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LEAVE IT TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327519
Published by Collins. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The summer term at Linbury Court School would have flowed more smoothly if Jennings had not placed such faith in the fortune-teller at the village fete... Light grey covers, red lettering to spine. B/w drawings. 192 pages. Top edge red. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, small closed tear to slightly grubby rear panel.

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JENNINGS, OF COURSE!
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327518
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Top edge red. 4 b/w illustrations. 192 pages. Pale foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed with a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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THANKS TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327517
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are partly browned and there is pale page browning throughout. Contents are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, a couple of small grubby marks to rear panel.

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OUR FRIEND JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327516
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine. Colour frontis plate. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Front cover is slightly dust marked to top and bottom edges. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs to tears on verso of front panel, small piece of loss to top corner of rear panel.

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BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327515
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. Some and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Textblock is foxed. Front joint has started to crack. Some heavy pencil marks to front free-endpaper erased (old price). Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to spine and folds.

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CAROLINE CANTERS HOME
Written by Caroline Arkill. Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1827790
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pony story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 034021385X. A few minor foxspots to text block and endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, grubby to rear panel, lightly edge-worn.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1827776
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1909 edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates. Top edge blue. A beautiful book. Spine lightly faded. Otherwise a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some lightly shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR
Written by Mervyn Peake. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1827765
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A swashbuckling pirate fantasy. Large format. Blue paper boards, Black title to spine and illustration to front. Green endpapers. Colour illustratoins. ISBN: 0744581222. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little scuffed to rear panel.

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MOONSHADOW
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Justin Todd.
Stock no. 1327482
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. A magical hide-and-seek book, find Tom's moonshadow cat and lot more besides. Vivid colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575030267. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing to contents.

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ANN IN THE MOON
Written by Frances D. Francis. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge.
Stock no. 1327480
Published by Bancroft Books. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Silver and white boards with colour illustration to front. Salmon pink endpapers. Striking colour illustrations throughout. 62 pages. ISBN: 0430004915. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page edges browning and some slight foxing else contents clean.

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THE INQUISITIVE HARVEST MOUSE
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1827759
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 497. Cream boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards a little grubby, corners lightly rubbed. Browning to endpapers. A few marks to contents. First gathering a little loose, hinge pulled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with tiny amounts of loss mainly to corners, and a little scuffed.

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