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Thornton W Burgess. The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver (The Bedtime Story-Books). John Lane the Bodley Head, 1931.

Price: US$6.44 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st Ed. Light wear to boards with a few minor marks. Content is toned with inscriptions to ffep - first few page area little losoe but attached wiuth some tears

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Burgess, Thornton W.. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. The Bodley Head, 1931.

Price: US$7.73 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Type: Book N.B. no Dust Jacket, Decorative Cloth. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spine. Slight marking to spine. Split between spine edges and front and rear boards, partial to front and from top to bottom of rear board.

Seller: Fireside Bookshop, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom

Burgess, Thornton W.. THE ADVENTURES OF CHATTERER THE RED SQUIRREL. John Lane/The Bodley Head, London, 1931.

Price: US$12.88 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 118pp. HARDCOVER Printed boards. (Uncertain if this particular edition ever had a d/w.) Various marks to external cloth but still tidy. Binding remains secure. Internally, some marks to endpapers, although no specific writing. 3 full page illustrations are not present. Generally clean internally, although there are occasional marks. This is a child's book that has clearly been in the hands of a child. It has been well-loved so isn't perfect. Some foxing to external edges. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **Scarce in the UK edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom

Thornton W. Burgess. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London, 1931.

Price: US$15.46 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In a grey hardcover with black titles to spine and front and a black and blue illustration to front. No dust jacket. 118 pp. with coloured illustration to frontispiece and black and white illustrations to text. The book is in very good condition with just very minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover; the spine is tanned. There is a small bookseller's stamp to the bottom of the front paste down. There is light tanning to the extremities of the pages which are otherwise clean and unmarked. A nice copy.

Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

THORNTON W BURGESS. THE ADVENTURES OF PETER COTTONTAIL. JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON, 1931.

Price: US$19.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover published by John Lane The Bodley House 1st UK edition 1931, illustrated by Harrison Cady, VG pictorial covers in Good+ dust-jacket slightly torn/chipped. Bedtime Story-Book Series

Seller: ROWENA CHILDS, BURY ST EDMUNDS, United Kingdom

Thornton W. Burgess. The Adventures of Reddy Fox. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931.

Price: US$28.89 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1931. First Edition. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial white cloth with black lettering. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Some pages are loose or detached. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with large split along rear joint. Smaller splits and loss to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine, with scuffing and marking to boards.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Thornton W. Burgess. The Bedtime Story Books - The Adventures Of Buster Bear. John Lane; The Bodley Head, 1931.

Price: US$31.67 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1931. First Edition. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Thornton W. Burgess. The Adventures of Reddy Fox. The Bodley Head, London, 1931.

Price: US$32.21 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In a beige cloth hardcover with black and blue titles to spine and front and a black and blue illustration to front. No dust jacket. 118 pp. with a colour frontispiece and 5 black and white illustrations. The book is in very good condition with minor shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover, tanning of the spine and a few very minor marks to the back board. The binding is tight. There is a bookseller's stamp to the bottom corner of the paste down. There is a little light foxing to the end papers, half title, title page and last three pages of text and there is light tanning to the edges of pages, otherwise they are clean and unmarked. A nice copy.

Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

THORNTON W. BURGESS. THE ADVENTURES OF REDDY FOX. THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON, 1931.

Price: US$57.96 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS ARE SCUFFED AND SLIGHTLY EXPOSED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE BUMPED. THE PAGES HAVE AN UNFINISHED EDGE WHICH IS YELLOWED. THERE IS A STICKER AND PENNED MARK TO THE FFEP. THERE IS SOME LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom

Burgess, Thornton W. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. The Adventures of Reddy Fox;. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931;, 1931.

Price: US$61.84 + shipping

Description: Hardback. 7" x 4". Good+ condition. The Bedtime Story Boojs series. 118pp with coloured frotis. and 5 delightful illustrations by Harrison Cady. Pictorial boards with cream background and blue/black illustration.

Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom