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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1302521
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Large (taking up the lower half of the page) but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at edges and also to centre of spine and to edge of rear panel, old tape stains to wrapper.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1102622
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Fading to top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to base of spine and smaller pieces of loss to other edges. Is also creased and damp marked.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1302458
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Very good condition.

Embossed red cloth covers, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. A few light marks to covers. Book leans to one side slightly. Prize plate to front endpaper. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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AIR FEUD
Written by William Hansbro.
Stock no. 1701672
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w plates. Part of the 'Ace' Series. Spine faded with the odd mark.

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INGLE-NOOK STORIES
Written by Mrs. Stanley Leathes. Illustrated by M. Erwin.
Stock no. 1102227
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt and silver titles. B/w illustrations. Corners are worn. Covers grubby.

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SUNNYSIDE TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1102138
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl on barrel in the sea. Colour plates and b/w illustrations, all by the same artist, a few very similar to the style of Arthur Rackham. First story is "John, Topsy and the Raven". Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is torn with some chipping.

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THE NEW RUPERT COLOUR ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1102137
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards featuring Rupert and Prince on a pony (Dapple) with Rupert's father with the king in the background. 2 stories: Rupert and the Wonderful Boots plus Rupert and Dapple. Coloured pictures throughout. Printed L.T.A. Robinson. Spine is split to one side for approx. 3". Edges are worn.

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BOOK OF PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1701658
Almost very good condition.

Red and green pictorial boards. A board book with bright colour pictures and small amount of text to bottom of each page. Covers are scuffed and creased.

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PLAYBOX ANNUAL 1954
No author listed.
Stock no. 1701649
Published by The Fleetway House. 1954. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Front cover shows young girl and boy on raft. Corners are worn. Spine is faded. Surface damage to rear pastedown.

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THE PICTURE SHOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302306
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1895. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing girl dressed in clown suit. "A Novel Picture book For Children". Four pop-up colour pictures. B/w text illustrations. Spine worn at top and tail. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Joints and hinges cracked, front free-endpaper missing. A few loose pieces to first pop-up and skipping rope is twisted (but still intact), other 3 pop-ups in excellent working order. Some tears to inner margins and some loose pages caused by the cracked hinges. Some light page browning and fingering. Still a nice copy of a very scarce Nister pop-up.

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MISS DUTCH OF DOLLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302259
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Valentine's Book Toys, Dolly Series, no. B221. A shaped book with card covers, face to front is moveable. Two-tone illustrations. Backstrip covering is mostly missing. Some creases to covers and crack to rear cover. Contents are fingered and foxed else clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 25 - RUPERT AND THE FRENCH POODLES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1701597
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Second story is 'Rupert and the New Jersey'. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. 2" split to base of spine. Covers creased.

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