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WALLY WANDEROON AND HIS STORYTELLING MACHINE
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Karl Moseley.
Stock no. 2115758
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial covers. A chunky book. 18 b/w plates plus frontis. 294 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light scuffing to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing to outer page edges. Light page browning. All plates present.

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ROUNDABOUTS AND SWINGS
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503817
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Three. Red and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 152 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton and Uttley, edited by Bradham. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges, marks to covers. Name in pen to half-title page. Contents very good.

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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

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DIMSIE HEAD GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1503792
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1925. Good condition.

Green covers with black title and decoration to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. 280 pages. Covers are damp stained. Top of spine bumped. Wear to corners. Front cover slightly bowed. Prize plate to front endpaper. Top of text block grubby. Some foxing. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1503791
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1959. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format - 10.5 x 7.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Infant School ink stamp to front endpaper, rear pastedown and one page otherwise contents clean and bright. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Colour sheet has come away from board at bottom corner of front cover. Laminate starting to crack on spine. A couple of light scratches to covers.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1810355
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the past with knights, monks, bandits and warriors flitting across the scene. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages, lower edges untrimmed (as originally published). Boards grubby. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some b/w illustrations very neatly coloured in. Browning to text block.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314250
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Seen through the eyes of a child. Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor production. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. A Tuck Book with four delightful colour pop-up scenes. Covers very slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Some foxing and fingering to page margins else contents clean. Pop-ups in good working order.

Price: £74.00 £55.50.

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A PEEP INTO CAT-LAND
Written by Aimee De V. Dawson; et al. Illustrated by Constance E. Howell.
Stock no. 1314249
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Life sketches by Howell with descriptions by Dawson and others. Cloth spine, pale green pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. 32 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners worn. Covers have a few light scratch marks at edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins otherwise contents clean.

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MODERN BOY No. 32 SEPTEMBER 24TH 1938
Written by W.E. Johns; Murray Roberts; George E. Rochester; et al.
Stock no. 1503752
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Weekly Magazine. Paperwraps. Contains Pirate and Gentleman the strange story of Captain Misson from the They Flew the Jolly Roger series by W.E. Johns. Staples rusty. Some damage at base of spine. Pencil writing to top margin of front cover. Browned with a couple of edge chips.

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THE LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR
Written by Rhiannon Ifans. Illustrated by Helen Holmes.
Stock no. 1810303
Published by Y. Lolfa. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Lilac glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862432103. Small holes to board edges else a clean copy.

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THE DREAM DRAGON
Written by Patricia Drew. Illustrated by Patricia Drew.
Stock no. 1810296
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

The dream dragon goes off in search of a friend. Oblong format. Glazed boards. Two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0701150866. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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KING DIDDLE
Written by H.C. Davidson. Illustrated by E.A. Lemann.
Stock no. 1314238
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Hugh and Amy find the key to the lumber-room! Grey pictorial boards. 99 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine professionally re-backed with red cloth and new endpapers. Covers edge worn, covers a little grubby and scratched. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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