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THE INQUISITIVE HARVEST MOUSE
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1827759
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 497. Cream boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards a little grubby, corners lightly rubbed. Browning to endpapers. A few marks to contents. First gathering a little loose, hinge pulled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with tiny amounts of loss mainly to corners, and a little scuffed.

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SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1827757
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Small format. Black pictorial boards with white borders and spine and pink decoration. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0048230766. Sixth impression. Spine rubbed at top & tail and faded. Corners and vertical edges rubbed. Surface paper loss to lower edge of rear board where a price label has been partially removed. Contents clean.

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RAJA THE ELEPHANT (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827756
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined edition. The story of an Indian elephant. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. Covers a little grubby, corners are rubbed. '3' written in pencil to inside front cover. Text block browned. Creased to lower gutter edge. Contents generally clean.

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MISKA THE SEAL (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827755
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined version. A story founded on facts about fur seals born on the Pribilof Islands. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. '9' written to front cover and '2' to inside front cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing to inside covers. Contents otherwise clean.

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SHAG THE CARIBOU (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827754
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. A story founded on facts about Caribou and their habitats. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. Covers lightly browned and scuffed, corners rubbed, base of spine worn and split, top of spine starting to split. Text block browned. Contents a little creased, browned, some grubby margin marks. Overall a decent copy of a scarce item.

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THE CONJUROR'S BOX
Written by Ann Lawrence. Illustrated by Brian Alldridge.
Stock no. 1327469
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A strange and exciting story full of colour, magic and humour. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722668066. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine and rear spine edge.

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PETER THE PANDA
Written by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 1827752
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Peekobook. Very small format. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Undated. Boards rubbed and worn at corners. Contents creased. Staples rusty.

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HURRAH FOR MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1827751
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Small oblong format strip book. Pictorial card wraps with red front cover and red linen spine. Rear cover has b/w illustration of Mary Mouse looking at notice board which has 8 Mary Mouse titles on it, from 'Dolls' House' to Hurrah'. 124 red and black illustrations. Light staple rust marks showing to front of spine. Very minor surface paper loss to lower edge of front cover (due to rubbing). Rear cover is browned and a bit grubby. Text block browned. Contents clean. Overall a nice copy.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
Stock no. 1827747
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth, elaborate gilt decoration. Pictorial endpapers. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is faded at open edges and has a couple of grubby marks (VG).

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THE A-TEAM ANNUAL 1991
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327464
Published by Marvel Comics Limited. 1991. Very good condition.

First story is The Flight of the Redbird. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour comic strips. ISBN: 1854001930. Wordsearch completed in pencil. Spine and corners slightly bumped.

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BEYOND THE LONE PINE
Written by Mark O'Hanlon.
Stock no. 1327459
Published by Mark O'Hanlon. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Malcolm Saville with a preface by Robin Saville. Blue boards with silver titles to spine and front cover. 206 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952805936. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and lightly foxed on verso.

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MARDIE
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Ilon Wikland.
Stock no. 1327455
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton. Blue covers with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0416576400. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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