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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1324390
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Grey boards with pale brown vignette and titles. Also contains: ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight browning to spine and cover edges. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss and a bit grubby.

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CALICO THE WONDER HORSE OR THE SAGA OF STEWY SLINKER
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 1324387
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red pictorial cardwrap. B/w illustrations throughout in strip format. 5 x 8". Covers edge worn and foxed. A few pin holes to front cover affecting preliminary pages. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF GENTLE JACK AND LORD BUMBLEBEE
Written by George Sand; Gela Jacobson. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 1324378
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Told in English for the first time. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 74 pages. ISBN: 0416085326. Contents are fine. Spine and corners are bumped and slightly worn.

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FAVOURITES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324372
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Fine condition.

A rag book. Small format 5 x 4". Pictorial covers, chick to front, goat kid to rear. 2 cloth leaves plus inside of covers gives 6 pictures of animals, no text. Rag book is bright and clean. Tissue-paper pocket is old and slightly browned/fragile.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324367
Published by Marks & Spencer. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Covers are edge worn and a little grubby. Spine and corners bumped. Name in blue biro to title-page. Foxing and fingering to page margins and a few small margin tears.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324366
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss at base of spine and corners, tape repairs on verso.

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THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324363
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine, damp stains to cover edges. Contents are browned and there is foxing to the top edge of the textblock but the contents are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, rear flap fold has been reinforced with tape on verso.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324361
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Biggles and Co. are on the trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Yellow boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and some foxing/browning.

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THE ART OF TOY STORY 3
Written by Charles Solomon; John Lasseter; Lee Unkrich; Darla K. Anderson. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1324353
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The technical challengs, triumphs and emotional hurdles that faced the Pixar team as they developed the toys' new adventure. Oblong format. Blue boards with white title to spine and embossed title to front cover. 175 pages. Some fold-out pages. ISBN: 9780811874342. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top rear edge and a barcode label stuck to rear panel.

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I ONLY HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
Written by Kenneth Williams. Illustrated by Beverlie Manson.
Stock no. 1324349
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Accompanied by his cat, a small boy dreams up wonderful worlds in which he plays many roles - among them the king of the castle, an explorer in a jungle and the ringmaster of a circus. Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Large colour illustrations with smaller b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460061755. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Barcode label stuck to rear cover.

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TOYTOWN... THE WORLD OF S.G. HULME BEAMAN
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman; G.G. Grange. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1324346
Published by Gerard Gaston Grange. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of the stories of all S.G. Hulme Beaman's popular Toytown plays which were broadcast exclusively on its former Home Service programme "Children's Hour" by BBC Radio in years now long gone. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 512 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0953944107. Spine bumped. Front joint cracked. Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn/creased and faded to spine.

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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324338
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front free-endpaper, newspaper clipping referring to the death of Westerman taped to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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