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THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Written by Karen Wynn Fonstad.
Stock no. 1827706
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawing on the texts of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, this Atlas is the most complete and authoritative guide to Tolkien's world. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Maps throughout. ISBN: 0395286654. Boards clean. Text block a little browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top rear edge.

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THE STORY OF THE STUBBYDUB
Written by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown. Illustrated by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown.
Stock no. 1327311
Published by W. Westall & Co., Ltd.. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

The Stubbydub is a peculiar creature with pointed ears and webbed hands and feet. Pictorial boards. Full page colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Tear to one of the last pages at lower edge (not a colour plate).

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TISBURY BLUE
Written by Jim Smith. Illustrated by Jim Smith.
Stock no. 1327310
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Tisbury is a remarkable cat that lived in a corner shop. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0946418012. SIGNED by the author with a small doodle to front free-endpaper. Spine very slightly bumped. A few small, light scratch marks to rear cover. Contents fine.

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WIZZIL
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327309
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wizzil is a bored witch. So she turns herself into a common housefly and sets off to Frimp Farm to cause a little trouble. ISBN: 0747550328. SIGNED by the illustrator to title-page.

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A STORY ABOUT DUCKS
Written by Jack Townend. Illustrated by Jack Townend.
Stock no. 1327308
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Small, oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light sellotape(?) mark to fore-edge of front cover. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND THE WIZARD OF OZ
Written by Lewis Carroll; L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger.
Stock no. 1327307
Published by North-South Books. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two classics illustrated by Zwerger. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0735813426. 2nd printings. Spines and corners are slightly bumped. Ex-libris plate to rear pastedown of Wizard of Oz (covering a patch of surface paper damage). Contents are otherwise fine. Slipcase is just a little grubby/marked and slightly bumped/rubbed at corners, crease to one panel at top edge.

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PETER PAN & WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.
Stock no. 1327306
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd.. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Treasury of Stories Series. Colour illustrations and one tone illustrations. ISBN: 0907789145. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small foxspots to lower edges of front endpapers else contents clean.

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Edna Cooke.
Stock no. 1327305
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, blue titles to front cover and spine. 8 colour plates. 353 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges and dust at spine gutters. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and page margins browned. Some neat colouring to the illustration on the rear free-endpaper. Pencil scribble to lower edge of textblock. Contained in a good quality PHOTOCOPY dustwrapper.

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THE CORAL ISLAND: A TALE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by Ethel Larcombe; Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1327304
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Blackie's Crown Library series. Blue decorated cloth (Ethel Larcombe binding). B/w frontis by Copping. 262 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims, last few pages and text block (affecting some page margins) else contents clean.

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ASTERIX AND THE CHIEFTAIN'S SHIELD
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1827698
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340213949. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE AMAZING ASTERIX OMNIBUS
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1827697
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Contains 6 Asterix adventures: Asterix and the Great Divide; Asterix and the Black Gold; Asterix and the Magic Carpet; Asterix Versus Caesar; Asterix and Son; Operation Getafix. ISBN: 0340581522. Boards clean and bright. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to margins. Else contents clean.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327301
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight discolouration to spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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