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WHYS AND OTHER WHYS OR CURIOUS CREATURES AND THEIR TALES
Written by Harry B. Neilson; S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 384774
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 109 pages, all edges gilt. Full-page and text illustrations in b/w throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers just a little bit grubby. Front joint cracked. Some very slight fingering to page margins. A tiny nick to edge of rear pastedown. A lovely copy of this attractive book.

RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 384457
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. 1961. Very 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. Cover edges slightly rubbed and spine a little worn. Some light page edge browning and fingering to text pages, corner tips lightly creased. Staples rusty. The ear of the goat is missing and there are a couple of minor creases otherwise the pop-up scene is in excellent condition.

UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 820294
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges and corners are worn. Some grubby marks to covers. Front joint repaired. Rear joint is split for approx. 3". A few b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

GRUNTY THE PIG
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 820183
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1927. Almost very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Backstrip worn, diagonal crease to lower corner of front cover, covers a little grubby. Contents clean.

JENNY THE GIRAFFE
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 820186
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1927. Very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Backstrip slightly worn. Covers a little grubby. A few minor margin marks. Generally a nice copy.

JIMMY THE BABY ELEPHANT
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 820182
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1927. Very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Backstrip worn, covers a little grubby. Staples rusted. A few small marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

CRAZY CHARLIE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 447015
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1979. Fine condition.

Everyone was terrified of Crazy Charlie the crocodile. He had the most enormous teeth and he ate everything that he saw. But one day something terrible started to happen to Crazy Charlie - his beautiful teeth began to fall out... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0905478517. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents bright and clean.

DOLLY THE STORY OF A LONDON MOUSE
Written by Jenny Thorne. Illustrated by Jenny Thorne.
Stock no. 446779
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1984. Fine condition.

There once was a young mouse called Dolly Pocket who lived behind the walls in a house in old London. Sim Twitcher was the mouse she loved - but one day he is caught in a machine - can Dolly save him? Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333371860.

AMELIA MOUSE AND HER GREAT, GREAT...GRANDCHILD
Written by Anne Van Der Essen. Illustrated by Etienne Delessert.
Stock no. 446814
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1978. Fine condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0237449455.

WE HIDE, YOU SEEK
Written by Jose Aruego; Ariane Dewey. Illustrated by Jose Aruego; Ariane Dewey.
Stock no. 383969
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st UK 1980. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Using the animals of East Africa as protagonists, Aruego and Dewey present and ingenious lession in camouflage and provide young viewers with endless hours of delightful seeking - and finding. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout, some easy to read text. ISBN: 0862030099.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN A PIGPEN AND THREE OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Ann Strugnell.
Stock no. 446666
Published by Hutchinson. 1ST 1981. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0091461502.

ANIMAL STORYTIME
Written by Anne Pickstock; et al.
Stock no. 446669
Published by Collins. 1st 1975. Fine condition.

First story is Vernon Vole Loses His Vote. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An anthology of stories. ISBN: 0001381792.