only very minimal loss.

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WHY SO MUCH NOISE?
Written by Janina Domznska. Illustrated by Janina Domznska.
Stock no. 1101303
Published by Harper & Row. 1st USA 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

American Edition. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A few foxspots. Wrapper has loss to top and tail of spine.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1801114
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers browned. Endpapers slightly grubby else contents nice and clean. A nice copy!

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BRANDY TELLS HIS STORY
Written by Kenneth Hare-Scott. Illustrated by Nigel C. Mould.
Stock no. 1801096
Published by Peter Garnett. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brandy and the author meet at Battersea Dogs' Home when the author was looking for a dog. This is Brandy's story as told by Brandy to his Master. Green paper boards wtih black title & vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations to text, two full page two-tone illustrations. Boards nice and clean, endpapers lightly browned. Contents fine. Yellow pictorial wrapper is grubby and has a closed edge-tear to rear panel.

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WATTY A WHITE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1801080
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Watty was the fat white puppy that lived with Dicky the woolly fox-cub and the little blue girl called Betty... Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper front board. Full page colour illustration every other page. Covers a little grubby and creased. One line inscription in ink to front pastedown. Prelims grubby with a closed tear to gutter edge of title page. A few finger marks present. Illustrations clean and bright.

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