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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1208883
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards with dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus booklist. Cover edges browned, loss of colour at top edge of front and rear covers. Some faint marks to prelims and a few foxspots to egde of textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly soiled with loss at corners and closed tears repaired on verso.

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SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1407127
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1952. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Bad bump to bottom of front board. Foxing mainly to page edges. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with several small tears and chips. Label removed from bottom of spine leaving old tape marks. Label removed from front flpa. Wrapper is grubby.

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WILLIAM THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1316618
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt is rubbed and therefore dulled. Name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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EAGLE ANNUAL No. 10 (1961)
Written by Clifford Makins.
Stock no. 1507258
Published by Longacre Press. 1961. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, red, yellow and black decorated covers. Endpapers by Thelwell. Colour and b/w illustrations. 173 pages. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers scuffed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn, creased and chipped, very little loss. Slightly grubby, verso of spine browned.

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THE ST. JIM'S CHRISTMAS BARRING-OUT
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406737
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 54. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issues 776-784, 1923. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703005589. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 23. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little scuffed at top. Contents are very good. Contained in a slip case that is edge worn and browned at the edges.

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THE FIRST BOYS PAPER OMNIBUS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406711
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1981. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume 41. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. A unique collection, chosen from among the best of boy's pre-war story papers and magazines. Includes The Penny Marvel, Young Britain, The Champion, The Triumph, The Thriller, Dick Turpin, Boys Cinema, The Popular, and Scoops. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 070300221X. Copy no. 62 SIGNED by the publisher. Cellophane wrapper is a little marked. Contained in a grey mottled slipcase that is a little bumped at corners with a little foxing to spine.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406702
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. Copy no. 57. SIGNED by publisher. Book has a musty smell. COntained in green mottled slipcase which has bumping to corners and one edge.

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WINGS OVER THE AMAZON
Written by David T. Lindsay. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2123196
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Ace Series. Blue boards, black title to spine. 222 pages. 4 b/w plates. The Ace Series title list to two pages at rear. Spine is faded and marked. Uneven fading to cover edges. Corners are bumped. Some marks to endpapers. Foxing and browning to pages. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2123176
Published by Newnes. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. Assumed 1st edition 1936 - UNDATED! Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour. Contents are still very good.

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THE SCARLET SQUADRON
Written by George E. Rochester.
Stock no. 2123133
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 4 b/w plates. Spine is bumped and marks. Corners are bumped. One plate is nearly detached. Page browning and foxing. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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THE AIR CROOK AT ROOFONTEIN
Written by G. Gibbard Jackson.
Stock no. 2123130
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. An Air Adventure For Boys. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small nick to top of spine, which is also faded. Name partially rubbed out to front pastedown. Front endpaper is creased. Grubby marks to outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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BROOD OF THE VULTURE
Written by George E. Rochester. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 1813852
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 'ACE' Series. Beige cloth boards with black title to spine. 4 b/w plates. Boards bowed. A few minor foxspots presesnt. Some hinges pulled. Frontis part detached. Name ink to half-title page. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-creased and worn with loss at edges.

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