Dean's Book of Butterflies and Birds by Arthur Groom - 1962

Collins Clear-type press, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1949. No Edition Remarks. 190 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Heavy tanning to pages with visible foxing and dog-eared pages throughout. Endpapers are missing and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Major tanning to text block edges and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and major bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and splitting to joints. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends as well.

Daily Mirror, 1960. Book. Illus. by Michael Godfrey. Very Good (fault). Hardcover. Owner's name stamped on fep and rear end paper. Loss on bottom outside corner of title page..

Peter Lunn, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning and foxing to text block edges. Moderate foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Moderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and waster stains overall.

Paperback. Very Good.

Children's Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 190 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Pen inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

London: Dean & Son, 1111. First. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. first story: 'The Flower Show' picture on front cover: Bobby & friends playing in sea, blue cloth spine. pos and details to ffep. generally clean interior though some puzzles completed in pencil and pen. heavy wear to board extremities

London: Dean & Son, 1111. First. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. first story: 'The Campers' picture on front cover: Bobby sitting in chair reading with friends around him, blue cloth spine. pos and details to fpd. generally clean interior though with some pen & pencil marks. heavily worn boards

Pitkin in association with the Daily Graphic. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained.

London: Dean & Son Ltd, 1959. A good plus hardcover picture cover. A Dean's Little Poppet Series.Cover detached. Wear at tips and along edges. Covers slightly rubbed. Contents have staining from prior tape repair.. Hard Cover. Good Plus.

London: Birn Brothers, nd. First edition. Hardcover. near Very Good. Five stories illustrated in line throughout plus colour frontis. Blue cloth spine with sides of glazed printed paper on boards. Edges are a little rubbed. Contents clean and tightly bound without dust-jacket.