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WILLIAM THE GANGSTER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328043
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1944. Very good condition.

Red cloth, black title on spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Small black mark to rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1327079
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 slightly bumped, some slight fading to top and tail of spine. Small 'compass'(?) hole to centre of front cover (and dustwrapper). Prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a tear to top of spine at rear edge.

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COME TO THE CIRCUS!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1326788
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Two names in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinge between endpaper and half title is cracked. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MUDDLES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey; Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 1326779
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 159 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to cover edges and to contents. Name and address in pencil to half title-page. Front joint at half title is cracked. Most (if not all) of the illustrations have been coloured in (neatly). Dustwrapper is badly worn, torn and creased with slight loss at edges and more loss to spine (see picture).

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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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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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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'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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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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MORE ABOUT JOSIE, CLICK AND BUN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1406147
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The fourth book about them. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations (2 to a page with text below). Bumping to spine and corners. Browning to bottom of spine and boards. Endpapers are lightly browned. Some foxing mainly to page edges. A few marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears. Small area of loss at top of spine disguised with paper behind. Creasing to both panels. Wrapper is grubby. Browning and foxing to verso.

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