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FIRST TERM AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 2137440
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, green titles and vignette. Blue and green pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight fade to very edge of a couple of edges. Some light knocks along cover edges. White mottling to pasetdowns at edges (from glue underneath). Foxing and some browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a faded spine; some edge-tears and chips; a few small areas of loss along edges. Wrapper has some tape repairs with magic tape to verso.

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MIRANGO THE MAN-EATER: A TALE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by C. Dudley Lampen. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 2137439
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1947 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2137385
Published by Daily Express. 1947. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps - Rupert running after a tiny dragon. 1st story Rupert and the Top Hat. Light wear to top an tail of spine, which has a little browning. Name/inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. A few marks to belongs to page. Browning to pages, but puzzles are clean.

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RIPLEY'S SEARCH FOR THE SHRUNKEN HEADS AND OTHER CURIOSITIES
Written by Robert L. Ripley. Illustrated by Robert L. Ripley.
Stock no. 2137350
Published by Ripley Entertainment Inc.. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Many lift-the-flap, open the envelope and some pop-ups. ISBN: 9781893951242. One page tab has broken off - but piece is still present and loosely inserted.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2137349
Published by Murray's Children's Books. 1978. Very good condition.

An all-action treasure hour pop-up book. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Six wonderful pop-ups, some with moving tabs. Last pull tab is weak/broken - a few small closed tears at edges - still works, with care! Rest of pop-ups/moveables very good.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2137347
Published by Murray's Children's Books. Circa 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Six colourful pop-ups. An All-action treasure hour pop-up book. Pale fading to spine. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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SNOW WHITE
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2137344
Published by Murray's Children's Books. Circa 1978. Very good condition.

6 intricate pop-ups with moving parts, all in full-colour. An All-Action Treasure Hour Pop-Up Book. Oblong Cr 4to. Pop-ups in very good working order; just a little of the cellophane that creates the 'glass' coffin to last pop-up starting to come unglued. Couple of corners are bumped. All moveable parts in excellent working order.

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2137343
Published by Murray's Children's Books. Circa 1978. Very good condition.

An All Action Treasure Hour Pop-up Book. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 6 pop-up scenes. All illustrations, including front cover by Kubasta. Spine is faded. Crease to Giant's neck on moveable pop-up. Brown marks to edges of last page. A few small edge-creases, but pop-ups in very good working order.

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PARLICOOT
Written by Alex W. MacLeod. Illustrated by Alex W. Macleod.
Stock no. 2137312
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Heavy foxing and browning to cloth spine. Scuff and scribble marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Outer page edges also are marked.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137306
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink, with white tippex fluid marks to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; edge-creasing with a few chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137304
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. NB: This copy has the new style Knight logo to the base of the spine and is contained in a c.1970 dustwrapper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light wear.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1995
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1322772
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 60. 75th anniversary edition. Front cover shows Rupert on winged horse. ISBN: 1874507465. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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