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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Daniel Defoe. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1814790
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

"The Sunshine Series". Pictorial boards, cloth spine. 16 colour plates. 128 pages. 10 x 7.25". Tape marks and surface paper damage to lower spine and gutter edgesx. Corners worn. Spine browned.

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THE WEATHER
Written by Francis Wilson. Illustrated by Philip Jacobs.
Stock no. 1316914
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; Purnell. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

BBC Weatherman Francis Wilson explains the mysteries of the world's weather and reveals the secrets of forecasting in this colourful action pop-up book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A unique 3-d pop-up book. Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress. ISBN: 0361075162. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine. Contents fine.

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KINDERRYMPJES: HANDJE_PLAK
Written by N. Bodenheim. Illustrated by N. Bodenheim.
Stock no. 1814784
Published by A.W. Sijthoff. 1979. Very good condition.

Dutch language nursery rhymes. Matt white boards with black silhouettes. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. ISBN: 9021826798. Boards a little grubby.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 1814771
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. Possibly a proof copy as there are three pages with ink corrections to spelling, these three pages are listed on the front flap of dustwrapper. Light browning to horizontal edges of boards. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn, and tape mark to tail of spine and gutter edges.

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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1208893
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Dark grey boards, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Beautiful colour plates. Music by Horace Mansion. Songs in French. All plates present. Spine bumped, corners worn. Wear to lower edges. Covers scuffed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Closed tear to lower margin of page 15. Contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1208884
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 7th 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Red boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slightly torn at base of spine. Writing erased from front endpaper and book list at rear. A couple of small margin marks else contents clean. Wrapper is worn at folds with slight loss at corners and closed tears at spine and rear fold.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1208883
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards with dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus booklist. Cover edges browned, loss of colour at top edge of front and rear covers. Some faint marks to prelims and a few foxspots to egde of textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly soiled with loss at corners and closed tears repaired on verso.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
Stock no. 1814767
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth. Gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Blue pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Front board a little marked and pictorial onlay scuffed. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. All plates present with some pale foxing to margins. One hinge pulled.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1814763
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards a little marked but gilt to front still bright. Cloth backstrip has been re-glued directly to spine, loss to top & tail, touched up with blue ink to sides. Rear hinge pulled. A few marks to contents. A few scattered foxspots. One plate has a corner crease.

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SCHOOLGIRL JEN AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1814760
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers, dark green titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and a little grubby.

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NIMBO'S FRIENDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316881
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

LIN 15. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Nimbo is a fawn. A few light foxspots and a light stain to top corner tips of pages.

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THE MAGIC MOTOR CAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316878
Published by R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format (4.75 x 7.25"). White pictorial paperwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. 14 pages. Covers slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Light finger creases to contents.

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