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NODDY AND HIS CAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2118358
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 3. Rounded spine. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front board a little bowed. Inscription in ink to top of title page. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some scuffing; pieces of loss to top and tail of spine; corners; top edge of front panel.

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NODDY GETS INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 2118357
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy book 8. Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Light wear to cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a few small nicks; tear to bottom of spine and creasing to rear panel.

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HAPPY DAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Muriel Dawson.
Stock no. 1404666
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, charming colour illustrations. A Tuck Book Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges rubbed. Paper to top of rear cover becoming unstuck and is slightly torn. Covers creased and a little grubby with large circular mark to front cover. Rear pastedown becoming unstuck at edges. Page edges wrinkled and a little ragged. Margins of pastedowns grubby. Some marks to margins. Staples are rusty.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Blanche Winder. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1505099
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards showing fox in a bucket. 24 colour plates. Sunshine Series. Retold by Blanche Winder. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover ever so slightly grubby. Dated ink inscription to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. Light browning to endpapers. Some foxing, mainly to prelims and page edges. All plates present. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to top of spine and front panel. Spine browned and slightly faded. Rear panel a little grubby. Some foxing.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WILLY AND NILLY
Written by Phyllis Morris. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1315056
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Willy and Nilly are twins. Beige cloth with blue titles and borders. B/w illustrations and 8 colour and 7 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny dents to edges of rear cover which is also slightly warped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Joint between endpaper and half-title is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents and some hinges cracked. Otherwise clean.

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JANE AND JEREMY
Written by Anne Rochester. Illustrated by Anne Rochester.
Stock no. 1505094
Published by Standard Art Book Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A Puck Book. Pictorial stiff card wraps 9.5 x 7". Pretty, full page, colour plates with minimal text below. Damage to card covering spine, quite a bit missing. Wear to corners and cover edges. Creasing to both lower corners. Covers slightly grubby. Puck book symbol on title page has been scribbled over. Illustrations are still bright and pages are clean. Small brown spot inside rear cover.

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THE CAPTAIN'S DOG
Written by Louis Enault. Illustrated by Riou.
Stock no. 1315052
Published by W. Swann Sonnenschein & Allen. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Attractive grey cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Bevelled edges. 135 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Name in blue ink to front pastedown, name and date in black ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to page edges and prelims and a few light fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

Price: £52.00 £39.00.

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HID IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Blanche M. Moggridge.
Stock no. 1315046
Published by The Religious Tract Society. circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges, outer page edges gilt. B/w frontis. 208 pages plus 8 pages publications by the RTS. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light darkening to cover edges and spine. Prize inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Joint between endpaper and frontis is slightly cracked. Some light page browning, foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1315040
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to front cover. 120 pages, edges not trimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine is a little dull. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to page edges. Piece torn from top edge of rear free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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A CHILDREN'S SUMMER
Written by M.L.B.; W.M.C.. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.
Stock no. 1315032
Published by Addey & Co.. 1st 1853. Fair condition.

Large, oblong format (11.25 x 14.5"). Burgundy leather spine, blue cloth with gilt title to front. Cream endpapers. Eleven etchings on steel with paper guards accompanied by prose and rhyme. Spine and corners are very worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Front joint (between free-endpaper and frontis) is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents (affecting plates). Some of the guards are creased. Contents generally clean.

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BONNIE LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Helen Gray Cone. Illustrated by Maud Humphrey.
Stock no. 1315031
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1893. Good condition.

Large format (14 x 11"). Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one with a fan. 6 beautiful colour illustrations plus brown and white illustrations in outline. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Endpapers lightly foxed and pastedowns lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1404639
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The third Big Book! Green pictorial boards, front showing Noddy greeting Big Ears. Blue cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. First story - The Little Clockwork Car. Unpaginated. 10 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small chip to bottom of front board. Board edges rubbed. Name in pencil to belongs to box. A little foxing to page edges. Picture of Noddy and Big Ears neatly coloured in. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears and small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and bottom of rear panel. Spine is browned. Wrapper is grubby.

Price: £56.00 £42.00.

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