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JANE EMERGES
Written by Margaret Ironside. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1301311
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Through school feuds and hockey matches, trials and tribulations, Jane emerges to prove that she is well able to stand on her own feet. Red boards with black titles. 276 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Front joint was cracked, neatly repaired. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped at edges, damp stain to top edge of front panel and to centre of rear panel.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 16
Written by Gordon Stables; Talbot Baines Reed; Frederick Treves; W.J. Gordon; Jules Verne; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; H.M. Paget; et al..
Stock no. 1201240
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1894. Slightly better than good condition.

Vol XVI on spine. Large format. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 12 colour plates. Book: all plates present. Slight damage to one plate. Joints cracked. Prelims slightly loose. Some foxing to margins. Name stamp to top and bottom of text block. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine a little faded.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1701043
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Edges are worn, with splits to top and tail of spine. 3 moveable parts are faulty. Top of ladder is missing and red cellophane behind hen is missing.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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TUFTY, TEDDY AND TOOTS
Written by Agness E. Cash. Illustrated by Stavert J. Cash.
Stock no. 1801042
Published by Partridge. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

The Adventures of Three Bold Bears told in verse. Small format. Grey paper boards with lilac vertical lines and pictorial onlay to front showing bears coming down the stairs. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations to text. Not paginated. Top and tail of spine worn. All plates present. Centre hinge pulled. '15' in ink to top margin of one page else contents clean.

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THE HORN OF MERLYNS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1301222
Published by Collins. 3rd 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light spots to covers. Some erased pencil writing to front endpaper. Large finger mark to verso of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with paper repairs on verso, sunned to spine and a bit grubby to rear panel.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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MUM FIDGETS AND THE TWO RICHARDS
Written by Constance Milman. Illustrated by Edith Ellison.
Stock no. 1301224
Published by A.D. Innes & Co.. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

The Dainty Books series. Pink cloth with gilt titles and red floral decoration to front and spine. Floral decorated endpapers. 150 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, spine a little faded and rubbed. Joints cracked. Inscribed to Walter Milman in ink by the author (although NOT signed) to half title-page. Hinges cracked. Some fingering and foxing else contents clean.

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DAISIES AND APPLE TREES
Written by Mary E. Boyle. Illustrated by Mildred R. Lamb.
Stock no. 1801032
Published by Eneas Mackay. Circa 1923. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cream card wraps with black title and illustration to front. Silhouette illustrations to endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. A lovely book of children's poems. Pages unopened by printer. Light browning to covers else contents clean. Pictorial buff wrapper is edge-worn and slightly grubby. A decent copy in a dustwrapper.

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BANJO THE PUPPY
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1201143
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards. Cream cloth spine. Beautiful pencil drawings throughout. 52 pages. 12.25 x 9 inches. Large format. The story of Banjo the puppy and his exploits. Endpapers lightly foxed else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn with some loss.

Price: £75.00 £56.25.

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USEFUL DOGGIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Barbara Briggs.
Stock no. 1201145
Published by Lutterworth Press. circa 1935. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, colour pictorial front board. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Doggies and other animals that work. A small amount of colouring to the b/w illustrations. Corners worn.

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THE DOG WHO WOULD GO DIGGING
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1201146
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition.

A Blyton Tulip Book. Yellow glazed pictorial boards, green spine with black title. Colour illustrations. Bottom of spine slightly chipped.

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SQUADRON LEADER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1201131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. 296 pages. SIGNED by author. Top and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners bumped. Bright pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped. A very nice bright copy.

Price: £200.00 £140.00.

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SAND HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1201136
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Green cloth, white titles. Doggles, a mongrel, is the hero of the story. Front panel of wrapper is stuck to front pastedown (actually looks very nice).

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