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AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hug; Margaret Hug.
Stock no. 2139562
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

The story of the Creation. Very large oblong format. Orange cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, corners worn. A few small marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE REPTILE ROOM
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139557
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Second in the series. Three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent and lots of other miseries. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746122. ISBN sticker to rear board. Spine faded.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE BAD BEGINNING
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139556
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 2001. Nearly fine condition.

The first in the series. An unhappy tale about unlucky children. Pictoral boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746114. Very slight rubbing and slight fading to spine else as new.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2139532
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Gilt title to spine. 240 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Bookplate to front pastedown. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and browned to spine. Slip case is very good; a few marks.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE REPTILE ROOM
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139529
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Second in the series. Three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent and lots of other miseries. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746122. Spine is faded. ISBN sticker to rear cover. Page edges are browned, with a few foxspots.

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PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 2139512
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The official sequel to J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan'. Red cloth with metallic red title to spine and vignette of Peter pan to front cover. B/w illustrations. Return to Neverland for an adventure you will never forget! ISBN: 019272620X. SIGNED by author to page between half-title and title page. A couple of small knocks to corners, with a few small marks to outer page edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1937 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139510
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

A limited and numbered reproduction of the 1937 Rupert annual. 123 pages. Red cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Red and black illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0850791650. Some fading to base of spine. This is Copy No. 13383. Wraparound band is still present - very good - some chipping and wear along edges; a bit of fading to spine.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2139508
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Limited edition of 68 Signed and Numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper. SIGNED by author to prelim page, this is Copy No. 59. Some light wear and fading to covers. There are some page edges which are ragged, with grubby marks and a few nicks/chips, where page edges were not fully cut. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some marks and nicks and chips; grubby/marked to spine.

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UNDER THE STARS
Written by Richard Paterson. Illustrated by Sylvia Green.
Stock no. 1322924
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

First broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for Christmas 1947. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light fading and foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and last few pages.

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THE SCARECROW AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322912
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes The Lovely Myfanwy and Broomsticks. Yellow cloth with light blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby to rear panel.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322911
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 397 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Spine bumped with some fading. Light foxing to textblock and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to lower edge of rear panel has been repaired on verso.

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THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322910
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Spine bumped. Some foxing and a few other marks to covers. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and faded to spine.

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