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THE STORY OF MOTHER HUBBARD AND THE SILVER SIXPENNY
Written by Ethel Talbot. Illustrated by H.K.A. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1328082
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

A Little Book. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis (not by Robinson), b/w text illustrations. 46 pages. Backstrip missing. Corners worn and some dents to cover edges. Some light foxing and fingermarks else contents clean.

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THE HANDBOOK OF BIRD IDENTIFICATION FOR EUROPE AND THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC
Written by Mark Beaman; Steve Madge. Illustrated by Hilary Burn; et al..
Stock no. 1828293
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Over 350 colour plates in total. 868 pages. ISBN: 0713639601. Top & tail of spine and lower horizontal edges rubbed. Text block grubby. Name & date in ink to front endpaper (appears to have previously belonged to Brian Sawford, a well known local naturalist). Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and has a few minor chips, closed tears, and is a little grubby.

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A GAME OF THRONES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1
Written by George R.R. Martin; Daniel Abraham. Illustrated by Tommy Patterson; et al..
Stock no. 1327912
Published by Bantam Books. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards, metallic red title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, comic book style. ISBN: 9780440423218. 7th printing. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of dustwrapper.

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MASTERS OF AMERICAN COMICS
Written by John Carlin; Paul Karasik; Brian Walker; et al. Illustrated by Charles M. Schulz; Matt Groening; et al..
Stock no. 1828248
Published by Hammer Museum And The Museum Of Contemporary Art. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

An exhibition organized by John Carlin and Brian Walker 2005-2007. An art history of twentieth-century American comic strips and books. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w comic strips. ISBN: 030011317X. Knock to base of spine else a lovely copy.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Patrick Benson; et al..
Stock no. 1327882
Published by Ted Smart. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four themed sections - Animals, Magic, Friends and foes, and Matters of importance - take the reader on a journey into Dahls unique imagination. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 444 pages. 3rd printing. Bumping to spine. Lower cover edges are lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge browned and creased.

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DICK WHITTINGTON AND OTHER TALES OF OLD LONDON (GRANDFATHER STORIES 3)
Written by F.E. Melton. Illustrated by Malcolm Patterson; Innes Fripp; et al..
Stock no. 1828155
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very good condition.

Retold by F.E. Melton. 8 stories, first is 'When London was New Troy'. Red cloth spine with no title, green paper boards with pictorial onlay to front. 6 tipped in colour plates by various illustrators. Publication is undated. Cloth spine is browned and has a few small marks. Boards are lightly rubbed at edges, more-so at corners.. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Text block browned. All plates present. Some small foxspots and minor margin marks to contents.

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BIBLE ALPHABET
No author listed. Illustrated by Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1327762
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout depicting the alphabet and Bible characters/scenes. Covers are slightly edge worn and grubby. A couple of small patches of surface damage to rear cover. Page corner tips very slightly creased else contents clean. Tiny booksellers sticker to inside front cover.

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SLEEPY TIME TALES
Written by Kathryn Jackson; Janette Sebring Lowrey; Ruth Krauss; et al. Illustrated by Richard Scarry; Alice Provensen; Martin Provensen; et al..
Stock no. 1327755
Published by Golden Pleasure Books Ltd.. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth spine with gilt title. Blue pictorial boards. First story is Tawny Scrawny Lion. 61 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Spine bumped and slightly faded, gilt to spine has dulled. Contents are clean.

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A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS
Written by Florence Harrison; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Nina K. Brisley; Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1327691
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth,black titles to spine. 4 colour plates including 2 by Harrison (one with fairies!), numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE ART OF IDW'S TRANSFORMERS
No author listed. Illustrated by M.D. Bright; Don Figueroa; Guido Guidi; et al..
Stock no. 1827801
Published by Idw. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The most memorable work from series such as Beast Wars, Generations, Stormbringer, etc. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781600102561. Front cover and prelims creased. Top of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. First section starting to come unglued from bottom edge. Contents clean.

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THE ART OF IDW'S TRANSFORMERS
No author listed. Illustrated by M.D. Bright; Don Figueroa; Guido Guidi; et al..
Stock no. 1327298
Published by Idw. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The most memorable work from series such as Beast Wars, Generations, Stormbringer, etc. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781600102561. Wear to top and tail of spine which is also slightly faded. Contents bright and clean.

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ALL ROUND THE WORLD: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W.F. Ainsworth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; et al..
Stock no. 1827689
Published by William Collins Sons & Company. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Large and very heavy set of two volumes. Edited by Ainsworth. Leather spine & corners with 5 raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and title label. Brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Two hundred b/w illustrations. Six folding colour maps. Sereis I is 1st 1868, Series II is 1st 1870. Spine of Series I is split to top half of front joint. Both volumes are worn at board edges and scuffed. Title label of both volumes is heavily rubbed. Foxing throughout. Series I has a closed tear (no loss) mainly to margin of plate opposite page 592, also a small chip to vertical edge of illustration list. Biro mark to some maps. Else contents are very good.

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