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WISHING WATER-GATE
Written by Elinor Lyon. Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1323190
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. 8 colour plates. 208 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to lower cover edges and a faint finger(?) mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at corners, a little grubby to rear panel and has a small paper repair to top of spine on verso.

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FIVE HAVE PLENTY OF FUN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2140497
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 14th Famous Five adventure. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Red boards. 183 pages. Blue & black pictorial endpapers. Small nick to top of spine, other corner is bumped. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; a little loss.

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FIVE ON A SECRET TRAIL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2140496
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The 15th Famous Five adventure which all began because of Timmy's wounded ear and the collar he had to wear... Red boards, black lettering. Pictorial blue and black endpapers. Two-tone & b/w illustrations throughout. 182 pages. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Large horizontal tears along pages 173-176 inclusive - no loss to pages. A few margin marks. Covers are a bit bowed. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; only a little loss at corners.

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FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2140490
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition.

The 6th adventure of the Famous Five. Timmy is in trouble, there are strangers on the island and a secret tunnel under the sea. Red boards. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. 192 pages. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Bumping to spine, which is also darkened. Foxing to endpapers, prelims, page margins and outer page edges.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2140489
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Grey boards, green titles to front and spine. Blue illustrated endpapers. Colour frontis. Two-tone and b/w text illustrations. 192 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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ONCE UPON A WORM
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2140343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format, pictorial glazed boards. Humourous colour pictures. ISBN: 0340284919. Spine is very browned. 2" tear to front endpaper.

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THINGS
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2140336
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Humourous colour illustrations. ISBN: 034027445X. Spine is browned. Some knocks along cover edges. Page edge browning.

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COUNT WORM
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 2140335
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1980. Very good condition.

The friendly worm twists himself into the shapes of the numbers. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340209550. 3rd impression. A few indentation marks to covers.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139960
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Some white spots to covers. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is creased with tears; 1" loss to base of spine; smaller loss to corners; some grubby marks.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139795
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers are mottled/foxed. Some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing; a few tears and chips, a few small areas of loss.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139774
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing/fading and mottling to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Spotting and damp marking to covers. Marks to outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; messily taped back together.

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