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SOOTY THE LITTLE BLACK ENGINE
Written by Hilda Boswell. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1328366
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small square format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A Pixie Book. A nice clean copy with minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby/marked. Small mark to front panel of wrapper.

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ENID BLYTON'S FOXGLOVE STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; Sylvia Venus; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328331
Published by John Gifford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Red spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Double-sided colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. Stories, puzzles, poems and strip pictures. Minimal bumping to spine. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Margin tear to one page.

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THE FOURTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; et al..
Stock no. 1319031
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Green boards. Gilt titles. Colour illustrations. First story is "Silly Sammy". Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and creased, loss to top of spine and 2" loss to base (further tears to spine).

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THE FOURTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; et al..
Stock no. 2116831
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Green boards. Gilt titles. Colour illustrations. First story is "Silly Sammy". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Maze puzzle to page 65 is DONE. Wrapper is creased with some large closed tears; repaired to verso with sticky tape; faded to spine; some loss to corners.

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THE MAGIC CHESTNUT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1311293
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Squirrel series. When Janet held the magic chestnut she could understand what the birds and animals were saying. Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in green biro to front endpaper. Some slight surface paper damage to pastedowns else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE LITTLE BIRTHDAY HORSE
Written by Hilda Boswell. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 379734
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Circa 1951. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn and a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. 3.5cm tear to lower spine of covers and page margins. Centre pages detached but still present, pages beneath have 10cm tear to spine. Pages are a bit grubby but pictures still nice and bright. A very scare Hilda Boswell item.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 577738
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Covers browned. Small green sticker to top of front cover. Slight browning to page margins. Colour pictures beautifully bright.

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THE TABBY-FUR FAMILY
Written by Tracey May. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 690396
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7.5". Delightful full-page colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. Tiny strip torn from margin of front & rear cover & latter half page margins. Spine rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Centre page detached. Staples rusted.

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