ADVENTURES OF PUFFIN
Written by Ursula Moray Williams. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1328884
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and border lines to front cover. 197 numbered pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Looks like a section from the original dustwrapper(?) has been cut out and stuck to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is dusty and also slightly stained (does not affect page margins).

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NO-SITCH: THE HOUND
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321144
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st USA 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn and edges lightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Contents clean. Light musty smell to contents.

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THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Margaret G. Hays; Jane Allen Boyer.
Stock no. 1405209
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Kitchen People. Dark blue cloth oblong onlay. 9.5 x 6.75 ". Colour frontis plus b/w and two-tone illustrations. 175 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Corners worn. Title on spine faded. Covers are heavily marked, possibly damp stained. Both joints badly cracked, showing webbing beneath. Endpapers browned and marked. Erased writing to flyleaf. Bottom 2" of frontis cut off. Small closed tears to frontis mended on verso with clear tape. Two pages at end of book detached. Some pages creased. A few foxspots. Edge of text block is grubby.

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THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS
Written by William M. Timlin. Illustrated by William M. Timlin.
Stock no. 1314201
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

One of the classic works of fantasy and the author's solitary children's book. Only 2000 copies printed of which 600 were used for the American edition. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt titles and decoration. Grey paperboards. 48 magical colour plates. Both calligraphic text and plates are mounted on grey art paper making this a truly unusual item. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some chipping to top and tail of spine. Covers are grubby and marked, edges are rubbed. There is some surface paper damage to covers, particularly at edges. Binding re-stitched. Some damage to front endpaper. Small margin tears. Apart from some slight fingering all plates seem fine. A good copy of this scarce item.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 595605
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition.

Publisher's de-luxe binding. Olive green morocco with gilt titles. Front cover has coloured leather inlaid illustration. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. A handsome book. Light bump to one edge of front cover. A little bumping to spine. A few brown marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates are present and in fine condition - a really lovely copy of this special publishers edition.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 321289
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Publisher's de-luxe binding. Olive green morocco with gilt titles. Front cover has coloured leather inlaid illustration. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. A handsome book. Boards a little rubbed to edges. Some erased pencil writing (faint) to verso of Front endpaper Endpapers browned. Contents otherwise clean and bright. Front joint cracked. Tear to middle of one page at joint. Generally a superb 1st edition.

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