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STILL WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324279
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1946. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Light black speckles in the red cloth (binding error?). Some page corner tips creased. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and cresed. Some fading to spine and a couple of small spots to rear panel. Contents clean.

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A BORN SCHOOL CAPTAIN
Written by W.J. Batchelder. Illustrated by Charles Pears; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324065
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1921. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis (by Pears) and 4 b/w plates (by Browne). 256 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Large but neat prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked, old glue has browned. Frontis has been neatly re-inserted. Top corner tip of front free-endpaper has been torn off. Blue crayon scribble to rear pastedown.

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FORGE OF FOXENBY
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324057
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Green cloth. 4 b/w plates. 280 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and other grubby marks to page margins.

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BUNTER THE SPORTSMAN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323959
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Small dents to top edges of covers. Name in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Looks like a free-endpaper at the rear of the book has been removed? Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323901
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock, prelims and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323898
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. Spine and corners bumped. Some spotting to front cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Joints cracked.

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TWIXT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
Written by Gordon Stables. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson; W. Parkinson.
Stock no. 1323812
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis by Jackson, 6 b/w plates by Parkinson. 352 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to inner margin of title-page. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock). Small chip to edge of rear free-endpaper.

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THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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BILLY BUNTER THE HIKER
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323763
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, white titles. Colour frontis plus full-page b/w drawings. 215 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Old sellotape stains to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners with slight loss.

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WILLIAM THE EXPLORER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1323690
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, gilt titles and vignette of William to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some margin marks and small piece missing from one margin.

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BILLY BUNTER'S OWN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323520
Published by Oxonhoath Press. 1959. Very good condition.

Red glazed pictorial boards, front cover shows Bunter hunting. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis piece. First story 'Was it Bunter?'. No. 6. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate at spine edges has slightly lifted. Contents are lightly browned, large foxspots to endpapers.

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THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.

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