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PENELOPE THE FAIRY
Written by Jill King. Illustrated by Janet Kucharnik.
Stock no. 1316149
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An imaginative fantasy story. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533103622. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription (to David & Audrey) to front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial wrapper is very slightly browned.

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AIR LAND AND SEA IN POP-UP ACTION PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316148
Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 4 bright pop-ups. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. There is some slight lifting of the laminate at spine edges. Contents are clean and pop-ups in excellent working order.

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ANIMATED PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316147
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Inside both covers there is a colour illustration with movable parts. One other colour illustration and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed/worn. Old biro price to top of rear cover by spine. Name in blue biro to top of title-page. Staples are rusty causing some slight staining at inner margins of pages. Some light fingering to contents else clean. Movable parts are in good working condition.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1999
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 1608611
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Fine condition.

No. 64. Front cover shows Rupert flying through the air with the aid of winged shoes. ISBN: 1902836006. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1989
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1608610
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Nearly fine condition.

No. 54. Tall format glazed boards - Rupert & chums with snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Boomerarrow. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791871. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

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BABY'S DIARY
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1812684
Published by Augener Ltd.. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Baby Progress book. Large format. Pink cloth boards, circular pictorial onlay to front, gilt titles. Boards grubby and marked, corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers. Baby progress partly completed in contemporary handwriting. Last few blank pages clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 1316133
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light browning to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges are slightly pulled else contents are bright, clean and tight.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 19 - RUPERT AND THE SPACE SHIP
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405713
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Also includes Rupert and the Mischief Makers. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners rubbed. Small split at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel a little grubby. A little fingering otherwise contents clean.

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DUNCTON TALES
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1405712
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1991. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All is not well in Duncton Wood. Moledom is dangerously complacent about the spread of zealots from Caer Caradoc, continuing perhaps the finest imaginative journey of our time. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. ISBN: 0002236761. Spine, corners and bottom of rear board bumped. Foxing mainly to page edges and prelims. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed. Barcoded price label to rear panel.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1405710
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A little surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Foxing to page edges. Light brown marks to pages 42 & 43. Dustwrapper has been stuck to brown paper. Edge worn and chipped. Mark to bottom of front flap.Wrapper is grubby.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 16TH YEAR
Written by Mrs. George Wemyss; Natalie Joan; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Agnes Richardson; M.A. Peart; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1506186
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pale blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy reading book, girl with black cat under her arm and other characters in the background.Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. First story is "How We Let Lodgings" by Mrs. G. Wemyss. Angela Brazil story is "A Terrible Handful". Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at ends. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby with a few marks and scratches, small amount of surface paper damage to front cover. A couple of hinges cracked. Ink inscription to verso of front endpaper. Pale stain to edge of title page and small stain to lower margin of frontis. Contents generally clean. All plates present.

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IN SEARCH OF WONDERLAND
Written by Derek McCulloch.
Stock no. 1316117
Published by E.K. Cole Ltd.. circa 1952. Very good condition.

The great story of television. Pictorial paperwraps. 34 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers ever so slightly grubby and foxed. A tiny nick to top of spine, very slight rubbing at cover edges. There is a large diagonal crease (light) to rear cover and the last page is creased. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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