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ORIGINAL RIDDLES IN RHYME
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees.
Stock no. 2124069
Published by Geographia Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Colour illustrations. Some wear to cover edges; a bit of scuffing. Creasing to endpapers. Some margin marks.

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MR. PICKWICK ON THE ICE AT THE MANOR FARM
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
Stock no. 2124067
Very good condition.

Small format. Card wraps. What appears to be a seasonal booklet from Coleman's Mustard. Colour illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted. A few marks to covers. Damp staining mark to corners of last half of book (around 4 leaves of book).

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THE GIANT CRAB
Written by W.H.D. Rouse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124058
Published by David Nutt. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Light blue cloth, with dark blue titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned, with some wear; bumping to base; a little fraying to cloth. Uneven brown marks to rest of covers; corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning.

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BILLY-BOB TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 2124054
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pink cloth, blue titles. Full page b/w illustrations. 148 pages. NOTE: This book is contained in a LATER dustwrapper (c.1942). A little bumping to spine and a couple of corners; a few light white marks to covers. Dark foxing to outer page edges. Later dustwapper is faded to spine, with 0.5" loss to base; some chipping to top; also small edge loss to top edge of rear panel. Wrapper also has some foxing and a few marks.

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JOAN'S VISIT TO TOYLAND AND OTHER TALES
Written by Alfred Freemantle; Sewell Stokes; et al. Illustrated by Gladys Peto.
Stock no. 2124050
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue boards, colour pictorial onlay to front cover. The Uniform Series. Easy-to-read text. NEW backstrip, with original paper spine laid down (browned with wear); New front endpaper. Some foxing and browning. Wear to cover edges; a little bumping.

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THIS IS ROME
Written by Miroslav Sasek. Illustrated by Miroslav Sasek.
Stock no. 1815459
Published by W.H. Allen. 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0491019963. Board edges rubbed, spine splitting but still tight. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Price-cut matching pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few edge tears and tape repairs.

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CHANGES
Written by Anthony Browne. Illustrated by Anthony Browne.
Stock no. 1815452
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"In this masterly book Anthony Browne explores the inner and outer worlds of change, with a spare text and powerful pictures which will be returned to again and again" - dustwrapper blurb. Very large format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0862034353. Top edge of front panel of dustwrapper lightly creased.

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BUNTER THE LION-TAMER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1610094
Published by Howard Baker. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 55. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A split volume - First half of the volume forms the sequel to the Battle Vernon Series, which concludes the dramatic story 'House of Dark Secrets'. Second half contains the opening four instalments of the Muccolini's Circus series of 1936. ISBN: 070300123X. Foxing to outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, with crease to front flap.

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HAROLD AND THE DUCK
Written by Bruce Robinson. Illustrated by Sophie Windham.
Stock no. 1317178
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harold (the dogs) life changes when an egg hatches and a bossy and domineering duck is born.... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747576009. Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to lower cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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VERNON-SMITH'S RIVAL
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1610089
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 54. Magnet Nos. 1631 to 1638. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Includes: The Mystery of Vernon-Smith, The Bounder's Double, The Perfect Alibi, The Kidnapped Cricketer, Rough on his Rival, The Rebel of the Remove, The Prisoner of the Turret, a Double in Trouble. ISBN: 0703001221. Spine and corners bumped. Wrapper is rubbed at edges and faded to spine.

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MY BOOK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Alice Talwin Morris. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1317172
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, red boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn. Rubbing to cover edges and black mark to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light browning to title-page and last text page. Contents clean.

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A L'ENTREE DU TEMPS JOLI
Written by Suzanne Clercx. Illustrated by Josette Boland.
Stock no. 1317171
Published by Desclee De Brouwer. Very good condition.

Songs with music and colour illustrations. Cream cardwraps. Some light foxing to covers and contents. Staples rusty. A nice copy.

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