Aylesbury: Abelard-Schuman Ltd, 1971. First edition. Hardback blue cloth boards, inside the original unclipped dust jacket. Pre-school book that's simple and funny. 32 unnumbered pages. 235 x 205 mm (9¼ x 8 inches).

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1924. First edition thus, as first with Rountree's wonderful illustrations. Green cloth hardback, with black lettering and colour illustration onlaid to the front board. The colour plates include full colour pictorial endpapers.
Including favourites such as, "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse", and "Crying Wolf". Complete with colour frontis and all plates. Has a prize bookplate to the front, dated 1927 - from 'Wyggeston Grammar School for Girls' in Leicester (UK). This school's emblem is also attractively gilt-stamped on to the rear board. 340, [4]pp. publisher's catalogue.. 210 x 155 mm (8¼ x 6 inches).

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1944. First edition thus. Hardback navy blue cloth with gold titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. With pictorial endpapers. Now in Mylar wrap for protection. Unpaginated. 200 x 175 mm (7¾ x 7 inches). Copy-Kitten likes copying other animals and this book contains over forty wonderful illustrations by the talented Helen and Alf Evers.

Paris: Chassaing & Cie, 1905. First edition. Sewn booklet of 20 unnumbered pages, charming colour illustrations, but also charts and phonetic spellings for young French speakers. WorldCat suggests circa 1905. Covers are age toned, and a little soiled. Spine area starting to split, but overall good. 205 x 160 mm (8 x 6¼ inches).

London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First Edition retold by Elizabeth Rose. Illustrated by Gerald Rose. Hardback with original unclipped dust jacket. Very good to fine condition. 32 unnumbered pages. 255 x 190 mm (10 x 7½ inches).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First Edition. In hardback illustrated boards with matching original dust jacket. Very tight and neat, appears almost unread. Angelo is an Italian boy who travels with his family performing gymnastics and walking a tightrope to entertain people. One day he sees a girl in the crowd who is crying, and so he sets his mind that he must do something to cheer her up. Not one of Blake's best known titles, but a fun and colourfully illustrated children's book with a lovely message! 270 x 215 mm (10¾ x 8½ inches).

Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer, 1938. First edition. Very scarce. Small hardback with blue cloth spine. Cover design and 16 beautifully illustrated full-page plates, with gold embellishments, all by Jeanne Hebbelynck. Unpaginated [40 pages]. Appears virtually new / unopened, and is in glassine protection. 140 x 115 mm

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1938. Publisher's quarter blue cloth and colour pictorial boards. Text in English. 39 [1] pp. 365 x 265 mm (14¼ x 10½ inches).

Leiden: D. Noothoven van Goor, 1862. Scarce. First edition. Hardback children's story book based on tales of hunting wildlife. Complete with all 14 hand coloured lithographic plates, with tissue guards. Text in Dutch. Boards are light brown buckram with an embossed design and gilt embellishments. [112] pp. Archival tape repair / reinforcement to the first gather. 190 x 125 mm (7½ x 5 inches).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. Signed on half-title by the illustrator Glen Baxter. 40 pages. 235 x 220 mm (9¼ x 8¾ inches). Glen Baxter's illustrations are infamous. "A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S. J. Perelman and Pulp Fiction" said Mel Gussons in the New York Times.

Montréal & Québec: Les Èditions Variétés, 1945. First edition. Large softback illustrated boards. With b/w illustrations by Jean Simard; 4 full page in colour. Book covers are rubbed and have been repaired at spine. Back cover has a crease. Overall in an acceptable, and clean condition. 55 pages. 260 x 205 mm (10¼ x 8 inches). Première édition. Grandes planches illustrées brochées. Avec illustrations n/b de Jean Simard; 4 pleine page en couleur. Les couvertures des livres sont frottées et ont été réparées au dos. La couverture arrière a un pli. Dans l'ensemble dans un état acceptable et propre. 55 pages. 260 × 205 mm

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1979. First edition. Hardback in original unclipped colour illustrated dust jacket. Comprised of 33 unnumbered pages. Charming colour illustrations by Japanese artist Yasuko Kimura. These illustrations were originally published with a Japanese text by Shiko-shaof Tokyo in 1978. Both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. 200 x 270 mm (7¾ x 10¾ inches).

Amsterdam: J. Vlieger, 1885. Schaars klein boekje / pamflet, gelithografeerde omslag - met 6 gekleurde litho's. 12 ongenummerde pagina's. Goede conditie. 155 x 100 mm (6 x 4 inches).

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950. First edition. Hardback illustrated boards, with black cloth spine. The story of Vladimir Durov and his circus. Translated from Russian by Phyl Griffith. Text in English, with b/w illustrations. Boards and inside pages in a good condition. 128 pages. 225 x 170 mm (8¾ x 6¾ inches).

London: Max Reinhardt Ltd, 1958. First UK edition. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. The author brings the precocious American rich kid Eloise to Paris, and she certainly makes the most of it! Follow her outrageous exploits - most not really aimed at younger children - whilst visiting the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Opera, with her long suffering Nanny. It's champagne and baguettes all the way. With in text illustrations by Hilary Knight. The dust jacket is a little age toned, with a few nicks / tears to the top. Neat gift inscription to front - dated 1958 - but overall in a very good condition. [64]pp. 285 x 200 mm (11¼ x 7¾ inches).

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Scarce First Edition. Victorian illustrated children's verse book [1892]. In pictorial boards, with cloth spine. Beautiful colour and duo tone illustrations by the author - including a half title page, and a frontispiece entitled 'Good Morning'. Has a neat 1894 owner's name in ink to the front endpaper. Some fading to the spine cloth, and some rubbing / light soiling to the boards. Minimal foxing to inside pages, mostly to prelims. Overall a very nice copy. [32] pp. 230 x 185 mm (9 x 7¼ inches).

Strasbourg: L.R.D.L, 1954. Charming colourful embossed silhouette story book for children. All about Fifon the rabbit. Text in French. 16 pages. 270 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982. First edition in this format. Hardback laminated colour illustrated boards. Unpaginated. 275 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Fungus the Bogeyman is a character created by British artist Raymond Briggs. The story follows one day in the life of this fabulous character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. A fantastic pre-curser to the likes of Shrek!