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THREE CHEERS SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Stock no. 2113351
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth adventure for the Secret Seven - finding out what was behind the drawn curtains of Bartlett Lodge. Pale blue boards, SS symbol. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine is browned, with a little bumping. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a little scuffing and a few small nicks; red marks to rear panel.

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JANE AND TOBY START SCHOOL
Written by Ann Thwaite. Illustrated by Janet Martin.
Stock no. 1502262
Published by Constable Young Books. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt vignette of children. Red, green and black illustrations. Unpaginated. Small dent to covers and text block. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Erased numbers to rear pastedown. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby. Three numbers written to top corner of rear panel.

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THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1311942
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss to spine and front corners, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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ANDY PANDY AND THE GINGERBREAD MAN
Written by Maria Bird. Illustrated by Matvyn Wright.
Stock no. 2113341
Published by The Potato Press. 1973. Very good condition.

American edition. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0879550147. A few grubby marks to covers. Ink stamp to title page. A little foxing to some pages.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2113326
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright colour lithographic illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. A little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to spine - 2/3rds of wrapper spine MISSING; other tears and chips; some with loss. Wrapper is also marked.

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THE LORAX
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 2113324
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 000195458X. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little browning to spine and a couple of cover edges. Couple of small nicks/chips to top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 2113320
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Some creasing to cover edges. Small tear to base of spine. Some browning. Foxing; mostly to prelims.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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CATHARINE SUSAN'S CALENDAR 1909
No author listed. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 2113317
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. 1909. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Browning to covers and internal pages. A little surface paper damage in a couple of places to covers. Inscription in ink to title page. Creasing to a few pages internally.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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THREE ROLY-POLY PIGLETS
Written by Philip Schuyler Allen. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 2113315
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. The brave trio Wee Wee, Squeak and Squeal are bored with their lot, finding life on the farm rather dull, so they go into the big world where they have many exciting adventures and some very unpleasant ones. A few grubby marks to covers. Light wear along cover edges. Foxing to some pages. Wrapper has a few closed tears, with chips; minimal loss (mostly chips of loss to corners); grubby with some foxing and creasing.

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FOX IN SOCKS
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 2113310
Published by Beginner Books; Random House. 1st USA 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Easy-to-read text. Colour illustrations. American edition. Some light wear to corners and spine. Small inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents are excellent! Wrapper has top corner cut from front flap; edge-creased with a few closed tears and nicks; minimal loss.

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THE POBBLE AND THE RUNCIBLE CAT
Written by Muriel Lamb. Illustrated by Virginia Smith.
Stock no. 1502244
Published by Blackie. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pobble and his great friend, the Runcible Cat, had a great many extraordinary, exciting and often quite frightening adventures after Pobble lost his toes... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0216900492. A little bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. Name in pen to front endpaper and some foxing to endpapers. A couple of stains to text block which have affected page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and with small area of loss from bottom of front panel. Labels stuck to verso to strengthen edges. Foxing on verso.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 2113279
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is light edge-creased, with a few grubby marks.

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