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MADDY ALONE
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Newton Whittaker.
Stock no. 2109089
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 134 pages. Top edge blue. A little bumping to spine and corners, with slight dark marks. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with small bits of loss; creased.

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JOEY AND THE HELICOPTER
Written by Robert Martin. Illustrated by T.R. Freeman.
Stock no. 2109085
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red covers, dark titles. Part of 'The Joey Books' Series. B/w illustrations. Old ink price to front pastedown. Some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; some loss to top and tail of spine; creased.

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HOW TOM BEAT CAPTAIN NAJORK & HIS HIRED SPORTSMEN
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1401245
Published by Random House. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Green endpapers. Colour illustrations. Little Greats Series. ISBN: 1856817342. Spine and corners bumped. Spine is faded. School stamp to front free endpaper. A little browning to top of some pages, else contents are very good.

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SILLY SILLY
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1501108
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Mouse and Duck are arguing about which of them is the sillier... ISBN: 0862647401. Spine slightly bumped with small nick at bottom. Very pale page edge browning otherwise contents excellent.

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CYRIL BONHAMY V MADAM BIG
Written by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1401220
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Hilarious department store mystery for children. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224019910. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to text block. Previous owner's ink stamp to title page. Pencil annotations to first few pages. Wrapper is foxed and edge worn and the spine is faded.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2108969
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with tape.

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THE YOUNG MAN OF CURY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501092
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333538129. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Odd fox spot to contents. Wrapper is foxed on verso and a little edge creased with tiny split near top of spine.

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A CAT AND MOUSE LOVE STORY
Written by Nanette Newman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501089
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format, glazed pictorial boards, gorgeous colour pictures. ISBN: 0434980455. Spine and corners a little rubbed. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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MORE FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1308700
Published by The Nonesuch Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Nonesuch Cygnet. Chosen from the Colour Fairy Books of Andrew Lang by Kathleen Lines with an epilogue by Roger Lancelyn Green. Pink cloth, gilt titles and attractive gilt swan vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib with stamps to prelims and textblock and removal of labels to front endpaper. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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BASIL MAKES A FILM
Written by Peter Firmin. Illustrated by Ivan Owen.
Stock no. 1806659
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

A Big Television Book. Basil Brush. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 16 pages. ISBN: 0723522316. Pictorial covers are lightly creased. Contents fine.

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THE FOREST AND THE KINGDOM
Written by Meriol Trevor. Illustrated by Philip Hepworth.
Stock no. 1806638
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine. Sketch map of the World of Dionysus to endpapers. B/w chapter headers, map to frontis. Small white spots to spine and spine edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled. Binding nice and tight. Contents clean.

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