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THE OUTCAST OF THE SCHOOL
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1406433
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 17. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 759-767. With Frank Richards writing as Martin Clifford. Green simulated leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001329. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 30. Slight bumping to corners. Contents excellent. Tissue paper wrapper is browned with some tears and creasing. Contained in a slipcase in very good condition.

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LEVISON'S RETURN
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406432
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 14. Collectors' edition, limited to 500 copies. Simulated leather covers with gilt titles. Contains Magnet issues 793 - 799 789 (from 1923). B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001205. SIGNED by publisher - copy no. 430. Slight bump to centre of front board. Contents very good. Tissue paper wrapper is browned and torn at the spine. Contained in a red slipcase which is a little edge worn.

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THE BOUNDERS FEUD
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406428
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 38. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 841, 843, 846, 853, 854, 855, 858, 859, 860. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002120. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 394. A little bumping to corners. Contents excellent. Tissue paper wrapper is browned and a little chipped. Contained in a very good slipcase which is bumped at corners.

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NEW BOYS AT GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406427
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 13. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 43-50, + 59. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001191. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 403. A little bumping to spine and corners. Contents very good. Tissue paper wrapper has browned spine and one flap is creased. Some small nicks to top edge. Contained in a slipcase which is bumped at the corners and browned at the edges.

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PINK FURNITURE
Written by A.E. Coppard. Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney.
Stock no. 1506894
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A tale for lovely children with noble natures. Pale pink cloth, blue titles. 251 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. Spine browned. Top edges of covers and top of text block darkened. Endpapers lightly browned. Odd fox spot to text block. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and chips, spine browned, also browning to folds and top edge.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 27TH YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Eleanor B. Simeon; Evelyn Smith; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Hilda Cowham; Harry Rountree; Florence Mary Anderson; S.G. Hulme Beaman; et al..
Stock no. 1506891
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1931. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows three children, rocking horse and dog, black titles. Colour plates, plus colour, tint and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. First story - Tommy's Topper by Madeline Barnes. Spine bumped, worn and grubby with a vertical crease from top to bottom. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Ink inscription in To box on front endpaper and 1930 written to verso of frontis. A few marks to contents but most pages are clean. A little foxing.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; Florence Harrison; Lucy Bickersteth; Margaret Middleton; et al. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles; Florence Harrison; Radcliffe Wilson; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1506890
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows a girl waving a hankie, ice-skating. First story is 'Pen the Poacher' by Joan. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slightly browned and grubby. Wear to corners and cover edges. A couple of small patches of surface paper damage to front cover. Rear cover a little grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Contents very good just some light foxing.

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A LETTER TO THE WORLD
Written by Emily Dickinson. Illustrated by Prudence Seward.
Stock no. 1406420
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Poems for Young Readers chosen and introduced by Rummer Godden. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 70 pages. A little bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn. Light mark to bottom of spine/ rear panel. Laminate on spine beginning to crack. Spine is browned. Light foxing.

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MRS. STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Thora Stowell; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Howard K. Elcock; Mary Strange Reeve; M.D. Johnston; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1506885
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Spine browned, bumped and worn with a little loss from top edge of onlay. Wear to corners and cover edges. Uneven fading and a few marks to covers. A couple of hinges cracked. A little foxing, mainly to text block. One plate partially detached.

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POGO'S HOUSE
Written by Jo Norling; Ernest Norling.
Stock no. 1406416
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of Lumber. Cream pictorial cloth with green and brown titles and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. 8 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing mostly to page edges.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 16TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1506880
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards show cricketer. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Exciting stories for boys. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine lightly browned/faded and titles worn. A few marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers. Foxing to text block. Contents generally clean. Repaired margin tear to one plate and page either side.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' STORY BOOK
Written by Angela Brazil; Josephine Elder; Doris Pocock; Dorothea Moore; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; C.E. Brock; P.B. Hickling; et al..
Stock no. 1406409
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board showing school girl with tennis racket. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. 208 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Spine bumped and rubbed with small splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint cracked and mended with tape. Frontis detached. Slight colouring to one plate. Pencil scribble to rear endpapers and some other pages. Red pen and pencil scribble to verso of one plate. A little foxing and some fingering to page margins.

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