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TALES AFTER SUPPER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326786
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Two tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Rear joint is partially cracked. Some page corner tips a little creased. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn and creased with loss at base of spine (which also affects spine edges of both panels).

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THE LITTLE SPINNING HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326785
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Pitkin Pleasure series no. 6. Burgundy textured boards with gilt titles to front and spine. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Fading to top and tail of spine. Very pale browning to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to base.

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THE SECRET OF CLIFF CASTLE
Written by Enid Blyton; Mary Pollock. Illustrated by G. Brook.
Stock no. 1326784
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards, red title to spine and author name to front cover. B/w illustrations, 92 pages. Originally written under the pen-name of "Mary Pollock". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very pale browning and foxing to endpapers. Rear joint is just starting to crack. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwraper is just slightly edge creased with a couple of very light marks to rear panel.

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ENID BLYTON'S ROBIN HOOD BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1326783
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of the favourite stories of the outlaw of Sherwood Forest. Green boards. Black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine bumped. Covers unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Pencil name to half title-page. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some very slight loss.

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TWENTY-MINUTE TALES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326781
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

School Edition. Red cloth covered cardwraps. Black titles to spine and front cover. 168 pages. Cloth at cover edges is just starting to fray. Spine is very slightly faded. Some page corner tips are creased.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MUDDLES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey; Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 1326779
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 159 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to cover edges and to contents. Name and address in pencil to half title-page. Front joint at half title is cracked. Most (if not all) of the illustrations have been coloured in (neatly). Dustwrapper is badly worn, torn and creased with slight loss at edges and more loss to spine (see picture).

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FIVE ON A HIKE TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326778
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Grey boards, red titles. Orange and black pictorial endpapers. B/w & two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in pencil to title-page. Light foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting some page margins also. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with 1" loss to base of spine.

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THREE BOYS AND A CIRCUS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1326777
Published by Werner Laurie. 2nd 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally written under the pen-name of Mary Pollock in 1940, this edition re-issued in 1949. Blue cloth, burgundy title to spine and authors name to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn with small tears to top and tail of spine.

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THE CHILDREN OF KIDILLIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by C. Holland.
Stock no. 1326776
Published by Werner Laurie. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1940 under the pen-name of 'Mary Pollock', and re-issued in 1951. Brown cloth with yellow title to spine and author name to front cover. B/w illustrations. 94 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Light browning to rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a repaired tear to top of rear panel and a small tear to base of spine. Dustwrapper is browned on verso.

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THE PICK OF PUNCH
Written by Miles Kington.
Stock no. 1326774
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and Introduced by Miles Kington. Gold pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contained in green slipcase which is slightly faded at opening edges.

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MASS-OBSERVATION BRITAIN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Sandra Koa Wing.
Stock no. 1326768
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red-cloth with silver titles and pictorial front board. B/w photos. Book is fine. Grey slipcase is faded at edges with a few tiny marks.

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THE FOLIO BOOK OF THE ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
Written by Geraldine Beare; Edwin Lees; Laurie Lee; Eleanor Farjeon; Kenneth Grahame; Henry James; George Eliot; Charles Dickens; Cecil Beaton; et al. Illustrated by John Holder.
Stock no. 1326765
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and red/green decorations to titles. A Collection of Seasonal Writing Selected by Beare. 7 colour plates, including frontis. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A fine copy in green slipcase which has a few tiny marks and a little damp staining to one of the opening edges.

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