PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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MARY'S MENAGERIE
Written by Arthur Layard. Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
Stock no. 1315484
Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 44 pages. Mary had a Little Lamb... a Little Bear... a Little Crab... etc told in Rhyme. Spine bumped and slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers edge worn and slightly grubby. New Endpapers. Foxing to contents and a few fingermarks at margins.

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THE STORY OF PADDY PORKIE
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1315468
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1947. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue pictorial boards with white spine. B/w illustrated endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Name, address and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and a few small fingermarks at page margins else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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THE STRONG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1404889
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

How he jumped onto the moon. Part of the Rummy Tales series. Small format, 4.5 x 3.25". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two tone illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Contents detached from covers. Staples rusty. Pale red marks to inside of rear cover. Contents otherwise clean.

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BABAR'S DAY OUT
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1505359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1971. Very good condition.

7.5 x 6". Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Little Babar Books 14. ISBN: 0416154700. Slight edge wear to covers. Book ever so slightly bowed. Original price sticker to rear cover. Contents clean and bright.

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TENREC'S TWIGS
Written by Bert Kitchen. Illustrated by Bert Kitchen.
Stock no. 1315392
Published by Ian Drakeford Publishing. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A story with a quest and a message, and superb illustrations. Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862800065.

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SUCH FUN
Written by Norman Gale; Grace C. Floyd; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2119056
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Father Tuck's 'Children's Own' Library. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations by Wain throughout - all pussy cats! Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and chipping along cover edges. Front board is a little bowed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby marks, mostly to endpapers and page margins.

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TIMMY AND HIS FRIENDS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 1505156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Green cloth spine. Cream paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations of Timmy and his puppy friends. Warne's Cosy Corner series. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers browned, grubby and rubbed in places. A few hinges cracked. Some grubby fingermarks to prelims. Light foxing to contents but otherwise generally clean.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1404566
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Bottom corner of front endpaper torn off. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers. Large inner margin tear to one page. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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A HOME FOR SAM & SUSIE
Written by Roz. Illustrated by Haz.
Stock no. 1314938
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Sam & Susie are a pair of red squirrels and this is their story of how they built their house. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations and b/w text drawings. Covers are edge worn. Staples rusty. Some chipping of paper covering from spine. Some grubby fingermarks to margins but generally contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1504915
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1969. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 34 numbered pages. ISBN: 0723206120. A little bumping to spine and corners. Crease to top corner of front cover. Covers and onlay slightly grubby. Homemade bookplate to verso of front endpaper. A few fox spots to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and foxed.

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THE KNOT SQUIRREL TIED
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1404441
Published by Collins. 10th 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, red titles and picture to front. 95 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Small green pencil mark to rear endpaper. A little foxing to page edges. Light browning to some pages. Tiny ink spots to margins of pages 90 and 91. Contents otherwise are generally clean. Slight musty smell to book. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned and the wrapper is grubby and marked. Verso is browned.

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