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THE GREAT ELEPHANT CHASE
Written by Gillian Cross.
Stock no. 653969
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The elephant was to change Tad's life... Dark blue boards, silver titles to spine. ISBN: 0192716727. Spine bumped, price-cut wrapper.

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THE BLACK MAN'S PORTION
Written by D.H. Reader.
Stock no. 988933
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Pages: xv, 179. History, Demography and Living Conditions in the Native Locations of East London, Cape Province. B/w photos. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.

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THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSE
Written by Geoffrey T. Bath.
Stock no. 666088
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The story of the history of the universe and what is happening within in it now. Name in ink to front endpaper. price-cut wrapper.

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VERRIER ELWIN PHILANTHROPOLOGIST SELECTED WRITINGS
Written by Nari Rustomji; Verrier Elwin.
Stock no. 989176
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. 385 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0195622936. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.

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A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 679245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Light foxing throughout. A few hinges pulled. Wrapper browned, edge-torn and chipped, repaired with tape to verso.

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ON WHAT THERE MUST BE
Written by Ross Harrison.
Stock no. 558550
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What must be in any world which might possibly be intelligible to us. Paying particular attention to time, perception, private languages, space and action. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 210 pages includes index. ISBN: 0198245076. Wrapper price-cut with worn corners.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 730066
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Spine bumped with slight fraying to top, small nick to side of spine. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to plate margins (actual pictures not affected). A nice copy of a scarce book.

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A CAT CAME FIDDLING
Written by Paul Kapp. Illustrated by Irene Haas.
Stock no. 328034
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st uk 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'... and other rhymes of childhood'. Adapted and made into songs by Kapp. Red cloth spine with pictorial green boards. Musical scores and b/w illustrations throughout. 80 pages. Foxing to endpapers with inscription to front endpaper. Contents clean and bright. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn with one closed tear to front and some grubby markings.

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GLUBBSLYME
Written by Jacqueline Wilson.
Stock no. 728520
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glubbslyme is a talking toad discovered by Rebecca in a witch's pond. Not the author's first book but her first bestseller for children. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192715631. Very slight bumping to spine. Light brown stain affecting front edge of textblock and a few page margins. Otherwise a bright clean copy.

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HOW TO SURVIVE SUMMER CAMP
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Sue Heap.
Stock no. 730534
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mum and Uncle Bill have gone off on a swanky honeymoon while Stella's been dumped at Evergreen Summer Camp, how can she possibly survive? Pictorial card wraps. B/w text illustrations. New Edition. ISBN: 0192750194. SIGNED on title-page by author "To Jenny and David lots of love Jacqueline Wilson xx". Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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NERETTO
Written by Bettina Ehrlich. Illustrated by .
Stock no. 804782
Published by Oxford University Press. 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Neretto is a poodle. Beige cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 019279650X. Corners bumped. Long inscription in ink to front enpaper. Pictorial wrapper is very creased and torn with slight loss.

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