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YOUNG BOXER
Written by Robert Bateman.
Stock no. 1328350
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sports Fiction Series. Was it cowardice to avoid slogging your opponent unmercifully when the fight was all but over anyway? Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Light browing to endpapers and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with a light damp stain to top edge of front panel.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1328349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Pages: 316. Original blue cloth with pictorial panel. Colour frontispiece, 4 b/w plates, vignettes by Brock. Undated reprint. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Creasing to cloth of rear cover and spine, small split to rear edge of spine. Spine browned. Foxing. Some hinges cracked/pulled.

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THE NICEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1328348
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with light titles. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Foxing else contents clean.

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AMELIARANNE'S WASHING DAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328346
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Peach boards with colour onlay to front. Colour pictures throughout, pictorial pastedowns. Spine covering mostly chipped off. Stitching pulled but binding still tight. Some light foxing and fingering.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2011
Written by Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328345
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2011. Fine condition.

Cover: Rupert being held and flown by Robo. Glazed pictorial boards. 3 Bestall stories previously published and 1 new Harwood/Trotter story. No. 76. ISBN: 9781405257084.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2013
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Enid Ash; Stuart Trotter; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1328344
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows a scene from "Rupert and the Go-Kart Race" - the new story by Stuart Trotter. Annual no. 78. ISBN: 9781405267656. 'The Works' price sticker partially removed from front cover. Else a fine copy.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328340
Published by Collins. 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library edition. Blue boards. Silver title. 288 pages. Top edge blue. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Creases to prelims. Title-page has not been cut correctly meaning the margins are bigger than all other pages and the corner is creased. Price cut wrapper is foxed on verso and slightly edge chipped, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328338
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Slight surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn and torn and the rear panel is grubby.

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SCHOOLDAYS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328337
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver titles and vignette. 272 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328336
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A couple of small brown marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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ENID BLYTON'S FOXGLOVE STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; Sylvia Venus; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328331
Published by John Gifford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Red spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Double-sided colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. Stories, puzzles, poems and strip pictures. Minimal bumping to spine. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Margin tear to one page.

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THE BIRD BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Roland Green.
Stock no. 1328329
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1929. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. 4 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. An informative bird book for children. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of surface paper damage to top spine corner of rear board. Foxing else contents clean.

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