THE CHRISTMAS CAT
Written by Robert Westall. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830972
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Caroline arrived in North Shields she thought that she had come to a prison. But then she meets her first friend, an old black and white cat with long legs and a bulging belly who changes her life, but not as much as Bobby. Robert Westall is a Carnegie Medal winner. Dark green boards, gilt titles. Wonderful black and white illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0416168221. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Light browning and foxing to contents (mainly to front endpapers). Foxing to top edge of text block. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to flaps.

RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830969
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241891302. Boards slightly grubby. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has remains of old price label to front flap and is lightly rubbed at corners.

THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209019
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards with white titles and pictorial onlay of Hunca Munca to front cover. Pretty colour illustrations throughout. 85 pages. Gift inscription and small booksellers stamp in purple ink to front pastedown. Professionally rebacked preserving most of original spine (some light glue staining to spine edges). Joints have been neatly reinforced. Contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of the first edition.

THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209018
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit was written specially for Louie, the daughter of Harold Warne, who succeeded his father Frederick as head of the Warne publishing company. Louie had told Aunt Beatrix that Peter was much too good a rabbit and that she wanted a story about a really naughty one! The first edition is printed in panoramic form, mounted on a strip of linen and folded concertina-style into a wallet with a tuck-in flap. Needless to say, these were very fragile and few survived. Later editions were printed in the usual small book format. The wallet is covered with green pictorial cloth with a colour onlay of the Bad Rabbit to the front. "New York & London" on rear cover denotes that this is the second printing, one month after the first. Folds slightly rubbed, first opening lightly foxed. Some very slight surface paper damage at margins of first few pages. Covers are slightly soiled. Tab closure and retaining flap intact. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209017
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Dark green boards, white lettering. 85 pages. Colour illustrations. A couple of pages have small marks at inner margins. Stitching showing in two openings but binding still firm. Minor fading to covers and spine, small pale mark to publisher imprint on front cover. Small repaired area to base of spine (professional). Later printed glassine wrapper (possibly 3rd printing as it states "New Books for 1904"), torn with small areas of loss (mainly to spine) and later paper restoration to spine and edges. A nice copy of the 2nd printing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209016
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated brown cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light stain to rear cover. Some light fingering to textblock and page margins A lovely copy of the deluxe edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330824
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2015. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. Books are fine. A few of the wrappers are slightly creased to spines and a couple have creases to rear panels else bright. The paper covering of the box is lifting from one corner slightly. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830958
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Green endpapers. 195 pages. ISBN: 0091801664. Hinge split between page 184 and 185 otherwise binding is tight and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

THE DAZZLE
Written by Edna O'Brien. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830925
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Bullied by the objects in his bedroom, which nag him endlessly, Tim is made even more nervous than usual when, after a bad storm, he has to move into the attic bedroom for a while. Here he meets Mattie. a mouse with a magic dazzle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. ISBN: 0340264918. Boards slightly unevenly better. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few minor marks to contents and lightly fingering from page turning. Still a nice copy.

MRS. FOX'S WEDDING
Written by Brothers Grimm; Sara Corrin; Stephen Corrin. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1830899
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

A very sweet teling of a lady fox with many tails who is a widow. She soon finds herself facing many suitors, most of whom she rejects, until finally she finds one who reminds her of her late husband. As well as being a lovely story there are beautiful illustrations. Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Re-told by Sara and Stephen Corrin. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0571114571. Spine faded. Small nick to top rear edge of spine. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.

HOW RABBIT STOLE THE FIRE
Written by Joanna Troughton. Illustrated by Joanna Troughton.
Stock no. 1830896
Published by Blackie. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

As the leaves fall from the trees and the wind blows colder, the animals wish they had fire to keep them warm. But only the Sky People living high in the mountains have fire, and they guard it jealously. Rabbit has a plan, however: he makes a special resin-covered headdress, tricks the Sky People and steals some fire. A North American Indian folk tale. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0216907071. Spine faded else boards clean. Old price label to rear board. Endpapers browned. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents are clean.

THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209014
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Green boards, burgundy titles and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Textblock is very slightly foxed. Some very light fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.