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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN
Written by Sara Hawks Sterling. Illustrated by Rowland Wheelwright.
Stock no. 1815999
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. 4 colour plates. 118 pages. Spine worn with 2" split to lower front edge and 0.5" split to top front edge. Edges rubbed, corners worn exposing boards. Front board is scuffed. A few scattered foxspots, mainly to prelims and text block. Inscription in ink to half-title page. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815994
Published by Hampster Books. Very good condition.

Retold for Younger Readers. Early Reader Series 28. Cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to top of title page. Light browning to text block and a few creases to contents.

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ROBIN HOOD
Written by J.C. Holt.
Stock no. 1815959
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Evidence for the historical Robin Hood. People's hero or lawless marauder? Who was the 'real' Robin Hood - or was there none? And how did the legends of a violent era become the romantic tales of today? Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0500273081. Remains of price-label to rear cover.

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ROBIN HOOD HIS MERRY EXPLOITS
Written by Charles Wilson.
Stock no. 1815952
Published by Charles Wilson (booksellers) Limited. 1947. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige/grey cloth boards with red titles. B/w frontis and first chapter header. 159 pages. School prize plate to front pastedown. Top edge of text block dusty. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is repaired to verso with clear tape and grubby to rear panel.

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TIME BELONG TUMBUNA
Written by Glenys Kohnke. Illustrated by Glenys Kohnke.
Stock no. 1208747
Published by The Jacaranda Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Legends and Traditions of Papua New Guinea, collected by Kohnke and illustrated by her own paintings, drawings and sculptures. Large format. Orange boards, black title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 110 pages. ISBN: 0701606886. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail, corners rubbed. Wrapper worn at edges with slight loss at corners.

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ARCADIAN BALLADS
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1406638
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tall format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0435147722. Erased pencil mark to top of front endpaper. A little foxing to edge of text block. Contents very good. Spine of dustwrapper a little faded and rubbed.

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PALACE IN BAGDAD - SEVEN TALES FROM ARABIA
Written by Jean Russell Larson. Illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi.
Stock no. 1507042
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. circa 1966. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Out of the exotic world of the Middle East come these seven tales of adventure, humor and mystery. Yellow pictorial boards with black titles.10.25 x 7.5". B/w Illustrations. 95 pages. Top of spine and lower corners bumped, some wear to spine and corners. Pencil inscription and other pencil writing to both endpapers. Light foxing to text block. Text pages very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, with a couple of tears and small pieces of loss. Small hole torn near centre of spine, silver library binding label stuck below. 2.5" tear to base of front fold, small hole to rear fold. Also slightly grubby with label residue on front panel.

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ALP LEGENDS
Written by Johannes Jegerlehner. Illustrated by M. Todhunter; Rudolf Munger.
Stock no. 1506474
Published by Sherratt & Hughes. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth covers with black titles. 37 tales. Translated by I.M. Whitworth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 205 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few small marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers. Just a few fox spots to contents.

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THE SILVER TREASURE
No author listed. Illustrated by Bee Willey.
Stock no. 1405691
Published by Orion Children's Books. circa 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Eight prints from The Silver Treasure by Geraldine McCaughrean. Contained in glazed pictorial card folder. Prints all present and in excellent condition. Cover is a little creased and corners are a little bumped.

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FAIR TOURAINE
Written by Margaret Aulton. Illustrated by Margaret Aulton.
Stock no. 1606752
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Good condition.

Stories and Legends of the Loire. Very large format (12.5 x 10.25"). Black cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Beautiful b/w sketches. Spine and corners bumped and worn, a little splitting at top and tail of spine. Rear board is scuffed and marked, with some surface damage. Some scratch marks to front board. Some splitting to front joint. Elegant inscription on half-title page. Contents generally very good.

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THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1403653
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and illustration to front cover. Black endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. 419 pages. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, browned and a little worn at top. Corners are bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing and some fingering throughout.

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THE LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR
Written by Rhiannon Ifans. Illustrated by Helen Holmes.
Stock no. 1810303
Published by Y. Lolfa. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Lilac glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862432103. Small holes to board edges else a clean copy.

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