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THE PIXIES' PICNIC
Written by Jeanne Farrar. Illustrated by Jeanne Farrar.
Stock no. 1402101
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Nursery Series. Small format (5.75 x 4.5"). Pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Pages are slightly wrinkled. One hinge cracked. A few grubby marks but contents generally clean.

THE COMING OF SASKA
Written by Doreen Tovey. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 1108781
Published by St. Martin's Press, New York. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. American Edition. ISBN: 0718115597. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Contained in a UK dustwrapper (Michael Joseph pub.), that is edge-creased with browning to rear panel and has some damp staining.

DUNCTON RISING
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1108708
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume 2 of The Book OF Silence. Blue boards, gilt to spine. ISBN: 0002239418. A few small marks to outer page edges; some page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.

THE NITEHOOD
Written by Will Nickless. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 1808026
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An animal story. Green cloth with silver title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 135 pages. 9 x 6". Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn.

PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

WILBERFORCE AND THE BLUE CAVE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108570
Published by Blackie. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 021689770X. A couple of fox spots to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly browned.

FORT WILBERFORCE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108569
Published by Blackie. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0216902150. Some browning to wrapper.

THE MOLE & THE MOUSE
Written by Torfrida Oliver. Illustrated by Elsie Mavrogordato.
Stock no. 1709233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. Small format. White pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Colour plates. Corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Wrapper has a few small closed tears and is a little grubby.

IF AT FIRST YOU DO NOT SEE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1807947
Published by Andersen Press. 1985. Very good condition.

Caterpillar searches for something to eat but all is not as it seems... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Interesting colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862640210. Top & tail of spines worn, corners lightly rubbed. Fingermarks to verso of front endpaper else contents clean. Lower corners lightly creased where corner was bumped.

THE STORY OF THE NIBBLER FAMILY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311100
Almost very good condition.

Holborn Series. Pictorial paperwraps. 8 pages with 4 colour text illustrations. The story of a family of mice. Covers lightly edge rubbed, rear cover slightly grubby. Staples rusty.

THE ADVENTURES OF OTAIL AND THE JOLLY HOLLYBOYS
Written by Anne Hope. Illustrated by Gertie Breary.
Stock no. 1310953
Published by J. Salmon. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cardwraps. Blue text. Colour illustrations. Spine is slightly creased/rubbed. Small mark to top corner of front cover. Light crease to lower corner of front cover. Contents clean.

DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON
Written by Hugh Lofting. Illustrated by Hugh Lofting.
Stock no. 2111628
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, purple titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some damp marks to edges. Chipping and fraying to cloth, especially to bottom edge of front cover. Some foxing and page browning, but contents are generally very good. Wrapper is very browned and marked; some damp stains, chipping, with a little loss and tears/creasing.