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ROBIN'S REAL ENGINE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Einar Nerman.
Stock no. 2140266
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 'Gazelle' Book. Colour pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0241022193. Spine is browned. Page edges are browned. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some grubby marks.

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THE BIG WHEEL AND THE LITTLE WHEEL
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Janet Duchesne.
Stock no. 2140265
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Hamish Hamilton Gazelle Books. Two-tone illustrations. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned so spine, with wear; a few small nicks.

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THE LAST BUS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 2140263
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpaper and to some pages throughout. Wrapper is edge-creased with some wear and small nicks.

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THE CHILDREN'S CARGO
Written by Cynthia Asquith; A.A. Milne; Walter De La Mare; Rose Fyleman; V. Sackville-West; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Margaret Tempest; Daphne Jerrold; et al..
Stock no. 2140258
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth boards, with paper title to spine and front cover. 8 tipped in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Paper title labels are very browned, with some to spine missing. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present.

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PICNIC AT BABAR'S
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140226
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large folio format. Dark blue cloth spine, bright red pictorial boards. Green pictorial endpapers. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to cover edges; some chipping; Some scuffs to covers. Foxing to various degrees throughout the book and to outer page edges.

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MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Peter Patch. Illustrated by Peter Patch; Jean Walmsley Heap.
Stock no. 2140213
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

A Panto-Peep book. Top edge of covers and contents shaped. Lift the flaps and peep through the windows. Brightly illustrated throughout. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Peter Patch is Jean Walmsley Heap. Light wear to edges. Contents are lovely and bright with lift-the-flaps and see-through windows in very good working order.

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WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS
Written by Nancy Byrd Turner. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Stock no. 2140208
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some small splits. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small pieces of loss.

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ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS
Written by Valdine Plasmati. Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura.
Stock no. 2140205
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some light wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and browning.

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FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 2140187
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The sunshine series. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. 16 Colour plates. Contains 10 classic fairy tales. 128 pages. 10 x 7.25". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing and browning. Partially erased inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 2140154
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream/beige cloth spine with title label and gilt titles. Grey boards. Limited edition to 278 Numbered and Signed copies. B/w woodcuts. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 51.Spine is browned and worn. Title block is a bit faded and worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2140153
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing. Brown marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer pages edges.

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