CATHARINE SUSAN'S LITTLE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 2112021
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Book is 'bound' together with thick string that goes through each page and is tied at spine; this has caused some tearing to cover; splits to top and tail of spine. Foxing and creasing to covers and pages internally. Inscription in ink to verso of front cover. Illustrations are still nice and bright!

Price: £75.00 £56.25.

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BILLY RUDDYLOX AN ANCIENT BRITISH BOY
Written by Lilly Schofield. Illustrated by Lily Schofield.
Stock no. 2112018
Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

Very small format. 5.25 x 3.25". Beige cloth with black title to spine, vignette of red-haired boy to front. 89 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few light margin marks and foxspots. All plates present.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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NIBS
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Mary Gardiner.
Stock no. 1311133
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, red title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Endpapers browned. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn with quite a bit of loss and tape repairs on verso, spine of wrapper is faded.

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THE ELEPHANT WAR
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1401947
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to bottom of boards. Bottom edge of text block marked (possibly damp) which also affects bottom corners of some pages. Endpapers browned. Foxing mostly to prelims and page edges. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears. Spine and edges are browned. Rear panel is grubby. Damp staining to bottom - more noticeable on verso which is heavily foxed.

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DARK VISITOR
Written by Madsen Pirie.
Stock no. 1501648
Published by Arctic Fox Books. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blacker than the night itself, the ship from deep space bears a single occupant: a sleeping boy. Black boards, silver title to spine. 139 pages. ISBN: 9780955584411. A lovely copy.

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GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL
Written by May Baldwin. Illustrated by A.S. Boyd.
Stock no. 1311119
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1927. Good condition.

Green cloth with dark green titles and vignettes. B/w frontis. 311 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, pale foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present and has name and address written in biro on verso. Hinge between frontis and endpaper cracked, rear joint partly cracked. Endpapers browned.

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A THRILLING TERM AT JANEWAYS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1311117
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Some slight wrinkling of cloth. Spine slightly faded. Foxspots and a small grubby mark to textblock. New Era Series dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with new price printed above, is edge worn with slight loss and a tape repair to base of spine on verso.

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THE GIRLS OF ROCKLANDS SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 1311116
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1930. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

First part of "Jen Of The Abbey School". Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. 91 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine bumped. Spine and cover edges grubby. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Front free-endpaper removed. Some light fingering else contents clean. Dustwrapper has substantial loss, is very grubby and creased.

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THE STORY OF THE NIBBLER FAMILY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311100
Almost very good condition.

Holborn Series. Pictorial paperwraps. 8 pages with 4 colour text illustrations. The story of a family of mice. Covers lightly edge rubbed, rear cover slightly grubby. Staples rusty.

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JENNY'S ADVENTURE
Written by Bessie Marchant.
Stock no. 1807802
Published by I.W. Butcher. Almost very good condition.

Or, On the Trail for Klondyke. Green pictorial boards. Greeen & white frontispiece, 192 pages. Covers scuffed and marked, base of spine starting to fray. Prize-plate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing present.

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THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1401934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Covers a little browned. Inscription in ink to front endpapers. Endpapers are browned. Some light foxing else contents are clean. Couple of pages are wrinkled at the inner margin - a result of the binding process. Price cut dustwrapper is edge worn with loss. Top part of spine has been ton off. Spine is browned and rear panel is grubby.

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THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE
Written by M.A. Titmarsh.
Stock no. 1709053
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1850. Very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. Edges worn, covers scuffed. A few finger marks to contents.

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