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MR FOX'S PINCH FOR PRIDE
Written by Frances Clark. Illustrated by R.H. Moore.
Stock no. 2117636
Published by John Bellows. Circa 1887. Very good condition.

Once upon a time the animals thought they would turn civilised and have shops like other people in which they could sell goods instead of prowling about for what they ate themselves... Small format. Brown boards with illustration to front and rear cover. Green cloth spine. B/w illustrations. 74 pages. Covers a little scuffed and spotted. Name in ink to inside of front cover. Contents clean.

BILLY BOBTAIL
Written by Alec Buckels. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314843
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White pictorial boards. Simple b/w drawings throughout. Billy Bobtail is a rabbit. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny nick to side of spine. Covers a little grubby and foxed. Light foxing to endpapers. Name in ink (Alec Buckels - but no idea if this is an authentic author signature or not!) to front endpaper. A couple of page hinges slightly cracked. Creases to some pages from the binding process. Contents clean.

A VISIT TO THE TREE-TOPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314799
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25 inches). Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly browned, light rubbing to cover edges. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded/browned to spine and front panel with light damp stains at edges, wrapper edges are rubbed.

MELVIN THE MOOSE CHILD
Written by Louis Slobodkin. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin.
Stock no. 1314655
Published by Macmillan, New York. 1st USA 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, black titles and vignettes to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal bumping to spine, bump to top corner of front cover. Child's name in red biro to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

TIDDLES OR THE VANISHING CAT
Written by Diana Noel. Illustrated by Margaret Milnes.
Stock no. 1314654
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Large pictorial stiff card covers. Colour illustrations. Tiddles devours a pot of Vanishing Powder... Covers ever so slightly edge worn. Page corner tips very slightly creased. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

SNAILSLEAP LANE
Written by Beshlie. Illustrated by Beshlie.
Stock no. 1504430
Published by Hart-Davis; Gallery Five Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The companion volume to "Romany Wood". Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0247128384. SIGNED by author on title page. Bottom edge of spine faded. Pale page edge browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper has a little edge wear and one small tear, spine is faded.

TIM TUBBY TOES
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by M.M. Rudge; D.E. Braham.
Stock no. 1504423
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Light brown decorated boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 85 numbered pages. Attractive colour pictorial endpapers. The Little Wonder Books series. Top 1.5" of backstrip missing and bottom edge. What is present has possible been reglued. Some wear to corners and cover edges. Marks to covers including stains to top edges. A few hinges slightly cracked. Erased doodle to verso of frontis. A few marks to text block. Most pages are clean.

JOHNNY CROW'S PARTY
Written by L. Leslie Brooke. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2116785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with green title. Green boards, white title and oval pictorial onlay to front. Endpapers are maps of the Maze in Johnny Crow's Garden. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Grubby marks to spine. Browning to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

MR. TOAD GOES TO SEA
Written by Marjorie Beevers. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 2116590
Published by John Murray. 1st 1940. Good condition.

Yellow cloth with blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned. Covers are grubby. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing to enpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

THE MOUSEWIFE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1403797
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red vignette of mouse and title to front. Superb b/w text illustrations throughout. 37 numbered pages. 9 x 6.5". A little bumping to spine and corners. Slight fading to bottom of boards. Light foxing to top of boards. Front board is a little bowed. Foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased. Spine is browned. Panels are foxed. Verso of wrapper is browned. Small ink stamp to front panel.

FRIENDLY ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1504045
Published by Oxford University Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Green Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Some wear to spine and cover edges. Staples rusty causing small marks to covers and pages, centre pages detached. Loss of surface paper on covers alongside lower staple. Contents very good.

THE BADGERS OF BEARSHANKS
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2116106
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of a year in the life of a badger and his mate. Superb b/w illustrations (full-page and to text). Brown boards, silver title to spine. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Bottom couple of inches of spine are faded. A little bumping. Bumping to edge of front cover. Light foxing. Slight musty odour to book. Wrapper is price-cut with browning and edge-tears and chips; minimal loss.