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THE SCARLET SQUADRON
Written by George E. Rochester.
Stock no. 2123133
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 4 b/w plates. Spine is bumped and marks. Corners are bumped. One plate is nearly detached. Page browning and foxing. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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THE AIR CROOK AT ROOFONTEIN
Written by G. Gibbard Jackson.
Stock no. 2123130
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. An Air Adventure For Boys. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small nick to top of spine, which is also faded. Name partially rubbed out to front pastedown. Front endpaper is creased. Grubby marks to outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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WINGS OVER INDIA
Written by Eric Wood.
Stock no. 2123127
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. Very good condition.

The story of a rebellion by various tribes in Waziristan, and of the parts played in the settlement of the revolt by two officers of the Royal Air Force. A novel. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. 4 b/w plates. A few marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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THE RUNAWAY
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Peggy Beetles.
Stock no. 1316530
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Penny did not want to move so she ran away. Antelope Book. Yellow boards with green titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 94 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (dedication to Judy). Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with some foxing.

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HENRY IN LOVE
Written by Peter McCarty. Illustrated by Peter McCarty.
Stock no. 1507163
Published by Balzer And Bray. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker. Then there's Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel. This is the story of how one blueberry muffin makes all the difference. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 9780061142888. Three small marks to one page otherwise a lovely copy. Dustwrapper has a slightly faded spine and a couple of faint marks.

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SINU PIDUPAEV
Written by A. Barto. Illustrated by Aino Bach.
Stock no. 1813874
Published by Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Literal translation of the Estonian is: 'Your Party Day'. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Green text in Estonian. 10 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Covers a little grubby and creased. A few grubby marks to contents. Small pinhole to top edge of pages.

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BAGGY BROWN
Written by Mick Inkpen. Illustrated by Mick Inkpen.
Stock no. 1813873
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

No.1 bear is priceless, the first of a thousand special bears made to celebrate the first birthday of the daughter of the King and Queen of Thingland, and the only bear to be presented to the Princess. But when the big red teddy bear machine at Better Bears Ltd chews him up and spits him out he takes a very different route to the Palace, and along the way finds his real name. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780340932308. A few spots on each page but still a nice copy.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1813869
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1945. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, gilt title to spine, black title and illustration to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. 166 pages plus adverts to rear. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned at spine, split in two at front spine edge and just slightly grubby.

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TIGER TIM'S ANNUAL 1932
No author listed. Illustrated by Herbert Foxwell; H. Mccready; et al..
Stock no. 1507147
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Red pictorial front cover. Two-tone and colour illustrations. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Surface paper damage to top edge of rear cover. Rear endpaper browned, some foxing to both endpapers and text block. Contents very good, just a few small marks.

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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1924
Written by Mrs. Bruin. Illustrated by Herbert Foxwell; et al..
Stock no. 1507145
Published by The Fleetway House. 1924. Good condition.

The first Rainbow Annual. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. 72 pages. Edited by Mrs. Bruin. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with darkening to edges and a few light scratches, loss of surface paper from top corner of rear cover. Both joints and one hinge cracked. Top of front endpaper detached. Belongs to box completed in pencil, partially erased. Some marks/fingermarks to contents but most pages are clean.

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LET'S PRETEND
No author listed. Illustrated by I. Bennington Angrave.
Stock no. 1813857
Published by Nelson. Almost very good condition.

16 colour plates with one line of text to each. Blyton liked these plates so much that she used them in the copy of her book of the same name. Large format. Stiff cardwraps. Spine rubbed, boards browned and rubbed at corners. One or two grubby marks to contents. A hard to find copy.

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WINGS OVER AFRICA
Written by David Lindsay.
Stock no. 1813851
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. Part of the 'Ace' Series. B/w plates. Light browning to text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn. Cigarette odour present.

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