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THE COOL RIDE IN THE SKY
Written by Diane Wolkstein. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 1814296
Published by World's Work. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An adaption of the tale 'Straighten Up and Fly Right'. A sly buzzard entices one animal after another into taking a "cool ride" with him. Then the monkey, wanting to protect his friends, devises a plan to force the buzzard to "straighten up and fly right." Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437860205. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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THE TALE OF TOMBO
Written by Ada Harrison. Illustrated by Robert Austin.
Stock no. 1405583
Published by J. Fairston. Slightly better than good condition.

Number One of the Tally-Ho Books. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Tombo is a monkey. 47 pages. 7" x 4.5". Spine and corners grubby. Covers creased and grubby. Closed tear to the top of one page. Some grubby marks.

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MERRY MONKEY'S
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 2114783
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1946. Almost very good condition.

16 large colour plates. B/w text illus throughout. Blue cloth boards, pictorial onlay to front. 83pp. Large format. Pencil scribble to covers, with foxing to spine. Pictorial onlay also has piece of damage, where it is wrinkled and torn, so that you can see blue cloth through, to title. All 16 colour plates are present and lovely and bright. Name in ink to half-title page. A few grubby margin marks.

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MUFF THE CIRCUS MONKEY
Written by Lurline McGuinness. Illustrated by Galina Herbert.
Stock no. 1502756
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Muff is sure everyone knows about circus monkeys, and is surprised to find he is wrong. When he meets Australian bush animals and birds there is plenty of excitement. Black boards with gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 29 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with loss from base of spine. Tears have been repaired on verso with clear tape.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MONK AND BUN
Written by Rex Tucker. Illustrated by Lois Castellain.
Stock no. 1310611
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seven Stories for Children. Monk is a monkey and Bun is a rabbit. Pink cloth boards, blue title to spine and vignette of Monk and Bun to front. Black, red & white illustrations. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and just a little foxed and grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JIMJO AND JIPEE
Written by Clark Willard.
Stock no. 449090
Published by The Penn Publishing Company. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Orange cloth spine, colour pictorial front board showing elephant and monkey. B/w illustrations. A circus story. Light brown stain top corner of all pages not affecting text. Rear board lightly marked. Front cover bright and clean.

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BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 806914
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large format Edges worn, lower edges have some surface paper loss to boards. Front joint just starting to crack. A few fingermarks to margins else clean.

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MONKEY AND THE THREE WIZARDS
Written by Peter Harris. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 621096
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0001845209. Front board marked and creased. Spine and corners bumped. Rear cover a little grubby. Creasing to a few pages. Wrapper creased and lightly edge chipped.

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THE BAD LITTLE MONKEY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 620293
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Circa 1946. Good condition.

Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An Enid Blyton Picture Book. Most of backstrip worn or missing. Edges rubbed. Corners worn. Damage to top and tail of spine. Covers a little creased and scuffed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Hinges pulled. Last page detaching from base. A few grubby marks to margins.

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BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 621831
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large format Edges and corners worn. Covers creased and scratched. A few closed edge tears to some page margins. A few grubby marks. Page 21 has lower 1.5" page completely detached but present. Page edgs a little worn. Inscription in ink to title page.

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TEN MERRY MONKEYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 690910
Published by Mulder & Zoon. Good condition.

Large format board book. Bright colour pictures. Backstrip replaced with green tape. One hinge repaired with green tape. Small dampstain to corner of last two illustrations. Corners worn.

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