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SUMMER STORY
Written by Jill Barklem. Illustrated by Jill Barklem.
Stock no. 1328270
Published by Collins. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Brambly Hedge series. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Dusty Dogwood and Poppy Eyebright decide on a very unusual setting for their wedding ceremony! ISBN: 0001839233. Second impression, same year as first impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328269
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics Series. Beige and blue decorated cloth. 304 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine bumped. A few tiny marks to textblock but contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned to spine with very slight loss.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328268
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Re-issued at a cheaper price 1938". Tales For Children From Many Lands series. Blue cloth, green titles. Colour pictorial onlay. 8 pretty colour plates. 128 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners slightly rubbed. White spotting to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

The last Beano to be called The Magic-Beano Book. Yellow pictorial front cover shows Biffo painting a portrait of Eggo and other Beano characters. Red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Belongs to box clean. Many page edge tears (some repaired). Tiny piece of loss to lower edge of page 29/30. Contents are browned and foxed with some fingering. A decent copy of a scarce annual.

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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1949
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328264
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1949. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and grubby, crease to lower corner of rear board and possibly lower 3" of spine has been glued down(?). Belongs to box clean. Contents are browned, foxed and fingered. Margin tears (some repaired) and slight paper loss to margins throughout, top corner of page 95/6 has been torn off (no loss of text). A decent copy of a scarce Beano annual.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1963
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328262
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows pirates peeping through the title. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine eges cracked. Black address label to front pastedown. Margin tears to a couple of pages.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328260
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Cracking of laminate at spine edges. Price on front free-endpaper crossed out with heavy pencil. Belongs to box clean. There is a long, repaired tear to inner margin of front free-endpaper and a few small margin tears.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1972
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328258
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dot-to-dot puzzle completed. Price NOT cut. Small booksellers ink stamp just above printed price on front free-endpaper. Belongs to box clean. Slight damage to last couple of pages where something caused them to stick together.

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BLACK BOB THE DANDY WONDER DOG 1957
No author listed. Illustrated by Jack Prout.
Stock no. 1328257
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards, red and yellow check spine. Front cover shows Bob looking to the right. Rear cover shows shepherd sitting with Black Bob sitting. 128 pages. 7 x 9.5". First story is Black Bob and the Black Prowlers. Covers are edge worn, light damp stained and grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing, heavy at textblock. A few small margin tears. Front pastedown is creased.

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CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st thus 1883. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.

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SUPERMAN ANNUAL 1964-65
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328253
Published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.. 1964. Very good condition.

Featuring the world's greatest adventure character also Green Arrow. Green pictorial boards, red spine. Colour, b/w and two-tone comic strip stories. First story is "The Superman From Outer Space". Slight wear to spine and corners, slight rubbing to cover edges. Light scratch marks to covers. Neat name and address in ink in belongs to box on front pastedown. Page browning to contents and some fingermarks to page margins.

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