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THE FIVE TO SEVEN TREASURE BOOK
Written by D.M. Prescott; M.E. Procter; et al. Illustrated by Treyer Evans; et al..
Stock no. 631012
Published by Blandford Press. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges are worn. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing.

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WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1935
No author listed. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman; et al..
Stock no. 819216
Published by Daily Mirror. 1935. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Blue pictorial front board shows Wilfred's underground birthday party. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and covers unusually clean and bright due to presence of glassine wrapper which is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also repaired with tape. Joints starting to crack and have been neatly repaired with glue. Foxing to text block and page browning. A super copy.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XLIV
Written by Percy F. Westerman; Herbert Strang; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; H.M. Brock; Chris Heaps; et al..
Stock no. 814757
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1921. Very good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A Magazine for Boys. October 1920-March 1921. Spine faded. Covers unevenly faded and rubbed. Light marking to endpapers.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814184
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine is browned and marked, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Glue marks to endpapers. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814185
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and edges are worn. Covers grubby. Small chip to rear cover onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 1 plate has 1" closed tear. All plates present. Front joint cracked.

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JOLLY SMILES
Written by Bertha Leonard; Edith Millard; Constance Heward; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Ruth Cobb; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 381602
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing 2 children on donkeys with man behind them. 4 colour plates by wain (each plate with 2 illustrations) - unfortunately not of cats. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped. Corners worn with some surface paper missing from lower corner of rear cover, cover edges lightly rubbed. Light page browning throughout.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 810010
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914 Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some browning and fade marks to top and tail of spine. Foxing internally and to outer page edges. Margin tears to a few pages. A little damp staining to rear endpaper.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 806236
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Light wear to cover edges. Name and address in ink to half-title page. Dot-to-dot on page 73 completed. Page 96/97 have some surface paper damage. It looks like at one time, the pages got a little damp and the pages were stuck together next to spine. Now some of page 97 (illustration page) has stuck to edges of page 96, making a 1" hole in illustration, so affecting illustration to verso of page 97. Rest of contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-torn and chipped, with only a couple of small chips of loss.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Tinsley Pratt; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 597157
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with silver title block to spine and blue/green decorations. 'T' shaped pictorial onlay to front cover, shjowing a boy and a girl walking in the snow, confronted by a big bird! First story is 'When Hawkins Sailed the Sea'. Includes roughly 6 Louis Wain illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with some fraying to cloth. Chipping and a few tears to pictorial onlay with a couple of pieces of loss. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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IN DOORS AND OUT
Written by Clifton Bingham; Mrs. Percy Dearmer. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 379335
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

'Pictures and stories for little folk'. Red pictorial boards, large format. Grey endpapes. Packed with colour, two-tone and b/w plates and text illustrations, including one b/w doggy illustration by Wain. First story is 'The Snow Man'. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light rubbing and spotting to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins, first few pages a little grubby. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired.

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WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1928
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Nina K. Brisley; et al..
Stock no. 592719
Published by Daily Mirror. 1928. Poor condition.

Wilfred's 5th annual. 4 colour plates. Packed with illustrations. Yellow pictorial front cover. Cloth spine. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". Book: all plates present. Front cover almost detached, just held in place by webbing. Some childish colouring throughout. Corners worn. Spine faded.

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HOLY GLADNESS
Written by Edward Oxenford. Illustrated by Henry Ryland; et al..
Stock no. 433935
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. Almost very good condition.

Music by John Stainer. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour plates. B/w illustrations and score music with hymns and rhymes. Spine, corners and edges are bumped and worn, with some chipping. Some scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning/foxing to endpaprs and to some pages internally. A few hinges are a little weak.

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