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THE BOWEN TWINS
Written by Deborah Tyndall. Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1206326
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Pale green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. 8 colour plates. 247 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxspots to prelims and last few pages. Corners bumped.

PRINCESS NATALIE'S ADVENTURE
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Stock no. 1206252
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, blue titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 175 pages. Free endpapers lightly browned. Wrapper a little grubby.

THE MONSTER OF WIDGEON WEIR
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1206079
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1943. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Lockett family had not been on their Thames island many days before Adventure cropped up in the usual fashion... Green cloth, blue title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Horizontal line across front cover and spine - defect in the cloth. Wrapper lightly browned and edge-rubbed.

THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1804578
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Pale grease stain to lower edge of spine & boards. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Pale grease type stain to lower gutter edge of pages at rear half of contents. Pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners with slight loss, browned at spine and rear panel.

OUTLAWS IN BLUE VALLEY
Written by Dorothy Burdett.
Stock no. 1704288
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth. Colour frontis. Spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

CASTAWAY CAMP
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1305435
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignettes. Illustrated end papers. B/w illustrations to text. Colour frontis. 208 pages. 8 x 5.5". One of the Fricka series. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers and spine slightly discoloured. Contents clean.

WINNING THE PRIZE
Written by Amy Whipple.
Stock no. 1205484
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown with black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper torn and edge-chipped and repaired with tape.

TRIXY AND HER TRIO
Written by L.E. Tiddeman. Illustrated by Bertram Gilbert.
Stock no. 1804553
Published by Jarrolds. Circa 1924. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. Covers faded, corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

MAIDS OF THE MERMAID
Written by E.E. Cowper. Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1804542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. A story of adventure on the coast of England. Corners bumped. All plates present.

THE THIN GREY MAN
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Desmond Knight.
Stock no. 1305037
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Crown Books Series. Grey/blue/black pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to half title-page and last text page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some small tears and some slight loss, mainly top and tail of spine, there is a vertical crease to front flap.

CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1204205
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1942. Very good condition.

A story of the Locketts family. The story is set in motion when three children from the Grenfell family express skepticism about the Locketts' previous exploits, suggesting that the "adventures" recorded in their books (ostensibly written by their aunt, a newspaper reporter) are works of fiction. To settle the dispute, an adventure competition is organized. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Light crease to rear cover.

AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1204166
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The first novel in the 14-book Lockett Family series. A classic "British holiday adventure" set in the rural countryside of pre-WWII England Edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Some foxing.