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RUPERT ANNUAL 1948 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 816160
Published by Daily Express. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. Front cover shows Rupert running with a little dog on a lead. A rainbow is in the background. 1st story is Rupert and Jack Frost. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. All edges of covers strengthened with tape. Covers foxed. Belongs to box completed and scribbled out in ink. NOT price-cut. Tape to last page. Ink date to bottom of title page.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1992
No author listed.
Stock no. 816167
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1992. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851165044.

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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 815905
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Corners are bumped. One hinged slightly cracked.

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STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by W.K. Holmes; Percy F. Westerman; et al.
Stock no. 815681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. First story is 'THe Captain's Cannon' by Holmes. Colour frontis and b/w plates and illustrations. Corners worn. Spine browned. Covers worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by W.K. Holmes; Percy F. Westerman; et al.
Stock no. 815683
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. First story is 'THe Captain's Cannon' by Holmes. Colour frontis and b/w plates and illustrations. Corners worn and bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 815513
Published by Blackie & Son. Fair condition.

Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Covers are scuffed, corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints cracked. 2 plates detached and one missing.

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THE NAUGHTYMOBILE
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 815564
Published by Basil Blackwell. Very good condition.

Very pale blue boards with pictorial onlay to front cover and black titles. B/w illustrations. Covers unevenly browned.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 815565
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". Two inscriptions in ink to front endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is browned and torn with loss.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN CARFAX
Written by Lawrence R. Bourne.
Stock no. 815572
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Very good condition.

A Gentleman of Devon and Sometime Sea-man in the British Navy. Beige cloth with red ship decoration to front and gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Covers marked.

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GRANDMOTHER'S SURPRISE
Written by Betsy Von Furstenberg. Illustrated by Betsy Von Furstenberg.
Stock no. 443343
Published by Victory Press. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by author, with dedication on title page.

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THE SNACKBOAT SAILS AT NOON!
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 382661
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened, some light fading to rear cover edges. A yellow stain affects the front cover. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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THE COLVINS OF SHIPLEY COURT
Written by V.C. Clarke.
Stock no. 443060
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1975. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. A story set around the time of the English civil war, in the Thames Valley area. ISBN: 0216897122.

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