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THE MAGIC CHESTNUT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1311293
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Squirrel series. When Janet held the magic chestnut she could understand what the birds and animals were saying. Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in green biro to front endpaper. Some slight surface paper damage to pastedowns else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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ADVENTURES AT HAMPTON COURT
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 1310873
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Neat gilt school stamp to centre of front cover. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned/foxed. Foxing to textblock. Prize plate to half-title along with a name in ink below. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MARY CONTRAIRY
Written by Ethel Talbot.
Stock no. 1401672
Published by Lutterworth Press. Almost very good condition.

Miss Mary Contrairy's house blows away because she does not look after it. This is the story of how she gets it back. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Backstrip is missing. Corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is grubby and marked. Bump to bottom of rear edge. Some hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1306893
Published by Lutterworth Press. 3rd 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 224 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. There are some grubby marks to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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TIME TO PLAY
Written by May Marshall. Illustrated by Barbara C. Freeman.
Stock no. 1106589
Published by Lutterworth Press. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green covers with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. 20 illustrations by Freeman. Covers are mottled with fading. Edges are worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with some loss to corners and creased.

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YOUNG ELIZABETH GREEN
Written by Constance Savery.
Stock no. 1206276
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Elizabeth at 15 is sent by the orphanage to Deveril court as a governess, but her six-year-old charge is a headstrong tomboy who has no intention of being ordered about by an orphan! Green boards, b/w frontis. 128 pages. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Wrapper price-cut and edge-chipped.

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THE WELL CABIN
Written by Jean Blathwayt.
Stock no. 1206225
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A mystery story. Blue boards, dark blue titles to spine. Colour frontis. 126 pages. The Crown Library series. Wrapper price-cut, edge-chipped with slight loss and stained to spine.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1304452
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green, blue titles to spine and front cover. 223 numbered pages. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some pencil erasure marks to half title-page which also has a 1.5" closed tear at inner margin. A couple of hinges are pulled. It is possible that the free-endpapers (front and rear) are missing - or it may not have had any in the first instance? Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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THE SEASIDE FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1204018
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Some mottling to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is edge-chipped.

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JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

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THE BOY WHO DIDN'T LIKE RAIN
Written by Edith M. Bell. Illustrated by Barbara C. Freeman.
Stock no. 1202918
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Oblong format, beige cloth spine with pictorial front board. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Covers are a little bit grubby. Front joint is partly broken causing front free-endpaper to be part detached. Foxing throughout. Colouring (mostly very neat) to the b/w illustrations.

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THE MAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elsie Walker.
Stock no. 1702645
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, dark title to spine. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718801083. Bookplate to front endpaper. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut and edge-chipped.

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