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'IN THE BEGINNING,' SAID GREAT-AUNT JANE
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1826264
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt titles to front and spine. Large, oblong format. Yellow endpapers. Colour paintings throughout. ISBN: 0224011499. Some foxing present, mainly to text block and rear pastedown. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine and lower edges.

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THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1826261
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1927. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis plate, 4 b/w plates. 7 x 5". 256 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning; some foxing. Wrapper spine is very browned with foxing and couple of small pieces of loss to base; grubby marks also to wrapper; some edge-creasing.

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HOW TOM BEAT CAPTAIN NAJORK AND HIS HIRED SPORTSMEN
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1826257
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406343830. Boars lightly browned and lightly shelf worn at top & tail of spine. Contents clean.

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LAVENDER LEIGH AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325802
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition.

Number 19 - Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 000692946X. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.

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THE FIREWORK-MAKER'S DAUGHTER
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1325794
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Lila wants to be a Firework-Maker - she must make the journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend! B/w illustrations. Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0385405278. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325793
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006928498. Slight rubbing to corners. No. 23 written to top of spine.

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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325770
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Large foxspots to endpapers and prelims, smaller foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss to top of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there are large foxspots to verso of wrapper.

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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.

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
Written by Jonathan Swift. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325766
Published by The Temple Press. 1st thus 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark titles to spine and front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 291 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Foxing to contents.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL TRIPLETS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325757
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1986. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006926517. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Small name inside front cover. Page edge browning throughout, some light water stains to lower margins of first few pages and a yellow stain affecting lower corners of pages 49-61.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - SNAKE BITE
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325753
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kidnapped and taken to China, Sherlock is plunged into mystery... Black boards, metallic green title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 9780230758865. Top corners of book and dustwrapper are bumped else a fine copy.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - FIRE STORM
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325752
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sherlock Holmes is at a loss. His friend and her father have disappeared. Their house is empty, as if nobody has ever lived there... Black boards, gilt title to spine. 344 pages. ISBN: 9780230758506. SIGNED (and dated) by the author to title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top of spine.

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