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CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1323046
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0670853054. Spine bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock and page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, faded to spine and damp stained to lower edge of rear panel.

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BAD DAD
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323043
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The story of a father and son on a thrilling mission to right a wrong and take on the villainous Mrs. Big! ISBN: 9780008164652. Minimal bumping to spine. Some light creasing to dustwrapper edges.

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THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1323042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Blue boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page and pictorial endpapers. Small format. Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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THE PEACOCK PARTY
Written by Alan Aldridge; George E. Ryder. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2139979
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Superb colour illustrations with a double-spread fold-out at rear of book. ISBN: 0224015915. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. 'PROOF' stamp to title page. Fold-out page to rear has crease along one edge.

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CARROTS JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2139972
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; blue decorations to front cover. 7 b/w plates. Spine is faded. Some marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE ROBIN AND THE WREN
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 2139971
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of the authors poems. Pictorial boards. Brown endpapers. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0722650086. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine; a few nicks to edges.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S STORIES FOR EVERYDAY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Charles Griffiths; Dorothy M. Shepherd. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2139968
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition.

9.75 x 8.75". Light grey pictorial boards showing a boy and a girl peeping around from a door with elves and pixies to either side of picture. First story is "The Star That Fell At Christmas". Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover is a bit bowed. Small damp stain to top of spine. Inscription in ink top of title page and to front pastedown. Some grubby margin marks. Foxing in places.

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THE LITTLE SCISSORS MAN
Written by Alec Buckels; Constance Buckels.
Stock no. 2139966
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 22 numbered pages. Novelty book. On the first and last page there are coloured shapes to cut out and add in the correct places to the illustrations (follow the instructions to the text). Uneven browning to covers; a few other marks. Corners are creased. Cut-out pages are both UNUSED!

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TOM AND THE PRETTY PERSIAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 2139964
Published by Purnell. Circa 1974. Almost very good condition.

A Shape Book. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. Tom and Jerry characters. ISBN: 0361027427. Some wear to covers; small stain to one edge. Remains of old label to bottom of front cover. A bit of creasing.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 2139963
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. A few small knocks along cover edges, with a bit of browning. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some creasing; a few small nicks.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139960
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost 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. Some white spots to covers. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is creased with tears; 1" loss to base of spine; smaller loss to corners; some grubby marks.

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MISTER ICY-COLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 2139941
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 16 short stories. Reprint. Spine is faded and worn. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Foxing and some marks to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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