DIMSIE MOVES UP AGAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1328458
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and motif of the letter D to front cover. 288 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, light brown stain to lower edge of spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a bit marked.

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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1328457
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, cream title to spine and snail vignette to front cover. Excellent b/w text illustrations. 182 pages. 8" x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Light crease to lower corner of page 53/4. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine with minimal loss at top.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1828595
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young child in highchair wearing a blue gown and eating snacks, yellow background. Blue cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Front board lightly rubbed at edges, rear board grubby and rubbed at corners. Spine a little browned and slightly worn at top & tail. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice example.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 1828594
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young girl in blue & red dress, blue shoes, on swing with a flowering shrub and thrush singing to one side. Green cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Board covers rubbed at edges, scuffed and grubby, stained to rear board. Board contents are slightly grubby at edges and rubbed at corner tips.

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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ELIZABETH ANN'S DELIGHT
Written by Maud Dowson. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 1828586
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A little girl makes friends with fairies. Cream pictorial cloth boards. 6 colour plates inluding the frontis and title page. 132 pages. Undated. Boars lightly grubby, slightly faded to spine. Contemporary school prize message in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to text block, prelims and a few more pages. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A charming copy.

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AND MISS CARTER WORE PINK
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1828582
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Scenes from an edwardian childhood. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure. Blue boards, gilt titles. 31 pages. 11.5 x 10.5". Large oblong format. ISBN: 0224005812. Reprint. Text block browned. Foxing to edges of title page, colophon page and page 3. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.

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SEPTIMUS HEAP BOOK ONE: MAGYK
Written by Angie Sage. Illustrated by Mark Zug.
Stock no. 1828580
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A string of unconnected events come together 10 years later when the Heap family receives a knock at the door. A spellbinding journey of cunning deception and magyk. Matt pictorial boards. Short, fat volume. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747575878. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. A very nice copy.

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ZOM-B BABY
Written by Darren Shan. Illustrated by Warren Pleece.
Stock no. 1828579
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When B Smith turns her back on Dr Oystein and strikes out alone, she is shocked to meet the baby from her nightmares - a strnge, sexless, zombie baby. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. Red & white pictorial endpapers. Red, white & black illustrations. 215 pages. ISBN: 9780857077684. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned with some minor bleeding to vertical margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES: A CURSED DELIVERY
Written by P. G. Bell. Illustrated by Matt Sharack.
Stock no. 1828577
Published by Feiwel And Friends. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A train that travels through impossible places. The Impossible Postal Express is no ordinary train. It's a troll-operated delivery service that runs everywhere from ocean-bottom shipwracks, to Trollville space. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. Olive green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 367 pages. ISBN: 9781250189509. SIGNED by the author (Happy reading!) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxing/browning to text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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THE TEN RIDDLES OF EARTHA QUICKSMITH
Written by Loris Owen.
Stock no. 1828576
Published by Firefly Press. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

Ten riddles, ten days to solve them. Kip Bramley finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 yeas earlier by a mysterious genius. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781913102319. SIGNED by the author to verso of half-title page. A lovely, clean copy.

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THE GOLD BAT
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328437
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by A. & C. Black. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 157 page. ISBN: 0285621165. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to spine.

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