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SIMPKIN AND THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER A MUSICAL PLAY
Written by John M. Phillips; Douglas Young.
Stock no. 2115997
Published by F. Warne & Co.. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Based on The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter, adapted for stage by John Phillips, music by Douglas Young. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. 95 pages. ISBN: 072324023X. Some fading to spine. Sticker glue mark to front cover.

MR TRUNK - HIS DAY OUT
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1403365
Published by F. Warne & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 4" x 4". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby. Top corner is a little creased. Fingering to a couple of pages otherwise contents are generally clean.

BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1503791
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1959. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format - 10.5 x 7.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Infant School ink stamp to front endpaper, rear pastedown and one page otherwise contents clean and bright. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Colour sheet has come away from board at bottom corner of front cover. Laminate starting to crack on spine. A couple of light scratches to covers.

FOUR FOOTED FAVOURITES
Written by Mrs. Surr. Illustrated by Giacomelli.
Stock no. 1314229
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paperwraps. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. New staples along spine edge. Covers slightly grubby with light creasing at edges. Some slight colour transfer from the illustrations but otherwise the contents are clean.

TIKO THE TREE BEAR
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 1314123
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Light green cloth with dark green title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations of Koalas and other animals. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page browning to endpapers and removal of a lable to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges, also affecting front cover (including onlay).

BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.75", pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

LITTLE PIG BARNABY
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Judith Brook.
Stock no. 1503553
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

10 bedtime stories, featuring Little Pig Barnaby, Peggotty the Horse, Angus the Scottie Dog and others. Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of pig to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 109 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Foxing, mostly to endpapers. Page 55 has craypn marks to margin, crayon also to text block. Rest of contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped but with very little loss. Rear panel grubby, crayon line to rear flap.

ENID BLYTON'S HOLIDAY ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2114862
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text. 63 pages. Wear to spine and cover edges; a little creasing. Some page browning.

THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MAN COYOTE
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 2114861
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bedtime Story Books series. Green pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 120 pages. A few marks and some wear to covers. Foxing to a few pages. All plates present. Wrapper is grubby with edge-tears and a few little bits of loss.

MY DOG ROVER AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1313846
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Front pictorial board showing 3 children throwing sticks for a dog. A few colour but mainly b/w illustrations including 2 by Wain (one of a hippo and the other of bears). Short stories. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in heavy pencil to top margin of title-page. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

CUBBY IN MOTHER BROWN'S PANTRY
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan.
Stock no. 1313798
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

A Cubby Bear story. Small oblong format (4.5 x 5"). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge worn and rubbed. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

A FRIGHTENED BABY
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan.
Stock no. 1313797
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. circa 1929. Very good condition.

A Cubby Bear story. Small oblong format (4.5 x 5"). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge worn and just a little grubby. Light foxing to contents.