CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1204205
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1942. Very good condition.

A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Light crease to rear cover.

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HENRIETTA TAKING NOTES
Written by E. Crosby Heath.
Stock no. 1302678
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1912. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine, cream title and illustration to front cover. 304 pages plus catalogue to rear. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. "Compliments" label stuck to front endpaper from John Bull (insurance) Xmas 1915. Pale browning to endpapers. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed and marked. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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THREE LITTLE PIGS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381790
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Large format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and chipped with some loss to top edges and top of spine and tape repairs on verso.

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THE BIG BAD WOLF AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381789
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso and loss to lower edges.

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THE PIED PIPER
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 812858
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. The town of Hamelin was over-run with rats; the townsfolk simply couldn't get rid of them. So the Mayor offered a large reward to the first person who could clear the rats away... Pictorial paper boards. Colour pictorial endpapers showing Pied Piper leading the rats away. Colour & b/w illustrations. REDUCED from £120. 0.5" loss to top of backstrip affecting 'T' in 'The', base of spine worn. Corners worn. Covers still nice and bright. Minor foxing to endpapers. Some colouring to some b/w illustrations. A few grubby marks to margins. Verso of pictorial wrapper is foxed. Pictorial wrapper is in two halves, spine of wrapper is torn, overall wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a some loss. Overall a nice copy of a scarce item.

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PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM'S TREASURE HUNT
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by James Arnold.
Stock no. 593036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A terrific treasure hunt with unexpected perils. The Professor's inventions include invisible glass and an expandable house that can be enlarged at will to contain extra guests! Yellow cloth, black title to spine and illustration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations throughout. 230 pages. The first in the series to be illustrated by James Arnold. Spine slightly faded with darker patch at base. Small foxspots to endpapers, prelims and edge of textblock. A few foxspots to contents but generally near fine. Scarce original dustwrapper is in two halves, browned, and torn at edges with loss to top 1/3 of spine and to lower rear corner. Reduced from £120.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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DREAM DAYS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 579973
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1899. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, dark titles and decorations. Spine and corners are bumped. Covers a little marked. Small ink drawing to top of front pastedown. Contents are clean and tight. Browning to rear endpaper and pastedown.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington; Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 576950
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Children's poetry about animals. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.

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THE MISADVENTURES OF A TROPICAL MEDICO
Written by H.S. Dickey.
Stock no. 987752
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

304 pages. B/w photos. A vivid personal narrative of a doctor in South America. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by R.J. Enraght-Moony.
Stock no. 705452
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1915. Good condition.

Large format, grey cloth, red titles and ship decoration. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 19 colour plates. Top edge red, others uncut. Lower corner nibbled. Endpapers partly browned. Contents bright and clean.

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FAIR TOURAINE
Written by Margaret Aulton. Illustrated by Margaret Aulton.
Stock no. 311219
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Stories and Legends of the Loire. Very large format (12.5 x 10.25"). Black cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Beautiful b/w sketches. Corners bumped. Spine worn to head and tail with 1" loss of cloth at base and slight loss at top. Some light foxing but contents generally clean.

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