CYRIL SQUIRREL'S ADVENTURES
Written by R. Payling Wray.
Stock no. 1830103
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Bright colour illustrations. 46 pages. Board edges rubbed, boards a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few minor grubby marks to contents.

THE RETURN OF THE PSAMMEAD
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by John Holder.
Stock no. 1830101
Published by BBC Books. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It. The book of the BBC TV series. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 240 pages. ISBN: 0563363673. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Some lower corners of contents creased at tip. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

THE CRACKERJACK BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Terence Delaney; Edward Boyd; Jane Shaw; et al.
Stock no. 1830099
Published by The Children's Press. Very good condition.

An anthology of stories, articles, picture stories, puzzles and games, and poems. First story is The Elfin Oak by Terence Delaney. Blue glazed pictorial boards show four children on a roller coaster ride with the fun fair in the background. Two-tone illustrations throughout. 188 pages. Top and tail of spine lightly worn with small split to either side. Boards bright. Text block browned. Some pale foxing throughout. Page edge browning. Contents otherwise clean. Slight musty odour present.

MOSTLY MARY
Written by Gwynedd Rae. Illustrated by Irene Williamson.
Stock no. 1830096
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1942. Slightly better than good condition.

New Edition. A story about Mary Plain and real bears. Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front. Charming b/w illustrations. 95 pages. Reprint. Boards are very faded (uneven) with some grubby marks. Spine is worn at top and tail and edges. Title to spine is rubbed. Hinges pulled but binding firm. A few minor margin marks.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1952 (FACSIMILE) - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830094
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2002. Fine condition.

Collectors' Limited Edition Reproduction. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1904329071. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 09564. Contained in dark green slipcase which is lightly rubbed at top and bottom.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 (FACSIMILE) - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830092
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2000. Fine condition.

Collectors' Limited Edition Reproduction. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902836324. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 08105. Contained in green slipcase which is a little scuffed at top and bottom.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1949 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830091
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. A superb reproduction of the last soft-cover annual. Collectors' Limited Edition. ISBN: 1902836170. Teeny, tiny blue pen mark to vertical edge of text block. Else a lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 03370. Contained in a blue slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed along the bottom.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830088
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 02575 of 11000. Contained in blue slipcase which is lightly scuffed along the bottom.

THE HOUSE OF SILK
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1830086
Published by Orion Books. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The new Sherlock Holmes novel. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Ribbon page marker. Red endpapers. 294 pages. ISBN: 9781409133827. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Text block browned with some light foxing. Page marker starting to fray. Black dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, a few marks to front panel.

THE SNOWMAN
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1329957
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

A little boy builds a snowman in his garden and it comes to life. The boy shows the snowman his home and in return, the snowman takes him on a magical journey. When the boy rushes into the garden to see his friend the next morning, the snowman has melted away. A story of magic and dreams. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations, a story without text. Not paginated. ISBN: 0241100046. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Some slight creasing to spine edges. Foxing and page edge browning to contents. Top margins of pages are lightly creased (from the spine bump). Light indentations to front cover where book was leant on to write/draw.

A CHRISTMAS CHILD
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1329948
Published by Macmillan & Co.. Circa 1881. Good condition.

A Sketch of a Boy-Life. Red decorative cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 7 bw plates. 223 pages. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Foxing to contents.

THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Adrian Mitchell. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329947
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards. Green endpapers, delightful colour woodcuts. ISBN: 0751370185. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine.