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1. The Playhour book of Animal Stories, 1971
The Playhour book of Animal Stories, 1971
Published by IPC Magazines in 1970
ISBN: 0901267058.
Quarto.
White pictorial laminated boards.
69 pages.
33 short stories about different animals, many apparently taken from Aesop.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#103391   £4.00   
2. The Methuen Book of Animal Tales
The Methuen Book of Animal Tales
by Jennifer Kavanagh
with illustrations by Susan Stitt
1st Thus edition, published by Methuen in 1983
ISBN: 0416247601.
Includes stories by Helen Cresswell, Rudyard Kipling, Leon Garfield, Saki and Joan Aiken.
No stamps, some Sellotape marks on back endpapers.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#70520   £5.00   
3. Animal Friends
Animal Friends
1st Thus edition, published by Guild Publishing in 1990
Pictorial laminated boards.
78 pages.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#83173   £3.00   
4. Animal Stories
Animal Stories
by Walter de la Mare
Reprint, published by Faber & Faber in 1965
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Front inner hinge reinforced with clear tape.
A little soiling to edges of page block.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116144   £5.00   
5. No Pets Allowed and Other Animal Stories
No Pets Allowed and Other Animal Stories
by Margaret Dunnett
with illustrations by Peter Rush
1st edition, published by Andre Deutsch in 1981
ISBN: 0233971033.
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Label on prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79247   £3.00   
6. Tulip: The Biography of a Mouse. Volume One, Fairweather Farm
Tulip: The Biography of a Mouse. Volume One, Fairweather Farm
by Charles Swynnerton
with illustrations by Aafke Brouwer
Published by Ramshackle in 1994
Author uses semi-psuedonym "Charlie S".
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#27364   £9.50   
7. Jane-Anne's Story Book
Jane-Anne's Story Book
by Cecile Woodford
with illustrations by Cora E. M. Paterson
1st edition, published by Arthur H. Stockwell in 1966
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
110 pages.
Twenty four short stories intended as bedtime stories for younger children.
Dustwrapper a little edge-worn.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Inscription by author (signed 'from the Author') and a signature on the title page.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#92520   £5.00   
8. The Old Lion and Other Stories
The Old Lion and Other Stories
by Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by Irene Hawkins
1st edition, published by Faber and Faber in 1943
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red decoration on cover.
Red lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges, and slightly faded.
Spine faded.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#68873   £7.50   
9. Animal Fair
Animal Fair
by Aidan Chambers
with illustrations by Anthony Colbert
1st edition, published by Book Club Association in 1979
An anthology of stories, poems and articles about animals.
A few marks to dustwrapper.
Dedication to previous owner on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#70504   £7.50   
10. Playtime Animal Stories
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: low, Confidence: medium)
#103388   £3.00   
11. The 'Q' Plane and other Stories of School and Adventure
The 'Q' Plane and other Stories of School and Adventure
by A. Harcourt Burrage
Published by Epworth Press circa 1940
Paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Edges of page block soiled.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent foxing.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119990   £5.00   
12. Animal Stories from Ice-field, Plain and Jungle
Animal Stories from Ice-field, Plain and Jungle
by Ellen Velvin and N. Fielding
with illustrations by A. E. Kennedy
Published by Blackie circa 1918
Glazed pictorial boards with brown cloth spine.
Covers worn and soiled.
Belongs To box filled in.
Spotting to prelims.
Occasoinal spotting to pages.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#38853   £10.50   
13. The Upside-Down Mice and Other Animal Stories
The Upside-Down Mice and Other Animal Stories
by Jane Merer
Reprint, published by Collins in 1996
Paperback.
A compilation of short stories by various children's authors, including: Elisabeth Beresford, Roald Dahl, Colin Dann, Rose Impey, Dick King-Smith, Penelope Lively, E. Nesbit, Brian Patten and Philippa Pearce.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#66622   £3.00   
14. Skylark Short Stories
Skylark Short Stories
by Jill Bennett
with illustrations by Julek Heller
1st edition, published by Book Club Association in 1979
A collection of modern and traditional stories.
Dark brown boards with gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Book itself VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61211   £4.00   
15. Blackie's Omnibus of Brownie Stories
Blackie's Omnibus of Brownie Stories
by Sybil Owsley
Published by Blackie circa 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
640 pages.
Dustwrapper complete, but worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front pastedown.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#110500   £5.00   
16. Skylark Short Stories
Skylark Short Stories
by Jill Bennett
with illustrations by Julek Heller
1st edition, published by Book Club Association in 1979
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#88118   £4.00   
17. Animal Stories
Animal Stories
by Ruth Manning-Sanders
with illustrations by Annette MacArthur-Onslow
reprint edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1967
Oxford Children's Library.
"A book of true stories."
Prelims marked where labels have been removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#67915   £4.00   
18. Jackanapes and Other stories
Jackanapes and Other stories
by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
with illustrations by Honor C. Appleton
1st Thus edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1937
Duodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
257 pages.
Contains four short stories.
Two page catalogue at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Generally close to 'Very Good'.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106926   £3.50   
19. A Thief in the Village and Other Stories
A Thief in the Village and Other Stories
by James Berry
1st edition, published by Hamilton in 1987
ISBN: 024112011X.
Black boards with silver lettering on spine.
Review copy.
A collection of short stories from Jamaica.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#45756   £7.50   
20. Stories for you
Stories for you
by Enid Blyton
Reprint, published by Dean in 1966
ISBN: 0603032648.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned at edges, and some fingermarks.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#95186   £2.50   
21. Cockle Button, Cockle Ben
Cockle Button, Cockle Ben
by Richard Phibbs
with illustrations by Gladys M. Rees
Reprint, published by Hale circa 1946
Quarto.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
95 pages.
Six short stories.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Colour frontispiece missing.
Five remaining colour plates all in place.
A few light marks on covers.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#107114   £5.00   
22. Two on an Island and Other Stories
Two on an Island and Other Stories
by Ethel Talbot
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1930
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
White and black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with chipping and loss at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
A little foxing to edges of page block.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117280   £5.00   
23. The Girl Guide Omnibus
The Girl Guide Omnibus
by Dorothea Moore
Reprint, published by Nisbet circa 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
836 pages.
Contains three complete Guide stories:
"Terry the Girl Guide",
"Guide Gilly: Adventurer" (written by Christine Chaundler), and
"Bunty of the Blackbirds".
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to bottom edge of covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#100923   £12.50   
24. Toy Town Tales
Toy Town Tales
by Crystal Barry
with illustrations by Mary Smith
Published by Pitkin circa 1943
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
23 pages.
11 stories printed on art paper.
Small colour illustrations on every page.
Book not dated, first edition was 1943.
Boards slightly bumped at corners.
Contents a little loose, but sewing holding well.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#99273   £12.50   
25. Stories for you
Stories for you
by Enid Blyton
1st Thus edition, published by Dean in 1966
ISBN: 0603032648.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
184 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#103200   £2.50   
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