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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1328771
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Book leans to one side a little. Slight browning to endpapers.

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WHAT MADE TIDDALIK LAUGH
Written by Joanna Troughton. Illustrated by Joanna Troughton.
Stock no. 1328677
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 2nd 1986. Nearly fine condition.

A lively legend from Australia, retold by Troughton. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Second edition (first published 1977). ISBN: 0216904315.

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BLACKIE'S LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL 1923
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Natalie Joan; Nina K. Brisley; Ethel Talbot; Alice Talwin Morris; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Frank Hart; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1328618
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with black title. Front cover shows children feeding the birds. First story is 'The New Ball Goes to See'. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are very lightly browned. Some light foxing to textblock. A nice copy.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328598
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial boards with colour illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn. Light marks to contents and some light creases to pages. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn and creased, lightly browned to spine and edges.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Brown chequerboard design with colour onlay to front. 24 colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing to lower cover edges. Very neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners with minimal loss, small closed tear to top corner of front panel.

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SALLY SCATTERBRAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Betty Ladler.
Stock no. 1328461
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with minimal loss at spine and corners.

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THE NICEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1328348
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with light titles. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE GOOD SHIP "GOLDEN EFFORT"
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1828238
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles and illustration of ship to front. Four b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Endpapers a little grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby/scuffed to rear panel.

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TALLY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Hazel Usherwood. Illustrated by Ionicus.
Stock no. 1327896
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Tally is a little orange training plane. Covers edge rubbed, a couple of marks to spine edge of front cover. Light foxing and other marks to page margins. Some hinges pulled causing stitching to be a little loose but binding still tight.

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DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE & THE SUICIDE CLUB
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1327881
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chosen Books series. Grey mottled boards with gilt title and vignettes to spine, vignettes to front cover. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small, light marks to textblock and to margin of page 143 otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, 'new' publishers price sticker coveirng printed price on front flap.

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TOPSY AND TIM AT THE SEASIDE
Written by Jean Adamson; Gareth Adamson. Illustrated by Jean Adamson; Gareth Adamson.
Stock no. 1327747
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1965. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, colour illustrations throughout. 9.25 x 7". 29 pages. Covers edge rubbed/worn. Rear cover is lightly browned. Foxing and light page browning to contents.

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A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS
Written by Florence Harrison; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Nina K. Brisley; Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1327691
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth,black titles to spine. 4 colour plates including 2 by Harrison (one with fairies!), numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing else contents clean.

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