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TROUBLE AT TOWNSEND
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1308471
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of two city children sent to stay on a farm where they thought nothing ever happened. They soon changed their minds. The story was also filmed on Malcolm Saville's farm in Hertfordshire. Brown cloth, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some light marks to covers. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and fingering to page margins. A couple of small pen marks to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss.

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THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1308469
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Base of spine faded. Shadow from dustwrapper design to front cover and spine. Front joint just starting to crack. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to lower edge of rear panel and base of spine.

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RAINBOWS AND RAILINGS
Written by Lucie B. Dufty. Illustrated by L.M. Dufty.
Stock no. 1706689
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

284 pages. Silver titles and borders. B/w illustrations. Bookplate to front endpaper. Wrapper grubby and chipped to corners.

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THE GIFTED BEAR
Written by Rosemary Hammond. Illustrated by Rosemary Hammond.
Stock no. 1706677
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Small format. Green pictorial card wraps. A delightful story of a little bear with many talents. Cute colour illustrations and text in script. Covers browned.

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THE EVEN MORE AMAZING SCIENCE POP-UP BOOK
Written by Chris Oxlade.
Stock no. 1401104
Published by Franklin Watts. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

A 3-Dimensional Exploration by Jay Young. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains a working gravity-clock, binoculars, scales, telephone, phenakistoscope and abacus. ISBN: 0749625600. All parts present. Sand in the timer doesn't flow freely but everything else working. Crease to top of phenakistoscope.

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CALEB BELDRAGON'S CHRONICLE OF THE THREE COUNTIES
Written by Paul Warren. Illustrated by Paul Warren.
Stock no. 2108198
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Be the one to help restore the Malbigon, decipher the Gibblin tongue and travel wisely in that far forsaken place... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0434977683. Bumping to a couple of corners. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2007
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2108196
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The last Rupert annual to be illustrated by John Harrold. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert with a shopping list in his hand and a basket full of shopping in his other hand. Annual No. 72. ISBN: 9781405231015. Light wrinkling to top of some pages. Not price-cut or inscribed.

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THE WEATHER
Written by Francis Wilson. Illustrated by Philip Jacobs.
Stock no. 1806514
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; Purnell. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

BBC Weatherman Francis Wilson explains the mysteries of the world's weather and reveals the secrets of forecasting in this colourful action pop-up book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A unique 3-d pop-up book. Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress. ISBN: 0361075162. Corners bumped. Some tabs stiff. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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THE MIGHTY GIANTS DINOSAUR WORLD POP-UP BOOKS
Written by Stewart Cowley. Illustrated by Mike Peterkin.
Stock no. 1806510
Published by Victoria House Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Watch the mighty giants march through the pages! Shaped book. 4 pop-up scenes. Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress. ISBN: 090787469X. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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THE MYSTERY OF BLACK GUT
Written by Diana Walker.
Stock no. 2108139
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers with silver title to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine; some edge-creasing and some closed tears; chips of loss. Small piece of loss along top edge of rear panel.

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SANTA BEAR'S FIRST CHRISTMAS
Written by Caroline Repchuk. Illustrated by Maggie Kneen.
Stock no. 1806485
Published by Templar Publishing. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Open the pages of this beautifully illustrated book, and join Santa Bear and six excited little bear cubs for a Christmas mystery that's full of surprises. Help to solve the mystery of the missing labels. Pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 1898784507. Spine faded. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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THEM BONES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Dicks.
Stock no. 1806483
Published by Tango Books. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Fabulous Four-Foot, Fold-Out, Pull-Out Skeleton. Glazed pictorial boards. Paper Engineering by David Hawcock. ISBN: 1857070224. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents excellent.

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