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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1304128
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little bit grubby. Faint ink address stamp to lower corner of front endpaper. Some light foxing and page edge browning else contents clean.

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OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
Written by Edna Collins. Illustrated by Anton Kolnberger.
Stock no. 1803366
Published by Odhams Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Far Away Story Book Series, retold by Edna Collins. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. Spine lightly faded & rubbed to top & tail. Front endpaper starting to work itself loose. Else contents clean and tight.

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THE ANIMALS (WILD AND TAME) OF BUTTERMILK HALL
Written by Kate Floyd Morton. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1803359
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Edges rubbed. Front endpaper missing. A few fingermarks to contents.

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THE AMBER TREASURE
Written by Richard Denning.
Stock no. 1803354
Published by Mercia Books. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Historical fiction set in Dark Age Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780956483522. SIGNED by the author as a personal inscription to front endpaper.

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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 1203662
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. A Lone Pine adventure. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper a little grubby with some edge-wear and small tears.

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THE BEASTS CHOIR
Written by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1803252
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A further collection of delightful poems translated by Rumer Godden from the original French. Some poems reveal a humourous perception of each animal's nature, and all combine to harmonise and give glory to The Lord of Creation. Written by the French poet and mystic, Carmen Bernos De Gasztold, the translation has achieved the spirit of the original text. A book for all ages. Some scattered very pale foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned at spine.

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BOY
Written by Paul Manning. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1303977
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st USA 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A verse and beautiful picture on every page. Glazed pictorial boards. A Merry-Go-Rhymes book. 5.75 x 4.75". ISBN: 0027622517.

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FOUR FEET BY TWO
Written by Edric Vredenburg.
Stock no. 1104995
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1892. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Animal Talks and Tales. 8 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Edges are worn. Some foxing. Pages browned. A few small closed tears to some page margins. All plates present.

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THE GREY RABBIT
Written by May Gladwin. Illustrated by May Gladwin.
Stock no. 1104994
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. Spine worn. Covers are marked and scuffed. Some margin marks.

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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1104993
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Light page browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1995
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1104948
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1995. Fine condition.

No. 60. 75th anniversary edition. Front cover shows Rupert on winged horse. ISBN: 1874507465. Still in original shrink wrap, which is becoming a little ragged at edges. Couple of corners have become bumped.

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THE BLUE DRAGON FLY
Written by M.M.H..
Stock no. 1104929
Circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards with gilt titles and borders. Two-tone illustrations. 53 pages. Covers are very grubby and foxed; small split to top of spine and worn corners. Some foxing. Inscribed by author 'For Queenie, with love from the author, Christmas 1898'.

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