BUSTARDS, HEMIPODES, AND SANDGROUSE: BIRDS OF DRY PLACES
Written by Paul A. Johnsgard. Illustrated by Henry Jones.
Stock no. 1607493
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark boards with gilt title to spine. Colour plates of paintings by Major Henry Jones, from the collection owned by The Zoological Society of London. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198576986. Spine and corners bumped with some creasing. Top corners of some pages have a little creasing.

PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 2117655
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The official sequel to J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan'. Red cloth with metallic red title to spine and vignette of Peter pan to front cover. B/w illustrations. Return to Neverland for an adventure you will never forget! ISBN: 019272620X. 5th printing. Very light wear to cover edges. A little light creasing to wrapper edges.

SEE HOW IT GROWS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Robert Micklewright.
Stock no. 1504788
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

With the help of many drawings and useful information on weeds, soil and plant families, Malcolm Saville shows simply and entertainingly how to avoid the pitfalls that beset the young gardener. Colour and b/w pictures, many full page. Pictorial boards. 72 pages. ISBN: 0192731246. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to lower edges of covers. Dustwrapper flap is stuck to front pastedown along bottom edge. Spot of surface paper damage to rear pastedown where flap has been stuck to it, now free. Contents clean. Clear cover on dustwrapper stuck on verso along top and bottom edges.

HANS IN LUCK
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Felix Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1504776
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His master rewarded Hans for his faithful service with a lump of gold. Happily Hans set off to see his mother after seven years, but before long he was persuaded to part with his precious burden. Oblong format, white pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations, one line of text to a page. ISBN: 0192797077. Heavy bump to top corners affects all pages too. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a tiny bit grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips. Also slightly grubby and browned. Top corner crease to both flaps. Book has been used as a rest for writing, visible on dustwrapper at certain angles.

THE HIDEAWAY-FOUR
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 2117232
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1928. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Giant Books Series. Colour frontis by Sowerby, b/w illustrations throughout by Lodge. Some light bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Presentation plate tipped in to front endpaper, which also has name in pencil. Light page browning.

NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1404139
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1944. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Front joint beginning to crack. Pages are lightly browned. Light foxing mainly to page edges. Dustwrapper is in two halves with the split being at the rear of the spine. The front flap is partially detached and the rear flap has tears along the join. The rear panel is grubby and torn piece of white paper to verso to strengthen it. Loss to top of spine and and front panel.

NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1404138
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1933. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream cloth with black border lines and green swan design to front cover, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth at the top of the spine is beginning to split. Board edges lightly rubbed. Spine browned and covers grubby. Both joints are cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing throughout which is especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.

SONGS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
Written by T.W. Stephenson. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey.
Stock no. 1314662
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloths pine, buff boards with black titles and decoration to front along with a large colour onlay. 20 children's songs set to music. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers just a little grubby. Small chip to spine edge of front cover (small patch of paper covering missing). Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents.

FRIENDLY ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1504045
Published by Oxford University Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Green Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Some wear to spine and cover edges. Staples rusty causing small marks to covers and pages, centre pages detached. Loss of surface paper on covers alongside lower staple. Contents very good.

DIMSIE HEAD GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1503792
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1925. Good condition.

Green covers with black title and decoration to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. 280 pages. Covers are damp stained. Top of spine bumped. Wear to corners. Front cover slightly bowed. Prize plate to front endpaper. Top of text block grubby. Some foxing. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean.

TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1314218
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Ex-Lib (school) with a couple of ink library stamps to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light musty smell to contents and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut with new price sticker above, slightly edge worn with small piece of loss to base of spine.

LITTLE PIG BARNABY
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Judith Brook.
Stock no. 1503553
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

10 bedtime stories, featuring Little Pig Barnaby, Peggotty the Horse, Angus the Scottie Dog and others. Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of pig to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 109 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Foxing, mostly to endpapers. Page 55 has craypn marks to margin, crayon also to text block. Rest of contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped but with very little loss. Rear panel grubby, crayon line to rear flap.