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THE BETRAYER
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1308288
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light green cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Black and white illustrations. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges (and some light foxing). Erased pencil writing to front endpaper. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is grubby on rear panel, edge worn with slight loss to spine and small piece of loss to lower front corner. A few small tape repairs on verso.

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SELMA AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1308120
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis plate. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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LITTLE LAMB
Written by Dahris Martin. Illustrated by Lilly Somppi.
Stock no. 2106463
Published by Collins. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Green cloth with dark green title to front. Charming colour illustrations to every other page. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning, foxing, a few marks and some chips/nicks; closed tear to rear panel. A lovely little book!

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GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS
Written by Charlie Bunce.
Stock no. 1805338
Published by Collins. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.' Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780007901845. Top corners bumped. Wrapper is slightly scuffed.

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THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS (NN 54)
Written by Michael Proctor; Peter Yeo.
Stock no. 1805032
Published by Collins. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. ISBN: 0002195046. Text block grubby, contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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ROBINS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1306596
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles and borders. Three b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and ever so slightly rubbed. There is a tiny white mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Top corner tip of title-page is lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, with some loss to spine and corners.

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NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN (NN 49)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1205420
Published by Collins. 2nd 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New Naturalist no. 49. Second edition with revised lists and maps. ISBN: 0002131528. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Spine slightly faded. Wrapper price-cut and the publisher's laminate crinkled.

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PIRATES
Written by Colin Hawkins; Jacqui Hawkins. Illustrated by Colin Hawkins.
Stock no. 1105752
Published by Collins. 1st 1987. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001956833. SIGNED by author with dedication.

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THE HAPPY FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1204409
Published by Collins. Nearly fine condition.

Magic Circle Books Series. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. 2 full page transforming pictures and two tone text illustrations. An immaculate copy of a scarce book. Undated but probably 1950s.

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MAASAI
Written by Andrew Fedders.
Stock no. 1704039
Published by Collins. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of b/w photographs by Cynthia Salvadori. ISBN: 0002119471. Price-cut wrapper is unevenly faded.

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THE DUNGEON
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Stock no. 1305183
Published by Collins. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful medieval tragedy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 000713777X. SIGNED by author to title-page. Heavy bumping to top and tail of spine of book and wrapper else a fine copy.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1304910
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine bumped and faded. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss at top edges and is a little worn at corners.

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