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EVEREST IS CLIMBED
Written by Wilfrid Noyce. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323602
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 100. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Slight wear and tear to cover edges and minimal loss. Margin tear and crease to last page. Staples rusty. Page corner tips very slightly creased.

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THE STORY OF A THREAD OF COTTON
Written by Harry Ballam. Illustrated by Stanley Herbert.
Stock no. 1323601
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 99. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations, lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Cover edges rubbed and corner tips creased. Minimal loss to lower corner of rear cover. Contents generally clean.

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A BOOK OF ARMOUR
Written by Patrick Nicolle. Illustrated by Patrick Nicolle.
Stock no. 1323599
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1964. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 97. Oblong format, colour pictorial card-wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Paint marks to covers and contents.

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HOW PLANES FLY
Written by S.E. Veale. Illustrated by Wren.
Stock no. 1323596
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 94. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers grubby and creased, tear to edge of rear cover. No. 94 written in black biro twice to front cover. Tick marks to booklist inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323594
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners otherwise fine.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323593
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss and grubby to rear panel.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING NECKLACE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1323585
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The fifth adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Green boards, vignette to front cover. B/w drawings. 167 pages. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Endpapers foxed. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is very worn and torn and has large piece of spine missing (lower 2"), also affects spine edge of rear panel.

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THE SURPRISING CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1323582
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Fair condition.

An Enid Blyton Picture Book. Oblong format 7.25 x 9", pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers are very worn, backstrip missing, pencil marks to rear cover. Name and address in pencil to front pastedown. Lower corner of title-page/first text page torn off (no text of story missing). Contents are well fingered but generally clean. Stitching pulled causing contents to be loose.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323581
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards showing Korky with a drum and the mice following. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851160824. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. NOT price-cut. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. Contents clean.

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THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Walsh. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323567
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about everyday things such as school, home, the seaside, etc made to seem new and exciting. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A letter SIGNED by the author is included to the previous owner (D.R. Oldham). Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little foxed.

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FAIRY TALES FROM THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Dora Broome. Illustrated by John Harwood.
Stock no. 1323564
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS59. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Covers edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine. Some light foxing to covers. Lower corner of front cover creased. Pages lightly browned.

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