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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1325329
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Marks to rear cover. Last title listed on rear cover is The Princess and the Frog, Tally 360 and price 18p. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE SWEDISH FOSTER-BROTHERS
Written by Sarah S. Baker.
Stock no. 1325262
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. 127 pages. B/w frontis and title-page. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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EVA AND HER PLAYFELLOWS A BOOK OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE YOUNG
Written by C.M. Smith.
Stock no. 1325259
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1862. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt decoration. Cream endpapers. 4 hand-coloured plates (including the title-page). 255 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Covers scuffed. Glue marks to joints. Some hinges pulled.

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NIGHTLIGHT TATTOO
Written by M.T. Candler. Illustrated by John Benison.
Stock no. 1325256
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of toy soldier to front. B/w text illustrations. 197 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight fading to lower cover edges. Foxing to textblock. A couple of pages have slightly ragged edges where they have been opened after the binding process. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1825569
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fifth in the Harry Potter series. Pictorial boards. 766 pages. ISBN: 0747551006. Light vertical crease to spine. Tiny nick to lower front board joint. Lower board and spine lightly bumped. Page edge browning else cotnents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly edge-creased.

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THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Written by Russell Thorndike; Reginald Arkell. Illustrated by Arthur Watts.
Stock no. 1825542
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act. The classic tale of Punch and Judy. Introductory essay by Max Beerbohm. 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown paper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, grey marble effect boards. 61 pages. Board edges rubbed. Three flower stickers/decoupage to lower half of front pastedown. Text block and endpapers browned. Small burn mark to top margin of page 13-17 with minor loss. One or two closed tears to page edges (no loss), a few grubby marks to contents. All plates present, some have a lower corner crease.

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THE DULCIMER BOY
Written by Tor Seidler. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1825535
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st UK 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for children set in New England at the turn of the century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224019333. Slight fading to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and a little scuffed.

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THE TESTING OF JIM MACLEAN
Written by Dillon Wallace.
Stock no. 1325247
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. Very good condition.

A Tale of the Wilds of Labrador. Pale blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 272 pages. Spine bumped. A few small marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxspots.

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DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.

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A TOUCH OF MAGIC
Written by Geoffrey Morgan. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1325239
Published by Collins. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to 'A Small Piece of Paradise'. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge rubbed, small tear to base of spine.

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THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF GENTLE JACK AND LORD BUMBLEBEE
Written by George Sand; Gela Jacobson. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 1325236
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Told in English for the first time. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 74 pages. ISBN: 0416085326. Spine and corners bumped. Small old price label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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QUEENS FOR CHOICE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1325234
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - illustrated by E.E. Brier. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and rear cover very slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially removed. Heavy foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing stitching/webbing beneath.

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