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THE MOUSEWIFE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1313728
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very 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". Ink school stamps to pastedowns and to title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with new price printed above), is slightly edge rubbed with small chip to top of spine.

BRER RABBIT STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1712646
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. First story Brer Rabbit and the Paper Chase. Edges and corners worn.

WILY FOX AND THE BABY SHOW
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1711685
Published by The Bodley Head. 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format 4.25 x 5.5". Pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Small chip to top edge of front board. Wrapper edge-worn and chipped. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

THE SPOOKY TAIL OF PREWITT PEACOCK
Written by Bill Peet. Illustrated by Bill Peet.
Stock no. 1711642
Published by Andre Deutsch. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American Edition. Yellow covers with black title to spine and picture to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0395154944. Wrapper has small nick to top of spine. 22nd impression. Copyright date is 1973 this edition undated but probably 1980s

THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, slight loss to base of spine. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked and a couple of hinges are cracked, this causes the binding to be a little loose but still tightly bound. Title-page is slightly finger-creased with a tiny tear to lower margin. Contents are generally clean.

GRUNTY THE PIG
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1502893
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Covers are a little grubby with creasing, especially to front cover. Spine worn, staples starting to rust. Contents very good.

THE ADVENTURES OF JACK
Written by Frances Brundage. Illustrated by Frances Brundage.
Stock no. 2114699
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Fair condition.

Large format (tall). Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers are foxed and grubby, with chips and tears to corners. Some creasing to covers. Contents are detached from covers. Small inscription in ink to first page. Grubby margin marks.

THE SACRED BULLOCK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mazo De La Roche. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1313014
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 221 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pastedowns very lightly browned else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is lightly worn.

RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1710936
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Area of surface loss to front panel. Edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks.