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THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY AND GILDEROY
Written by Marion B. Cothren; Algernon Blackwood. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Stock no. 2138746
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adapted from Algernon Blackwoods story. Yellow cloth with blue titles and vignette. B/w text illustrations to contents. 35 pages. Some browning to spine and edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and very faded to edges; some grubby marks; edge-tears and nicks; foxing in places; some loss to top and tail of wrapper spine.

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CASTOR: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BEAVER
Written by Margit Raedel; Richard Sadler. Illustrated by Gerhard Lahr.
Stock no. 2138634
Published by Wrens Park Publishing. 1st Thus 1979. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0905778057. 1" tear hole to front side of spine in the middle. Light foxing and browning to some pages.

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WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON
Written by W. Heath Robinson; James Hamilton. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2138618
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with title inscribed in gilt on spine. Illustrated end pages. B/w frontis piece. Valuable reference for collectors. ISBN: 1851457194. A few knocks along cover edges. Browning to outer page edges.

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KATIE AND THE BIG, BRAVE BEAR
Written by Hermann Moers. Illustrated by Jozef Wilkon.
Stock no. 2138617
Published by North-South Books. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1558583971. Some light page edge browning. A few marks to covers.

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THE UN-WEDDING
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2138616
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A refreshing way of discussing divorce with young children. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0679888985. Light browning to page edges.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 2138614
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Spine is faded. Foxing to endpapers. Browning to page edges.

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FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 2138613
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. Circa 1960. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Kingfisher Colour Book. My First Reading Book Series. Top half inch of spine is split with some chipping. First couple and last couple of pages have quite heavy browning. Rest of illustrations internally are nice and bright.

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BEN BO'SUN
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by G.E. Shepheard.
Stock no. 2138603
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1930. Good condition.

A Little Wonder Book. A Tale of the King's Navee. 16 excellent colour plates. Colour pictorial boards, cloth spine. Decorated endpapers. 96pp. 6" x 4.75". Spine has been replaced with paper spine; original boards and contents. Some scuffing and wear to covers. Scribble to a few blank pages. Inscription in ink to prelims. Grubby marks throughout. Some page margin nicks/tears.

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MARCHEN
Written by August Strindberg. Illustrated by Thorsten Schonberg.
Stock no. 2138601
Published by Georg W. Dietrich. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

"Fairy Tales", text in gothic german script. Limited edition of 200 copies. Bound in red leather with gilt title to spine. Green silk page marker. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Top edge gilt. Uneven fading to covers. Boards slightly scuffed, with a few marks. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean, but some browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2138315
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reproduction of the third Rupert annual. Pictorial paper-covered boards showing Rupert waving from a tree. Red cloth spine. Red, black and white pictures throughout. 125 pages. ISBN: 0850791979. Some light wear/rubbing to cover edges. This is Copy No. 02229. Belongs to box is clean! Light foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.

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BIGGLES SEES TOO MUCH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 2138313
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Originally published by Brockhampton Press, this was the last novel completed by the author before his death. This is a Limited to 300 overall copies, this edition is further Limited and contains a hand-drawn illustration to front endpaper by Skilleter. SIGNED by Illustrator (Skilleter) and Publisher (Wright) to title page. This is Copy No. 16. Original hand drawn illustration to front endpaper has been protected by a loose tissue guard. Glue shadows to joints at front and rear (production error).

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BIGGLES IN FRANCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 2138312
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 300 Copies, this edition also has an original hand drawn illustration by Skilleter to front endpaper. The first and only hardback edition. 12 stories, plus b/w illustrations. This is Copy No. 229. Tiny knock to top of spine of book and to wrapper. Pale browning to top edge of rear panel of wrapper. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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