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THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY
Written by Barry Cunliffe; Robert Bartlett; et al.
Stock no. 1817863
Published by Penguin. 2001. Nearly fine condition.

From Earliest Times to the Present Day. Black pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0140295186.

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FASCINATING STORIES FOR GIRLS
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson; Ethel Talbot; Mary Shrewsbury; Barbara E. Todd; et al. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley; G.E. Studdy; et al..
Stock no. 2131182
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Jolly Bookshelf series. Yellow pictorial covers, tennis player to front, hockey player to spine. 9 stories and 1 poem. 4 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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JUST WHAT I LIKE
Written by K.E. King; A.R.T. Haverfield; Norman Hunter; Madeline Barnes; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Warwick Reynolds; Gordon Robinson; Florence Mary Anderson; Ruth Cobb; et al..
Stock no. 1317823
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards with cloth spine. A collection of short stories by various authors. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story 'The Little Brass Knob'. Spine bumped. Corners worn. Covers slightlty edge rubbed. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Frontis is part detached at top.

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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 2131067
Published by John Hamilton. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Bumping and chipping to corners and top and tail of spine. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing.

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SUPER STORY BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Leonard Matthews; Richard Stone; Clive Fenn; et al.
Stock no. 2130503
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Anthology of stories for boys, complied and edited by Matthews. ISBN: 0600303101. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a browned spine.

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THE CHELSEA SONG BOOK
Written by Charles Kennedy Scott; et al. Illustrated by Juliet Wigan.
Stock no. 2130310
Published by The Cresset Press. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations. Covers are grubby with wear. What appears to be a damp stain to edge of rear cover. Joints are a bit weak. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - SEVENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Mabel Lucie Attwell; S.B. Pearse; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 2130301
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl giving rabbit a carrot. 320 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; edges have been 'touched up' with colour ink. Uneven browning to spine. Marks to rear cover. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.

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A COVENANT OF SEASONS
Written by Pattiann Rogers; et al. Illustrated by Joellyn Duesberry.
Stock no. 2130133
Published by Hudson Hills Press. 1st USA 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Slightly oblong format. Dark cloth. Monotypes by Duesberry, paired with word pictures by Rogers. ISBN: 1555951554.

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OUT OF THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2129930
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows aircraft. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 5 stories and 1 colour plates by Johns. Front cover is a bit bowed. Spine has a few inch split to one side, with some fraying to cloth; also spotted. Wear and scuffing to covers. Front joint is cracked. Erased doodle to front endpaper, which also has margin tear. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and margins. Plates are present. A reading copy. Printers code is 37.783.

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WYATT EARP A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGEND VOLUME II, PART 1: TOMBSTONE BEFORE THE EARPS
Written by Lee A. Silva; Susan Leiser Silva; et al.
Stock no. 2129560
Published by Graphic Publishers. 1st USA 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Introduction by Robert G. McCubbin. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780971471917. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner.

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WYATT EARP A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGEND VOLUME I: THE COWTOWN YEARS
Written by Lee A. Silva; Elmer Kelton; et al.
Stock no. 2129559
Published by Graphic Publishers. 1st USA 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Including The 'Buntline Special' Colt Controversy and the Evolution of the Gunfighter. Several introductions. ISBN: 0971471908. SIGNED by author, with lengthy inscription to previous owner to front endpaper.

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THE NECESSARY CAT
Written by Nicola Bayley; John Keats; William Wordsworth; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1317694
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word. Poems and pictures of cats. Brown pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744519241. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased to rear panel and ever so slightly edge rubbed.

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