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BABAR'S FAIR
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 2140106
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

First published under the title 'La Fete de Celesteville'. Translated from French by Jones. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416933807. Some small nicks and wear to spine and corners. Musty odour to book.

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BABAR'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140100
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0416034209. Bumping to spine and corners; some wear. Browning to outer page edges; some page corner creases.

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BABAR'S CORONATION
Written by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140099
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 3. Yellow spine and rear cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416034403. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light creasing to a few pages.

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THE HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY 1914-1919
Written by Everard Wyrall.
Stock no. 2137730
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette/crest to front cover. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. With 21 illustrations and 21 maps, some folding. Some light wear to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. A couple of plates are loosely inserted to front, as is dedication page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is scuffed with marks; tears and chips; name in pencil to top of front panel; minimal loss.

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SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 2135773
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, white titles, vignette of two schoolgirls to front cover. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine and cover edges have varying degrees of fading. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Some browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips - inches of loss to top and tail of spine; other loss along edges and to corners. Wrapper is also grubby.

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PONSONBY AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1321660
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A True Story About Cats. Green cloth, navy titles. B/w illustrations. 194 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight browning and rubbing to cover edges. Contents lightly browned and a few brown spots to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss and grubby.

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MONTE CARLO METHODS
Written by J.M. Hammersley; D.C. Handscomb.
Stock no. 1319607
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1967. Fair condition.

Methuen's Monographs on Applied Probability and Statistics. Reprinted with minor corrections. Green boards, silver titles. 178 pages. Badly ex-lib with laminated binding and the usual library stamps and labels. Some pencil and biro underlining to the introduction and first chapter.

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MOTOR DO'S AND DON'TS
Written by Harold Pemberton.
Stock no. 2133438
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown boards with full-page colour pictorial onlay to front. Some b/w diagrams and illustrations. 56 pages includes index. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Contents lightly browned with a few minor foxspots else clean. Small address label to rear pastedown.

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THE COMPLETE MOTORIST
Written by Filson Young; W. Gordon Aston; Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2132564
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 8th 1915. Good condition.

8th edition (rewritten and revised). With a letter from Rudyard Kipling. With 14 diagrams and 24 illustrations. Covers are unevenly browned, faded and marked. Gilt embossed stamp to front cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing.

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SIX O'CLOCK TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1318335
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with green titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn and torn with slight loss at top and tail of spine.

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SEVEN O'CLOCK TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1318327
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Thirty short stories for children. Yellow cloth, red titles. B/w illustrations. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Child's name in red crayon to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with loss to top and tail of spine and large section of loss to centre of rear panel.

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THE GREEN STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1318171
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The third in the Colour Book series. Green cloth, dark titles. B/w illustrations. 18 stories. 150 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. A couple of hinges are cracked. A binding error has caused a small tear/hole to margin of page 57/8. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and torn with minimal loss at corners and is a bit grubby.

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