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SAMMY AND THE MOUNTAIN KING
Written by Zacharias Topelius. Illustrated by Veronica Leo.
Stock no. 1826819
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Sammy has been warned never to go near the terrible mountain king, who gobbles up little boys like flies. But Sammy's curiosity to see the giant for himself leads him into an unforgettable adventure. A story of a Laplander. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416506003. Boards a little scuffed. A few pale foxspots and grubby marks to contents.

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STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Charles Herbert. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1826816
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Shaw's Sunshine Series. Pictorial paper boards, yellow titles. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. Board edges rubbed and worn, boards unevenly faded at edges. Belongs completed in ink and dated 1935. Contents browned. Some foxing present. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and faded to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326075
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn, top of spine split at front edge. Child's name in red felt-tip pen to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Price-cut. Magic Painting pages are UNTOUCHED. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Some page corner tips lightly creased.

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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1326074
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and a little edge creased.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326073
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 184 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed and a tiny bit grubby to rear panel, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles in the Cruise of the Condor.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326071
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. 184 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/chipped.

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BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326070
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 184 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Page browning and foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, small mark to rear panel. Last title listed on rear panel is The Boy Biggles.

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BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326069
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 182 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles Flies to Work.

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BIGGLES HITS THE TRAIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326067
Published by Brockhampton Books. Circa 1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Biggles goes to the frontier of Tibet to help his professor uncle discover the secret of the Mountain of Light - a mountain which has curious properties... Blue mottled boards with black title to spine. Hampton Library Series. 182 pages. Spine slightly bumped and covers slightly edge rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and an erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES FLIES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326066
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages. Covers are edge rubbed. Textblock and endpapers are foxed. Flying jacket wrapper is just a little edge chipped, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326065
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Hampton Library series. Pale blue mottled covers, red title to spine. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.

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WILLIAM THE DICTATOR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326062
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front board. B/w illustrations. 190 pages. Abridged edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Pale browning and foxing else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is grubby.

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