WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320622
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock and page margins. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, is slightly edge rubbed and last title listed on rear flap is "Stone Age Man in Britain".

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2134371
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st thus 1945. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Front cover is a little bowed. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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CARAVAN SCHOOL
Written by Carol Forrest.
Stock no. 2134370
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 192 pages. Some browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning and a few foxspots. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips/nicks, but minimal loss.

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SCOUTS OF THE BAGHDAD PATROLS
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.
Stock no. 1320523
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Pale brown pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. 4 colour plates. 303 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few dents to cover edges. Front free-endpaper removed. Half-title and rear free-endpaper is browned. One plate is detached but still present. Some small marks to margins.

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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2134320
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. Good condition.

Extracts from the diary of a Mongrelian named Gibus, so-called, says his master, because his face reminds him of his opera hat when it is shut up! Large format. Light brown pictorial cloth. Delightful and amusing colour plates plus a few b/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, which is browned and also has some margin chips and tears. A few gatherings are pulled - with a few leaves starting to come loose next to spine - some are torn. One page has large tear, but does not obstruct text on either side.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

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ANIMAL PLAYTIME
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1320518
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fox with cockrel. B/w illustrations throughout. Some cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover illustration is still bright. Some slight chipping of paper covering to spine. Small binding error of crease in paper to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of title-page (dated 1909) and one name crossed out and replaced with another. Some slight foxing and fingering to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2014
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alex Cubie; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1320500
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2014. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a lantern through the snow. Contains stories and activities from the 1978, 1980, 2001, 1982 annuals. Includes stories by Stuart Trotter and new illustrations. ISBN: 9781405272087. Title-page is creased. Minimal rubbing to top of spine.

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THE STAFFORDSHIRE TERROR
Written by Patricia Beatty.
Stock no. 2134298
Published by William Morrow & Company. 1st USA 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A gripping novel, set in present day California, involves a girl's love for her pet and the netherworld of fighting dogs for sport. Blue boards, black title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 0688222013. Pale foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has a few tiny edge-chips.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2134281
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 16 gorgeous colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 6th printing. Slip case is very good - a few marks and scuffs.

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THE PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Judith Elkin. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1320483
Published by Viking. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670820563. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of some pencil erasure and also a label removed from front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, sunned to spine.

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