WEE WILLIE WINKIE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1830624
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A book of nursery rhymes illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler. One rhyme and colour picture to accompany it per page. First rhyme is Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Cloth spine, green pictorial paper boards with Wee Willie Winkie clasping a lantern to front and Little Bo-Peep to rear board. Not paginated. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Spine faded and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some finger creasing and marks to contents. Some foxing to gutters (minor).

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PETER AND LOTTA'S ADVENTURE
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830613
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2003. Very good condition.

When Peter and Lotta give away one of their kittens, they find themselves having a day of adventures including the excitement of the fair. But will they get home safely? Large oblong format. Orange cloth spine with dark brown title, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0863153984. Cloth spine a little grubby. Light scuffing to rear board. Small white label with 'A45' handwritten in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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THE ANKH-MORPORK ARCHIVES: A DISCWORLD ANTHOLOGY VOLUME II
Written by Terry Pratchett; Stephen Briggs. Illustrated by Paul Kidby.
Stock no. 1830612
Published by Gollancz. Circa 2020. Nearly fine condition.

This volume brings together four editions of the infamous Discworld Diaries into one deluxe, digitally re-mastered compendium. Square format. Matt pictorial boards. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781473229648. Second printing. A lovely copy.

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THE TOBY BUDGET VOLUME III
Written by Gunby Hadath; E. Talbot; Nancy M. Hayes; Leslie Wood; Bessie Marchant; Percy F. Westerman; et al; Stanley Phillips. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre; Donald R. Sexton; et al..
Stock no. 1830611
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

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THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330482
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story about the last gnomes in Britain, their exploration of the Folly Brook and their search for Cloudberry, their long-lost brother who went up the Folly and never returned... Grey cloth, red titles. Enchanting b/w wood-engravings. 200 pages. (The true first edition, as this book was later published with colour plates). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover at top of spine and top front cover. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with slight loss to top of spine, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330481
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Some light browning to spine edges and some light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to rear panel and lightly browned to spine.

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TALES FROM CATLAND FOR LITTLE KITTENS
Written by Tabitha Grimalkin. Illustrated by Billings.
Stock no. 1330480
Published by Ticknor, Reed, And Fields. 1852. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Embossed red cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates. 114 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Loss to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper dedicated to Poet Longellow's two sons (Charley & Ernest), Ernest has been neatly crossed out. The inscription is dated 1851, the printed date on the title-page is 1852. Some hinges pulled, some page browning.

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THE WOMBLES
Written by Elisabeth Beresford. Illustrated by Barry Leith.
Stock no. 1330477
Published by Ernest Benn. 2nd 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lively, entertaining and humourous book, stuffed with ingenious ideas and endearing characters. Yellow/green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Cute b/w illustrations drawn from Ivor Wood's original film puppets. Originally published in 1968 with drawings by Margaret Gordon, this is the second edition. 189 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0510096824. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and has a small mark to front panel where a label has been removed.

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DUCK ON A POND
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Mary Rose Hardy.
Stock no. 1330476
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tim and Janie rescue a duck from the common pond. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Vignette to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light stain to base of spine (affecting spine edges of covers). Endpapers partly browned. Small mark to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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TORTY OF WOODEND
Written by Fred J. Speakman. Illustrated by Jill Gaze.
Stock no. 1330475
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Brown mottled boards, silver titles. 93 pages. Story about a very old and wise tortoise. A few b/w drawings to text. ISBN: 0071351731. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to front free-endpaper and some light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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THE FESTIVAL OF CATVILLE
Written by Charles Griffiths.
Stock no. 1330474
Published by Collins. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine and seagull vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Mr. Marmalade, one of the cleverest cats in Catville and owner of the Marmalade Milk Bar, organises a festival. Spine bumped. Child's name in green felt-tip pen and red ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned and foxed throughout. Price-cut wrapper is a little edge worn.

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