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THE BOY'S STORY OF LINDBERGH THE LONE EAGLE
Written by Richard J. Beamish.
Stock no. 380157
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 320 pages. B/w photos. The story of the first man to fly from New York to Paris. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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DON'T BE SILLY, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 380160
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1967. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps priced at 2'6. B/w illustrations to text, 79 pages. Covers lightly creased, lower corner tip of rear cover torn off. Light page browning and foxing throughout. One page has a light blue mark to the margin else contents clean.

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FILIDA AND CORYDON, WITH OTHER STORIES
Written by Gwendolen Forwood. Illustrated by Gwendolen Forwood.
Stock no. 380164
Published by J.J. Keliher & Co. Limited. 1902. Good condition.

Written and illustrated by a child for Children. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 32 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Covers edge worn with some paper loss to spine edge of rear cover. Covers stains to covers. Foxing and fingering throughout but generally contents clean. Both joints have been neatly repaired with white paper. 1" closed tear to top of title page.

Price: £140.00 £98.00.

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IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
Written by J.G. Marash. Illustrated by Gwendoline Perkins.
Stock no. 437795
Published by Edwards The Printers Limited. 2nd Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Just over half an inch of backstrip missing to base of spine; smaller piece missing to top of spine. Some long splits to spine. Corner cut from top of front endpaper. Contents are very good. Pictorial wrapper is very torn and chipped, with pieces of loss and marks.

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MUM'S PLACE
Written by Reginald Ottley.
Stock no. 598121
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A children's book about the emotional struggle between a man and boy in a rundown Australian community. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY COON
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 437540
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bedtime Story-Books Series. Red cloth spine with black title. Pictorial colour boards. 8 colour plates. Bumping to corners and spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is foxed to flaps and edge-chipped, with a couple of tear and a little loss.

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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1938
Written by Leslie Grant; C.L. Spiers; Alan Drake; et al.
Stock no. 437520
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial covers and spine. Front cover shows a cowboy having his tooth pulled out with a rope! Colour frontis + 3 other colour plates. First story is 'How Lee Perry Played the Juice' by Grant. Cover edges are bumped and worn, with some chipping. Score mark to top of front cover. Chipping along edges of spine. Some tears to paper on spine which appear to have been repaired with glue. Browning to pages internally. A few grubby finger marks. All colour plates are present. Couple of b/w illustrations have been coloured in.

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MR. PETTIGREW AND THE BELL-RINGERS
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Toffee Sanders.
Stock no. 598094
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1976. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. The third book in the Mr. Pettigrew series. ISBN: 0904110281.

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 380105
Published by George Newnes Limited. 5th 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout else contents clean. Wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with loss (mainly to top and tail of spine.

Price: £180.00 £126.00.

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LUCKY LUKE JESSE JAMES
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Morris.
Stock no. 380110
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition.

Translated by Frederick Nolan. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic strip story. ISBN: 0340165383. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Last 3 pages are creased else contents fine.

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THE ANIMAL WHY BOOK
Written by W.P. Pycraft. Illustrated by Edwin Noble.
Stock no. 380042
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, paper boards with onlay to front cover and orange titles. 15 tipped-in vivid colour plates (2 panels to each page), plus b/w vignettes. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and marked with a small piece missing to corner of onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper has been partially erased (causing slight paper damage). Creases to some page margins and a couple of plates, a couple of marks to front endpapers. Otherwise contents bright and clean.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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LITTLE FOLKS ABC
No author listed.
Stock no. 380016
Published by Margo. Good condition.

A fold-out alphabet book. Colour pictorial boards. 2 letters with little rhymes to each page, colour illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Vertical crack to rear board. Covers grubby. Light crayon marks to a few of the letters and some pages have light vertical creases. Contents generally clean.

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