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TERSIAS
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110393
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A gripping adventure of night chases, double-crossings and weird magic. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages. ISBN: 0571221521. SIGNED by author to title page.

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WORMWOOD
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110394
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. A gripping tale of sorcery, treachery, intrigue and supernatural strife. Includes b/w illustrations and maps from the period (c1756). Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. 312 pages. ISBN: 0571223915. SIGNED by author to title page.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER
Written by Siegfried Sassoon.
Stock no. 2110222
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1995. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title to spine. The Faber Library Series. Fictionalized autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917. ISBN: 0571176518. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1708199
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411.

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THE FOREST AND THE KINGDOM
Written by Meriol Trevor. Illustrated by Philip Hepworth.
Stock no. 1806638
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine. Sketch map of the World of Dionysus to endpapers. B/w chapter headers, map to frontis. Small white spots to spine and spine edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled. Binding nice and tight. Contents clean.

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THE ALL-NITE CAFE
Written by Philip Gross.
Stock no. 1204361
Published by Faber & Faber. Circa 1993. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Poetry for teenagers. Winner of the Signal Poetry Award 1994. ISBN: 0571167535. SIGNED by author. 4th printing.

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THE CURSE OF SALAMANDER STREET
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1204342
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2006. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

Sequel to Shadowmancer. Colourful, dramatic, relentless, accessible to children and more frightening for their parents. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780571228737. SIGNED by author

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HIGH IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Paul McCartney; Geoff Dunbar; Philip Ardagh. Illustrated by Geoff Dunbar.
Stock no. 1202498
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A quest to save enslaved animals everywhere! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0525477330. Bumping and wear to top edge of front cover. Wrapper is a little scuffed, with edge-creasing.

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MEET MY FOLKS!
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1103741
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The authors first book for children. Yellow and red pictorial boards. Full-page b/w illustrations. 42 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn to top of spine for a few inches with 1" loss to very top; repaired to verso with tape. A couple of other edge-tears. Grubby marks to wrapper.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1302521
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Large (taking up the lower half of the page) but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at edges and also to centre of spine and to edge of rear panel, old tape stains to wrapper.

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SOMERSET SHELL GUIDE
Written by C.H.B. Quennell; Peter Quennell.
Stock no. 1201226
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spiral bound inside white cloth covers. B/w photos, also b/w photos on pale green paper plates. Covers lightly browned at edges. The following words have been punch stamped as holes at the bottom of the title page 'Complimentary Copy Not for Sale' else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-chipped. A very nice copy of the first Faber edition.

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STIGGLES
Written by K.K. De Karroff. Illustrated by Margery Colman.
Stock no. 449477
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some browning to covers. Couple of corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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