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LOOK! LOOK!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1814644
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. Easy to read text. Bright colour pictures. An animal version of a cops and robbers story. ISBN: 0862647584.

LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.

TICK TOCK THE LITTLE DUCK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123594
Published by Haverstock Publishers Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Small format. A Lolly Pop Book. Haverstock Series. Colour illustrations. Small chip, with loss to base of spine.

PUNKY MOUSE FOR A DAY
Written by John Moreton. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2123590
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, white title to spine and dark vignette to front cover. A mouse didn't seem a very exciting present, but no pet could have been more unusual than Punky. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and small chips and nicks.

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.

MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1316804
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower corner of front cover. Some light marks to page margins and musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with small tears at corners. Small hole to lower corner of front panel. 10 of series 497 titles listed on rear flap.

MASTER MOUSE THE MADCAP
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1507494
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt titles, pale green decoration and large pictorial onlay. 8 stories. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine bumped, wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers a little grubby with scratch to rear cover. Browning to endpapers and bookseller's label to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Just a few marks to contents.

A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1507486
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. circa 1944. Very good condition.

Large format 13 x 10", pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations and short stories. Wear to spine, staples rusty. Covers very slightly grubby with some darkening to front cover alongside spine. Neat, large ink inscription to inside of front cover. Just a few fingermarks to contents.

EMERGENCY MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1609532
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

The mice are taking over the hospital for the night and setting up their own emergency ward. This enchanting story, illustrated with a remarkable gallery of mouse characters by the inimitable Ralph Steadman, will have special appeal for any child who has ever had to visit hospital. Delightful colour illustrations. White glazed pictorial boards. Not paginated. ISBN: 0905478312. Spine and corners bumped; spine a little browned. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page, signature has created imprints on a couple of following pages. One or two minor creases from fingering. Else contents generally clean.

HEYO, BRER RABBIT!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1507449
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Brer Rabbit and his friends, retold from the original. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 10 x 7.5". Red, grey and white illustrations throughout. 128 pages. Top front corner bumped. A couple of very small marks to covers. Just a little light browning to endpapers and light foxing to text block. Text pages clean. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and top corner of front panel. A couple of horizontal tears to spine with a few white labels stuck to verso to strengthen/repair. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby.

APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, green titles, onlay to front board. 34 numbered pages. Small format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723206139. Base of spine just very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly marked and creased.

THE LITTLE CAT BABY
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1507244
Published by Puffin. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670912867. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby on rear panel.