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ELSIE'S WOMANHOOD
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310406
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 406 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing. Front joint cracked. Dustwrapper is chipped at spine and corners and faded to spine.

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THE TWO ELSIES
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310405
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 302 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxspots to page edges. Top edge of textblock is dusty. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss at spine and corners and also faded to spine.

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THE GINGERBREAD BOY WITH ANIMATED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Julian Wehr.
Stock no. 1310402
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1949. Almost very good condition.

Slim format, blue pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. Full-page colour illustration to verso of title-page. Inside front and rear covers are two pictures with moving tabs/pieces. Covers slightly edge worn. Staples rusty. Tabs are very slightly worn but moveable actions still in good working order.

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ELSIE'S FRIENDS AT WOODBURN
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310401
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 334 pages. Spine bumped. Foxing and some corner tips creased. Dustwrapper is slightly chipped to spine and corners, faded to spine.

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THE SEVEN-TIMES SEARCH
Written by Paul Biegel; Gillian Hume. Illustrated by Van Wely.
Stock no. 1807417
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in Holland in 1967. English version by Hume and Biegel. Red boards, black title to spine. 198 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460057944. Foxing to text block and prelims. Surface paper loss to front endpaper where a label has been removed and some of the label remains. A few grubby marks to contents. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, is browned at spine and slightly grubby. A good copy in a scarce dustwrapper. Musty odour present.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 1708322
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Wrapper a little grubby with 1" closed tear.

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WILLIAM THE SHOWMAN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1310319
Published by George Newnes Limited. 10th 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. A few tiny spots to covers. Name and address in biro on front endpaper. Foxing to page edges/margins. Large vertical tear to page 238 repaired with tape. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to spine with chipping at top and tail.

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KIM
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1310314
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers. Gilt title to spine and gilt elephant head vignette to front cover. 413 pages, top edge gilt. B/w photo plates. 8 x 5.25 inches. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of very small marks to front cover. Name to half-title, foxing throughout else contents clean. With extremely scarce dustwrapper with six shillings printed to bottom of spine and 14 titles listed as "uniform editions" on rear panel. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and worn at spine and corners, there is a large closed tear across the front panel. A nice copy in a decent and extremely rare dustwrapper.

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THE ADVENTURES OF LARRY THE LAMB - MR. NOAH'S HOLIDAY
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1401614
Published by George Lapworth & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. B/w text illustrations throughout. Toy town series number 4. 18 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. A little surface paper damage to front cover. Small tears to top and bottom of spine. Tiny piece missing from bottom of front cover. Some creasing to contents which are generally clean.

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TUMBLEDOWN DICK
Written by Howard Spring. Illustrated by Steven Spurrier.
Stock no. 2111002
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 3rd 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. All People and No Plot. Some fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks. Wrapper is torn and chipped with creasing and marks; some loss.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 2110956
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Some page browning and foxing. Only titles of original wrapper are left and pasted onto homemade brown paper 'wrapper'.

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