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EDGAR & ELLEN UNDER TOWN
Written by Charles Ogden. Illustrated by Rick Carton.
Stock no. 1330105
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

More mischief from Edgar and Ellen: the diabolical duo you'll love to hate! Colour pictorial boards. 140 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0689861044. Light page browning else fine.

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EDGAR & ELLEN TOURIST TRAP
Written by Charles Ogden. Illustrated by Rick Carton.
Stock no. 1330104
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition.

More mischief from Edgar and Ellen: the diabolical duo you'll love to hate! Colour pictorial boards. 153 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0689860692. 2nd printing. Minimal bumping to spine and very light page browning.

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THE BIG PANCAKE
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1330097
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1973. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Pink pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403115. Tally 330, printed price 15p. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light brown marks affects lower margins of pages else contents clean.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1330093
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. ISBN: 0721400868. Tally 320, printed price 15p. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light fingering and some light corner creases else contents clean.

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1330091
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402186. Tally 280, printed price 15p. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to spine. Foxspots to endpapers and prelims else contents clean.

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THE SLY FOX AND THE LITTLE RED HEN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1330090
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402208. Tally 360, printed price of 18p. Spine and corners bumped and rubbeed. Light scuffing to rear cover. Some slight/light biro marking to front cover (faint name at top and colouring in of 'A Ladybird Easy-Reading Book'. Child's pencil writing/doodles to prelims. Some light fingering to contents and one page has a corner crease.

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GANGSTA GRANNY
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1330083
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ben's granny is a textbook granny and an international jewel thief! Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations. 296 pages. ISBN: 9780007371440. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330074
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of old favourites with new illustrations! Red cloth covers with orange vignettes and black titles and decorations. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 286 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to base of spine. Endpapers browned, creases to front free-endpaper. 'M13' stamped to rear pastedown. Some foxing to textblock. Large but neat inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and worn to spine and corners with loss at base of spine.

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BOBBY BLUEGUM PLAYS FATHER CHRISTMAS
Written by Patricia Carey. Illustrated by Patricia Carey.
Stock no. 1330073
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Father Christmas had a fit of the blues because no-one had ever filled a stocking for him... along comes Bobby Bluegum the koala who promised to do the job for him and promised the old man a Happy Christmas into the bargain. Cream boards, red title and vignette to front cover. 45 pages, each with a colour illustration above or below the text. Spine and corners bumped, spine worn. A few light marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Light finger-creases to page margins. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, loss to top of spine. Title on rear panel of wrapper (Sweet Home) has been crossed out.

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THE BEES ON DRUMWHINNIE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1330072
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unsual story based in Scotland in the 1870's, Felicity cares for her two elderly aunts and their bee colony. Cream boards, green titles to spine and bee vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 273 pages. 7.5 x 5". Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale page browning to endpapers and very slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly foxed and slightly edge rubbed.

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ESIO TROT
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1330069
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, has a secret passion for the attractive widow, Mrs Silver. But she, alas, lavishes all her affection on another - Alfie, her pet tortoise! Mr Hoppy hatches a wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival which involves no fewer than 140 tortoises! Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout. A delight for Dahl fans. Blue boards with gilt tile to spine. 63 pages. ISBN: 0224027867. Base of spine is bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased/rubbed.

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THE SEPTEMBER BABY
Written by Noel Streatfeild.
Stock no. 1330066
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

A gift for the mother of a new baby and, in fact for all parents and parents-to-be. An anthology giving suggestions for names, noting the influence of the stars and listing some of the distinguished people born on each day of the month as well as information about them. B/w illustrations. Red boards with blue titles and vignettes. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Light browning to half title-page and to rear free-endpaper.

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