WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1403478
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges a little rubbed. Small indent and faint marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and a little foxing otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE POP-UP BUCK ROGERS
Written by Phil Nowlan. Illustrated by Dick Calkins.
Stock no. 1403471
Published by Pleasure Books. 1935. Very good condition.

Strange adventures in the spider-ship. Pictorial boards. 3 colour pop-ups. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed. Couple of light foxspots to covers which are a little grubby. Foxing mostly to page edges. A little creasing to the reptile's tail in the last pop-up where it doesn't quite fit in the book. Buck Roger's gun and hand also a little creased. Pop-ups otherwise in excellent condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 17
No author listed.
Stock no. 1503964
Published by Girl's Own Paper. 1896. Very good condition.

October 1895 to September 1896. Large heavy format. Dark blue textured boards with leather corners and spine. Gilt titles and bands to spine. 10 plates listed, 2 are colour. 832 pages. Spine and corners worn with some loss of surface. Small split to top of spine. White marks (damp?) to covers. Three names in pen to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Contents are very good, just an odd mark. All plates present. Book has slight musty smell.

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WHO'S WHO IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS A TREASURY OF THE FAMILIAR CHARACTERS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Margery Fisher.
Stock no. 1403445
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 3rd 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A personal collection of characters, some famous and others less familiar, from the world of children's fiction. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and vignette to front board. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0297770373. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and creased. Spine is faded. Small tear to front panel is mended with tape on verso. Couple of small marks.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY'S ANNUAL 1941
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1503942
Published by News Chronicle. 1941. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial covers. 4 colour plates. Front cover shows characters - two of them playing musical instruments. First story is 'Mr. Noah's Guardian Angel'. Spine is worn and chipped with loss from top and bottom. Bumping to corners. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Both joints and a couple of hinges cracked. Remains of label and ink inscription to front pastedown. Mark to verso of frontis. Contents are browned with a little foxing and just a few marks.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY'S ANNUAL 1939
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1503941
Published by News Chronicle Publications. 1939. Fair condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a snow scene with a tortoise being surprised by a snow ball. Colour frontis + 4 other colour plates. Two-tone and b/w strip pictures. First story is 'The Shipwrecked Mariner'. Spine bumped, faded and stained. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint almost broken, only holding by a couple of threads. Most hinges also badly cracked, rear joint ok. All plates present but 2 detached. All pages present. Some foxing, browning and marks to contents. A reading copy.

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SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1503906
Published by Houlston and Stoneman. 1845. Slightly better than good condition.

From the Records of the Baptist Missions. Small format 4.75 x 3", dark green boards with blind decoration, gilt titles and decoration to spine. 15 stories. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint is badly cracked but still firm, a couple of hinges cracked. Full page neat ink inscription to front endpaper. A little browning and a few marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE TRIO FROM RIO
Written by Alan D. Mickle. Illustrated by Bovey.
Stock no. 1810592
Published by Collins. 1947. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"A Book which the Author cannot make up his mind whether to describe as a Grown-Up's Book for Children or a Children's Book for Grown-Ups." Red cloth spine with green title, green paper boards with dark green vignette of the Trio to front. Colour frontis, b.w illustrations. 192 pages. Top edge green. Edges of boards slightly browned. Front joint starting to crack. Attendence inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also has some minor foxing.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1810521
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. White marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and also grubby.

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THE OUTLAWS
Written by Ralph Simmonds. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1503865
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown and green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. 212 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Covers grubby. Front joint cracked for about 1" near centre, rear joint cracked. Small bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed throughout, very grubby in places. Text block also grubby.

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THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
Stock no. 1503864
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Story People. Blue cloth covers with pictorial onlay. Gilt titles to spine. 4 colour plates plus 24 two-tone full page illustrations. 286 pages. Spine split for 3.5" along front edge. Top part of spine looks to have been glued into place. Spine darkened with small splits at either end and middle of rear edge. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Nick to onlay. All plates are present but frontis is detached. Top 2" of front joint broken. Pen writing to publisher's page. Foxing and marks to contents throughout.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1403382
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2nd Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Book The Tenth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1405210869. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small mark to top of text block. Contents are fine.

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