THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY: TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830962
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nine tales from Chaucer retold by Serraillier in straightforward, modern language, omitting all the rhetoric digressions that a modern reader would find tedious. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 144 pages. ISBN: 0722655312. Boards clean. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Small brown mark to half-title page and title page vertical edge. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, a little grubby/scuffed and has a few closed tears to top rear edge.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.

THE DOLL'S HOUSE
Written by Lothar Meggendorfer. Illustrated by Lothar Meggendorfer.
Stock no. 1330357
Published by Kestrel Books. 1982. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the Antique Pop-Up Book. The book unfolds to over four feet, revealing five old-fashioned domestic scenes connected by doors which open and close. Size when closed is 8.5 x 10". ISBN: 0722655347. Fading to cover edges and edges slightly rubbed. Small mark to rear cover.

THE THORNY PARADISE
Written by Edward Blishen.
Stock no. 1329199
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Writers on writing for children. Essays by distinguished writers on their craft or on special aspects of it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0722654634. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning and foxing. Small, light mark to rear free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is just a little yellowed and edge rubbed.

A PECULIAR GIFT
Written by Lance Salway.
Stock no. 1328870
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children. Selected and Introduced by Lance Salway. Beige/olive boards, purple title to spine. B/w illustrations. 572 pages including index. ISBN: 0722651406. Spine bumped. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed and partially stained. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.

THE BABY'S CATALOGUE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328768
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The lives of five families through the course of a day - and a night - showing a vast array of baby paraphernalia. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bold, easy to read text. ISBN: 0722657773. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with very slight loss to top of spine.

THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Written by Franz Bonn. Illustrated by Franz Bonn.
Stock no. 1328391
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1878 antique pop-up book. Contain 4 pop-up scenes of theatre stage and characters from fairy tales. ISBN: 0722655363. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of tiny scuff marks to lower edge of front cover. Some slight creasing to rear pastedown (binding error).

THE GREAT MENAGERIE AN ADAPTION OF THE ANTIQUE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328390
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin. 1979. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 6 pop-up pages. ISBN: 0722656483. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Colour from the small cloth tabs has transferred to the pages.

THE SLY CORMORANT AND THE FISHES
Written by Aesop; Brian Patten. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325013
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Adaptations into poetry of the Aesop Fables. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Superb colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722653603. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

THE ROBIN AND THE WREN
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 2139971
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of the authors poems. Pictorial boards. Brown endpapers. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0722650086. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine; a few nicks to edges.

THE MAGIC JACKET
Written by Nicholas Brennan. Illustrated by Nicholas Brennan.
Stock no. 2135935
Published by Kestrel Books. 1ST 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072265085X. Bumping to spine; some marks to covers. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and loss to top edge of front panel; some tape repairs to verso.

COME HITHER VOLUME II
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Diana Bloomfield.
Stock no. 2118036
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of poems. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w wood engravings to text. ISBN: 0722654715. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine and edges; some foxing.