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MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by Eric Duthie; Richard Armstrong; Arthur Catherall; W. Somerset Maugham; Elleston Trevor; et al. Illustrated by John S. Goodall; Stuart Tresilian; et al..
Stock no. 1331398
Published by Odhams Books. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Duthie. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. First story is Th Visitor by Henry Treece (illus J.S. Goodall). Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning and some foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a large vertical score mark to front panel.

HEATHER HILL
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by David Williams.
Stock no. 1329150
Published by Gerald G. Swann Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A story of the animals who live in the Deep Wood. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading (damp?) to cover edges. Damp staining to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss. Name in ink to top edge of front panel. Large tear to rear panel which is also slightly grubby.

MOLE'S CASTLE
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328807
Published by The Falcon Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Woodland Series. Yellow boards, black title to spine. 4 colour plates plus 2 colour double-spreads which were used as endpapers in the cloth edition. B/w text illustrations. 167 numbered pages. 2nd printing (cheap binding). Endpapers browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby at edges. A nice copy of a scarce book.

DEEP WOOD
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by David Williams.
Stock no. 1320475
Published by Gerald G. Swan. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A friendly sort of book, about Old Stripe (the badger) and his home beneath the Beech Tree, his friends, Potter, Scruff the Fox, Skip Squirrel, and other animal folk who live among quiet woodland paths, old gnarled trees, grassy banks, and the rippling stream. Green cloth. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light browning to top and tail of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown mark to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, some creases and rear panel slightly grubby.

SECRET ARENA
Written by Elleston Trevor.
Stock no. 1313046
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1951. Pale blue boards with gilt title to spine. 222 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is marked to rear panel, slightly browned to spine and a little bit edge worn.