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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 1109127
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Light bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased to edges, with a few marks to rear panel.

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ANTHONY BROWNE'S KING KONG
Written by Edgar Wallace; Merian C. Cooper. Illustrated by Anthony Browne.
Stock no. 1109104
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Anthony Browne has always acknowledged this classic cult movie to be one of the most potent influences on his work. Never before appearing as a full colour book, there will not be a dry eye in the house as the last page is turned. Blue cloth. 92 pages. 11.75 x 9". ISBN: 1856812588. Some light wear along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased, with 1" closed tear to top of front panel.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE WIDE WINDOW
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1109093
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Third in the series. Have you got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, hungry leeches, a horrible villain and other horrid things? Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749747013. Light wear to cover edges.

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NODDY THE CRY-BABY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1109084
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations, 3 per page. A Noddy Strip Book. A little surface paper damage to title page. Some page browning and light corner creasing.

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NODDY'S PENNY WHEEL CAR
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1109083
Published by Sampson Low. Very good condition.

A Noddy Strip Book. Red pictorial paperwraps. Oblong format. Small colour pictures to contents. (Also contains: Noddy in trouble). 3 x 7". A few marks to covers; some foxing.

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NODDY GOES DANCING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1109081
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. A Noddy Strip Book. Light wear to spine.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2113886
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Proof copy in paperwraps. ISBN: 0224011731. Contents detached from covers. Browning and a little creasing to paperwraps spine.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113793
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit damp, with some edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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GETTING TO KNOW DOGS
Written by Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 2113775
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

All the necessary information and guidance for the boy or girl who is bent on acquiring the best friend and comrade a human can have outside his own kind. Beige cloth, green titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Light bumping to spine and corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Small piece of sticky label to front endpaper, with surface paper damage, where rest has been removed. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with creasing and foxing; some long tears have repairs to verso; loss to a few corners and top of spine.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1502365
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 4th 1944. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers are grubby with some stains. Marks/grubby fingermarks to endpapers and contents. Pages are lightly browned and there are a few fox spots. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper has a large area of loss from the front panel and loss from the top of spine area. Grubby and edge chipped..

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BETTY'S LAMB
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1402428
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Small format. Top of book is shaped like the lamb's head and back. Full colour illustration to middle pages. Two tone illustrations. Unpaginated A little wear to cove edges. Small split to top of spine. New staples. Small piece of tape stuck to inner margin of a couple of pages. A little foxing to page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean.

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THE GIPSY CHILDREN
Written by Christine Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Janet Duchesne.
Stock no. 1402424
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1962. Slightly better than good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Ana and Georgie, gipsy children and their adventures after they crept away from their family one moonlit night on an errand of mercy. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. A Reindeer book. 112 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Board edges a little browned. Front endpaper creased. Library stamp to rear endpaper. Some hinges are cracked. A few small tears to bottom of pages. Foxing and some grubby marks to cntents. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped. Spine is faded. A little browning to edges and verso. A couple of grubby marks.

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