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THE LITTLE STRANGER
Written by Susan Osborne. Illustrated by Jennifer Rope.
Stock no. 1108763
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Two-colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Some uneven browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges Wrapper is faded to spine with tears; loss to top and tail of spine; some white label 'repairs' to verso.

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RYAN'S FORT
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by Elisabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1501704
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ryan's Fort is a small stone hut, the first real home the children of the Ryan family have ever known. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 172 pages. Ex-library so stamps to publisher's page and removal of label from front pastedown. Tape residue to covers and endpapers. A little bumping to spine and corners. Small indentation to top edge of front cover. A few marks to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut with revised label above. Slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel, tape residue to flap.

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THE BORROWERS AFLOAT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1401603
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Colour frontis and many b/w illustrations throughout. 176 pages. Spine a little bumped. Board edges a little browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and grubby. A few scratches to front panel and a little surface paper damage to bottom of spine.

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EPPING FOREST ITS LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Written by William Addison.
Stock no. 1806141
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Ex-lib with library labels to endpapers and base of spine else a clean copy.

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RAMSES IN RIO MOTO
Written by Hans Dorflinger. Illustrated by Monika Beisner.
Stock no. 384255
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1977. Fine condition.

An apprentice magician chooses to demonstrate his skills in Rio Moto - the most dangerous city in the world. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0460068504.

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THE BOOK OF LOVAT CLAUD FRASER
Written by Haldane MacFall. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 734958
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

A biography of Lovat by one of his closest friends. Large format. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and faded. Corners worn. Covers just slightly grubby. Name in ink to half-title page. A few hinges pulled but contents generally clean.

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MAURA'S ANGEL
Written by Lynne Reid Banks. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 732200
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1984. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of contemporary Belfast - with a difference. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460061526. SIGNED by the author on title-page. White pictorial wrapper is slightly browned to spine with a faint damp stain at base.

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THE STORY BOOK OF TRANSPORTATION
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham. Illustrated by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 234002
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Wrapper torn with loss.

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THE BIRDIKIN FAMILY
Written by Archibald Marshall. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 234189
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Beige cloth, gilt and black titles. B/w illustrations. Contents very good but covers a little faded and rubbed.

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THE STORY BOOK OF WHEELS
Written by Maud Petersham; Miska Petersham.
Stock no. 687400
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Black title and picture to front cover. Colour and two tone illustrations throughout. Scattered foxing throughout book. Wrapper browned, a little grubby and slightly chipped.

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THE DECROLY CLASS
Written by Amelie Hamaide.
Stock no. 985178
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1931. Very good condition.

Ovide Decroly was a Belgian doctor, who developed a model of education which emphasised the importance of children learning in problem-solving situations within educational settings, mirroring so far as possible real life. Pages: xxviii, 318. Preface by Ed. Claparede. Translated. Jean Lee Hunt. Original brown cloth. 39 b/w plates. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed. A few marks to covers.

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GRANNIE GRAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Stock no. 310744
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1ST Very good condition.

Plays and Singing-Games for Children. Dark pink cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages.

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