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THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal.
Stock no. 1328689
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story about a remarkable cat and the remarkable people who lived in her apartment building; a happy book written by a master storyteller. Orange boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Full page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718819985. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and a musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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THE EASTER CAT
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 1328688
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. Family tensions interwoven with Millicent's longing for a cat of her own. ISBN: 0718818776. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a "Lutterworth Children's Author" sticker to front panel.

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HOLLOW TREE HOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elizabeth Wall.
Stock no. 1328541
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peter and Susan run away to the enormous old hollow tree they have discovered in the heart of the wood. Beige cloth, purple title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing (mainly at textblock) else a nice copy. In white pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly grubby and has loss to spine and corners.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1328085
Published by Lutterworth Press. Fair condition.

In The Little Books series. Pictorial front board. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip is badly damaged with loss. Corners worn. Front joint between endpaper and half title-page is cracked. Some foxing to contents else contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MOTHER HUBBARD AND THE SILVER SIXPENNY
Written by Ethel Talbot. Illustrated by H.K.A. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1328082
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis (not by Robinson), b/w text illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn and some dents to cover edges. Some light foxing and fingermarks else contents clean.

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LITTLE DOTS' DOG BOOK
Written by Gladys M. Spratt. Illustrated by Peggy Lumley.
Stock no. 1328081
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn. Small nick to edge of front cover. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

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HOW GOLLY GREW GOOD
Written by Ethel Talbot. Illustrated by H.K.A. Robinson.
Stock no. 1328080
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Golly is a naughty, scruffy little (white) boy. Pictorial boards. 46 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Backstrip missing. Corners worn. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BO-PEEP
Written by Ethel Talbot. Illustrated by H.K.A. Robinson.
Stock no. 1328079
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

The Little Books series. Pictorial front board. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn. A couple of margin marks and some foxing else contents clean. Front joint cracked.

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BRECON ADVENTURE
Written by William Glynne-Jones.
Stock no. 1328014
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with minimal loss, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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HOOFED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD
Written by T. Donald Carter. Illustrated by Ugo Mochi.
Stock no. 1827981
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three hundred species and subspecies of hoofed mammals are vividly portrayed and expertly described in this unique natural history. Attractive silhouette illustrations. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0718820886. Boards lightly rubbed at horizontal edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present and light page browning. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly creased at top edges.

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ZOO QUEST TO GUIANA
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1327665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the highly successful B.B.C. - London Zoo expedition to British Guiana, that went to film in the wild, and bring back alive, "some of the strangest, some of the loveliest, and some of the most horrifying animals in the world". Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Second impression published in same year/month as first impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and rear edge of spine is heavily spotted. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, scratch and a grubby mark to front panel. Overall a decent copy.

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THE POLE STAR FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1827945
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mike, Belinda and Ann had been ill, and they wanted a real change! So they left their caravans and went off with their parents and Granny in a big ship, the Pole Star. Blue boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 88 pages Foxing present, mainly to text block, endpapers and page edges. Tiny closed tear to lower edge of title page (no loss, minor). Contents browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped at corners.

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