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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Margaret Middleton; Florence Harrison; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston; C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1324962
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine with blue title. Pictorial front board shows girl with tennis racquet. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "One Crowded Hour" by Margaret Middleton. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Title page is slightly torn at inner margin. Foxing to contents, mainly textblock.

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THE LITTLE DUKE OR RICHARD THE FEARLESS
Written by Charlotte M. Yonge. Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324913
Published by The Sheldon Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles and illustrations to front and spine. 160 pages. Colour frontis. 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine very slightly bumped. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss.

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DUNDERPATE
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1324903
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Dunderpate is a boy who has a head so full of daydreams there is no room for anything else. One day he decides to go to town to seek his fortune... Striking silhouette pictures throughout. Orange cloth with black titles and vignette. 8.5 x 6.6". ISBN: 0631001603. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing and fingering to contents. Ex-Libris plate (school) to verso of title-page, no other school markings.

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THE ROAMING DOLL
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1324902
Published by Basil Blackwell. Very good condition.

Victoria Josephine is a rather spoiled doll who is rejected and yet finds her way back to a loving home in a rather surprising way. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Striking black silhouette illustrations throughout and on orange endpapers. 8.25 x 6.25". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Some light marks to page margins.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324901
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates with tissue-paper guards. Numerous b/w text illustration. Top edge gilt. Covers are very worn and badly dampstained. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked between endpaper and half-title, showing webbing beneath. Some light fingering but contents generally clean.

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CHOPSTICKS
Written by F.I. Codrington. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 1324899
Published by Zenith Press. 3rd Very good condition.

Third edition. Cream pictorial cloth. 154 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. 1" loss of backstrip to top of spine. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper.

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HEROES OF THE BIBLE
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 1324898
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Arthur Mee's Wonderful Gift Books in the Uniform Edition. Red boards, black title and decoration to spine. B/w Gravure plates with captioned tissue-guards. 189 pages. Spine bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light brown mark to one page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has slight loss to top of spine and is lightly browned.

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WIZARDS, WARRIORS & YOU BOOK 3: WHO KIDNAPPED PRINCESS SARALINDA?
Written by Megan Stine; H. William Stine. Illustrated by Earl Norem.
Stock no. 1825123
Published by Corgi Avon Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Magic or the sword? Whichever you choose, play the game wisely and the glorious legend of the Wizard and the Warrior will live on. A Role Playing game. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0552522848. Covers lightly creased and edge-rubbed. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1324888
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition.

The 6th adventure of the Famous Five. Timmy is in trouble, there are strangers on the island and a secret tunnel under the sea. Red boards. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. 192 pages. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Hand-made dustwrapper (made with remnants of an original) covers book.

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FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1324886
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black titles. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Green, white and black pictorial endpapers showing five outside the caravan. 208 pages. Sixth impression. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at spine and corners.

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THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL
Written by J.J. Llewellyn; Jim Henson; Rupert Brown. Illustrated by Brian Froud.
Stock no. 1324878
Published by Pavilion Books. Circa 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Featuring new art and an introduction by the artist. Includes facsimile booklet of original concept drawings in pocket to rear pastedown. Large format. Cream boards with brown decorations, brown spine with cream title. ISBN: 1862056242. Second printing. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Page corner tips lightly creases from bumping. Dustwrapper is unevenly faded and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
Written by Dan Lawrence.
Stock no. 1324870
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

A fantastic space world of adventure and conflict. Contains seven stories of the Trigan Empire. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600387887. Spine and corners bumped and sligthly worn. Page corner tips are lightly creased. Light browning to page edges.

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