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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

THE THEATRE AT WORK
Written by James Cleaver. Illustrated by James Cleaver.
Stock no. 1323703
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 31 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Covers slightly pulled at staples. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

ENGLISH FASHIONS
Written by John Mortimer. Illustrated by Victor Ross.
Stock no. 1323702
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 76. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Lithographs. Name in ink to front cover. Foxing to covers and contents. Ink address stamp of previous seller to inside front cover. Publisher's 'new' price sticker inside rear cover stating 2/-.

THE HOLIDAY TRAIN GOES TO AMERICA
Written by Peter Heaton. Illustrated by Peter Heaton.
Stock no. 1323669
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Baby Puffin Book no. 6. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Covers foxed and edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Lower staple has been pulled away from front cover. Neat name written in ink to front cover. Foxing inside covers. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

SEASHORE LIFE
Written by Gillian Matthews. Illustrated by Peter Parks.
Stock no. 1323615
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 120. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Foxing and slight grubbiness to rear cover. Foxing to textblock. Small booksellers sticker to inside front cover.

DISCOVERY OF THE POLES
Written by Quintin Riley. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323610
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 111. Oblong format, paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers a bit grubby and edge rubbed, lower corner of front cover quite badly creased (creasing also affects first few pages. Contents pulled at staples.

CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS THEIR BUILDING AND USE
Written by Helen Leacroft. Illustrated by Richard Leacroft.
Stock no. 1323608
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1960. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 108. Blue pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. Light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock.

THE HUMAN BODY
Written by Cyril Bibby. Illustrated by Ian T. Morison.
Stock no. 1323604
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 102. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Name in ink to front cover (x2) and to first page. Annotations in ink to some pages. Foxing to textblock.

POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

TENTS IN MONGOLIA
Written by Henning Haslund.
Stock no. 1323563
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1943. Very good condition.

A Youth Edition prepared by Eleanor Graham. The true story of a pioneering expedition to Urianhal, a little No-man's-land between Russian and Chinese territory. Puffin Story Book PS10. Red and white cardwraps. 144 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Small, light damp stain affects top corners of pages, else clean.

THE PUFFIN PUZZLE BOOK
Written by W.E. Gladstone.
Stock no. 1323562
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1944. Good condition.

Puffin story book PS9. Blue pictorial card wraps. Light rubbing to cover edges and rear cover slightly grubby. Foxing to contnets. One puzzle has been neatly completed in light pencil. Front cover detached from front joint (glue dried out) but binding still tight.

ABOUT MAPS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323332
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Puffin Picture Book No. 67. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight foxing to covers and to first few and last few pages.