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THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 2124375
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories for young and old. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. ISBN: 0670812676. Some bumping along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased and has large tear to base of spine, which has been repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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ACCORDING TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 2124351
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Top edge red. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped; Tape repairs on verso, to tears at base of spine.

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THE LITTLE PICTURE HYMN BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2124284
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection of popular Hymns inc. Onward Christian Soldiers, All Things Bright and Beautiful etc. 5.5" x 4.5". Blue cloth, gilt title to front. Illustrated endpapers. 11 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Foxing and page browning. Small inscription in ink to verso of front endppaer. Wrapper has a few marks with some edge-creasing and closed tears.

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TOBY TWIRL'S DILLYPADDLE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124279
Published by Sampson Low. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 5 pop-up scenes. A few marks to covers. Pop-ups are in excellent working order and nice and bright.

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TOBY TWIRL'S DILLYPADDLE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124277
Published by Sampson Low. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 5 pop-up scenes. Bumping to spine and corners. Some chipping of laminate. Pop-ups are all in very good working order; nice and bright. 2nd pop-up has small 'head' missing of character in rowing boat.

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THE GREENWOOD ELVES VOLUME I
Written by Nan Simpson. Illustrated by Hilda Sutton.
Stock no. 2124210
Published by Titus Wilson & Son, Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Damp mark to bottom corner of spine/boards, seeping through to some pages internally. Wrapper has been damaged where it has been damp and some surface paper is stuck to boards.

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HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610115
Published by Ernest Nister. c. 1901. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. 5 beautiful fold-down full-page chromo-lithographed layered scenes. B/w illustrations. Board corners worn with some surface loss; spine scuffed at top & tail with fading and slight fraying of cloth. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Hinges strengthened with bookbinding tape. One pop-up scene is edge creased, with corner repair. Scattered foxing.

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BERTIE AND THE BIG RED BALL
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1815530
Published by John Murray; Gallery Five. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

When Ruby takes Bertie for a quiet walk on the seafront little does she know what lies in store... Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0719539765.

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TIGER TIM'S ANNUAL 1938
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815524
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows 'Feeding Time at Tiger Tim's Zoo'. Green cloth spine. A Picture and Story-Book for Boys and Girls! First story is The Coming of the Paleface. Board edges rubbed, corners worn. Base of spine frayed. Name in belongs to box. Front and rear joint cracked. Hinges pulled wide but binding still tight. Rust/grease mark to gutter edges of page 11-19 (see photo). Brown mark to page 10 & facing page 11 affects illustrations only. A few light fingermarks to contents.

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OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1815523
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ida's baby sister is snatched away by the goblins... Red cloth, gilt titles. Oblong format. Large colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370304039. A few minor marks to dustwrapper.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1317186
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Boys' and Girls' Gift Books series. Red boards with black titles and borders to front and spine. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, tear to lower edge of rear panel (with loss) and hole to top of spine (mainly affecting GW of Gwynfa).

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris White.
Stock no. 2124132
Published by Waddy Productions. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. The 'Old Time' Nursery Tales Series. Chipping with splits to top and tail of spine. Corner creasing. Splash mark down spine.

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