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INDEX TO CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Arthur D. Mortimore.
Stock no. 1801957
Published by D. Mortimore. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Indexing nearly 4000 books available in British libraries in 1975 and 1976 and intended to help librarians, teachers and parents to find the books that children ask for. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 191 pages. ISBN: 0950566500. Ex-lib with library plate to front pastedown and stamps to text block & verso of title page. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is browned at spine and lightly scuffed.

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COLLECTING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1801956
Published by Diamond Publishing Group. 3rd 2007. Very good condition.

Third Edition, completely revised and updated. Compiled by Book And Magazine Collector, Britain's Leading Publication for book and magazine collectors. Listing over 15,000 titles by the most collectable authors with values of first editions. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photo illustrations. 413 pages. ISBN: 9780953260171. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. A couple of grubby marks to endpapers and text block, contents clean.

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ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC
Written by Mary V. Jackson.
Stock no. 1801950
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 304 pages including index. ISBN: 0859678369. A clean copy in a black pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn and scuffed.

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TOBY AT TIBBS CROSS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1302642
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. An exciting story with a background of farm life in wartime. Spine and corners bumped and spine very slightly darkened. Covers just a little bit grubby. Foxing throughout else clean.

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CURIOUS CORNWALL
Written by B Trevail.
Stock no. 1801938
Published by Tor Mark Press. Circa 1971. Almost very good condition.

Tor Mark Press series. Yellow pictorial cardwrap booklet, 48 pages. B/w photos. Includes: Roche Rock; Cornish Crosses; Cornish China-Clay; The Lost Land of Lyonesse; The Old Wreckers; Billy Bray's Chapels; Cornwall's Ancient Language; Bodmin Moor and much more. Covers unevenly faded and grubby. Contents generally clean.

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OLD CORNWALL VOL. XII No. 2 SPRING 1998
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1801937
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A twice yearly publication edited by Terry Knight. Green pictorial cardwraps showing old traction engine 'Perseverance' near Bodmin Road in July 1944 to front. Includes articles on Lifeboat Houses of St. Ives; Cornish Crosses; Falmouth Rectories plus many short items. 52 pages. Rear cover a little scuffed. Contents fine.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1302629
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Top corner tips very slightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with tear to top of spine and large closed tear to top rear corner.

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HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN DEVON AND CORNWALL
Written by Arthur H. Norway. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell; Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1202107
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1907. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. 391 pages. Large folding map. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Corners slightly bumped.

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THE SOUTH WEST PENINSULA
Written by Roy Millward; Adrian Robinson.
Stock no. 1202098
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Landscapes of Britain series. B/w photos. Very light browning to endpapers. Wrapper rubbed at edges.

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P.G. WODEHOUSE A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CHECKLIST
Written by Eileen McIlvaine; Louise S. Sherby; James H. Heineman. Illustrated by Peter Van Straaten.
Stock no. 1801922
Published by James H. Heineman. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This comprehensive bibliography and checklist opens wide the doors to the books, plays, verse, short stories and lyrics of P.G. Wodehouse. This volume is directed to the scholar, the researcher, the collector, the casual reader and, not least, to the fan of the man whom 20th century literary giants have called "The Master". Large format. Grey cloth boards with gilt plum titles. Plum, patterned endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. xlix and 489 pages. ISBN: 087008125X. Small plain white sticker to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Purple pictorial wrapper is edge-worn. A nice copy.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA VOLUME III 1839-1845
Written by John Alexander Ferguson.
Stock no. 1801918
Published by National Library Of Australia. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile Edition. Standard reference source for printed matter relating to Australia that appeared between 1784 and 1900. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pale blue endpapers. vii + 632 pages includes index. ISBN: 0642990468. Minor marks to rear board else boards nice and clean. Small name & address label to top corner of front endpaper. Contents fine. Blue dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly browned at spine.

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THE BRISTOL GAS INDUSTRY 1815-1949
Written by Harold Nabb.
Stock no. 1801915
Published by Bristol Branch Of The Historical Association. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

White cardwrap booklet. B/w photos and illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0901388505. A nice copy.

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