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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 431000
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. Spine is bumped and damaged - looks like it has been re-glued; also has some fraying to cloth. Some scuff marks and a few ink marks to covers. Corners and cover edges are very worn, with some bumping. Half of 1 of 1st pages with cut-outs on has been torn off. Top corner of 1 page is torn off, with a bit of loss to picture and a little to text. A working copy.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 431022
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Corners are a little bumped and worn. Foxing and grubby marks to some internal pages.

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LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 736706
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Victorian Children's books and periodicals. Full of colour & b/w illustrations, many full-page. Green boards, gilt decorations to spine and front cover. 240 pages. Top of spine and top corners bumped. A few small foxspots else a bright copy. Wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby, date (June 1970) written in ink on front flap of wrapper.

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BETTY AND BOBTAIL
No author listed.
Stock no. 585044
Circa 1934. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial stiff card wraps. Front cover shows little girl and three rabbits with giant snowball. B/w illustrations. Some illustrations neatly coloured in.

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ONLY FIVE
Written by Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 585054
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1899. Almost very good condition.

Only Five or Pussie's Frolics in Farm and Field. Attractive blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Page-edge browning. Frontis is chipped at edges.

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LE SECRET DE MAITRE CORNILLE
Written by Alphonse Daudet. Illustrated by Andre Pecq.
Stock no. 585075
Published by Flammarion. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Albums Du Pere Castor series. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Covers lightly browned. Foxing inside covers but pages clean.

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MY DOLLIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 585076
Published by Brown & Bibby. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Two-tone illustrations. Minimal text.

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FILLING UP THE CHINKS
Written by Mrs. Greene.
Stock no. 585084
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1907. Fair condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Rear joint broken. Endpapers browned. Boards scuffed.

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LITTLE BIRDIE'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 585087
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. Circa 1883. Fair condition.

Brown cloth spine, colour pictorial stiff card wraps. B/w illustrations. Contents very good though detached. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. Corners worn.

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SWEET CONTENT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by A.S. Boyd.
Stock no. 585093
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates. Front joint split. Spine faded and worn at top and tail.

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A SIX-YEARS' DARLING
Written by Ismay Thorn.
Stock no. 585095
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Attractive colour pictorial front board showing children with snowman. B/w illustrations. Beautiful colour frontis. Subtitled "Trix in Town". Book: book plate to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Slight loss to page margins. Page edge browning.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 430527
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Artenis Fowl has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike... Black boards, red title to spine. ISBN: 0670913529. A couple of corners are lightly bumped. Wrapper is a little bit edge-creased and faded to spine.

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