NUMBER NINE JOY STREET
Written by Michael Lynn. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Eve Garnett; C.T. Nightingale; et al..
Stock no. 1324625
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

A medley of prose & verse for boys and girls. Contributors include Laurence Housman, Compton Mackenzie, Hugh Chesterman etc. One story illustrated in colour, packed with b/w illustrations. Cream cloth with blue titles and decorations on covers. Spine and corners rubbed, spine slightly browned. Half title-page is detached at lower 2". Colouring to quite a number of the b/w illustrations. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1324621
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. 24 colour plates. The Sunshine Series. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight damp stain to lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some damp stains.

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ENID BLYTON'S BOOK OF HER FAMOUS PLAY NODDY IN TOYLAND
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1824872
Published by Sampson Low. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. gilt illustration of the toytown train on front and rear cover. Colour plates, some double page spreads. A play in three acts. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Vertical crease to spine and spine lightly faded. Corners of boards lightly bumped. Vertical mark to front board. A few pin-holes to front edge of spine. Joints starting to split at top & tail. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. A few minor margin marks but contents generally very nice and binding is tight. Slight loss to lower corner of rear free endpaper, vertical crease to same.

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THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MY DOG POMPEY
Written by C.B. Poultney. Illustrated by C.B. Poultney.
Stock no. 1324614
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 5th 1933. Very good condition.

The author's life with his terrier, originally published in the Daily Sketch. Charming b/w pictures. Grey boards, black title to spine & vignette to front. Spine bumped and slightly browned, small spot to rear edge of spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1324610
Published by George Newnes. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Orange/brown cloth with cream title to spine and vignette/title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few small, light marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Ex Libris plate to half title-page. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Stephen Reid.
Stock no. 1324605
Published by Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front. 12 plates, some colour. 294 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Frontis is part detached at lower half. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. A few pages (including one plate) have slight loss to lower corner tips. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1324601
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles, vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, 8 b/w illustrations and a chart of Treasure Island. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Written by Johann Wyss.
Stock no. 1324600
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations. 383 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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CHRISTIE REDFERN'S TROUBLES
Written by Mrs Robertson. Illustrated by E. Barnard Lintott.
Stock no. 1324595
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red decoration to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to centre of front cover. 3 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Small white paint(?) spot to top edge of rear cover. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout else contents clean.

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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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