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RUPERT ANNUAL 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1327434
Published by Daily Express. 1976. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert waving with a toy train. 1st story Rupert and the Jumping Men. 10x7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some light foxing/spotting but contents generally clean.

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ELSIE J. OXENHAM OMNIBUS FOR GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327432
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Three complete full length novels, including 'Win through', 'At home', and 'Play up'. Orange covers with black titles. Top edge red. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby at edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Small orange stain to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn/chipped but no loss.

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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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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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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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MY VERY OWN SISTER
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stock no. 1327295
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416814506. Spine and corners bumped, corners slightly worn. Some grubby fingermarks to first couple of pages.

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BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327271
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Spine slightly bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to textblock. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327270
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, silver titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small mark to rear cover. Some pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some margin marks.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327268
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Light blue boards, silver title on front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w plates. 180 Pages. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges and spine. Endpapers browned, foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with old tape marks (tape no longer present). Some loss to both flaps.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al; Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; M. Sankey; et al..
Stock no. 1327267
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Good condition.

Large heavy format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood" and Brent-Dyer story "The Robins Make Good". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some damp staining to covers. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page browning and foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins. Generally contents clean.

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EMPIRE YOUTH ANNUAL 1948
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327266
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition.

Includes articles on air, road, rail & radio links to the Commonwealth. Plus numerous illustrated stories. Colour and b/w photos. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 416 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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