PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1318756
Published by Jonathan Cape. 4th 1932. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt 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. Spine slightly faded with foxspots. Name in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents, especially at textblock.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2008
Written by Stuart Trotter; Anna Bowles. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1318747
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2008. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial covers, with a padded front cover. The first annual by Stuart Trotter. Front cover shows Rupert with an orange ice-lolly. ISBN: 9781405238908.

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FULL OF FUN
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2132546
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Front board shows cat at a writing desk with 3 kittens behind. Colour mounted frontis plate, two dogs playing at the sea-side. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats! 87 pages. 10 x 8". Spine has faded to brown, with some other marks; appears to have been repaired to top and tail at some point. Heavy scuffing and surface paper damage to covers. Corners are bumped and very worn. Joint/hinge between title page and frontis is cracked, showing stitching and webbing. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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THE JACKIE JACKDAW BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2132543
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Off-white cloth with orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations accompany short verses for children. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endppaer. Margin marks and some foxing. A couple of small page margin tears.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1318726
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w text and full-page illustrations. A book written in 1915 "for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing" - A.A. Milne. Originally published in 1917 with illustrations by H.M. Brock. 269 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Frontis is part detached and lightly browned at margins. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318719
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Blue cloth, yellow title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Small date in ink to top corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, tape repair on verso of front flap.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318718
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some very slight loss at spine and corners and neat tape repairs on verso, wrapper has a small/old tape mark to front panel (below "Red) and is slightly grubby to rear.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318712
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Blue cloth, yellow title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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SHAMROCK AND SPEAR TALES AND LEGENDS FROM IRELAND
Written by F.M. Pilkington. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 2132483
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covered boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A few knocks to cover edges. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing.

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FLOWERS TO PAINT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318708
Published by Amex Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations with b/w versions opposite to colour (apart from centre pages which are both b/w). No text apart from flower names. Contents unused.

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THE OLD WOMAN AND HER CHICKEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318702
Published by Darton & Co.. Circa 1856. Good condition.

Embossed red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 4 colour plates (with tissue guards) to include title-page. Half title-page states "There is No Such Thing as a Trifle". 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Darkening to covers. Foxing to textblock. Grubby fingermarks to page margins thoughout. Musty smell to contents (tobacco?).

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.

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