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RICHARD RABBIT GOES BOATING
Written by Truda Mordue. Illustrated by Truda Mordue.
Stock no. 673216
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Lovely colour pictures. ISBN: 0855030461. Slight mark to title page. Covers slightly creased.

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LIZZIE TALES: BOOK ONE LIZZIE IN AFRICA
Written by Mary Entwistle. Illustrated by Ingall.
Stock no. 571184
Published by Edinburgh House Press. 1ST 1948. Very good condition.

Lizzie the Lizard says good-bye to her mother in England and sets off to see the world. Hiding in an aeroplane, Lizzie flies over the sea and is soon in Africa. She has many adventures and finds friends everywhere. Small format. Green pictorial boards. Ttree-tone illustrations. Corners bumped. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE ANIMALS GO SAILING
No author listed.
Stock no. 691472
Published by Children's Leisure Products Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures of animal friends. ISBN: 0709400675. Corners bumped and a little worn. Contents clean.

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THE EMPEROR'S GRUCKLE HOUND
Written by Kathryn Cave. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 654642
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 1996. Fine condition.

A delightful dog story. B/w illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. Lower spine a little bumped.

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SPIDER - THE HORRIBLE CAT
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 712616
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Purple pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Spider isn't the sort of cat you usually read about. He is untidy, wriggly, fat in some places, thin in others, snarly, scratchy, and very, very mean... ISBN: 185145814X.

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SPIDER - THE HORRIBLE CAT
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 729619
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Purple pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Spider isn't the sort of cat you usually read about. He is untidy, wriggly, fat in some places, thin in others, snarly, scratchy, and very, very mean... ISBN: 185145814X. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Contents clean.

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TINY TRUE TALES OF ANIMALS
Written by Mary Macleod. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 571661
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1909. Good condition.

True animal stories, some of which appeared first in the Children's Magazine "Sunday", others are found in books of biography or travel, by writers whose names are well known. Pictorial boards. 6.75 x 5.25". 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Backstrip almost detached and in two halves. Boards scuffed and worn and slightly bowed. Joints cracked. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pale foxing and small dampstain to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 571717
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1919. Fair condition.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board, showing 5 clothed dogs in a theatre box. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Covers worn with slight staining to edge of rear board. Joints very cracked. Bookplate to front pastedown. (Endpapers missing??). Some pale foxing.

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THE ADVENTURES OF THE PIG FAMILY
Written by Arthur S. Gibson. Illustrated by Arthur S. Gibson.
Stock no. 571841
Published by Griffith and Farran. Very good condition.

Oblong format. B/w illustrations. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Spine faded. Corners and edges worn. A few finger marks to page margins.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 690396
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. Tiny strip torn from margin of front & rear cover & latter half page margins. Spine rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Centre page detached. Staples rusted.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 677854
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A Picture Ladybird book. Purple pictorial cardwraps. The story of a sneaky cat. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 072149689X.

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THE KNEE-HIGH MAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Julius Lester. Illustrated by Ralph Pinto.
Stock no. 692337
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of six animal tales from American Black Folk Literature. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582162602. Corners lightly rubbed. Some light finger creasing to page corners. Price-cut pictorial wrapper rubbed at corners with slight wear to top front edge.

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