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CUCKOO
Written by Lida; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Rojan.
Stock no. 1324304
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Good condition.

Pere Castor's Wild Animal Books no. 8. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour lithographs. Text by Lida, translated by Fyleman. Fifth impression. Name and address in pencil inside front cover. Foxing to contents. Page corner tips creased. Covers edge worn and grubby. Both flaps are torn at folds to lower 2"

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BOURRU THE BROWN BEAR
Written by Lida; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Rojan.
Stock no. 1324301
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Very good condition.

Translated from the French by Rose Fyleman. No. 5 of Pere Castor's Wild Animal Books. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Fifth impression. Covers are lightly foxed and a little grubby. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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WYNPORT COLLEGE
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324294
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

A story of school life. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 351 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some slight spotting to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims.

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WILLIAM THE BAD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324280
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 188 pages. Abridged edition. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing/spotting to endpapers and textblock. Ink stamp (spelling Superman) to lower margins of about 20 pages (30-50) else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1824561
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. A few brown marks to rear board (rust?). Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and is marked to rear panel (rust spots?).

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BIGGLES FLIES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324261
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles. Vignette of bi-plane over pyramids on front cover and spine. Colour frontis. No b/w illustrations in this edition. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Frontis is part detached. Textblock is a little grubby and foxed. Prelims lightly foxed.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324258
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of small, light marks to front cover edge. Contents clean.

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BIGGLES MAKES ENDS MEET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324255
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Writing in ink to front pastedown has been blotted out. Child's name, address and phone number in black crayon to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and crease with some slight loss, small ink mark to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324253
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1324251
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

"A story of the Yellow Peril". An imaginary story in which Japan and China join together to overwhelm the Northern Hemisphere. Olive green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Grey endpapers. 6 b/w plates. 292 pages, all edges olivine. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. One plate has been reinserted in the wrong place (plate opposite pg 211 is opposite pg 196 instead).

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'TENTION!
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Charles M. Sheldon.
Stock no. 1324249
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. Covers grubby. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Ink name stamps to prelims and name in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to contents and textblock.

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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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