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MISS EMMA OF DUSTBIN ALLEY
Written by Isobel St. Vincent. Illustrated by Helen Haywood.
Stock no. 1330462
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Miss Emma was a maiden lady cat who had made a delightful home for herself in a dustbin. Pale blue boards, red titles. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Faint vertical score mark to spine edge of rear cover and light (damp?) stain to fore-edge of rear cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (with 'new' price sticker above) and is a bit grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has tape repairs on verso

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1330154
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book no. 12: Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss.

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A TEDDY BEAR TALE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Miriam Dixon. Illustrated by Miriam Dixon.
Stock no. 1329999
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 4 x 4". Unpaginated. Light rubbing to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents are pulled at staples but are still tightly bound. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and a bit grubby, some marks to rear panel.

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TEENY-WEENY AND BABY BUNNY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1329060
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A Teeny Weeny Book. Very small format. approx " 2.75 x 3.5". Green paper boards with red spine and yellow titles. Teeny-Weeny is a little girl. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded and worn with some loss of surface paper at top of spine. Foxing to textblock. Name in ink to top margin of free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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ADVERTISING ART OF STEIFF
Written by Dottie Ayers; Donna Harrison.
Stock no. 1329011
Published by Hobby House Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of antique Steiff advertisements. Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations/photos. The text of the German advertisements has also been translated into English. ISBN: 087588363X. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and verso of wrapper.

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ALBERT POLICE BEAR
Written by Alison Jezard. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1328925
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of Albert and Henry's most astonishing adventures, involving the Queen of England herself... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575019395. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some light fading to cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers. Top edge of textblock is slighty grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly discoloured and slightly browned to flaps.

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ALBERT GOES TREASURE-HUNTING
Written by Alison Jezard. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1328923
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The 12th book about Albert the teddy bear from the East End of London. Albert embarks on his new role as a treasure- hunter, aided by his friend Henry the horse and a metal detector. ISBN: 0575024437. Spine bumped. Damp staining to covers, also affecting front pastedown. Name in ink (and number 5) to front pastedown. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is damp stained and slightly rubbed at edges.

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DRUMMOND: THE SEARCH FOR SARAH
Written by Sally Farrell Odgers. Illustrated by Carol Jones.
Stock no. 1328671
Published by Walter McVitty Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drummond is a long-lost teddy bear who is brought to life by Sarah and Nicholas. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 110 numbered pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Blue endpapers. ISBN: 0949183288. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to textblock. Cream pictorial wrapper is edge creased and lightly wrinkled on rear panel.

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CALAMITY
Written by Camilla Ashforth. Illustrated by Camilla Ashforth.
Stock no. 1328656
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial laminated boards. A sweet simple story with delightful water colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 9". ISBN: 0744525780. Top of spine is quite badly bumped, causing some slight creasing to page margins. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with crease at top of spine.

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THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE LONELY TEDDY
Written by Barbara Jo Sullivan Holst. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328643
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437513157. Some light browning to spine and spine edges. Light foxing to endpapers.

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BAGGY BROWN
Written by Mick Inkpen. Illustrated by Mick Inkpen.
Stock no. 1328632
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

No.1 bear is priceless, the first of a thousand special bears made to celebrate the first birthday of the daughter of the King and Queen of Thingland, and the only bear to be presented to the Princess. But when the big red teddy bear machine at Better Bears Ltd chews him up and spits him out he takes a very different route to the Palace, and along the way finds his real name. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780340932308.

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THE PERFECT BEAR
Written by Gillian Shields. Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1328623
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A wonderful, heart-warming story about discovering what really matters. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781416904403. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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