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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 382138
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few light finger marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942, although printed date of 1938 is on publisher page). Heavy foxing to page edge. Dustwrapper is worn to corners, has a small closed tear to top rear edge, is slightly scuffed to spine and has a small blue mark to rear panel. A very scarce, early reprint.

Price: £85.00 £63.75.

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THE RED PIRATE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 814498
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and vignette to front cover. 6 b/w plates. 320 pages. Covers marked. 1 plates missing.

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COURAGE AND CONFLICT
Written by G.A. Henty; et al. Illustrated by W. Boucher.
Stock no. 629332
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. First story is 'The Sole survivors' by Henty. Spine faded. Covers grubby. Corners and spine are bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edges are grubby. All plates present.

Price: £100.00 £70.00.

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THE HORN OF MERLYNS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 629348
Published by Collins. 3rd 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Wrapper spine is faded with 1 small hole tear to left side of front panel. Corners are worn with minor chips.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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BOY'S CINEMA ANNUAL 1937
No author listed.
Stock no. 814393
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1937. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine. B/w photos. Spine faded. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Rear board grubby.

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YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
Written by Jules Verne.
Stock no. 814291
Published by Arco Publications. 1st thus 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories and sketches. A few very light, tiny foxspots to endpapers. Wrapper spine faded.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or MIRTH & MARVELS
Written by R. Barham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 382097
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

3/4 bound dark blue leather with raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Binding by Zaehnsdorf. 24 colour plates with captioned guards (mounted on to stiff green paper). 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. 549 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 3 of the plates have light corner creases, all others in fine condition. Some light foxing (mainly to prelims and outer page edges). A very handsome book.

Price: £480.00 £336.00.

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MIDSHIPMAN RAXWORTHY
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 814259
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

An adventure story for boys. Blue cloth, black titles, three line black border to top and bottom of front cover and spine. 3 b/w plates. 208 pages. Spine browned. Bumping to spine and corners. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814184
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine is browned and marked, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Glue marks to endpapers. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814185
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and edges are worn. Covers grubby. Small chip to rear cover onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 1 plate has 1" closed tear. All plates present. Front joint cracked.

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COME LASSES AND LADS
No author listed.
Stock no. 814035
Published by Castell Brothers. 1893. Very good condition.

Small square format. Brown cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations in the style of Randolph Caldecott. Front pastedown has advert for P.J. Lloyd's Tea. Rear pastedown has Calendar for 1893 also advertising Lloyd's Tea. P.J. Lloyd were tea men in the Bristol and Bath area. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents very clean and bright.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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BLUFF AND BRAN AND THE SNOWDRIFT
Written by Meg Rutherford. Illustrated by Meg Rutherford.
Stock no. 629281
Published by Picture Corgi. 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0552525669. Covers creased.

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