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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1801114
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn, covers browned. Endpapers slightly grubby else contents nice and clean. A nice copy!

BRANDY TELLS HIS STORY
Written by Kenneth Hare-Scott. Illustrated by Nigel C. Mould.
Stock no. 1801096
Published by Peter Garnett. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brandy and the author meet at Battersea Dogs' Home when the author was looking for a dog. This is Brandy's story as told by Brandy to his Master. Green paper boards wtih black title & vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations to text, two full page two-tone illustrations. Boards nice and clean, endpapers lightly browned. Contents fine. Yellow pictorial wrapper is grubby and has a closed edge-tear to rear panel.

WATTY A WHITE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1801080
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Watty was the fat white puppy that lived with Dicky the woolly fox-cub and the little blue girl called Betty... Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper front board. Full page colour illustration every other page. Covers a little grubby and creased. One line inscription in ink to front pastedown. Prelims grubby with a closed tear to gutter edge of title page. A few finger marks present. Illustrations clean and bright.

RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1701043
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Edges are worn, with splits to top and tail of spine. 3 moveable parts are faulty. Top of ladder is missing and red cellophane behind hen is missing.

TUFTY, TEDDY AND TOOTS
Written by Agness E. Cash. Illustrated by Stavert J. Cash.
Stock no. 1801042
Published by Partridge. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

The Adventures of Three Bold Bears told in verse. Small format. Grey paper boards with lilac vertical lines and pictorial onlay to front showing bears coming down the stairs. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations to text. Not paginated. Top and tail of spine worn. All plates present. Centre hinge pulled. '15' in ink to top margin of one page else contents clean.

THE DOG WHO WOULD GO DIGGING
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1201146
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition.

A Blyton Tulip Book. Yellow glazed pictorial boards, green spine with black title. Colour illustrations. Bottom of spine slightly chipped.

SAND HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1201136
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Green cloth, white titles. Doggles, a mongrel, is the hero of the story. Front panel of wrapper is stuck to front pastedown (actually looks very nice).

BINGO'S BOOK
Written by G. Grant Mason; William B. Kip. Illustrated by G. Grant Mason.
Stock no. 1201088
Published by The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Grey cloth spine, pictorial boards. Humorous b/w illustrations with captions. Board edge lightly rubbed. Tiny, neat, faint inscription to free front endpaper. Book plate to front pastedown. Front joint starting to split but still tight. First section of binding a little loose. Spine slightly browned. Corners lightly rubbed.

FARMYARD FAVORITES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1201099
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1900. Nearly fine condition.

Paper covered linen wraps and pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. A clean bright copy with remains of inscription to outside of rear cover.

MAJOR AND THE KITTEN
Written by Helen Hoke. Illustrated by Diana Thorne.
Stock no. 1201065
Published by Franklin Watts. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The amusing story of Mopsy the ragamuffin kitten who quite by accident stumbles into the home of old Major the dignified St. Bernard dog. Delightful two-tone pictures. Large format. Joints slightly split. Wrapper lightly browned at edges with a few edge-chips.

WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1201069
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to title page. Top and tail of spine slightly chipped.

MOUNTAINEERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1201030
Published by Collins. 1945. Slightly better than very good condition.

George rescues Dumpling (the bulldog-hero of the story) from Miss Martha - the "Dragon" - to whose cottage in the Lake District George is evacuated. Large format. Blue cloth, red titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine faded. Top corners just very slightly rubbed. Front panel of pictorial dustwrapper pasted inside front cover. Contents fine.