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AND MISS CARTER WORE PINK
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1828582
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Scenes from an edwardian childhood. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure. Blue boards, gilt titles. 31 pages. 11.5 x 10.5". Large oblong format. ISBN: 0224005812. Reprint. Text block browned. Foxing to edges of title page, colophon page and page 3. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.

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SEPTIMUS HEAP BOOK ONE: MAGYK
Written by Angie Sage. Illustrated by Mark Zug.
Stock no. 1828580
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A string of unconnected events come together 10 years later when the Heap family receives a knock at the door. A spellbinding journey of cunning deception and magyk. Matt pictorial boards. Short, fat volume. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747575878. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. A very nice copy.

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ZOM-B BABY
Written by Darren Shan. Illustrated by Warren Pleece.
Stock no. 1828579
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When B Smith turns her back on Dr Oystein and strikes out alone, she is shocked to meet the baby from her nightmares - a strnge, sexless, zombie baby. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. Red & white pictorial endpapers. Red, white & black illustrations. 215 pages. ISBN: 9780857077684. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned with some minor bleeding to vertical margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES: A CURSED DELIVERY
Written by P. G. Bell. Illustrated by Matt Sharack.
Stock no. 1828577
Published by Feiwel And Friends. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A train that travels through impossible places. The Impossible Postal Express is no ordinary train. It's a troll-operated delivery service that runs everywhere from ocean-bottom shipwracks, to Trollville space. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. Olive green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 367 pages. ISBN: 9781250189509. SIGNED by the author (Happy reading!) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxing/browning to text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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THE TEN RIDDLES OF EARTHA QUICKSMITH
Written by Loris Owen.
Stock no. 1828576
Published by Firefly Press. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

Ten riddles, ten days to solve them. Kip Bramley finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 yeas earlier by a mysterious genius. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781913102319. SIGNED by the author to verso of half-title page. A lovely, clean copy.

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YEAR ROUND THINGS TO DO
No author listed. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1828574
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Things to do every month of the year. Each month starts with a short poem by various contributors. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 213 numbered pages including index. Issued without a slipcase. Spine very slightly faded, some very minor scuffing to boards. Contents are fine.

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THE GOLD BAT
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328437
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by A. & C. Black. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 157 page. ISBN: 0285621165. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to spine.

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THE WHITE FEATHER
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328436
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange/brown boards, gilt title to spine. 158 pages. ISBN: 0285620738. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to centre of front cover. Small pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wraper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328435
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards with silver title to spine. 155 pages. ISBN: 0285621173. Minimal bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. A couple of erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper.

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CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1328433
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 5th printing.

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CLASSIC TALES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328430
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Heritage Classics series. Two of the very best stories by the quintessential Rupert illustrator, Bestall: Rupert and the Mare's Nest and Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo. Black cloth spine with gilt title, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781405264228. Cover edges (besides spine edges) are slightly grubby else fine.

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EL CID SOLDIER AND HERO
Written by Maria Luisa Gefaell De Vivanco. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal.
Stock no. 1328420
Published by Paul Hamlyn. Circa 1967. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. 137 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Published for Golden Pleasure Books Ltd. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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