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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1325771
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped and a couple of tiny bumps to edges else covers bright and clean. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and on verso and is just a little rubbed at top of spine.

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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325770
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Large foxspots to endpapers and prelims, smaller foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss to top of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there are large foxspots to verso of wrapper.

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THE HOME-MADE DRAGON AND OTHER INCREDIBLE STORIES
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1325768
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains 12 stories set in Incrediblania! Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370012283. A few tiny indentations to cover edges. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
Written by Jonathan Swift. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325766
Published by The Temple Press. 1st thus 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark titles to spine and front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 291 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Foxing to contents.

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THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1325765
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1929. Good condition.

From When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Light blue cloth. Gilt titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 171 pages plus publisher adverts. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded and grubby. Remains of a name plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small blue stain to top edge of textblock.

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LITTLE BLUE CLOCK
Written by Elisabeth Roberts. Illustrated by Carla.
Stock no. 1325764
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Yellow pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. The story of a little blue alarm clock. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some grubby fingermarks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 1325763
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Decorated endpapers. Colour frontis by Rountree. Pen-and-ink drawings to text by Bull. Gilt to spine has dulled a little. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight spotting to rear cover. Pale browning to endpapers. Name in ink to front fly-leaf.

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THE MAGIC WALKING-STICK
Written by John Buchan. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 1325762
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. 215 pages. 6 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light browning to endpapers, light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small mark to top edge of textblock.

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PRINCESSES AND WITCHES
Written by Amabel Williams-Ellis. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1325760
Published by Blackie. 1st thus 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

More fairy tales from round the world (the second half of Round the World Fairy Tales). Blue boards, silver title to spine. 4 full-page colour illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light stain to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn (with some loss to lower edge of rear panel) and slightly grubby.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1826236
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Second printing. A lovely copy, appears unread. Contained in publisher's slipcase with some light shelf scuffing.

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THE LITTLE HORSE BUS
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1325759
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370020227. Covers are edge rubbed. Light foxing and page browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tear to top of spine.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325757
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1986. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006926517. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Small name inside front cover. Page edge browning throughout, some light water stains to lower margins of first few pages and a yellow stain affecting lower corners of pages 49-61.

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