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SCAMP AND CAROLINE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Pierre Probst.
Stock no. 1327431
Published by Hackett's; Blackie. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Hackett's Little Gift Books. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Covers edge worn, some loss of surface paper covering to lower 2" of spine. Names in belongs to box. Some grubby marks to contents. Front joint cracked.

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DRAGONS AT CRUMBLING CASTLE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Terry Pratchett. Illustrated by Mark Beech.
Stock no. 1327393
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

Orange boards, black title to spine. Blue endpapers. 434 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780857534385. Spine bumped. Contained in a black slipcase which is a little scuffed and marked.

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THE STORY OF THE STUBBYDUB
Written by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown. Illustrated by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown.
Stock no. 1327311
Published by W. Westall & Co., Ltd.. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

The Stubbydub is a peculiar creature with pointed ears and webbed hands and feet. Pictorial boards. Full page colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Tear to one of the last pages at lower edge (not a colour plate).

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WIZZIL
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327309
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wizzil is a bored witch. So she turns herself into a common housefly and sets off to Frimp Farm to cause a little trouble. ISBN: 0747550328. SIGNED by the illustrator to title-page.

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A STORY ABOUT DUCKS
Written by Jack Townend. Illustrated by Jack Townend.
Stock no. 1327308
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Small, oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light sellotape(?) mark to fore-edge of front cover. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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PETER PAN & WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.
Stock no. 1327306
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd.. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Treasury of Stories Series. Colour illustrations and one tone illustrations. ISBN: 0907789145. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small foxspots to lower edges of front endpapers else contents clean.

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Edna Cooke.
Stock no. 1327305
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, blue titles to front cover and spine. 8 colour plates. 353 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges and dust at spine gutters. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and page margins browned. Some neat colouring to the illustration on the rear free-endpaper. Pencil scribble to lower edge of textblock. Contained in a good quality PHOTOCOPY dustwrapper.

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THE SNOW GOOSE
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1827696
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This legend of Dunkirk, first published during the grim days of 1941, has proved to be one of the minor classics of the war. Embellished by 4 magnificent full-colour plates plus dramatic b/w illustrations, this is a truly special edition. Royal blue cloth, with white titles amd b/w vignette to front cover. 55 pages. Light fading to top edge of spine and rear board. Neat name and date in ink to front endpaper. Couple of light rust marks to gutter of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly chipped at corners, some scuffing to front panel, rear panel has a few closed tears and is lightly browned. Overall a lovely copy.

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MY VERY OWN SISTER
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stock no. 1327295
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416814506. Spine and corners bumped, corners slightly worn. Some grubby fingermarks to first couple of pages.

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ERIC THE WILD CAR
Written by John Sheridan. Illustrated by Malcolm Livingstone.
Stock no. 1327291
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books Limited. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to every page with text below. ISBN: 0856855138. Spine and corners bumped. Remains of a small label to rear cover, also a few small marks to front cover. Foxing to first few and last few pages, musty smell to contents.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1327273
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and has a 2" split to base of spine. Barcode sticker to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE BUMPER BIGGLES BOOK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327272
Published by Chancellor Press. 1984. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Five adventures of the intrepid aviator! Contains Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter; Biggles Flies South; Biggles in the Orient; Biggles Defies The Swastika; and Biggles In The Jungle. ISBN: 0907486320. Spine bumped with small split at top, Pale page browning else contents clean.

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