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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323543
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, a little worn to spine and corners.

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CUDDY
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1323480
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Ange hears a bell ringing - when she answers it the voice is of a saint from a thousand years ago... ISBN: 0224036874. Slight bumping to spine. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge rubbed.

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COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1824105
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to verso of front endpaper. Small bump to bottom edge of boards. Boards just slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1824095
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. Boards very lightly scuffed, spine lightly faded. A few small marks to contents and light finger creasing to margins.

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SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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CLOUDLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140333
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Young Albert falls off a cliff but is saved by the cloud children! Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224045814. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with some browning; repaired tear to top of spine.

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WHERE'S JULIUS?
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140332
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colourful illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224024116. Spine is faded/browned.

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OI! GET OFF OUR TRAIN
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140330
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224026984. Bumping to spine and corners. Small tear to base of spine. Creasing to front endpaper.

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MR GUMPY'S RHINO
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140327
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780857552013.

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MOUSE HOUSE
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140325
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Easy to read text. ISBN: 9780857551771.

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AIR MILES
Written by Bill Salaman. Illustrated by John Burningham; Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 2140323
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780857552198.

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THE PATCHWORK CAT
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2140276
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

The tale of a cat and his patchwork quilt. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224019252. Spine is faded. Light page edge browning.

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