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TOBY SPELLDRAGON AND THE MAGICIAN
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh. Illustrated by Jon Davis.
Stock no. 1331429
Published by Ladybird Books. Circa 1986. Almost very good condition.

Puddle Lane. (Stage 1 Book 15). Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0721410081. Spine and corners bumped. A few small marks to covers. Several names in ink (in a child's hand) to belongs to box. Contents clean. Original price of 85p to rear cover.

THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1831553
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One fine spring day a down-at-heel minstrel finds a beautiful egg on the seashore. To help it hatch, he plays a tune on his harp. Out comes a dragon pup, no bigger than a kitten - and a special friendship is born. This book tells of the adventures of the pup and the minstrel. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 42+ pages. ISBN: 0744521742. SIGNED by the illustrator (with dedication) to colophon page. Top corners of boards lightly worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and is foxed to verso (not visible to front).

GEORGE THE DRAGON: A CURE FOR EARACHE
Written by A.T. Riley. Illustrated by A.T. Riley; P.D. Longden.
Stock no. 1831515
Published by World Distributors (manchester) Ltd. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Square format. Pink glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0723508429. Corners of boards rubbed. Laminate to front edge of spine cracking. Spine is sunned/faded. Rear board scuffed, fading to edges. Some light imprinting of colour from facing page to some pages.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1331263
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by Clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. Slight bumping to spine. Contents fine.

THE LAND OF LONG AGO
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830494
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

One day the old tree trunk outside Kelly and Kai's cottage is magically transformed into a dragon and carries them off to the Land of Long Ago. On their incredible journey the children meet a princess, resuce a knight and trick the king of the trolls. But will the old tree dragon stay alive long enough to bring them home again? First published in Swedish in 1923 under the title Resan Till Landet Langesen. Red cloth spine with gilt title, glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780863157714. Very slight scuffing to boards else contents lovely and bright.

DRAGON RIDER
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1330041
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Firedrake, a brave young dragon, and his loyal brownie friend Sorrell and a lonely boy called Ben are united as if by destiny. Together they embark on a magical journey to find the place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. Translated by Anthea Bell. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour folding pop-up map. B/w chapter headers and illustrations. ISBN: 1903434904. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

MAN, DRAGON AND DEATH: THE GLORY OF SAINT GEORGE
Written by Laurent Busine; Manfred Sellink.
Stock no. 1829229
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name which ran from October 2015 - January 2016. This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. White paper boards, black title to spine, red title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 287 pages. ISBN: 9780300215755. A few grubby marks to white boards, else a lovely copy.

IGNIS
Written by Gina Wilson. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Stock no. 1328666
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ignis is a young dragon who sets off on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744575281.

THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1328652
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One fine spring day a down-at-heel minstrel finds a beautiful egg on the seashore. To help it hatch, he plays a tune on his harp. Out comes a dragon pup, no bigger than a kitten - and a special friendship is born. This book tells of the adventures of the pup and the minstrel. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 42+ pages. ISBN: 0744521742. Spine and corners bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and faded to spine.

THE MOON'S REVENGE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1328627
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224024779. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to page margins.

A DIVERSITY OF DRAGONS
Written by Anne McCaffrey; Richard Woods. Illustrated by John Howe.
Stock no. 1327825
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Everything you ever wanted to know about dragons. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0684821125. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

THE HOME-MADE DRAGON AND OTHER INCREDIBLE STORIES
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1325768
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains 12 stories set in Incrediblania! Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370012283. A few tiny indentations to cover edges. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.