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DEEP WOOD
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by David Williams.
Stock no. 1320475
Published by Gerald G. Swan. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A friendly sort of book, about Old Stripe (the badger) and his home beneath the Beech Tree, his friends, Potter, Scruff the Fox, Skip Squirrel, and other animal folk who live among quiet woodland paths, old gnarled trees, grassy banks, and the rippling stream. Green cloth. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light browning to top and tail of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown mark to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, some creases and rear panel slightly grubby.

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TROUBLE ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1320462
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The O'Saurus family rebuild Thunder Mountain with the aid of their friends... Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0571193595. Spine slightly bumped. A lovely copy contained in a slightly edge worn dustwrapper that has a couple of small tears along the bottom edge.

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CORNELLI
Written by Johanna Spyri; Elisabeth P. Stork; Charles Wharton Stork. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1320461
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles, black illustration to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. 8 colour plates. 274 pages. Translated by E. Stork, introduction by C. Stork. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Foxing throughout.

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AMONG ANIMALS
Written by Manfred Kyber; Olive Fishwick.
Stock no. 1320459
Published by Centaur Press Ltd. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The collected animal stories of Kyber, 1880-1933. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 206 pages. Translated from the German by Fishwick. ISBN: 0900000007. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine with a few small tears at edges.

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BO-BO THE CLOWN
Written by Porter. Illustrated by Chollick.
Stock no. 1320458
Published by Capitol Publishing Co.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

A Capitol Wiggly Playbook. Moving clown to front cover. Colour and b/w lithographs throughout. Staples rusty. Front cover is slightly grubby. Some scratch marks to rear cover. Clown still complete and moving. Contents clean.

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DICK AND DOT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320457
Published by Bairns Books Ltd.. Circa 1940. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial front board showing Dick and Dot carrying large balls. 4 pop-up scenes accompanying 4 short stories. Printed on stiff paper. Professionally rebacked with red cloth spine. Covers grubby. Inscription in blue biro to inside front cover. First page is a little grubby. Corner tips of covers and pages slightly worn.

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NIBS
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Mary Gardiner.
Stock no. 1320453
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss to spine and corners, rear panel is a little grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TITMOUSE
Written by Reginald Harrison. Illustrated by Reginald Harrison.
Stock no. 1320452
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Small format. Buff boards with black titles and blue Titmouse vignette to front cover. 60 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Boards are a little warped. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is grubby with light stains. Loss to wrapper edges and to lower half of spine, extensive tape repairs on verso of wrapper.

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STORIES FROM DON QUIXOTE
Written by Miguel De Cervantes; John Lang. Illustrated by F.M.B. Blaikie.
Stock no. 1320451
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Told to the children series. Small format 5.75 x 4.5". Brown cloth with pictorial onlay and black titles to front cover. 8 colour plates. 120 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name and address in purple pencil to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Page 17/8 has been roughly opened causing margin loss and large tears. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped at edges.

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THE OLD MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1320450
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial front cover and spine. Red pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners are worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Covers are lightly scratched. Some light foxing to contents.

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FIFTEEN RABBITS
Written by Felix Salten; Whittaker Chambers. Illustrated by Sheila Dunn.
Stock no. 1320449
Published by The Commodore Press. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark green title to spine. Translated by Whittaker Chambers. Numerous b/w illustrations, 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped, slight fading at base of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss, large tear to rear panel has been tape repaired on verso.

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THE GLASS SLIPPER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon; Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated by Hugh Stevenson.
Stock no. 1320448
Published by Allan Wingate. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue Cloth, gilt title to spine. 8 Colour illustrations and other b/w illustrations throughout. Written in Play format. Spine and corners bumped, slight fading at edges. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped with slight loss, slightly grubby on rear panel and lightly foxed on verso.

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