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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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AMELIA JANE AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 2140013
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers, black titles. B/w illustrations, including gollys! 160 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few to page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss; grubby marks and foxing.

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LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 2139663
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. Bumping and mark to base of spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper with some transfer across to half-title page. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and some chips; a little loss; tape repair to base of spine; some marks.

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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 2138008
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading and dark brown patches to top and tail of spine. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout. Wrapper has bottom corner of front flap cut off; foxed with some other marks and wear; tears and chips to top and tail of spine; some tape repairs to verso; a bit of loss.

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WILLIAM AND THE MASKED RANGER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Henry Ford.
Stock no. 1320874
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 slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, has a couple of light stains to rear panel and a scratch mark to front panel (causing tiny patch of surface damage to the H of The in the title).

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2134371
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st thus 1945. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Front cover is a little bowed. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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CIRCUS DAYS AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 2130674
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine is darkened to top of spine. Bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; also foxed.

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WILLIAM AGAIN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2130437
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1927. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 253 pages. Spine is bumped and faded. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small piece of tape to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

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WILLIAM'S CROWDED HOURS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1317573
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 19th 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged edition. Red boards, black title label to spine and small vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Pale page browning to endpapers. Rear panel of wrapper is ever so slightly grubby.

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THE BOY NEXT DOOR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1407030
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Three children, home for the holidays find a mysterious boy living next-door. Red cloth, black titles. Black and white illustrations. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Fading to spine and board edges. Small split in cloth at top of spine. Small bookseller's label to top of front pastedown. Boards are slightly bowed. Foxing mainly to page edges. Bottom corner of some pages lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears (including to front fold and spine) and creasing. Some of the tears have been mended on verso with clear tape. Some loss to top and bottom of spine. Chipping to corners. Light foxing to verso.

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HEYO, BRER RABBIT!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1507449
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Brer Rabbit and his friends, retold from the original. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 10 x 7.5". Red, grey and white illustrations throughout. 128 pages. Top front corner bumped. A couple of very small marks to covers. Just a little light browning to endpapers and light foxing to text block. Text pages clean. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and top corner of front panel. A couple of horizontal tears to spine with a few white labels stuck to verso to strengthen/repair. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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