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JENNINGS AND THE TRICKY PREDICAMENT
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1330946
Published by David Schutte. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Plays for Radio Volume 6. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0952148285.

ACCORDING TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1330943
Published by Collins. 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The space-craze sweeps through Linbury Court School. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning and some foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1330940
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and just a tiny bit rubbed at corners.

TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Thomas Hughes; An Old Boy.
Stock no. 1831119
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A semiautobiographical novel that explores the life and experiences of a young boy named Tom Brown at Rugby School in England. The story highlights Tom's journey through the challenges of school life, including camaraderie, bullying, and moral dilemmas, as he navigates the complex social hierarchy of a Victorian boys' school. Blackie's Library of Famous Books; Blackie's Stories of School Life. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed patterned boards. 4 colour plates. 272 pages. Undated. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Endpapers and text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims, margins and text block. Thin, cream pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small chips and is a bit grubby.

JUST JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330931
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. Circa 1998. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Meet Jimmy Mannering - a boy in a hurry to grow up, especially if it means that he can join his brother Roger's gang, the Three Musketeers. ISBN: 0333712307. 2nd printing. Spine and front cover edges faded. Contents fine.

WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330929
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Third impression. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, torn and creased at lower edge of front panel (tear repaired on verso), spine and rear panel are slightly grubby.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330928
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black vignette to front and red titles on black backgrounds to spine. 252 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some light marks to covers. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330927
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and slightly foxed on verso.

BILLY BUNTER'S BRAIN-WAVE
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330926
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 3rd 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, foxing to textblock as well. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is slightly grubby, top of spine has been tape repaired. Foxing on verso of wrapper.

BILLY BUNTER'S BARGAIN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330925
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing, mainly to first few pages.

WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330922
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. Fifth impression. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Name and address in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting endpapers and some page margins. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased, grubby to rear panel, spine and mark to front panel.

GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330921
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The last Gimlet book. Plain red boards, black titles to spine. B/w plates. Slight bumping to spine. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty else contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 8/6 net in U.K. printed above. A few small edge tears to wrapper and rear panel very very slightly grubby. A nice copy of the first edition.