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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330391
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. 6th impression, cheap edition. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents are browned with a slight musty smell else clean. Price-cut dustwrapper (cut by publisher) is just a little worn at spine and corners.

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WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330390
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. 4th impression (cheap edition). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss and small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1330389
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. White (plain) label stuck to title page just above publisher details. Contents otherwise fine.

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330387
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Black boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour pictures throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light marks to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn and creased to front panel which patch of loss to top edge.

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THE TWIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330386
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format, Railway series No. 15. Dark brown boards with orange titles and vignette. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to front cover. Dustwrapper is complete, just a little edge rubbed with a vertical crease to front edge of spine and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330385
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. A lovely bright copy in wrapper which is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of tiny edge tears to rear panel.

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OLIVER THE WESTERN ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330384
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 24. Small format. Blue boards with orange title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0718200284. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed which small edge tears.

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JOCK THE NEW ENGINE
Written by Christopher Awdry. Illustrated by Clive Spong.
Stock no. 1330383
Published by Heinemann. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Railway Series No. 34. Small oblong format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434976113. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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MAIN LINE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Peter Edwards; Gunvor Edwards.
Stock no. 1330380
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Blue boards, silver vignette and title to front. 56 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0718204204. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers a bit grubby. Endpapers foxed, some grubby fingermarks to pages. String binding is loose on some early pages but contents still tightly bound. Some corner creases.

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ENTERPRISING ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330379
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Blue boards with yellow vignette to front and full page colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. 4 x 5.5". Oblong format. ISBN: 0718200225. Spine slightly bumped. Pages 50-56 have vertical creases to centre. Light foxing to front endpapers and light page edge browning to textblock.

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THE BOOK OF THE CHILD
Written by Mabel Humphrey. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith; Elizabeth Shippen Green.
Stock no. 1330377
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st USA 1903. Almost very good condition.

With facsimiles of drawings in colour and with stories and verses written for the pictures. Large square format (15" x 14"). Grey cloth spine, pictorial boards. Containins seven colour plates (three by each artist). Margin tear to lower edge of one text page. Covers are edge worn and grubby, corners are particularly worn. Joints are cracked but the binding is still tight. There is some light foxing but generally the contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of this very scarce item.

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