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KENNELMAID NAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129651
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fade marks to spine. Ink inscription to front endpaper has been covered with white correction fluid. Foxing to outer page edges; a few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; some loss to spine and a couple of corners. Fading to wrapper spine.

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A GARDEN OF BEAUTIFUL STORIES
Written by William J. May.
Stock no. 2129641
Published by Allenson & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black title to spine. Bumping to corners. A little fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with chipping a little loss to corners; some creasing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2129624
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Spine has been repaired with yellow cloth. 4.5" loss to bottom of original paper spine; quarter inch paper loss to top. Creasing to cover corners; some foxing and a few marks. What appear to be sticky glue marks to inside front cover and opposite on belongs to page. Name in ink in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Some page corner creases. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!!!

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.

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MOTORCARS
Written by Philip A. Turner.
Stock no. 1817377
Published by Temple Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The "Power and Speed" Series for Boys. The fascinating story of how the motorcar came to be invented, how it works and how motoring and motorcars have developed through the years. Cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned and edge-rubbed/creased.

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BEATEN BY A BALLOON
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Jonathan Allen.
Stock no. 1317700
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

When Buckbounder springs into the bank, the scoundrel gets more of a bounce than he bargained for... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241137780.

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CLOUD NINE
Written by Norman Silver. Illustrated by Jan Ormerod.
Stock no. 1317699
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The charming tale of a little boy finding peace on his own. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370319265.

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TEDDY! WHERE ARE YOU?
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1317698
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862644844. Tiny price sticker to rear cover else fine.

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THE NECESSARY CAT
Written by Nicola Bayley; John Keats; William Wordsworth; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1317694
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word. Poems and pictures of cats. Brown pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744519241. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased to rear panel and ever so slightly edge rubbed.

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THE IRRESPONSIBLE GOAT
Written by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2129463
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles and vignette. Two colour and b/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is foxed and browned.

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THE AVENUE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2129432
Published by Collins. 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Bumping and browning to top and tail of spine. Brown tape marks to endpapers. Small amount of margin loss to page 179. Wrapper is edge-chipped, with a little loss to top of spine.

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