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HAPPY DAY STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1323546
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seventeen short stories for the up-to-tens. Blue boards. Gilt titles. Two-tone illustrations throughout. 160 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some puzzles completed in black biro. A few small brown marks to page margins. Price cut dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased, tear to base of spine.

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UNSEEN ACADEMICALS
Written by Terry Pratchett.
Stock no. 1323544
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Discworld Novel. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780385609340. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine edges.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323543
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, a little worn to spine and corners.

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FIVE ON FINNISTON FARM
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1323542
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In this exciting adventure, the Five spend a holiday at Finniston Farm and discover the long-hidden secret of Finniston Castle. The 18th Famous Five book. Red boards, black lettering. Black & white endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. 183 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some scuffing to front cover. Endpapers partly browned. A few small nicks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, damp stain to base of spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2019
Written by Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1323536
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a cycling bear! ISBN: 9781405294447. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and a small nick to top front corner else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2017
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1323535
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert on step-ladder besides a christmas tree. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405287579. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2016
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; et al..
Stock no. 1323530
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and friends on the water, with picnic baskets. First story is 'Rupert and the Iceberg' from the 1986 annual. ISBN: 9781405283519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2016
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; et al..
Stock no. 1323529
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and friends on the water, with picnic baskets. First story is 'Rupert and the Iceberg' from the 1986 annual. ISBN: 9781405283519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2016
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; et al..
Stock no. 1323528
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and friends on the water, with picnic baskets. First story is 'Rupert and the Iceberg' from the 1986 annual. ISBN: 9781405283519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323527
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"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 Angel & Child plate facing page 19. This was Dorothy Lathrop's copy with inscribed card from W. DLM laid in. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some foxing and slight page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with just a tiny piece of loss to top front edge, slightly foxed and rubbed to front edge.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1323526
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Cloth spine with gilt title, grey boards. 127 pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. 16 colour plates. SIGNED by the artist to limitation page, this is copy no. 212. Endpapers are partly browned else contents are clean. Spine is darkened and worn at top with a small split to front edge. Corners are slightly bumped and worn.

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THE PIGEON ACE
Written by Enid Marx. Illustrated by Enid Marx.
Stock no. 1323524
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to covers. Foxing to contents. One page has a large tear and crease, two others have small tears. Still a nice copy of a scarce book.

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