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PRINCESS FINNY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1328827
Circa 1945. Very good condition.

A "Spikey" Book. Small oblong format. Orange cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners slightly worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Neat inscription ink to front pastedown. A couple of light grubby marks to one of the last pages, light crease to one page corner tip and some light foxing to textblock.

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THE INCLINE
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1328826
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A powerfully direct statement about adolescent emotions and human relationships. 191 pages. ISBN: 0241021383. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small brown spot affects a few pages (6-11). Dustwrapper is foxed to flaps and on verso and is just a little worn at corners.

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PIG IN THE MIDDLE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Mary Russon.
Stock no. 1328825
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, creased at top edge of front panel with a couple of small tears, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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UNDERGROUND ALLEY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1328824
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Slight fading to cover edges. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with creases to top edge of front panel and a couple of large corner tears. Rear panel of wrapper is very very slightly grubby.

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ALL THE KING'S MEN
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1328823
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. 182 pages. ISBN: 0224020269. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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JUST HENRY
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1328820
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the award winning author of Goodnight Mister Tom. Henry develops an old camera film and his discovery will shatter his world... Black boards, silver title to spine. 703 pages. ISBN: 9781405227568. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (414/1040). Spine bumped. Slight browning to top edge of textblock and a few small, light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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SAND
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1328819
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 206 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to spine. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, brown paper reinforcements to edges on verso, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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THE ROLLING SEASON
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1328818
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The drought had lasted for many weeks and there was practically no water left in the wells of the village of Bourne Bridge. Hiram, Sykes, Michael and Ernest went down the canal each day to the town for water. One day Hiram found an ancient book which told how a wheel with a bell on it was rolled down the hill to find water. So he sets out to find water.... Cream boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 175 pages. Spine bumped and slightly damp stained. A few small spots to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock slightly foxed and a bit dusty to top edge. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners with small tears.

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
Written by W.B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon. Illustrated by Linda Farquharson.
Stock no. 1829094
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited, with an introduction by Yeats. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. Black, red & silver pictorial boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxvi and 336 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).

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THE BEACH DOGS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328816
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling animal adventure story. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. ISBN: 0091736234. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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FRIDAY'S TUNNEL
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328815
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 320 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little worn at corners and is grubby to rear panel.

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A FOREST WORLD
Written by Felix Salten; Paul R. Milton; Sanford Jerome Greenburger. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1328813
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration to front. 274 pages, fore-edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Last few pages have been roughly opened after the binding process causing ragged edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn and torn with minimal loss. Rear panel is a bit grubby.

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