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TOO-WISE THE WONDERFUL WIZARD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326826
Published by Pitkin. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pleasure Series 5. Stories from the Boys & Girls Book no. 3. Green textured boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and a little to textblock too. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a small, light mark to rear panel.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING CAT
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1326825
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 6th 1950. Very good condition.

The second adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Who stole the valuable cat? How did it go? How could Luke be cleared of the blame? How could they get the better of old Clear-Orf? Red boards, black titles and magnifying glass vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to spine. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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THIRD YEAR AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 1326824
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 3rd 1950. Very good condition.

Brick red cloth with dark blue titles and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. A tiny indentation to edge of rear cover. Spine and spine edge of rear cover slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE ENCHANTED SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326823
Published by Pitkin. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pleasure series no. 2. Stories from Boys & Girls Book no. 3 & 6. Blue textured boards, gilt titles. Black and white illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some foxing to endpapers and a foxspot to lower margin of page 22. A couple of the b/w illustrations have been very neatly coloured in. Dustwrapper is badly worn and torn with substantial loss to top of front panel and large tears at edges and rear panel.

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SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1326822
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 7th 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The third book of the St. Clare's series. Blue cloth, red titles. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with a few old tape repairs.

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FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326821
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fifth Famous Five Adventure. Red boards with black titles. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Green, white and black pictorial endpapers showing five in a cavern. 208 pages. Fifth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock affecting some page margins. Top corner tip of page 155/156 torn off and re-inserted with tape (which has slightly browned with age). Dustwrapper has a vertical crease to centre of spine.

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THE MAGIC KNITTING NEEDLES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326819
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A collection of short stories. Cream pictorial cloth. Two tone illustrations. 192 Pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small, light mark to front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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SMUGGLER BEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by G.W. Backhouse.
Stock no. 1326818
Published by Werner Laurie. 1950. Very good condition.

Red cloth. Originally published under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Spine very slightly bumped and faded. Small indentation to edge of front cover. Foxing else contents clean.

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TRISS
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by David Elliot.
Stock no. 1827411
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of Redwall. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0670910678. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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ST. NICHOLAS VOL XXXIX PART 1 NOVEMBER 1911 TO APRIL 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827386
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1912. Good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and browned. Split in cloth at front edge of spine plus smaller splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Rear joint broken. Front joint beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers and some pages. Foxing and some grubby marks. Small tears to edges of a few pages.

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I CAPTURE THE CASTLE
Written by Dodie Smith; Valerie Grove. Illustrated by Aafke Brouwer.
Stock no. 1827317
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Valerie Grove. Blue pictorial cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 334 pages. Second printing. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Maurice Detmold; Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1827290
Published by Folio Society. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Third printing. Spine very lightly faded (not obvious). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a few minor scuff marks.

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