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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403321
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Couple of small indentations to rear board. Boards are a little browned. Erased writing from belongs to box. Some grubby margin marks otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and a little creased with some small tears. Clear tape to most to wrapper edges to cover tears. A few scratches to panels. The front has been leant on to write as indentations are visible in certain light.

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BOM GOES ADVENTURING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403320
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards, colour pictures. No. 3. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Bad bump to bottom of back board which has also affected contents. Bottom of boards a little rubbed. A little browning to rear endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and badly creased with several tears and a little loss. Rear panel is grubby and scratched. Some browning to verso.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BANKNOTE
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1503734
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1948. Slightly better than good condition.

How did it come about that Bunter, never famous for possessing cash, was one day waving a ten-pound note around asking someone to change it?? Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine and part of front cover faded and browned. Covers grubby. Front joint and one hinge starting to crack. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Contents very good.

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BOM GOES TO HO HO VILLAGE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403319
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Bom Book 4. Pictorial boards and spine. Colour illustrations. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed. Erased pencil marks to the top corner of the front endpaper. Stitching to first gathering is a little loose. One hinge a little cracked. A few grubby margin marks otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and badly creased with a few tears. Sellotape to top edge of wrapper and covering tear between front panel and flap. Small piece of sellotape at bottom of spine. Wrapper is grubby and a little browned.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1503728
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1950. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. Covers are grubby and marked. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Corners bumped and worn. A couple of hinges cracked. Small burn hole to margin of page 81/82. Endpapers lightly browned. A few grubby marks and an odd fox spot to contents.

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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403313
Published by Brockhampton Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Spine bumped and worn. Top and bottom of spine missing. Small split between spine and rear cover. Corners are worn. Covers are grubby. Names in child's writing to belongs to box. Small closed tear to the bottom of one page. Pink line at hinge between two pages - probably printing error. A few light grubby marks otherwise contents are clean.

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FOUR FOOTED FAVOURITES
Written by Mrs. Surr. Illustrated by Giacomelli.
Stock no. 1314229
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paperwraps. 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations. New staples along spine edge. Covers slightly grubby with light creasing at edges. Some slight colour transfer from the illustrations but otherwise the contents are clean.

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TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1314218
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Ex-Lib (school) with a couple of ink library stamps to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light musty smell to contents and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut with new price sticker above, slightly edge worn with small piece of loss to base of spine.

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LITTLE MISS PINK'S SCHOOL
Written by Rodney Bennett. Illustrated by Astrid Walford.
Stock no. 1314213
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

The Little Miss Pink Books series. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of paper covering to spine. Edges of rear cover are discoloured. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and erased pencil writing to same. Endpapers lightly browned. Some spotting and other marks to contents which also have a musty smell. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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MY NEW HOME
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1314206
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Orange cloth covers with black titles and picture of house. 7 b/w illustrations. 207 pages plus book catalogue. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Erased pencil mark to front fly-leaf. Contents clean.

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AIR ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 1403311
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. circa 1940. Poor condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles. Pictorial front cover with red title. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Contains 5 W.E. Johns stories. Spine bumped and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Board edges are rubbed. Title on front is partially faded. Marks to rear board. Joints and several hinges are cracked, some almost broken leading to some pages starting to be become detached. Inscription in ink to front endpaper with address written in pencil below. Drawings in pencil to rear endpaper. Evidence of bookwork damage on several pages. Two plates are missing - 1 colour and 1 b/w. Foxing and grubby marks throughout including several pencil marks. A reading copy.

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THE LION OF THE NORTH
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403303
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus. Brown, green and gilt pictorial cloth. 12 b/w plates. 382 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Early reprint - no date. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Couple of small splits to top of spine. Board edges are bumped and a little rubbed. A few marks to endpapers. Rear endpaper is creased at edge. Name stamp to top of half title page. A few foxspots and a little light fingering otherwise contents generally clean. Top corners of a few pages are lightly creased.

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