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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1327079
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight fading to top and tail of spine. Small 'compass'(?) hole to centre of front cover (and dustwrapper). Prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a tear to top of spine at rear edge.

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LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1327075
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fifth book in the Lone Pine series. This is Jenny's Harman's story. Her desire to possess an old spoon which she found on a junk-tray in Bishop Castle's market laid the foundation of another great adventure for the Lone Piners. Beige cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slightly grubby marks to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is creased and edge rubbed.

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COME TO THE CIRCUS!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1326788
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Two names in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinge between endpaper and half title is cracked. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MUDDLES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey; Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 1326779
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 159 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to cover edges and to contents. Name and address in pencil to half title-page. Front joint at half title is cracked. Most (if not all) of the illustrations have been coloured in (neatly). Dustwrapper is badly worn, torn and creased with slight loss at edges and more loss to spine (see picture).

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THE WISHING-CHAIR AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1326758
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles. Black and white illustrations. 192 pages. Spine slightly bumped, rubbed and faded. A couple of small marks to rear cover. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326700
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title labels to spine and vignette of William to front. 251 pages. Fortieth impression. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed and rear panel and spine (white) are a bit grubby.

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JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326445
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1960. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title labels to spine and vignette of William to front. 251 pages. 42nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of small dents to rear cover. Top of front free-endpaper has been torn out. Contents browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is very worn and grubby, stains to verso showing through on rear panel and spine.

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WILLIAM AGAIN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326402
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1933. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 253 pages. 25th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing and other spotting to contents. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with loss to top and tail of spine and large tears across front panel and at rear flap.

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JUST WILLIAM'S LUCK
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326170
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1948. Fair condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles on spine and front cover. This is the only full-length William book (the others being made up of short stories) and was based on Val Guest's screenplay for the 1947 film of the same name. 264 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, marks to covers. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Child's pencil and red felt-tip pen writing to rear pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Some margin marks but contents generally clean.

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WILLIAM AND THE MASKED RANGER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Henry Ford.
Stock no. 1324709
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Gilt vignette of William saluting to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of spots to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and just a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1324581
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners bumped. Small pink mark to top of spine and small white mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with small tape repairs on verso, name in blue biro to front flap of wrapper.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324571
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1940. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Fifth impression, May 1940. Spine bumped and slightly faded. A couple of light marks to covers. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, large piece of loss to lower front corner. Spine is browned and rear panel is a bit grubby with tick marks to title list. There are brown paper repairs at edges on verso of wrapper.

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