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TOM TACKLES THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1328483
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis plate. 205 pages. Spine bumped. Contents are well browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, slightly grubby to rear panel and lightly creased to front panel. Lower corner of front flap has been torn off (but printed price still present).

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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328482
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 249 pages, with 3 adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Second impression of December 1926. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing, mainly to first few and last few pages and textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn at edges with slight loss and some neat repairs on verso.

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GOLD GORSE COMMON
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1328479
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. The Potter Pinner series. Text in script with pretty colour illustrations to text. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine darkened. Heavy pencil pricing to front free-endpaper. Pencil name to belongs to box (attempt has previously been made to erase it).

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A HEAD GIRL'S DIFFICULTIES
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1328478
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1934. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. B/w frontis. 328 pages. 1.5" thick. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly marked and browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Some marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE NEW ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328477
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1931. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes. 312 pages plus publication list to rear. Colour frontis and two b/w plates. Spine bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Margin tear and associated creases to last publication page.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328476
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some fading to spine. Tiny hole to inner margin of page 143. LATER dustwrapper (pink spine) is price-cut and edge rubbed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328474
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Name and address in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic paintings DONE. Tiny patch of surface paper damage from removal of a small label to top edge of title-page.

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MR. BUMBLETOES OF BIMBLETON
Written by L.C. Ockenden. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1328473
Published by Odhams Press Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

Some Jolly Tales of Bimbleton. Blue cloth. Dark blue title to spine and vignette to front. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Uneven fading to boards. Fading and browning to spine. Top of spine frayed. A few scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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GNOMELAND
Written by Uncle Elgo. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1328472
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Teatime Tales For Tiny Tots. Blue cloth, brown title and illustration to front cover. Orange and white pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis, two tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light marks to rear cover. Creases to lower page corner tips else contents clean.

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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1328469
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price sticker above cut), is badly sunned to spine and has a small tear to top of spine.

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THE DIARY OF A GOOSE GIRL
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by Claude Shepperson.
Stock no. 1328468
Published by Gay and Bird. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. B/w illustrations to text. 117 pages. 16 page catalogue to rear. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers very slightly scuffed in places. Inscription in ink to half-title. A bright clean copy.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328467
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Hampton Library edition. Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Page edge browning and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears at corners and scuffing to rear panel.

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