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HOW IT IS MADE
Written by Archibald Williams.
Stock no. 1324482
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 474 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Corners bumped and some small dents to cover edges. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Small tear to inner margin of frontis tissue-guard. Top edge of textblock is grubby.

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ELECTRIC MODELS FROM ODDS AND ENDS
Written by D.C. Gohm. Illustrated by E. Patterson.
Stock no. 1323201
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 83. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Some light foxing to page edges. Contents clean.

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MY FIRST EARTH BOOK
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by Mike Peterkin.
Stock no. 2140833
Published by Guild Publishing. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 3 pop-ups of the earth. Colour illustrations. Pop-ups are all very good. A few marks to covers.

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THE MICROSCOPE
Written by Ellison Hawks.
Stock no. 2140784
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover; pictorial onlay to front cover. Shown to the Children Series. Colour and b/w plates (40 total). B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight repair to corner of pictorial onlay. Browning and some foxing to outer page edges.

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THE EVEN MORE AMAZING SCIENCE POP-UP BOOK
Written by Chris Oxlade.
Stock no. 2132954
Published by Franklin Watts. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

A 3-Dimensional Exploration by Jay Young. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains a working gravity-clock, binoculars, scales, telephone, phenakistoscope and abacus. ISBN: 0749625600. Bumping to corners. All pieces and pop-ups appear present and in very good working order.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 1818733
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to text block and prelims. A few grubby marks present. One gathering is bound upside-down pages 128-144. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE YOUNG ASTRONOMER AND HIS TELESCOPE
Written by Patrick Moore.
Stock no. 2130934
Published by Keith Reid. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Answers the questions so often asked. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904094081. Top corner of front endpaper has been cut off. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE WEATHER
Written by Francis Wilson. Illustrated by Philip Jacobs.
Stock no. 1316914
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; Purnell. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

BBC Weatherman Francis Wilson explains the mysteries of the world's weather and reveals the secrets of forecasting in this colourful action pop-up book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A unique 3-d pop-up book. Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress. ISBN: 0361075162. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine. Contents fine.

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EAGLE BOOK OF HOW IT WORKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504118
Published by Longacre Press. 1st 1962. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Written with great care in straight forward, non-technical language and illustrated with many fascinating photographs and explanatory drawings. Large format. Blue boards, dark blue title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine, heavy bumping to corners. Wear to bottom edge of front cover, light browning to some cover edges. Heavy foxing to title page, frontis and half-title page. Light foxing to page edges. Book has musty smell. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased. Large tear to front panel, stain to bottom part of spine and panels alongside. Some browning. Clear tape stuck on verso to edges and tears. Foxed.

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THE LIVING THINGS AROUND US: BIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS BOOK I
Written by T.J.S. Rowland.
Stock no. 1809891
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Based on Living Things for Lively Youngsters, and More Living Things for Lively Youngsters. Green pictorial limp cloth covers. B/w text illustrations. 144 pages. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 2110956
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Some page browning and foxing. Only titles of original wrapper are left and pasted onto homemade brown paper 'wrapper'.

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THE EVEN MORE AMAZING SCIENCE POP-UP BOOK
Written by Chris Oxlade.
Stock no. 1401104
Published by Franklin Watts. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

A 3-Dimensional Exploration by Jay Young. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains a working gravity-clock, binoculars, scales, telephone, phenakistoscope and abacus. ISBN: 0749625600. All parts present. Sand in the timer doesn't flow freely but everything else working. Crease to top of phenakistoscope.

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