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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2113326
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright colour lithographic illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. A little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to spine - 2/3rds of wrapper spine MISSING; other tears and chips; some with loss. Wrapper is also marked.

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THE POBBLE AND THE RUNCIBLE CAT
Written by Muriel Lamb. Illustrated by Virginia Smith.
Stock no. 1502244
Published by Blackie. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pobble and his great friend, the Runcible Cat, had a great many extraordinary, exciting and often quite frightening adventures after Pobble lost his toes... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0216900492. A little bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. Name in pen to front endpaper and some foxing to endpapers. A couple of stains to text block which have affected page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and with small area of loss from bottom of front panel. Labels stuck to verso to strengthen edges. Foxing on verso.

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THE CUDDLY -KITTY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1402348
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo series, The Second Cage. Cream boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page. 15 pages. Spine is bumped and rubbed with small splits. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Rear board is unevenly browned. Front board is a little grubby. A few light foxspots and grubby marks but contents are generally clean. Undated reprint.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY AND GILDEROY
Written by Marion B. Cothren; Algernon Blackwood. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Stock no. 2113105
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adapted from Algernon Blackwoods story. Yellow cloth with blue titles and vignette. B/w text illustrations to contents. 35 pages. Browning/darkening to top and bottom edges of covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and a few grubby marks. Wrapper is very faded and browned, with marks; edge-torn and chipped with some pieces of loss; creased.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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THE THREE ORPHAN KITTENS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2113058
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Possibly has a new spine. Light wear to cover edges. Surface paper damage to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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FELIX VAGABOND
No author listed. Illustrated by Pat Sullivan.
Stock no. 2112902
Published by Hachette. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows Felix carrying a bundle over his shoulder. Cartoon style strips, with 2-3 colour illustrations. Text in French. Some marks to covers. Scuffing also to covers. Corners are worn, with some bumping. Couple of inscriptions/ink stamp to title page. Page browning.

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THE CHURCH MICE AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 2112845
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Another delightful tale in the Church Mice series. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333305493. Bookplate to front pastedown. Tape marks to very edges of pastedowns. Inscription in ink to title page, which also has large crease. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tape marks to flaps; a little faded to spine.

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BLACK AND WHITE
Written by David Hughes. Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1207918
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A humorous dialogue between a cat and a magpie. ISBN: 0720716993. Contents fine. Front board very slightly browned.

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MARMALADE JIM AND THE FOX
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1710120
Published by Robson Books. 1st 1984. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0860512878.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1311337
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Covers grubby with edge wear. Lower front corner is creased and there is a small tear to the lower edge of the rear cover. Staples rusty. Small marginal tears affect lower edges of last few pages. First few lower corner tips creased.

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FELIX THE CAT ANCIENT TIMES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1108947
Published by Co-operative Wholesale Society. Almost very good condition.

Paperwraps. A Felix the Cat Little Picture Book. Cartoon style strips with 'Growing Pains' to rear. Chipping to spine. A few marks to covers.

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