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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1313153
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Fading to gilt on front cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges/margins.

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TWO YEARS IN THE INFANT SCHOOL VOLUME FOUR
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1502735
Published by George Newnes Limited. Very good condition.

Topics 64 to 84 and Special Subjects. Prepared under the supervision of Blyton. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 1309 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is faded and gilt dulled. Various marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Contents very good.

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DOWN ON THE FARM
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402522
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Jerry's first visit to a farm and what he saw there. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 47 pages. Spine bumped, rubbed and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some scuffing to board edges. Cover grubby. Light creasing to endpaper. A little foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins.

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THE MYSTERY MAN
Written by Charlotte M. Kelly. Illustrated by S. Bright.
Stock no. 1402491
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Who was the man known to everyone as the Hermit? The young Ethertons on holiday in Switzerland were determined to find out. Blue boards with darker blue titles. Vignette of a palace to front board. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tower House series. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mottling to boards. Small bump to bottom of rear board. Foxing mainly to endpapers otherwise contents generally clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and tornd with small areas of loss. Label stuck to front panel. Heavy foxing to wrapper.

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THE MAGIC APPLE AND OTHER STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1312279
Published by George Newnes Limited. Good condition.

Large format. Brown paper wraps with black illustrations. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers are worn at spine and corners, page corner tips also slightly worn. Staples rusty and a couple of small marks to covers. A few small marks to page margins else contents clean.

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WILLIAM THE FOURTH
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1808079
Published by George Newnes Limited. 3rd 1924. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to front and spine. 250 pages and 2 pages of adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Third impression. Uneven fading to top edge of boards. A few hinges pulled. Scattered foxing throughout. Top edge of text block grubby. Pictorial wrapper is torn with loss and faded.

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THE GREEN GOBLIN BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
Stock no. 1807692
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 10" x 7.5". 120 pages. Light marks to front cover. New free front endpaper expertly inserted. Scattered foxing throughout. A few grubby margin marks. Hinges pulled. Pictorial wrapper is nice and bright, worn at corners with chipping, strengthened to verso with clear tape. Wrapper spine is faded but otherwise wrapper is a very nice, bright example.

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WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2111106
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1930. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers with black title to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Front cover is bowed. Uneven fading to covers, with black marks to cover edges. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is torn and chipped with 2-3" loss to top of spine and 1" loss to base; other smaller areas of loss to corners and along edges.

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WILLIAM THE SHOWMAN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1310319
Published by George Newnes Limited. 10th 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. A few tiny spots to covers. Name and address in biro on front endpaper. Foxing to page edges/margins. Large vertical tear to page 238 repaired with tape. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to spine with chipping at top and tail.

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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2109795
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Damp stain to front cover. Other marks to covers. Corners are bumped and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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DON'T BE SILLY, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1806387
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st thus 1967. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps priced at 2'6. B/w illustrations to text, 79 pages. Wear to base of backstrip with loss.Covers slightly creased but nice and bright. Light page browning else contents clean.

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DEMON ISLAND
Written by Cecil R. Baldock. Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton.
Stock no. 2105286
Published by George Newnes Limited. 2nd 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Bannister twins know how to look after themselves and they need all their resourcefulness when they are kidnapped and taken to Demon Island . Light brown boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. Tower House Series. 128 pages. Corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is price-cut, heavily foxed, with edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some creasing.

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