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U.S.A. THE STORY OF AMERICA
Written by Hazel H. Hallinan. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323951
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 23. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed/lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Front cover is detached and slightly edge chipped. Covers lightly foxed. Light page browning else contents clean.

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MARVELLOUS MODELS AND MODELS TO MAKE
Written by W.J. Bassett-Lowke. Illustrated by Paul B. Mann.
Stock no. 1323949
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 19. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Some light creasing to inner margins.

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BIRDS OF THE VILLAGE
Written by James Fisher. Illustrated by P.F. Millard.
Stock no. 1323945
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 20. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Initials in ink to front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Remains of a label to inside of front cover. Small chip to lower edge of front cover and a tiny nick to same area of first page (no loss there). Some light fingering else a clean copy.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1323940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Spine and corners bumped. Some dents to cover edges. A couple of light marks to textblock else contents clean.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323932
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write". Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the small image to page 43. 43 pages. Heavy bumping to spine and corners. Spine bumped and some browning to edges. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Written by Philip James; C. Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1323931
Published by The Studio Ltd.. 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Studio Special Autumn Number. Large format. Green cloth, blue titles. 128 pages. Full of b/w photos and some colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby and chipped with some loss.

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THE SCHOOL GIRL'S ANNUAL
Written by Flora Klickmann. Illustrated by Maude Angell; Louis Wain; Persis Kirmse; G.L. Stampa; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1323930
Circa 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and horse's head. Title on front cover reads School Girl's Stories. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Includes two articles and b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Damp stain to base of spine and affecting lower inner corners of covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear free-endpaper. Some light browning and foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to lower edges and some other marks, loss at edges.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323923
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Spine and corners bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is very edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine. Last title listed on rear panel of wrapper is Biggles Flies to Work.

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BIGGLES OF 266
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323920
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 183 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to rear cover. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with slight loss to top and tail of spin. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1323913
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1947. Good condition.

Red boards, front covers shows biplane flying over Oslo. 6 b/w full-page illustrations. Spine is split at top and tail. A few light foxspots and a small mark to lower edges of textblock else contents clean.

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ROSANNA JOINS THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323912
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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NO CASTANETS AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323906
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some marks to rear cover. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, is a little grubby to rear panel and slightly browned to spine. There is browning to the verso of the wrapper.

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