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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328546
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side. Some lower page corner tips lightly creased. Textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1828767
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the Adventure series. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with slight loss, faded to spine. Slight musty odour present.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328499
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine and corners bumped, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Small booksellers label to front pastedown. Name in ink (neat) to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock. Edge worn dustwrapper is price-cut with pencil/crayon numbers written to the front flap (see photo) and wear to flap folds and to spine.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328410
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partially browned. A few pages are a little marked (text still readable). Small damp stain to lower corner of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is browned to spine and slightly edge worn, there are tape repairs on verso and some touching up of colour.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328404
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to top corner of front cover else covers are bright and clean. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1328274
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt decoration to front and title to spine. Top edge gilt. 16 lovely colour plates. 273 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328119
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Blue titles. 327 pages. The fifth story in the Adventure series. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn with tears to spine, spine a little faded. Tears to spine have been tape repaired on verso.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328114
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the Adventure series. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpapers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with minimal loss. No. 9 written in biro to front panel, foxing on verso of wrapper.

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THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328113
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Blue titles. 327 pages. The fifth story in the Adventure series. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Front joint is cracked showing webbing but binding is still tight. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly torn with slight loss. No. 29 written in biro to title on front panel of wrapper. Wrapper is foxed on verso.

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YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1947. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.

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EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND: PREHISTORIC, ROMAN, SAXON, DANISH, NORMAN, AND MEDIEVAL
Written by A.H. Allcroft.
Stock no. 1828178
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, boards scuffed. Text block browned. Endpapers browned. Some hinges pulled but binding otherwise tight.

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THE DROVERS: WHO THEY WERE AND HOW THEY WENT
Written by K.J. Bonser.
Stock no. 1828018
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Epic of the English Countryside. The life of the drovers who brought the cattle and sheep hundreds of miles, often along ancient grassy drove roads, how they lived, what sort of men they were, how they made their money, the kinds of cattle that they drove. Green cloth boareds, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. Text block browned. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Book seller's address label to foot of title page. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn.

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