HOW THE JUST SO STORIES WERE MADE
Written by Rudyard Kipling; John Batchelor. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1326476
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The brilliance and tragedy behind Kipling's celebrated tales for little children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 224 pages. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780300237184. Minimal bumping to spine. Wrapper is very slightly rubbed at edges and has a light vertical crease to front flap.

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PINOCCHIO
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1326475
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gold coloured cloth with red title to spine. 265 numbered pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780007339693. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine.

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THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
Written by Donald Caskie.
Stock no. 1326473
Published by Collins. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged for young readers. Red boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears at corners and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front panel (a small label has been removed).

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ONCE UPON A LEGEND
Written by Ben Miller. Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli.
Stock no. 1326472
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1st 2023. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From somewhere deep below came a low, rumbling groan. The ground beneath Marcus's feet began to judder and shake and shift.... Purple boards, silver title to spine. 275 numbered pages. Orange endpapers. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781398515871. Base of spine is ever so slightly bumped. Wrapper edges are very lightly rubbed.

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TOP OF THE HEAP
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 1326471
Published by Ant Belmont. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards; gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550506. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased/rubbed.

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NELSON THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF A VERY ENGLISH MOUSE
Written by Ian Ralph. Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 1326469
Published by Grafton Books. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Foreword by H.R.H. The Princess Anne. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The story of how Nelson the mouse became the village hero. ISBN: 0246129964. SIGNED by the author to front pastedown. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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THE MUDDLEHEADED WOMBAT
Written by Ruth Park. Illustrated by Noela Young.
Stock no. 1326465
Published by Angus & Robertson; Harpercollins Publishers Australia. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of Australia's most adored children's book characters, four stories combined in one volume: The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday, The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops and The Muddleheaded Wombat at School. Also includes a section on the life of the author and also the artist. A large, heavy volume. Blue pictorial boards. Wonderful line drawings throughout, colour pictorial endpapers and title-page. ISBN: 9780732284367. Book is fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and slightly faded to spine.

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HEAD WIND
Written by Hawthorne Daniel. Illustrated by Charles E. Pont.
Stock no. 1326461
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A small Connecticut sea coast town seems hardly a scene for a pirate story... Lilac cloth with white titles. Yellow endpapers are maps of Bluefish Cove. 177 pages. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased.

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QUINCY
Written by Tommy Steele. Illustrated by Peter Wingham.
Stock no. 1326458
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Christmas story with enduring charm, Quincy is a little boy doll. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0434964557. Spine and corners bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to top corner of front panel.

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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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RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326450
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Grubby mark to top corner of front cover. Name in belongs to box has been blotted out with black ink, child's name written above in black ink. Price-cut. Some faint foxing else contents clean.

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