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THE ART OF IDW'S TRANSFORMERS
No author listed. Illustrated by M.D. Bright; Don Figueroa; Guido Guidi; et al..
Stock no. 1327298
Published by Idw. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The most memorable work from series such as Beast Wars, Generations, Stormbringer, etc. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781600102561. Wear to top and tail of spine which is also slightly faded. Contents bright and clean.

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ALL ROUND THE WORLD: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W.F. Ainsworth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; et al..
Stock no. 1827689
Published by William Collins Sons & Company. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Large and very heavy set of two volumes. Edited by Ainsworth. Leather spine & corners with 5 raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and title label. Brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Two hundred b/w illustrations. Six folding colour maps. Sereis I is 1st 1868, Series II is 1st 1870. Spine of Series I is split to top half of front joint. Both volumes are worn at board edges and scuffed. Title label of both volumes is heavily rubbed. Foxing throughout. Series I has a closed tear (no loss) mainly to margin of plate opposite page 592, also a small chip to vertical edge of illustration list. Biro mark to some maps. Else contents are very good.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al; Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; M. Sankey; et al..
Stock no. 1327267
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Good condition.

Large heavy format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood" and Brent-Dyer story "The Robins Make Good". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some damp staining to covers. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page browning and foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins. Generally contents clean.

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COLLINS GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Viola Bayley; Noel Streatfeild; Mollie Chappell; Kathleen Fidler; et al. Illustrated by D.L. Wynne; Frank Varty; William Stobbs; et al..
Stock no. 1327265
Published by Collins. Very good condition.

Red spine, front board shows girl sitting down in school uniform with books and a tennis racket. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations throughout. First story Walls of Snow by Bayley. Spine bumped. Corners worn and covers slightly edge rubbed. Textblock and some page margins are a little grubby else contents clean.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1327251
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Endpapers and title-page are illustrted in b/w by Robinson. Colour frontis uncredited. 320 pages. Gilt to covers has dulled. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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FAUST
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; David Luke; Nicholas Boyle. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix; et al..
Stock no. 1827554
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Parts One and Two. Introduction by Nicholas Boyle. Translation and Notes by David Luke. Large format. Bound in quarter leather with moire silk sides. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed at pictorial side edges.

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THE EIGHTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.M. Dawson; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 1326831
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Orange boards, red spine. Gilt lettering and vignette. Colour pictorial endpapers. 39 stories and puzzles. Numerous colour illustrations. 192 pages. First story is: "I Dare You To!" illustrated by Hilda McGavin. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean.

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BOODY THE GREAT GOBLIN AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1326810
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pitkin Pleasure book. Blue textured boards. Gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL 1932
Written by George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; et al..
Stock no. 1326397
Published by The Fleetway House. 1932. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows picture of the 'Southern 903' train. First feature in the book is 'The Desert Air Mail'. Colour plates and full page pictures. Colour frontis by Johns. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed and corners worn. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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THE SONNETS & A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
Written by William Shakespeare; Katherine Duncan-Jones. Illustrated by Simon Brett; Peter Reddick; Jane Lydbury; et al..
Stock no. 1827013
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reissue of the 1989 edition with new binding. Introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Blue/burgundy silk moire boards. Lilac endpapers. B/w engravings by various engravers. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 16TH YEAR
Written by Mrs. George Wemyss; Natalie Joan; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Agnes Richardson; M.A. Peart; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1326307
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pale blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy reading book, girl with black cat under her arm and other characters in the background.Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. First story is "How We Let Lodgings" by Mrs. G. Wemyss. Angela Brazil story is "A Terrible Handful". Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly foxed. Name and address in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to textblock, some light fingermarks to page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2016
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; et al..
Stock no. 1326003
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2016. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and friends on the water, with picnic baskets. First story is 'Rupert and the Iceberg' from the 1986 annual. ISBN: 9781405283519. SIGNED by the author (Trotter) to the title-page, includes a laminated 'followers of rupert' card dated 2016.

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