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FIRST FRENCH READING-BOOK
Written by Louis Philippe R.F. De Porquet.
Stock no. 2123743
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 23rd 1853. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Or Petites Histories, Interessantes, Instructives et Morales. 23rd edition. Covers are unevenly faded and browned. Splits to spine, with some chipping and loss. Foxing and browning, with damp marks to a few pages. A reading copy.

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THE CHURCH MISSIONARY JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR 1858
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123740
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1858. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth. Volume VII, New Series. Spine is browned. Some bumping to cover edges and pages.

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NURSE MATILDA
Written by Christianna Brand. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2123737
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title and decorations to covers. Endpapers are red. B/w text illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0747576750. 2nd impression. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some wear.

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ROALD DAHL
Written by Jeremy Treglown.
Stock no. 2123721
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571165737. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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LOOK! LOOK!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1814644
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. Easy to read text. Bright colour pictures. An animal version of a cops and robbers story. ISBN: 0862647584.

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JACK'S FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1814631
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

Jack and his Grandfather enjoy a fantastic sea voyage in Grandfather's house! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862643694.

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TERTIUS AND PLINY
Written by Ben Frankel. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814629
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Life is rather dull for Tertius and Pliny in Mrs Kay's antique shop - until the day Uncle Max buys Tertius for his nephew and niece. But he doesn't forget his old friend Pliny, left behind in the shop... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 041619012x.

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WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, DANNY?
Written by Helen Young. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1814619
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Danny, a young boy with epilepsy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 023397248X. SIGNED by the author 'With the Author's best wishes, Helen Young' to front endpaper. A few light marks to covers. Some light wrinkling of pages from damp. Pictorial dustwrapper is damp stained across top rear panel edge.

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THE TROKEVILLE WAY
Written by Russell Hoban.
Stock no. 1814611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When Nick Hartley loses his third fight with bully Harry Buncher, he comes out of it with a lump on his head and all his senses strangely heightened. On his way home he meets sometime magician Moe Nagic who has an unusual jigsaw puzzle to sell... Brown boards with silver title to spine. ISBN: 0224046314.

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JOLLY ROGER AND THE PIRATES OF ABDUL THE SKINHEAD
Written by Colin McNaughton.
Stock no. 1814602
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

'A rumbustious, piratical romp aboard the good ship The Golden Behind'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Square format. ISBN: 0744510112. Rear pastedown faded from red to orange.

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LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.

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PROMISE AND THE MONSTER
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1814589
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition.

When Fergus McHeap's monster is stolen by a travelling circus, Promise the pony devises a cunning plot to save him. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations cartoon strip style. ISBN: 0001840347.

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