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ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325881
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Noel, Mary and Teddy Bear travel to the Land of Myths in order to hear some new stories. Cloth spine. Dark red boards with red title, decoration and colour onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges worn. Fading to covers and some scuffing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint has been repaired. Browning to free-endpapers. Some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE SCARECROW'S WEDDING
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1325880
Published by Alison Green Books. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Will Reginald Rake spoil the best wedding ever? Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781407144412. Dustwrapper has two publisher stickers to the front panel ("by the creators of The Gruffalo" and Free Poster on reverse of cover). A super copy of a scarce book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1910
Written by M. Bainbridge; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Percy J. Barrow; Flora Waddington; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Robertson; A. Bauerle; et al..
Stock no. 1325877
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Copyright date is 1910. Red cloth spine with black title and decoration. Front board shows a boy and girl leaving church (girl has red and white striped socks on!). Colour plates showing scenes from the life of David. Packed full of b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Tape repairs/reinforcements to edges of covers (tape folded over onto pastedowns inside). Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins. Light foxing to textblock and some page browning. Not as bad as it sounds!

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JACKANAPES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by Edna Cooke.
Stock no. 1325872
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with light blue titles. 8 colour plates. 426 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spotting to covers. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with damp stain to front fold and rear panel is grubby. Loss to top of spine.

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THE WESTOW TALISMAN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1325868
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Lord Fancis Westow finds it necessary to send the famous Westow Talisman to Egypt by aeroplane... Light tan cloth, brown titles. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with very slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield.
Stock no. 1325867
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Beige decorated cloth. Decorated endpapers. 8 colour plates, many b/w line drawings. 278 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Name and address ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with old tape marks to spine and corners on verso.

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BLOBBS AT THE STORES
Written by B. Parker. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1325863
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1927. Good condition.

Title to cover is 'Blobbs Day at the Stores'. Blobbs has the appearance of an English bulldog. Large format 12" x 10". Buff pictorial boards show Blobbs on weighing scales with his friend Sam. Colour & b/w illustrations. Blobbs and Sam get up to mischief at the sales. Covers are edge worn with chipping to spine. Covers slightly grubby. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325862
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Attractive red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 24 full page illustrations in colour, 16 of which are tipped-in to cream paper and have captioned tissue guards. 20 b/w drawings.206 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Plates present and in fine condition.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2010
Written by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1325860
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2010. Nearly fine condition.

The 75th Rupert annual. Celebrating 90 years of the little bear from 1920-2010, from Tourtel to Trotter. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405252393. Minimal rubbing at corners. "Celebrating 90" sticker to front cover. Contents fine.

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BUNKLE SCENTS A CLUE
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Pamela Kemp.
Stock no. 1325858
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue boards, white title block to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded at top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, two large sections of loss to edges of rear panel. Printed price on front flap has been covered with a 'new' price sticker (showing 60p 12s).

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BUNKLE AND BELINDA
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1325857
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black title label and author name to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and a Xmas sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. Very pale foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, has a couple of small biro marks to rear panel and a large tear to top edge of front panel (which has been repaired using a white label on verso).

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MORTAL ENGINES
Written by Philip Reeve.
Stock no. 1325853
Published by Scholastic Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Introducing us to a world where cities have had to tear themselves up by the roots in order to survive... Red boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0439993458. SIGNED by the author on a sticker which is loosely inserted in the book. Minimal bumping to spine else fine.

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