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BABAR KEEPS FIT!
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 1204175
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

The Adventures of Babar on Television. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Base of spine chipped. Laminate chipping to sides of spine.

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AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1204166
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Some foxing.

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THE STORY OF A CANDY RABBIT
Written by Laura Lee Hope. Illustrated by Harry L. Smith.
Stock no. 1204165
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. B/w frontis + 3 other plates. Cover edges are worn. Spine is faded. Hinges are slightly pulled.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1304589
Published by R.T.S.; Girl's Own Paper. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title and black vignette to spine, black title and decoration to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small split to base of spine. Remains of very small white sticker to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, 2" loss to base of spine, tape repair to top of spine on verso and a few tiny holes (caused by scratches) to front panel. Rear panel is a bit grubby. A nice copy in a decent enough dustwrapper.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1304471
Published by Oxford University Press. 1937. Good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little bit grubby and foxed, slight wear to top of spine. There is a large red cross (felt-tip pen?) to front cover. '26. The Salvation Army' written in blue ink to front pastedown, inscription in black ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1304452
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green, blue titles to spine and front cover. 223 numbered pages. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some pencil erasure marks to half title-page which also has a 1.5" closed tear at inner margin. A couple of hinges are pulled. It is possible that the free-endpapers (front and rear) are missing - or it may not have had any in the first instance? Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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THE ADVENTURE OF ANN AND THE WHITE SEALS
Written by Harold Reckitt. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 1703421
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

LIMITED EDITION of 365 copies. Large format. White boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 5 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by author and illustrator. Copy number 155. Covers grubby with some scuffing. Silk tie a little frayed to ends. Contents nice and clean.

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1703326
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Foxing to outer page edges. Corners bumped. Wrapper edge-chipped.

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SWITZERLAND CALLING
Written by Eileen Montague Jackson.
Stock no. 1204121
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1927. Almost very good condition.

A True Tale of A Boy and Girl's Wonderful Summer Holidays Climbing in the Alps. B/w photos. Corners are bumped. Spine faded. Some foxing. Front joint weak.

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LOCO DRIVER
Written by Eric Leyland.
Stock no. 1601521
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Men of Action Series, No. 2. B/w photos. 94 pages. Price-cut wrapper is badly torn across top two inches of front panel.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1203938
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 217 pages. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is grubby with some small tears and surface damage to front.

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BUNTER THE LION-TAMER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1304269
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 55. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A split volume - First half of the volume forms the sequel to the Battle Vernon Series, which concludes the dramatic story 'House of Dark Secrets'. Second half contains the opening four instalments of the Muccolini's Circus series of 1936. ISBN: 070300123X. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to and slightly creased at spine, minor rubbing at edges.

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