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IN THE TRAIN WITH UNCLE MAC
Written by Derek McCulloch. Illustrated by W.C. Watson.
Stock no. 1331044
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 455. Buff pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Child's name in biro to front endpapers. Some light foxing else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and lightly foxed, light biro mark to rear panel.. Tally 130 to rear flap.

THE STORY OF SHIPS
Written by Richard Bowood. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1331043
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 601. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned. Evidence of removal of a label to title-page. Light crayon scribbled to first text page. Contents otherwise bright and clean! Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Creased and grubby to rear panel. This is the last title on rear flap.

A THIRD BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Roland Green.
Stock no. 1331042
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 536. Buff boards with brown titles and vignette of a tit on a branch to front. A Ladybird Senior. Brown ladybird patterned endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine is bumped and slightly browned. Contents are fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, evidence of removal of a small label to rear panel and a small tear to rear flap. Last title listed on rear flap is British Wild Animals.

A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1331040
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1954. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 536. Light grey boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Some pale foxing to covers. Light pencil marks to front cover have been mostly erased. Substantial crayon marks and doodles to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents are clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, grubby and creased to rear panel.

RED RIDING HOOD ALSO GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
Written by Gilda Lund. Illustrated by J.H. Wingfield.
Stock no. 1331036
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072140197X. Covers edge worn, base of spine split. Initials to front pastedown. Some light finger creases but contents clean. Tally 180 to rear cover.

THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1331034
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a log and talking to a lizard with a bicycle. Red cloth spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 158 pages. Contains 4 Rupert Stories: Rupert and the Three Robbers; Rupert and the Little Prince; Rupert and Bill and the Pirates; Rupert and the Magic Hat. Covers are edge worn. Child's inscription in ink to belongs to box. Creasing to top corner of title-page. Page edge browning else contents clean. A few page corner tips lightly creased.

BIGGLES' DANGEROUS MISSIONS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall; Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1331033
Published by Prion Ltd.. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Four of our flying hero's most perilous adventures: Biggles in Austrlia, Biggles Secret Agent, Biggles and the Secret Mission, Biggles Flying Detective. 782 pages. Pictorial stiff cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781853756634. Some light scuff marks to rear cover.

A BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331032
Published by Cresset Editions. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Three books in one: Biggles Learns to Fly, Biggles Flies East and Biggles in the Orient. ISBN: 0091818893. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

BIGGLES AND THE LITTLE GREEN GOD
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331031
Published by Knight Books. 1979. Very good condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 0340134801. Second impression of the paperback edition. Covers edge rubbed. Contents lightly browned but clean.

BIGGLES' CHINESE PUZZLE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331030
Published by Knight Books. 1st PB 1967. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0340040165. Covers lighty edge rubbed. Printed price on front cover has been modified with biro. Rear cover is very slightly grubby. Contents are browned but clean.

BIGGLES AND THE PLOT THAT FAILED
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331029
Published by Knight Books. 1975. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. 157 pages. ISBN: 0340104600. Third impression of this paperback edition. Spine slightly faded with a small number written to top. Contents are lightly browned else clean.

BIGGLES AND THE LITTLE GREEN GOD
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331028
Published by Knight Books. 1st PB 1971. Very good condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 0340134801. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Damage to rear cover by removal of a label. Contents are browned but clean.