251.
Naughty George
by
Jane Pilgrim
with illustrations by
F. Stocks May
Reprint,
published by Brockhampton in 1959
Paperback.
Some wear to covers.
Pencil scribble on rear cover.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
252.
Never Trust a Squirrel!
by
Patrick Cooper
with illustrations by
Catherine Walters
1st edition,
published by Magi Publications in 1988
ISBN: 1854304623.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Unpaginated.
Illustrations on every page, woodland scenes, animals.
A few small scrape marks at side of spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
253.
Nighty Nightmare
by
James Howe
with illustrations by
Leslie Morrill
1st English edition,
published by Collins in 1989
Laminated pictorial covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
254.
255.
No Ponies for Miss Pobjoy
by
Ursula Moray Williams
with illustrations by
Pat Marriott
1st edition,
published by Chatto in 1975
ISBN: 0701150599.
Green boards with black lettering and decoration.
Old tape marks on covers.
One or two marks to prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
256.
257.
Nobody's Dog
by
Joyce Stranger
Published by Lions in 1992
ISBN: 0006941559.
1st book in Animal Sanctuary series.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
258.
259.
Now we are six
by
A. A. Milne
with illustrations by
Ernest Howard Shepard
3rd edition,
published by Methuen in 1927
Maroon embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
13cm x 19cm.
103 pages.
Pink endpapers decorated with blue line illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners a little bumped.
Gilt on covers and spine bright and undimmed.
A small patch of foxing on front pastedown adjacent to the hinge, no other foxing apparent.
Half-title and reverse of final page tanned.
Contents otherwise clean and bright.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
260.
Oceanography
by
Marion B. Carr
with illustrations by
Sy Barlowe
Reprint,
published by World Distributors in 1974
ISBN: 0723506736.
Golden World Explorer series.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
47 pages.
Bright illustrations on every page.
Damage to spine ends repaired with tape.
Inner hinges cracked.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
261.
On my Right...
by
James Kenyon
with illustrations by
S Drigin
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1951
Dustwrapper heavily worn and repaired with clear tape.
Pages tanned.
Gift label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
262.
On the Farm
with illustrations by
Joan Wilks
Published by Amex Co. circa 1954
Paperback.
Pictorial covers.
35cm x 24cm.
26 pages.
Landscape format.
12 pictures in colour including inside covers.
Small insets on pages opposite.
Short descriptions of animals.
Dated from owner's purchase date.
Light wear to covers
Contents unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
263.
Otter Alert
by
Emily Costello
with illustrations by
Diz Wallis
Published by Macmillan Children's Books in 2000
ISBN: 0330393553.
Animal Emergency series.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
264.
Our Little Neighbours
by
Charles John Kaberry
with illustrations by
Edward Julius Detmold
Published by Oxford University Press in 1938
A collection of descriptions of animals of the farmyard and woodland.
Large quarto.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering and decoration on front cover and spine.
Eleven plates, each inside a grey-green border.
One plate to illustrate each animal described.
First plate ("The Cat") doubles as frontispiece.
Large print text.
Light wear to covers and spine.
Small scrape at base of spine.
Spine strip sunned.
Boards unevenly faded at edges.
Faint pencilled dedication ('With love to Jennifer from Nan') at top corner of front pastedown.
Very good internally, with no marks and no foxing.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
265.
Paddington at the Carnival
by
Michael Bond
with illustrations by
R. W. Alley
Published by HarperCollins in 2009
ISBN: 9780007302888.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Wear to lower right corner.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
266.
267.
Percy's Friends the Mice
by
Nick Butterworth
with illustrations by
Nick Butterworth
1st edition,
published by Collins in 2001
ISBN: 9780007782628.
Percy the Park Keeper series.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light wear to covers.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
268.
269.
Pigeon Post
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
Published by Cape in 1949
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Blind embossed lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
383 pages.
Book itself VG, but dustwrapper in poor condition, with old sellotape marks, all edges chipped and some reinforcement reverse.
Covers clean and bright, some minor wear at bottom edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
270.
Piglet in a Playpen
by
Lucy Daniels
with illustrations by
Shelagh McNicholas
Reprint,
published by Hodder in 2001
ISBN: 0340619309.
8th book in Animal Ark series.
Paperback.
155 pages.
Covers a little worn.
Spine faded.
Name written neatly inside front cover.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
271.
Pinocchio
by
Carlo Collodi
with illustrations by
Charles Folkard
Published by J. M. Dent and Sons in 1957
Light brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Maroon lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
Contents clean and bright.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
272.
Playing it Right
by
Tony Drake
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1979
ISBN: 0001846302.
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Review copy.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
273.
Playtime Animal Stories
by
Josef Kolar
with illustrations by
Helena Zmatlikova
1st Thus edition,
published by Octopus in 1989
ISBN: 1850514402.
Translated from the Czech by Stephen Finn.
Quarto.
White laminated boards.
121 pages.
Stories about Simpkin the Siamese cat.
Light wear to covers.
Endpapers missing.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
274.
275.