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ISMO
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328811
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Partly a straight adventure story, partly a study of adolescent psychology and partly a fable of our time. Red/orange mottled boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' (80p) price printed alongside. Wrapper is well worn, rubbed and creased with tears at top of spine.

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ZOM-B BABY
Written by Darren Shan. Illustrated by Warren Pleece.
Stock no. 1828579
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When B Smith turns her back on Dr Oystein and strikes out alone, she is shocked to meet the baby from her nightmares - a strnge, sexless, zombie baby. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. Red & white pictorial endpapers. Red, white & black illustrations. 215 pages. ISBN: 9780857077684. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned with some minor bleeding to vertical margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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LIGHT
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1828572
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Young adult fiction. Book 6 in the Gone series. Matt black boards, vignette to spine, title to front. Black endpapers. All edges dark brown with lightning bolt to vertical edge. ISBN: 9781405257589. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to a sticker which is then stuck to the half-title page. A few light scuffs to boards. Minor knock to top edge. A few foxspots to prelims. Froint hinge pulled between half-title and title page. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed and lightly edge-creased.

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HEART OF THORNS
Written by Bree Barton.
Stock no. 1828571
Published by Katherine Tegen Books. 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Young Adult fantasy fiction. Mia Rose wants only one thing: revenge against the Gwyrach who killed her mother. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. All edges red. ISBN: 9780062447685. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Spine a little rubbed to to p& tail and also the red foil title is a little rubbed. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and has slight surfade paper loss to front panel.

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MAY MADRIGAL
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328077
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book in a series designed for young people over 12 years of age (the first being Charles Arriving). Green boards, silver title to spine. 223 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Some light page browning to endpapers and light foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, browned on verso and just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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CHARLES ARRIVING
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328074
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 249 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit edge rubbed with a few small foxspots.

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CHILD OF FIRE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1326456
Published by Judy Piatkus (publishers) Limited. 1st thus 1983. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The story of a Vietnamese boat-child and her family. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Originally serialised in My Weekly magazine under the title Bright Phoenix. ISBN: 0861882849. Textblock is just slightly browned and lightly foxed else a fine copy.

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JOHNNIE ALONE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1326455
Published by Piatkus. 1st thus 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A moving, sensitive story about a boy in search of his father. First published as a serial in My Weekly in 1982. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 273 pages. ISBN: 0861884124. Minimal bumping to spine. Some slight fading to wrapper spine.

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CHILD OF FIRE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1826322
Published by Judy Piatkus (publishers) Limited. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of a Vietnamese boat-child and her family. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Originally serialised in My Weekly magazine under the title Bright Phoenix. ISBN: 0861882849. Text block browned, page browning throughout. A few pale foxspots to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - SNAKE BITE
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325753
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kidnapped and taken to China, Sherlock is plunged into mystery... Black boards, metallic green title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 9780230758865. Top corners of book and dustwrapper are bumped else a fine copy.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - FIRE STORM
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325752
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sherlock Holmes is at a loss. His friend and her father have disappeared. Their house is empty, as if nobody has ever lived there... Black boards, gilt title to spine. 344 pages. ISBN: 9780230758506. SIGNED (and dated) by the author to title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top of spine.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - KNIFE EDGE
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325751
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sherlock and Mycroft need to decide if a man can really reveal secrets from beyond the grave - secrets Europe's governments may want kept. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 345 pages. ISBN: 9780230758872. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Corners bumped. Light mark to centre of front cover. Top front corner of dustwrapper is slightly worn.

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