THE SPYFLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns; Jennifer Schofield. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 1827163
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Limited edition of 300 copies. Introduction by Jennifer Schofield. W.E. Johns only non-Biggles novel with a First World War flying setting. SIGNED by the illustrator, publisher and JenniferSchofield. Copy 140 of 300 numbered copies. Light rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM THE OUTLAW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326407
Published by George Newnes Limited. 2nd 1927. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is generally bright, pale pink stain to rear panel, wear and minimal loss to to of spine. Small closed tear to verso of front panel.

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NODDY GOES TO TOYLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1326362
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The very first Noddy book, in which Big-Ears discovers the little nodding man who has run away from Old Man Carver and takes him back to Toyland. Red pictorial covers with rounded spine. 61 pages. 7.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Some light browning to textblock and some light marks to page margins. A couple of hinges slightly cracked. Dustwrapper is edge torn with magic tape repairs on verso, small peice torn and missing from top edge of front panel.

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POEMS BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
Written by Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1326350
Published by The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd.. Circa 1910. Very good condition.

Olive green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 36 tipped-in colour plates mounted on grey card with captioned tissue guards plus 36 b/w illustrations. 369 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 2" thick. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is just starting to crack. A nice copy of this beautiful book.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1953 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326134
Published by Daily Express. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial covers - Rupert, Bill Badger and Algy sitting on a fence. 120 pages. 1st story Rupert and Miranda. Painting page and puzzle pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. NOT inscribed or price-cut. Painting contest page untouched, puzzle page unused. Textblock is slightly grubby. A nice copy of a scarce annual.

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ANDY WARHOL'S CHILDREN'S BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Andy Warhol.
Stock no. 1826694
Published by Galerie Bruno Bischofberger. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Is this an Art book disguised as a children's book or a children's book disguised as an art book? A board book. Red cloth spine. 12 colour board pages. ISBN: 3905173042. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1326009
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

With a Proem by Austin Dobson. Limited edition of eleven hundred and thirty copies, of which 1100 were for sale and the remaining 30 copies were reserved for presentation. Large format. White cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 13 tipped in colour plates plus b/w illustrations. xi and 161 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine and a small section of the front edge starting to split (but hasn't yet). Spine is grubby/sunned with grubby marks to covers are well (see photos). Endpapers are browned. Rear joint is cracked (possibly very neatly repaired). There is a light crease to one of the plates, all others are present and in fine condition. Light page browning and fingering to contents and some light foxing. A small brown spot affects the margins of pages 105 to 113. Overall this is still a very decent copy of the scarce limited edition Rackham Alice.

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THE SWALLOWS & AMAZONS ADVENTURES (6 VOLUME SET)
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome; Nancy Blackett.
Stock no. 1325977
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Boxed set of 6 of the 'Swallows & Amazons' titles: Swallows and Amazons; Swallowdale; Peter Duck; Pigeon Post; We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea; The Picts and the Martyrs. Spines of books and dustwrappers slightly bumped else a fine set. Contained in green slipcase which has some slight surface paper damage to lower edge.

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SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Rachel Cloyne.
Stock no. 1325945
Published by Tango Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

A pop-up fairytale. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. 7 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 9781857078817. Some light marks to page margins and minimal bumping to spine else a super copy.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325925
Published by Collins. Circa 1924. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

8 glorious colour plates, 7 full page b/w line drawings. Pale grey cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 159 pages. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. 2 of the plates have small tape repairs to the margins and 1 plate has a small mark. Foxing to textblock. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is well worn and grubby, section across rear panel has been torn off and replaced with magic tape, another small piece has been torn and creased. Tape repairs on verso of wrapper.

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BLOBBS AT THE STORES
Written by B. Parker. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1325863
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1927. Good condition.

Title to cover is 'Blobbs Day at the Stores'. Blobbs has the appearance of an English bulldog. Large format 12" x 10". Buff pictorial boards show Blobbs on weighing scales with his friend Sam. Colour & b/w illustrations. Blobbs and Sam get up to mischief at the sales. Covers are edge worn with chipping to spine. Covers slightly grubby. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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