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JENNINGS AND DARBISHIRE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327520
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings receives a printing set! Colour frontis. Red boards. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight dent to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased with minimal loss.

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OUR FRIEND JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327516
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine. Colour frontis plate. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Front cover is slightly dust marked to top and bottom edges. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs to tears on verso of front panel, small piece of loss to top corner of rear panel.

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BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327515
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. Some and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Textblock is foxed. Front joint has started to crack. Some heavy pencil marks to front free-endpaper erased (old price). Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to spine and folds.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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MOONSHADOW
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Justin Todd.
Stock no. 1327482
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. A magical hide-and-seek book, find Tom's moonshadow cat and lot more besides. Vivid colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575030267. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing to contents.

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ANN IN THE MOON
Written by Frances D. Francis. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge.
Stock no. 1327480
Published by Bancroft Books. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Silver and white boards with colour illustration to front. Salmon pink endpapers. Striking colour illustrations throughout. 62 pages. ISBN: 0430004915. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page edges browning and some slight foxing else contents clean.

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THE INQUISITIVE HARVEST MOUSE
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1827759
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 497. Cream boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards a little grubby, corners lightly rubbed. Browning to endpapers. A few marks to contents. First gathering a little loose, hinge pulled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with tiny amounts of loss mainly to corners, and a little scuffed.

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RAJA THE ELEPHANT (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827756
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined edition. The story of an Indian elephant. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. Covers a little grubby, corners are rubbed. '3' written in pencil to inside front cover. Text block browned. Creased to lower gutter edge. Contents generally clean.

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MISKA THE SEAL (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827755
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined version. A story founded on facts about fur seals born on the Pribilof Islands. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. '9' written to front cover and '2' to inside front cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing to inside covers. Contents otherwise clean.

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THE CONJUROR'S BOX
Written by Ann Lawrence. Illustrated by Brian Alldridge.
Stock no. 1327469
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A strange and exciting story full of colour, magic and humour. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722668066. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine and rear spine edge.

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PETER THE PANDA
Written by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 1827752
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Peekobook. Very small format. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Undated. Boards rubbed and worn at corners. Contents creased. Staples rusty.

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HURRAH FOR MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1827751
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Small oblong format strip book. Pictorial card wraps with red front cover and red linen spine. Rear cover has b/w illustration of Mary Mouse looking at notice board which has 8 Mary Mouse titles on it, from 'Dolls' House' to Hurrah'. 124 red and black illustrations. Light staple rust marks showing to front of spine. Very minor surface paper loss to lower edge of front cover (due to rubbing). Rear cover is browned and a bit grubby. Text block browned. Contents clean. Overall a nice copy.

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