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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826107
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beaver Club edition. Red boards. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. A few marks to boards. Child's name and address in ink to front endpaper (quite large). Browning to contents. A few foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper has foxing to flaps, is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE
Written by Isabel Alexander. Illustrated by Isabel Alexander.
Stock no. 1826106
Published by Penguin Books. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 58. Pictorial paper wraps. colour and b/w illustrations. Spine lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Name in red ink to inside front cover. Staple binding is rusty and rust has bled slightly onto gutter. Contents are very nice.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 12TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1325673
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1920. Fair condition.

12th year. Orange cloth spine. Brown pictorial front board showing sailor. 6 colour plates, 4 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Interesting article on the Channel Tunnel! Boards edge worn. Spine bumped with slight fraying. Some slight scuffing to covers. Two plates loose with ragged edges. Endpapers browned. Name plate and child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing and other marks to page margins. Lower corner of page 87/88 cut off (text not affected).

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 14TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al; Charles Turley; Gunby Hadath. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325672
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1922. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy in foreground with a metal container, campfire and tent in background. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. A collection of adventure stories for boys. 160 pages. First story is "The Flapper" by Mason. Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped with split at rear edge. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers slightly browned. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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CIRCUS BOY
Written by Dorothea J. Snow; Gordon Grimsley. Illustrated by John Pollack.
Stock no. 1325666
Published by Daily Mirror. 1958. Very good condition.

TV's famous Corky and his circus adventures. Large format, glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Front cover shows Corky feeding chimpanzee with bottle of milk. Spine slightly bumped. A beautifully bright copy.

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BLACK BRAMBLE WOOD
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325664
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

One of the Potter Pinner books. Square format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are slightly grubby with indentations (possibly the book has been leant on for colouring?). Spine bumped with fading to top and tail. Corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Small amount of loss to corner of one page. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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RUPERT AND THE MAGICIAN'S UMBRELLA - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 6 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325654
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Slight wear to lower corner of front cover. Contents browned but otherwise clean.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325653
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Rupert a little surprised to see a wolf emerging from a four-poster bed! Red cloth spine. 4 stories. 157 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Spine slightly faded with a few small marks. Name and date in belongs to box. A couple of tiny margins tears. Contents clean.

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A MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE RABBIT TALES OF DANGER AND DARING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1325649
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 196 pages. ISBN: 9780723267850. Tiny spot to front cover else a fine copy. Contained in a matching slipcase with printed price blotted out on lower edge.

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CLOVER
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1325645
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A sequel to What Katy Did Next. Pictorial cardwraps. 189 pages. ISBN: 1904417302. Tiny yellow spot to edge of title-page and a light pink mark to top edge of textblock.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1325642
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 3rd 1927. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Front cover is lightly mottled (damp?). Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Browning and pencil name/date to half title-page. Some hinges pulled. Foxing to textblock. A decent copy of an early edition.

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MR. PLOD AND LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1325637
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Plum pictorial boards. Noddy Book No. 22. Colour title to front cover, spine and title page. Colour illustrations. Pre ISBN. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and child's name also to same page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and rubbed at spine and corners.

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