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CANDYFLOSS
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 1312632
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A moving and brilliantly entertaining story of family life. Yellow boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 345 pages plus publisher adverts. Pink endpapers. ISBN: 0385608373. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Comes with wraparound band stating "signed by the author at Maher The Bookseller".

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2114652
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine is bumped, with splitting and damage to top and tail. Corners are bumped and worn. Front joint appears to have been repaired. Grubby marks to belongs to box page. NOT price-cut. Crossword puzzle has been done. Painting contest is clean.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1312626
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176pp. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. SIGNED by means of an inscription in ink by author to front endpaper. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is just a little sunned to spine.

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THE NIGHT OF THE UNICORN
Written by Jenny Nimmo. Illustrated by Terry Milne.
Stock no. 1312625
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A strange white horse appears in the animal sanctuary... Square format. Colour pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0744590728. SIGNED by the author to title-page.

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THE RED PONY
Written by John Steinbeck. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 1312595
Published by The Viking Press. 1st thus 1945. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, blue title label and gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front cover. Superb colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. There are some light fingermarks to page margins and there is a small orange felt-tip(?) mark to edge of textblock.

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PLEASURE PICTURE BOOK
Written by J.H. MacNair.
Stock no. 1312578
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Youngsters' Picture Books No. 6. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps, stiff paper pages with full-page colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty but contents bright and clean.

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ROSS SALMON'S HORSE RACE
Written by Ross Salmon. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1502626
Published by Adprint. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Chip to top of spine. A few small bumps to cover edges. Ink inscription to title page. Contents very good. Book has slight odour.

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THE SAND-MAN AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES
Written by Dorothy Skiller; Allan Skiller. Illustrated by Norman T. Hope.
Stock no. 1502622
Published by Peter Huston Publishing. circa 1954. Slightly better than good condition.

An Uncle Peter Playbook - Series Number One. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations and blue and white text illustrations. Contains 7 stories. Spine worn at either end with loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Centre page is detached. Some foxing and an odd mark but contents generally clean.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 2114541
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Book has been rebacked, with new spine and endpapers. Scuffing to covers; chipping and bumping to edges. Some grubby margin marks and foxin. Damp mark to bottom corner of some pages, next to spine.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by J. Rontgen; R.H. Elkin. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 2114540
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1917. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. Pretty colour pictures, each with verses with music on facing pages. Spine and corners are a bit bumped and worn; some browning to spine. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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JEWEL AND THORN
Written by Richard Poole.
Stock no. 2114521
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Book of Lowmoor. As Jewel and Thorn move towards a momentous meeting, dark forces gather around them. And the ruby crystal stolen by Thorn begins to take on a significance he couldn't possibly have imagined.... Black boards, silver title to spine. 391 pages. ISBN: 0689872895. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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I WANT MY TOOTH
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 2114475
Published by Andersen Press. 1ST 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 184270091X. Spine and page edges are a little browned.

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