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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1304910
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine bumped and faded. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss at top edges and is a little worn at corners.

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KATTIE OF THE BALKANS
Written by F.O.H. Nash. Illustrated by J.M. Pollock.
Stock no. 1304903
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

An amazing adventure in which Bunnie is mistaken for Kattie and is taken far away into the wilds of Silaria, captive in a strange land. Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few hinges are cracked but contents tight and clean.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1703639
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, pink pictorial boards, front shows Noddy in an aeroplane. Colour illustrated endpapers and text illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. First story "A Horrid Little Trick". 10 x 8.5". Corners bumped. Belongs to box clean. Price-cut wrapper has some closed tears and edge-chipping.

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TORRIDONS' SURPRISE
Written by Marie Muir.
Stock no. 1304896
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jan Torridon is packed off on an 'exchange' visit to a family in Vienna. Pink boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Very slight bumping to spine and a tiny dent/hole to centre of spine. Joints just starting to crack. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge worn with a couple of very small closed edge tears and rear panel is a little grubby.

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MY SECOND BOOK
Written by Emilie Poulsson; William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson; Margaret Clayton; C.F. Newall.
Stock no. 1304877
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing children with dog. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story is David Livingstone and the Lion. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few tiny bookworm holes to front cover, affecting first 16 pages. Some foxing. Rusty staples can be seen at front joint.

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THE MASTER OF THE FALLEN CHAIRS
Written by H.M.Enry Porter.
Stock no. 1304866
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Iggy Ma-Tuu Clava and Kim must discover the secrets of the curse which lies in a painting by the Master of the Fallen Chairs.... Black boards with gilt titles and vignettes. 374 pages. Blue endpapers. ISBN: 9781846166242. SIGNED by author to title page along with a short hand-written extract and a large doodle of a spider ghost.

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WILIAM, THE WIZARD WHO WASN'T
Written by Irena Sibley. Illustrated by Irena Sibley.
Stock no. 1804135
Published by The Five Mile Press. 1st thus 1989. Fine condition.

William Wishwell was a wizard because, as far back as anyone could possibly recall, the boys in the Wishwell family had always been wizards... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 38 pages. ISBN: 086788195X.

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SPRING-HEELED JACK
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by David Mostyn.
Stock no. 1804085
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1989. Fine condition.

A Story of Bravery and Evil. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w text illustrations throughout. 112 pages. ISBN: 0385269757. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CALENDAR WOOD
Written by Ann Emmons. Illustrated by Ann Emmons.
Stock no. 1304794
Published by Wayfarer Books. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Each month of the year has its own poem and story in harmony with the ever changing woodland. Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952166313. SIGNED by the author (with dedication to Wendy) to front fly-leaf. Minimal rubbing to spine. Some slight wear to wrapper edges.

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BEAR HUGS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1304743
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nothing feels better than a hug from a teddy bear! 9 heartwarming poems. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0416148220. Slight bumping to spine. Some light finger creases to page margins else contents bright and clean. Wrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804001
Published by Sandle's. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cardwraps. 8 unnumbered pages each with a colour illustration and text below. Staple binding. Covers a little grubby. Contents fine.

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THE BAIRN'S TOY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Savile Lumley; et al..
Stock no. 1304630
Published by The Epworth Press. circa 1924. Very good condition.

A book of short stories. Red cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour plates, b/w and two-tone illustrations. First story is "Spritely The Fairy". Spine is worn with a few tiny holes. Corners worn. Covers are a little grubby. There is an inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. There is some page browning and foxing but contents generally clean.

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