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X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S TALES FOR ALL TIMES
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1710684
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Beige/brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover - shows girl with two dolls and three birds sat on a branch. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour plates. Spine edge chipped. A few marks to covers. Front joint a little weak. Belong to box completed. Endpapers browned.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WILLY AND NILLY
Written by Phyllis Morris. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1710683
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Green cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations and 8 colour and 7 b/w plates. Willy and Nilly are twins. Spine faded with a couple of small marks. Pictorial endpapers browned. All plates present.

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CLOTILDA
Written by Jack Kent. Illustrated by Jack Kent.
Stock no. 1808863
Published by Random House. 1st thus 1978. Almost very good condition.

Tommy doesn't believe in a fairy godmother's magic so he gets a donkey's head while his sister gets the fairy godmother and three wishes... White cloth spine with blue title, cream paper boards with blind fairy vignette. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0394939115. Boards are grubby, corners worn. A few marks to contents.

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AN EYE FOR COLOUR
Written by Norman Silver.
Stock no. 1808853
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Growing up against the backdrops of Table Mountain and the iniquities of apartheid, Basil Kushenovitz - Jewish and White - sees through teenage eyes the constant contradiction between the physical beauty all around him and the insidious ugliness of a political system rooted in prejudice... essential reading for young people concerned with the basic issues of human rights. Brown boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571161553. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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RUPERT AT THE SEASIDE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1109215
Published by L.T.A Robinson. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 10.5 x 8". Wrinkling to laminate on front cover. Contents are excellent.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 5 - THE BIG GAME HUNT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1109183
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Banjo. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Wear and a little chipping to spine; small splits to top and tail. Grubby marks and foxing to rear cover.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 17 - RUPERT AND THE DOUBLE DREAM
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1109173
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Double Dream. Also includes Rupert and the Pink Sheep. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Wear to spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to some page edges. Contents in lovely condition!

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SOUL THOUGHTS
Written by Felicity Pyke. Illustrated by Jennie Preece.
Stock no. 1109168
Published by Felicity Pyke. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author. Some light wear and a little bumping to spine.

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THE WEATHERCOCK
Written by Simonne Ratel. Illustrated by Gertrude Mittelmann.
Stock no. 1502528
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nothing could be undertaken in the small French village without consulting the weathercock but he wanted to extend his importance to world dimensions. One day he was blown of his belfry in a hurricane, he was at first delighted.... Pink cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Illustrated title page plus 20 illustrations, some in colour. 84 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top edge of spine faded. Foxing to spine and top edges of covers. Erased pencil writing to front endpapers and an odd fox spot otherwise contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of chips. Spine is browned and rear panel is a little grubby.

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MY DOG
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1109156
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Stories of a cute little bulldog. Translated by A. Teixera de Mattos. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. Some light bumping to spine and corners. Page browning and some foxing - mostly to prelims and outer page edges. One hinge badly cracked but binding remains tight.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY
Written by H.G. Wells. Illustrated by H.G. Wells.
Stock no. 2114357
Published by The Amalgamated Press. Circa 1928. Very good condition.

Large format. Paperwraps. Limited and numbered edition-de-luxe. Published for private circulation. Appears to be facsimile of an edition first published in a magazine. Colour illustrations and 'hand written' text. Copy no. 499. Covers are grubby, with some creasing; 2 ink stamps to top of front cover. A few light margin marks.

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