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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2110017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Uneven browning to covers. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with some chipping; nick to side of spine. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing - mostly to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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NICCOLO
Written by Karel Jaeger. Illustrated by Martin Wells.
Stock no. 1309585
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. 61 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper has a large tear/crease to top edge of front panel which is tape repaired on verso and has slight loss at top of spine.

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CAPTAIN BOUNSABOARD AND THE PIRATES
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Arline V. Bray; Michael Bartlett.
Stock no. 1309569
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 252 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, foxing also at page edges. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, 2.5" tear to lower spine.

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THE TINY TEACHER GRAMMAR BOOK
Written by Violet Harford. Illustrated by Violet Harford.
Stock no. 2109978
Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. A book for toddlers small, with Mrs. Bunny to teach you all, While nursery friends and Woodland too, Will learn the simple rules with you. Colour illustrations throughout. Looks at nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc. Wear to spine; a couple of small splits to top and tail. Creasing to cover corners and edges. A few ink letters to a few pages internally.

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MRS WADDLE HOW SHE MAKES A FORTUNE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1309550
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small square format (4" x 4"). Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. New staples and very neat tape reinforcements to inner margins of some pages. Small tear to front edge of spine.

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THE AMERICAN TWINS OF 1812
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Bumping to corners. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to pages and wrapper, which is also chipped and torn, with a little loss.

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THE FILIPINO TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green/blue cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 151 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and grubby marks; a few edge-tears and nicks; creasing.

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HALF A MOON AND ONE WHOLE STAR
Written by Crescent Dragonwagon. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Stock no. 1309540
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant celebration of night and the people and creatures who inhabit it. Blue cloth spine with silver title and blue boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0027331202. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge creased.

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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2109795
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Damp stain to front cover. Other marks to covers. Corners are bumped and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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THE BLUE BOA
Written by Jenny Nimmo.
Stock no. 1501245
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2004. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Children of the Red King III. Dark blue pictorial boards. ISBN: 1405201266. Minimal bumping. Rear cover is damp marked and rippled. SIGNED to title page. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is very stained on verso and rear flap is partially stuck to inside of rear cover and wrinkled.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1401412
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with embossed decoration to front and blind titles, gilt title to spine with author/publisher name in black. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little fades. Boards a little grubby. Endpapers are browned. Top of text block is a little grubby. A couple of joints slightly cracked.

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CLATTER! CLATTER!! BANG!!!
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 2109684
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Series 474. Pictorial paper boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Chipping, with couple of tiny splits to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Small page margin tear to title page and one other page to text. Illustrations are lovely and bright! Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; around 2" loss along bottom of rear cover and spine; other smaller areas of loss to corners etc; some grubby marks.

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