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GREY RABBIT AND THE WANDERING HEDGEHOG
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2133979
Published by Collins. 8th 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with green titles and picture to front. Green pictorial endpapers. 63 numbered pages. Colour pictures throughout. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears/nicks; a little foxing.

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A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY (NN 104)
Written by Peter Bircham.
Stock no. 1319459
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 104. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780007199693. Still in original shrinkwrap but top edge of rear panel of wrapper is a bit creased.

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THE HAUNTED FORT
Written by Franklin W. Dixon.
Stock no. 2133750
Published by Collins. 1971. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. The Hardy Boys Series No. 3. ISBN: 0001605038. Ex-lib. (school) with some marks - ink stamp and surface paper damage to front endpaper. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Scuff/score marks to covers (especially to rear). A reading copy.

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MAPPING THE RAILWAYS
Written by Julian Holland; David Spaven.
Stock no. 2133557
Published by Collins. 1st thus 2013. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and maps. The journey of Britain's railways through maps from 1819 to the present day. ISBN: 9780007506491. Cover corners are creased. Brown/sticky residue and some indentation marks to top corner of front cover, where a sticky label has been removed.

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BLACK HUNTING WHIP
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1319346
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Mrs Thornton acquires an old house in which Dion finds a diary of a boy telling the story of the Black Hunting Whip. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading and foxing to covers. Book leans to one side. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss at spine and corner, foxing to verso of wrapper.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1319172
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge worn, pencil number written to front flap.

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GALLOWAY AND THE BORDERS (NN 101)
Written by Derek Ratcliffe.
Stock no. 1319046
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series 101. Colour plates plus b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780007174010. Still in original shrinkwrap. Dustwrapper spine is ever so slightly faded.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1318829
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper and evidence of removal of a label to front flap. Dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, particularly at spine and has a small tear to lower edge of front cover.

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THE MYSTERY THAT NEVER WAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 2133070
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This most peculiar mystery was made up by four children to entertain Uncle Bob. Cream boards, red title to spine. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Bumping to covers and a couple of cover edges. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; small amount of loss.

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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1318782
Published by Collins. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Still in original shrinkwrap which is splitting at joins.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318719
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Blue cloth, yellow title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Small date in ink to top corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, tape repair on verso of front flap.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318718
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some very slight loss at spine and corners and neat tape repairs on verso, wrapper has a small/old tape mark to front panel (below "Red) and is slightly grubby to rear.

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