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CYRIL AND PAT
Written by Emily Gravett. Illustrated by Emily Gravett.
Stock no. 2140328
Published by Two Hoots. 1st thus 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Colour illustrations. Cyril is a squirrel, Pat is a rat. No one thinks they should be friends...but why not? ISBN: 9781509857289.

MOUSE HOUSE
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140325
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Easy to read text. ISBN: 9780857551771.

TACLUS TIDY
Written by Emily Gravett; Mari George. Illustrated by Emily Gravett.
Stock no. 2140318
Published by Rily Publications Ltd. 1st 2016. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Adaption to Welsh Language by George. Text in Welsh and English. ISBN: 9781849673426.

A HOUSE IN TOWN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies.
Stock no. 2140272
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744507278. Bumping to corners. Wrapper is faded to spine.

ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS
Written by Valdine Plasmati. Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura.
Stock no. 2140205
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some light wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and browning.

THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

BABAR'S FAIR
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 2140106
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

First published under the title 'La Fete de Celesteville'. Translated from French by Jones. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416933807. Some small nicks and wear to spine and corners. Musty odour to book.

BABAR'S CORONATION
Written by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140099
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 3. Yellow spine and rear cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416034403. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light creasing to a few pages.

MONTY WOODPIG'S CARAVAN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140014
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 wonderful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Monty was a Bachelor Hedgehog of settled habits but he was lonely... Some browning and brown tape glue marks to edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All colour plate are present - some browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine; some grubby marks; has been strengthened with sticky tape to edges and folds to verso.

THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1323042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Blue boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page and pictorial endpapers. Small format. Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents else clean.

THE PEACOCK PARTY
Written by Alan Aldridge; George E. Ryder. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2139979
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Superb colour illustrations with a double-spread fold-out at rear of book. ISBN: 0224015915. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. 'PROOF' stamp to title page. Fold-out page to rear has crease along one edge.

THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 2139963
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. A few small knocks along cover edges, with a bit of browning. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some creasing; a few small nicks.