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ASK DOCTOR PETE
Written by Peter Rowan. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1402381
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224028693. Uneven fading to boards and spine. Page edged browned. Contents clean.

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THE BELGIAN TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1502123
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2nd 1942. Very good condition.

With an introduction by Rhoda Power. Pink cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very faded, spine browned. Covers and spine are a bit grubby. Belongs to box completed in ink. Some light marks and stains to endpapers and contents but contents generally clean. Text block a bit grubby.

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GHOSTLY BEASTS
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1605767
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories and poems. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224064630.

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SANDRO'S BATTLE
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1709714
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1962. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Front endpaper missing, with surface damage to front pastedown. School library stamp to copyright page. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear panel and worn to corners.

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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON
Written by Hugh Lofting. Illustrated by Hugh Lofting.
Stock no. 2111628
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, purple titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some damp marks to edges. Chipping and fraying to cloth, especially to bottom edge of front cover. Some foxing and page browning, but contents are generally very good. Wrapper is very browned and marked; some damp stains, chipping, with a little loss and tears/creasing.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111605
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine is faded. Light wear to cover edges. 'Proof copy' ink stamp to front endpaper.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111602
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine and a couple of cover edges are faded.

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MISSEE LEE
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1401472
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1941. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers of Miss Lee's Islands. B/w illustrations. 335 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Small closed tears to bottom of a couple of pages. Light foxing.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2110017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Uneven browning to covers. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with some chipping; nick to side of spine. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing - mostly to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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CAPTAIN BOUNSABOARD AND THE PIRATES
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Arline V. Bray; Michael Bartlett.
Stock no. 1309569
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 252 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, foxing also at page edges. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, 2.5" tear to lower spine.

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THE AMERICAN TWINS OF 1812
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Bumping to corners. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to pages and wrapper, which is also chipped and torn, with a little loss.

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THE FILIPINO TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green/blue cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 151 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and grubby marks; a few edge-tears and nicks; creasing.

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