COMRADES: A STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH
Written by Joseph Bowes. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1331394
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 288 pages, all edges blue. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped. Cover edges slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked/pulled but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

COCKERILL THE CONJURER; OR, THE BRAVE BOY OF HAMELN
Written by Mrs Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1331393
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Sunday Library for Young People. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Cream endpapers. 139 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby/marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some fingermarks to contents.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME
Written by Julia Corner.
Stock no. 1331392
Published by Dean & Son. Fair condition.

Adaated to youth, schools, and families. New edition. Red embossed cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. A couple of b/w plates plus fold out map of England and Wales. 332 pages plus tables, index and questions. 59th thousand. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and stained. Prelims are missing. Name and address in ink to verso of preface. Large tear to fold-out map. Stains to margins of plates and textblock. Rear joint is cracked but binding is still tight.

BOY-LIFE AMONG THE CHEROKEES OR SAL-O-QUAH
Written by F.R. Goulding.
Stock no. 1331391
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1904. Fair condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine. 265 pages. 3 b/w fold-out plates. Spine bumped, browned and worn with splits at sides (possibly re-glued?). Corners bumped. Fading to cover edges. A few small dents to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Edge of frontis plate has been neatly cut off. Name in ink to top margin of title-page and to rear pastedown. Brown stain affects top margins of most pages. Contents are well browned. Front joint cracked. A good reading copy.

THE WOLF WILDER
Written by Katherine Rundell. Illustrated by Gelrev Ongbico.
Stock no. 1831561
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Feo's mother is a wolf wilder, and Feo is a wolf wilder in training: a person who teaches tamed animals to be wild again, to fend for themselves, and to fight and to run. When the corrupt Russian Army threatens her wolves and arrests her mum, Feo is left with no option but to go on the run. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 318 pages. ISBN: 9781408862582. A lovely copy.

O'ER MOOR AND FEN (CASSELL'S "EYES AND NO EYES" SERIES BOOK XII)
Written by R. Cadwallader Smith.
Stock no. 1831560
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

A Nature book for children with exercises. Grey limp cardwraps. Eight colour plates and b/w photos. 80 pages. A few marks and scuffs to covers, corners lightly rubbed/worn. Name in pencil to free front endpaper. Text block browned. One or two marks to contents. A lovely copy considering it is almost 100 years old.

SECRET WATER
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1831559
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Swallows are expecting to have a holiday with their parents on the islands in Hamford Water, mapping the multitude of tidal islands. The First Sea Lord has other ideas and summons Daddy to London. Daddy decides that the Swallows can go and secretly invites the Amazons too. Type reset. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Blind title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. 41 b/w illustrations. 380 pages. Reprint. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, browned to spine, worn at corners with a few tiny closed tears.

THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1831558
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

The cottage of the island where the five young Grenvilles - and their dogs - were to spend their holiday was in a lovely and seemingly peaceful spot. As Roy remarked when they arrived: "You just don't expect things to happen here because you know they won't." But how wrong he was!... A new edition, complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 265 pages. ISBN: 9781847451880. Minor grease spot to top edge of text block and a few page margins. Else a nice, clean copy.

LEAVES
Written by Fulvio Testa; Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Fulvio Testa.
Stock no. 1831556
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

A poetic celebration of the changing seasons and the miracle of rebirth, the falling autumn leaves look back nostalgically to the warm summer days when birds and insects sheltered in their branches. English text by Naomi Lewis. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0905478746. SIGNED by the author with doodle of falling leaves to free front endpaper which has imprinted on to the facing front pastedown. Spine lightly browned. Boards very lightly scuffed. Else contents clean.

THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1831553
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One fine spring day a down-at-heel minstrel finds a beautiful egg on the seashore. To help it hatch, he plays a tune on his harp. Out comes a dragon pup, no bigger than a kitten - and a special friendship is born. This book tells of the adventures of the pup and the minstrel. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 42+ pages. ISBN: 0744521742. SIGNED by the illustrator (with dedication) to colophon page. Top corners of boards lightly worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and is foxed to verso (not visible to front).

SAM'S DUCK
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Keith Bowen.
Stock no. 1831552
Published by Collins. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A touching story of a city child's discovery of both the magic and the harsh realities of farm life. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0001981048. SIGNED by the author and Ted Hughes (with dedication). 'Lantern Home Education Reading Library' stamped to front pastedown along with another signature in ink. Board corners lightly rubbed. Minor mark to lower edge of title page else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and lightly edge-creased.

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Written by Frane Lessac. Illustrated by Frane Lessac.
Stock no. 1831551
Published by Candlewick Press. 1st USA 2019. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

After nightfall in Australia, families watch movies as bats flit overhead, mysterious orbs of light bounce across the outback, a staircase to the moon appears reflected at the ocean's edge, and a Ferris wheel offers a citywide view - under the Southern Cross. Bright and colorful artwork, engaging verse, and captivating facts. Find the dog in every scene. Matt pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781536202267. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and rubbed at corners.