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THE BLACK PATCH PIRATES
Written by Robert Aitchen. Illustrated by Robert Aitchen.
Stock no. 697505
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Superb full-page colour illustrations plus b/w drawings. Corners worn. Contents bright.

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THE BUNNY WHISKERS FIND AN ISLAND
Written by Isobel Knight. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 623652
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Why the Bunny Whiskers had to move from their comfortable little home and how they moved house on to an island. The Anytime Series. Pictorial boards, blue spine with white title. Pink, b/w pictorial endpapers and illustrations. 35 pages. Corners rubbed, top of spine worn with slight loss. Inscription in ink to top of half-title page. Pictorial wrapper edge-torn & creased.

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THE GOLDEN MAGNET
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Stock no. 624097
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Corners lightly rubbed. 1" split to top of spine. A few foxspots to prelims else contents clean.

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ALL THAT'S NICE
No author listed.
Stock no. 565580
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl pushing boy on swing. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Corners a little bumped.

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THE LOST THIMBLE
Written by Mrs. Musgrave.
Stock no. 802737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1907. Good condition.

A collection of short stories for children. Dark blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 96 pages plus 12 page booklist. Covers darkened, spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Pencil scribbles all over half-title page.

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FATHER'S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Cicely Fulcher.
Stock no. 803073
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial boards. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Rear board marked with crayon. Boards browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Crayon marks to couple of pages, other pages have grubby marks.1 hinge pulled.

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FAMOUS DISCOVERIES BY LAND AND SEA
No author listed.
Stock no. 804810
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and blind decoration to front cover. 4 colour plates. Spine bumped and faded. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Name stamp to half-title page. Price-cut wrapper is torn with chipping and grubby.

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THE BINGO BOOK
Written by Ken Harrow.
Stock no. 805190
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1951. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear board grubby with a couple of ink marks. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned.

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A COUNTESS FROM CANADA
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 989735
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, brown titles and borders. 4 b/w plates. vi + 360 pages. Reprint (The first edition of this book was in 1910, but this copy dated about 1930 by the Angela Brazil titles advertised on the rear of the jacket.) A very few foxspots to outer page edges. A superb copy in bright original wrapper.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 987834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Undated but pre 1910. Corners worn. All plates present.

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THE TRANSPORT PROBLEM
Written by C.D. Foster.
Stock no. 679782
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An assessment on economic grounds of the internal road-rail problem in Great Britain. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper spine a little sunned.

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 696770
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! A few small marks to covers. Corners worn. Spine rubbed. Joints cracked. Plates in excellent condition. Foxing to endpapers.

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