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THE BOOK OF SIMON
Written by A.S.M. Hutchinson. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 709560
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with gilt titles. Colour portrait frontis, full-page b/w plates plus text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers and prelims. White pictorial wrapper is worn and torn at edges with extensive tape repairs and grubby.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, CHILDREN
Written by Columbus. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 703842
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Very good condition.

Wireless stories and plays from The Clildren's Hour. Edited by Columbus. Yellow cloth, grey titles and decorations. 4 Colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 267 pages. 9.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper partly erased, name to belongs to box. Page-edge foxing.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 379298
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Spine slightly bumped. Light rubbing to cover edges. Some foxing and discolouration to front board and light scuffing to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint just starting to crack. Foxing to contents but plates beautifully bright and contents generally clean.

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HUNTS WITH JORROCKS
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.
Stock no. 703316
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

From 'Handley Cross'. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 23 tipped-in tissue guarded plates mounted on dark green card. 214 pages. Spine is faded and a little bumped with some spotting. Front joint cracked. Light foxing otherwise contents are fine.

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CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Sandra Laroche.
Stock no. 714601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Hans Christian Andersen. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. B/w silhouette illustrations. ISBN: 034041930X. Lower edges and corners rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased.

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SONGS FOR YOUTH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 720827
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1924. Very good condition.

From collected verse by Kipling. Red cloth, black titles. 243 pages. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Foxing to outer page edges. Endpapers browned. Some slight surface paper damage to front pastedown.

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THE MANILA MENFISH
Written by Frank Crisp.
Stock no. 721913
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Dirk Rogers adventure, the crew of the Sulawesi pick up the body of a diver who has been shot dead with an arrow through his heart. Red boards, black title. Colour frontis. Spine bumped. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is rubbed and slightly grubby to rear, very slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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