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DINOSAUR TIME
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1312502
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Whizz! BANG! Gone... Tom is transported across a zillion days and a zillion nights back into Dinosaur Time! Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1842700642. SIGNED by Foreman to title-page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JESSE JAMESON AND THE BOGIE BEAST
Written by Sean Wright. Illustrated by Sean Wright.
Stock no. 1312496
Published by Crowswing Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The second book in the Alpha to Omega series. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 207 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0954437462. SIGNED by the author to title page, this is copy no. 489 of 2500. Minimal fading to wrapper spine. Contains a Jesse Jameson and the Bogie Beast bookmark.

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PICKLES BY THE SEA
No author listed. Illustrated by Frederick Spurgin.
Stock no. 1312489
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1950. Very good condition.

Grey paper rear board and spine with colour pictorial front board. Colour plates to pastedowns. Two-tone illustrations to each page with short sentence of text below. Some very slight rubbing to corners. Pale browning to last page and small brown mark to inner margin of title-page.

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THE LITTLE WOODEN HEADS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Madeleine Collier. Illustrated by Evelyn Simpson.
Stock no. 1402557
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Includes The Little Wooden Heads who became clothes - pegs, the Lawn that wanted to grow Dandelions, the adventurous Sonny Bunny and the Whiz who wenr faster into Nonsense Land. Light green cloth with dark blue titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped. Front board is faded and board edges are browned. Name to front endpaper. Some marks mainly to page margins. Two illustrations are neatly coloured and a third is partially coloured in. Couple of hinges are cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with small areas of loss. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel. Wrapper is grubby.

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FINDING THE GREEN STONE
Written by Alice Walker. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter.
Stock no. 1502564
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Johnny lives in a town where everyone has a glowing green stone. Johnny has one too - until his mean-spirited behaviour causes him to lose it. Large format, purple paper boards with green cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0340513632. Slight bumping and wear to spine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased with a small stain bottom of front panel, more visible on verso.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 7
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 1710770
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 173 pages. Corners worn, covers scuffed. Belong to box completed in pencil.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1312475
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st 1980. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sendak's life and work are explored in affectionate detail in this charming fun-filled book. 94 full-colour illustrations and more than 165 b/w illustrations. Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth showing scene from "Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0810916002. A few very light scartch marks to the heavy plastic original dustwrapper.

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COMPLETE VERSION OF YE THREE BLIND MICE
Written by John W. Ivimey. Illustrated by Walton Corbould.
Stock no. 1312442
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Pink pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some very slight fading to cover edges. A few large but light foxspots to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above and is just a little grubby.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1972
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1312419
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition.

Copyright date is 1972. Pictorial glazed boards showing two children with big umbrella. ISBN: 0603070051. Spine and corners bumped. Margin tear to one page. Name in belongs to box. One small margin tear. Browning to contents but otherwise clean, puzzles untouched. 1972 written in heavy pencil to top corner of front pastedown.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE MOATED GRANGE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1312412
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 271 pages. Spine and corners bumped and cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby and there are some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean. Chipped and torn wrapper is grubby and has loss to spine and corners and also sticky white label repairs on verso.

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LIVINGSTONE OF AFRICA
Written by C.T. Bedford. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1312411
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Heroic missionary, intrepid explorer and black man's friend. Remarkable Missionary Books series. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w illustrations and a double-spread map. 59 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Vertical split to centre of backstrip and slight wear to top and tail of spine. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to contents.

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HAPPY HEARTS AND MERRY EYES
Written by L.T. Meade; Evelyn Everett-Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W. Foster; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1312407
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1922. Good condition.

A book of stories and verses. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing children in a cart being pulled by a donkey. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Goose Step". Spine , corners and cover edges are worn. Name and address in pencil to front endpaper. Contents lightly browned and a bit grubby. Some inner margins are partly torn. Front joint split at top and bottom 2". Some hinges cracked/pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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