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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1325989
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped with slight loss, foxed on verso.

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EAGLE ANNUAL No. 10 (1961)
Written by Clifford Makins.
Stock no. 1325981
Published by Longacre Press. 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, red, yellow and black decorated covers. Endpapers by Thelwell. Colour and b/w illustrations. 173 pages. Crossword done in ink. Covers edge rubbed and worn at corners. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 13
Written by Talbot Baines Reed; Gordon Stables; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1325971
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1891. Good condition.

Large, heavy format. 3/4 red leather binding. Colour chromolithograph frontis. Numerous b/w plates and illustrations. October 4th 1890 to August 29th 1891. Rebacked with burgundy cloth spine, retaining original title piece. New endpapers. Frontis is MISSING and has been replaced with the plate which was opposite page 1. 1 other plate MISSING (Our British Cavalry). Fold-out plate opposite page 289 is creased. Browning and fingering to contents.

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THE WESTOW TALISMAN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1325868
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Lord Fancis Westow finds it necessary to send the famous Westow Talisman to Egypt by aeroplane... Light tan cloth, brown titles. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with very slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1914
Written by Herbert Strang; Walter C. Rhoades; et al; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325847
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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TOM MERRY'S HOLIDAY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1325839
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem Library No. 6, comprising Gem Nos 812-818. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703000489. Large foxspots to contents else clean. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1826511
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Light bumping to top of spine (minor). A few minor foxspots mainly to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few small chips and tears.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325713
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine bumped with slight fading/browning to top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been covered with a white label with another name and address in ink written on it. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby to rear panel and slight loss to top of spine.

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GARTH ENNIS PRESENTS BATTLE CLASSICS VOLUME 2
Written by Garth Ennis.
Stock no. 1826136
Published by Titan Comics. 1st thus 2016. Very good condition.

From 1975 to 1988, the weekly war comic Battle featured work by some of the greatest names in British comics. Here, Garth Ennis selects and introduces some of his favourite stories from Battle's heyday. This volume includes Fighting Mann and War Dog. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w comic stories. ISBN: 9781782767947. Head and foot of text block grubby/stained. Else contents clean.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826107
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beaver Club edition. Red boards. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. A few marks to boards. Child's name and address in ink to front endpaper (quite large). Browning to contents. A few foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper has foxing to flaps, is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325584
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third (abridged) impression. Spine slightly bumped. Front board is discoloured. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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THE ORANGE BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; Captain Charles Gilson; May Byron; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; H.J. Ford; Cyrus Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 1325524
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1925. Good condition.

Orange and pale blue pictorial boards. 9 colour plates. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn. Cover edges rubbed. Scuffing to rear cover. Name and date in ink to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins, some fingermarks to pages.

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